Getting Here and Around
Kraków is easily reached by plane, train, and bus. The Kraków airport maintains direct connections with the majority of European cities. Similarly, Kraków main train station is served by EuroCity trains with direct connections to Budapest, Prague, Vienna, and other cities. MDA Bus Station, just next to the train station, offers international connections as well.
Participants who would like to come through Warszawa can either change for Kraków at the airport (a 50-minute flight) or get to Kraków by train (the trip takes approx. 2 hours 30 minutes).
Accomodation
As a tourist city, Kraków has a large and varied choice of accommodation: a wide range of the highest standard, five- and four-stars hotels, medium standard (three-star) hotels along with a relatively well-developed sector of economy hotels. The accommodation offered in Kraków also includes many low-budget facilities such as hostels, student hostels, b&b. You can check the list of hotels with preliminary reservation for IAHR participants here. Visitors can also enjoy a rich variety of restaurants, cafes and pubs.
Getting around
Public transport in Kraków
From Kraków Airport to the city centre: SKA1 train from Kraków Airport to the railway Main Station (Kraków Główny) approx. every 30 minutes (60 minutes before 06:00 and after 18:00). Travel time approx. 20 minutes. Ticket machines are available in the passenger terminal (level 0) and at the train station. Other options, including bus service, available on the Kraków Airport website.
To Auditorium Maximum (main conference venue) from the main train station or the bus station (MDA):
AGH/UR bus stop: lines 179 and 304 (from the Dworzec Główny Zachód stop)
Teatr Bagatela or Stefana Batorego tram stops: lines 4, 14, and 24 (from the Teatr Słowackiego stop)
Low-floor vehicles are marked with the symbol of a person in a wheelchair on the entrance doors and on information boards at stops. Most trams and a large share of buses are equipped with a voice announcement system.
You can purchase bus/tram tickets at stops (payment by card and cash), in vehicles (payment by card or cash depending on the vehicle) and using one of the mobile applications: iMKA, mPay, moBiLET, SkyCash, jakdojade or zbiletem.pl. For the tram and bus connections mentioned above, a 20-minute ticket will be sufficient.