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Centre of Cracow - Plan
Currency
Weather in Cracow

How to get to Cracow

BY PLANE

Cracow has an airport and can be directly reached by plane from Chicago, Copenhagen, Dresden, Frankfurt, London, New York, Paris, Rome, London, Vienna, Tel-Aviv, Toronto and Zürich. There are also a lot of plane connections to Warsaw, from where many intercity trains run to Cracow.

The Cracow Airport is located to the west of Cracow at the distance of about 12 km from the city centre. From the airport two bus lines are available. The bus stops are just at the airport main building and in the town the bus stops are shown on the city map (bus No. 208 stops at the railway station - fare 2.60, bus No.192 stops in Lubicz or Basztowa Street - fare 2.20 PLN). Attention: the same fare for luggage. Taxi rank is in the front of the airport (price to the Cracow centre: 40-45 PLN). The travel time for buses is about 40 minutes, for taxi 25-40 minutes.

BY TRAIN

Alternatively, a lot of connections are available to Warsaw from where there are many intercity trains to Cracow. The travel takes about 2.5 hours. The Central Railway Station (RS on the map) and Coach Station (CS on the map) are located close to the city centre.

BY CAR

Cracow can also be easily reached by cars.

For more information, not only about the means of transportation, look here.

ECCM-2001 will take place on the CUT Campus, Warszawska Street 24, within a walking distance of about 500 m from the central Railway Station and about 400 m to the town centre.

Currency
On coming to Poland please change money into Polish currency. You can check the exchange rate here.
For your convenience in the Conference Office there will be the BPH Bank exchange office.

Accommodation

Hotel reservation has been arranged at a number of hotels conveniently located in the vicinity of the town centre and close to the conference venue (see the hotel list and attached M A P). Participants were kindly asked to make their hotel reservation by March 30, 2001. In case you have not done it or if you have any other questions concerning accommodation, please contact our Travel Agency:

Excalibur Tours Polska
ul. Grodzka 40
31-044 Kraków, Poland
Phone: +48-12-421 05 77
Fax: +48-12- 429 10 67
E-mail: excaliburpl@ipl.net

All the participants who reserved their rooms via the above Agency are kindly asked to inform the Agency about the exact time of arrival and departure from Cracow. The Agency will arrange transport to the hotels from the Cracow Airport and Railway Station for groups of particiants. The corresponding information will be announced on the Conference web page.

 

List of Cracow hotels with rooms reserved for ECCM-2001

 

No.Name of HotelCategoryPrice per person (in EURO)
single room   double room
Distance from the town centre
in meters
1.

Sofitel (former Forum)

A 162           951400
2.

Copernicus

A 135           860
3.

Francuski

B 124           900
4.

Pod Róża

B 110           740
5.

Rezydent

B 95           730
6.

Cracovia

B 95          73600
7.

Wit Stwosz

B 94           500
8.

Polonia

B 80           47100
9.

Europejski

C 82           49100
10.

Saski

C 82           550
11.

Dom Turysty

C 65           41100
12.

Wawel Tourist

C 53           400
13.

Fortuna

C 65           48100
14.

Krakus

C 21           225000
15.

Students Hostel

* -           154500
     * Only double rooms with shower and toilet for two rooms, breakfast is not included

 

No. Name of Hotel            Address      URL
1.Sofitel (former Forum) 28, Konopnickiej St. http://www.orbis.pl/hot_fork.html
2.Copernicus 16, Kanonicza St. http://www.hotel.com.pl/copernicus/english/english.htm
3. Francuski 13, Pijarska St. http://www.orbis.pl/hot_fra.html
4. Pod Róża 14, Floriańska St.http://www.hotel.com.pl/podroz/english/xindex.htm
5. Rezydent 9, Grodzka St. http://www.rthotels.com.pl/english/rezydent/index.htm
6. Cracovia 1, Focha St.http://www.orbis.pl/hot_cra.html
7. Wit Swosz 28, Mikołajska St. http://www.krakow.pl/WK/PL/turystyka/hotele/witstwosz.htm
8. Polonia 25, Basztowa http://www.krakow.pl/WK/PL/turystyka/hotele/polonia.htm
http://www.polhotels.com/cities/krak_frm.htm
9. Europejski 5, Lubicz St. http://www.polhotels.com/cities/krak_frm.htm
10. Saski 3, Sławkowska St. http://www.polhotels.com/cities/krak_frm.htm
11. Dom Turysty 15/16, Westerplatte St.http://www.krakow.pl/WK/PL/turystyka/hotele/dom_turysty.htm
12. Wawel Tourist 22, Poselska St.
13. Fortuna 5, Czapskich St. http://www.polhotels.com/cities/krak_frm.htm
14. Krakus 33, Koszykarska St. http://www.krakow.pl/WK/PL/turystyka/hotele/krakus.htm
15. Student Hostel 1, Skarżyńskiego St.

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