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within Poland usually arrive offers a substantial number of are fast and usually arrive on
within three or four days of domestic and international time. The most comfortable,
posting, while international flights. and most expensive, are the
mail may take up to a week; InterCity trains, which also give
intercon tinental mail can take passengers a snack. InterCity
up to three weeks. Post boxes Traveling by Bus trains provide compartments for
are red and easily identifiable. Most long­distance routes within mothers with children and for
For urgent mail, Poczta Polska Poland are served by Polish disabled people. Fares for
provides both an express Motor Transport, Polska ordinary and fast trains are very
service and a courier service. Komunikaja Samo chodowa reasonable; express trains and
The international DHL and (PKS). A competitor is Polski Bus, sleeping cars are expensive,
UPS courier agencies also which offers cheaper fares, air­ although not by the standards
operate in Poland. conditioned coaches, and of the rest of Europe.
wireless Internet access, but they Suburban routes are served
connect only the major cities. by electric trains, which
Traveling by Plane
Local buses are sometimes sometimes consist of open­
Poland is well connected with the only means of getting to plan, double­decker cars.
the rest of the world. Inter­ minor towns and villages. The
national flights from some 90 services are generally punctual,
cities in 40 countries arrive in although before 8am and in the Traveling by Car
Warsaw. The airports at Gdańsk, afternoon they may be Poland has few highways, but
Katowice, Szczecin, Poznań, crowded. Tickets for these are new routes are added each year
Wrocław, and Krakow also have always bought from the driver. to build a network of highways
international flights, linking spanning the entire country.
Poland with much of Western While this work is being carried
Europe, as well as Prague, Traveling by Train out, drivers might be affected
Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia, International train services run by delays.
and the capitals of the former between all major European and Wherever you drive in Poland,
Soviet Union. Some 30 airlines, Polish cities. The journeys by fast always carry your passport, car
including British Airways, Air train from Warsaw to Prague and insurance, license, green card,
France, SAS (Scandinavia), and Berlin take just six and nine hours and rental contract with you,
Lufthansa (Germany), operate respectively. The main rail route and if you are driving a foreign
from Warsaw Chopin airport, runs across Poland from east to car, display the international
which has direct connections west, connecting Russia with symbol of its country of origin.
with Canada, the US, Israel, and western Europe. All the major international car
China. Krakow John Paul II, the Express lines connect almost rental companies operate in
second largest airport in Poland, all the big cities, and the trains Warsaw and Krakow.
DIRECTORY
Tourist Offices Emergency UK Airports
in Poland Numbers ul. Kawalerii 12.
Tel 22­311 00 00. Krakow John Paul II
Krakow Ambulance ∑ ukinpoland.fco. Tel 12­295 58 00.
Rynek Główny 1–3. Tel 999. gov.uk
Tel 12­433 73 10. Warsaw Chopin
Fire Brigade US Tel 22­650 42 20.
Warsaw Tel 998. Al Ujazdowskie 29/31,
ul. Krakowskie Warsaw. Car Rental
Przedmieście 65. Medical Advice Tel 22­504 20 00.
Tel 22­635 18 81. Tel 94 39. ∑ poland. usembassy. AVIS Poland
Police gov Krakow, ul. Lubicz 23.
Tourist Offices Tel 997. Tel 12­639 32 89.
outside Poland Facilities for the Warsaw Airport.
Embassies Disabled
UK Tel 22­650 48 72.
Level 3, Westgate House, Australia Disabled People’s ∑ avis.pl
West Gate, London W5 ul. Nowogrodzka 11, National Council Hertz Rent-a-Car
1YY. Tel 030­0303 1812. Warsaw. ul. Andersa 13, Warsaw. Krakow, al. Focha 1.
∑ poland.travel/en-gb Tel 22­521 34 44. Tel 22­530 65 70. Tel 12­429 62 62.
US Canada Train Stations Warsaw Chopin Airport.
5 Marine View Plaza, Suite ul. Matejki 1/5, Tel 22­650 28 96.
303B, Hoboken, New Jersey Warsaw. Warsaw Central Warsaw Modlin Airport.
07030. Tel 201­420 9910. Tel 22­584 31 00. Jerozolimskie 54. Tel 22­650 28 96.
∑ poland.travel/en-us ∑ canada.pl Tel 22­474 40 86. ∑ hertz.com.pl

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