Getting there
→ by plane
→ by car
→ train & coach
BY PLANE:
Airstrip (for small aircrafts): Tarnow, ul. Lotnicza
www.azt.tarman.pl
The nearest International Airports
"KRAKOW - BALICE" - 90 km
www.krakowairport.pl
Getting from BALICE Airport to Tarnow
First, take a train to Kraków Główny station (Main Train Station in Krakow). The travel from airport to the train station takes approx. 15 minutes. Trains run about every 30 minutes. Time table
or
take bus no. 292 or 208 to Kraków Główny station (292 terminates at Krakowska Akademia). The travel from airport to train station takes approx. 35 minutes. Buses run about every 40 minutes. Time table
Next, take a train to Tarnów (or towards: Rzeszów, Przemyśl, Nowy Sącz, Krynica). The travel from Kraków to Tarnów by train takes approx. 1 hour by express or fast train and 1 hour 25 minutes by slow train. Trains run every 30 to 40 minutes. Time table
"RZESZÓW - JASIONKA" - 90 km
www.rzeszowairport.pl
Getting from JASIONKA Airport to Tarnów
First, take line "L" bus to Dworzec PKP (Main Train Station) in Rzeszów. The travel from the airport to train station takes approx. 25 minutes. Time table
Next, take a train to Tarnów (or towards: Kraków, Wrocław, Szczecin). The travel from Rzeszów to Tarnów by train takes approx. 1 hour by express or fast train (TLK, InterRegio) and 1 hour 25 minutes by slow train (Regio). Trains run about every 60 minutes. Time table
BY CAR:
Tarnów is located 80 kilometers East from Krakow, on E-40 international route. Those traveling from South or North of Poland can get here driving along route 73.
Distances to Tarnów from:
International Airport "Krakow - Balice": 90 km
Krakow: 80 km
Wieliczka: 70 km
Warsaw: 298 km
Czestochowa: 200 km
Limited Parking Zone
The center of Tarnów is a "limited parking zone", therefore parking is only allowed in the designated areas. Limited Parking Zone covers the area shaped by the following streets:
Narutowicza – Konarskiego – Dąbrowskiego - Kołłątaja - Starodąbrowska – Słoneczna – Sitki – Słowackiego - Nowy Świat – Solidarności – Szujskiego – Szkotnik - Mościckiego – Pułaskiego – Krakowska
Tickets are valid for a given time (half an hour, one hour...). Nights (from 6 p.m. until 8 a.m.) and Sundays are free - no tickets are needed.
The following tickets are available:
- 30 minutes: 0,85 zł
- 60 minutes: 1,70 zł
- two hours: 3,70 zł
- three hours: 6,00 zł
- one day: 12,00 zł
Parking tickets are available in most of the stores and press - kiosks around the city (marked with “P” sign).
BY TRAIN & COACH:
Most of the cities in Poland offer connections with Tarnow both by train and coach. Direct international coach connections are available from: Rome, London, Berlin, Vienna, Paris.
Average train journey times for services from Tarnow to: Warsaw, Krakow, Nowy Sacz and Krynica
Tarnow - Warsaw - 4h (IC, EX, REGIOexpres)
Tarnow - Krakow - 1h (IR, REGIOexpres, TLK, IC); 1h 25 min. (REGIO)
Tarnow - Nowy Sącz - 1h 40 min. (IR, REGIOexpres, TLK, EX, IC); 2h (REGIO)
Tarnow - Krynica - 3h 10 min. (TLK, IC); 3h 40 min. (REGIO)
IC - InterCity, EX - express, REGIOexpres, TLK - fast train, OS - slow train
Online train and coach timetables in English:
www.pkp.pl (trains only)
www.e-podroznik.pl (trains and coaches)
