Useful local information
Krynica-Zdrój
(city web pages e.g.: here,
here
or here)
is a small city and a health resort in south of
Poland. It is located in a valley in Beskid
Sądecki mountains, close to the border with Slovakia. It is surrounded by mountains
offering many
tourist routes
with various level of difficulty.
In mid to end of June one can expect temperatures around 18 °C
+/- 5 °C, fresh healthy air
and beautiful
green trees. Rainy days can happen.
The weather forecast for a coming week can be found e.g. here.
Krynica-Zdrój is situated about 100 km south east from
Kraków - an old capital of Poland worth sightseeing (info
e.g. here
or here).
Krynica-Zdrój can be reach from
Kraków by
bus
(faster
trip, ~ 3 hours) or by train
(longer trip,
~5 hours, with nice landscapes).
Main train station in Kraków is:
Kraków
Główny.
Train time tables can be searched here
(fast trains,
Intercity PKP) or
here
(all trains, PKP).
Nearest airport is in Kraków Balice (web page is here,
it includes a list of airlines operating there and a flight search).
Conference
bus from Kraków to
Krynica-Zdrój
Conference
buses will be arranged
from Kraków Główny bus/train
station on
Friday 8th and Sunday 10th
of June.
We will ask the
participants to express their interest in
conference
bus during the on-line registration procedure.
Bus hours:
Friday,
8th of June:
departure at ~14.40
from Kraków Główny bus/train
station
Sunday,
10th of June:
departure at
~14.40
from Kraków Główny bus/train
station
Kraków
Główny bus station (Regionalny
Dworzec Autobusowy) is located
next to the platforms of Kraków Główny train
station
(distance ~ 50-100
meters, a map can be found here). Conference buses will have
an emblem of
"Jaszowiec" 2012 Conference.
Suggested convenient fast train
from Warsaw departs at 11.25
from Warszawa Centralna
station and arrives at 14.11
to Kraków Główny station.
Conference buses will wait for an arrival of this train, if the train
is late. In such a case, conference buses will enter the bus station
at the time of the actual arrival of the train.
This is due
to
a limited time of staying allowed for buses at the bus
station (15 minutes).
Return buses from Krynica-Zdrój to Kraków
Główny
train station will be
arranged only for Friday
15th of June, departure at 10.00 (in front
of Krynica
Hotel). An arrival to Kraków Główny station is
planned
not later than at 13.30., with
the train leaving for Warsaw at 13:50 (the next train is at
14:45).