Last update: 2nd December 2009

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                BY PLANE:

Airstrip (for small aircrafts): Tarnow, ul. Lotnicza
www.azt.tarman.pl

The nearest International Airports
"KRAKOW - BALICE" - 90 km
www.lotnisko-balice.pl/strona_en.html

Getting from BALICE Airport to Tarnow

First,
take train to Main Train Station in Krakow. The travel from airport to train station takes aprox. 15 minutes. Trains run about every 30 minutes. Time table
or
take bus no. 292 to Main Train Station in Krakow (this bus terminates at: Krakowska Szkoła Wyższa). The travel from airport to train station takes aprox. 35 minutes. Buses run about every 40 minutes. Time table

Next, take a train to Tarnow (or towards: Rzeszów, Przemyśl, Nowy Sącz, Krynica). The travel from Krakow to Tarnow by train takes aprox. 1 hour by express or fast train and 1 hour 25 minutes by slow train. Trains run about every 20 - 40 minutes.


"RZESZÓW - JASIONKA" - 90 km
http://www.rzeszowairport.pl

Getting from JASIONKA Airport to Tarnow

First, take bus no. 14 or "L" (L operates Ryanair flights) to Main Train Station in Rzeszów. The travel from airport to train station takes aprox. 25 minutes.
time table

Next, take a train to Tarnow (or towards: Kraków, Wrocław, Szczecin). The travel from Rzeszów to Tarnow by train takes aprox. 1 hour by express or fast train (TLK, InterRegio) and 1 hour 25 minutes by slow train (Regio). Trains run about every 60 minutes.



                BY CAR:

Tarnow is located 80 kilometers to the East from Krakow, on E-40 international route. Those travelling from South or North of Poland can get here driving along route 73.

Distances to Tarnow from:

International Airport "Craców - Balice": 90 km
Krakow: 80 km
Wieliczka: 70 km
Warsaw: 298 km
Częstochowa: 200 km

Limited Parking Zone
The center of Tarnow 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 charges apply:
  • first 30 minutes: 0,85 zł
  • first 60 minutes: 1,70 zł
  • second hour: 2,00 zł
  • third hour: 2,30 zł
  • fourth and every next hour: 1,70 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)
Tarnow - Krakow - 1h (IR, TLK, IC); 1h 25 min. (OS)
Tarnow - Nowy Sącz - 1h 40 min. (IR, TLK, EX, IC); 2h (OS)
Tarnow - Krynica - 3h 10 min. (TLK, IC); 3h 40 min. (OS)
IC - InterCity, EX - express, TLK - fast train, OS - slow train


Online train timetables in english:
www.pkp.pl
www.intercity.pl
www.przewozyregionalne.pl





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