Accommodation
Polonia Palace Offers a number of rooms to reduced price during the weekend, August 30-September 2, at 380 PLN per each single/double room per night, including breakfast buffet and WIFI. Week prices, September 2-3, are 550/590 PLN per each single/double room per night, including breakfast buffet and WIFI.
Please fill in the registration form an email back to the hotel reservation department: groupreservation@syrena.com.pl
Metropol Hotel offers a number of rooms to reduced price (weekend), August 30-September 9, at 260 PLN per each single/double room per night, including breakfast buffet and WIFI. Week prices, September 2-3, are 370/400 PLN per each single/double room per night, including breakfast buffet and WIFI.
Please fill in the registration form an email back to the hotel reservation department: groupreservation@syrena.com.pl
AB Hostel offers a 10% discount between August 31-September 2. Please, book through phone, e-mail or website using the code “INCF”
How to get here
By plane
Most flights to Warsaw land at Chopin Airport, lotnisko-chopina.pl, about 10 km from the city centre.
From the airport you can use public transportation to reach the city centre.
- bus number 175 runs to the centre and around the Old Town (Stare Miasto)
- bus numbers 148 and 188 run to the other side of the river, to Praga, Grochów and Gocław
- night bus number N32 runs to the city centre
- suburban train line S2, S3 or RL – more information
Transport tickets are required on all lines.
A taxi rank in front of the Terminal offers selected and reliable taxi companies: Ele Taxi, Sawa Taxi, Super Taxi. Avoid people in the Arrivals Hall encouraging you to use random taxis as they are often unlicensed and their fees are several times higher than registered and legal taxis.
By train
Warsaw has three large railway stations with international and domestic long-distance connections:
- Warszawa Centralna, Aleje Jerozolimskie 54
Located in the heart of the city, it is reachable from all districts of Warsaw.
- Warszawa Zachodnia, Aleje Jerozolimskie 144
Thanks to its location right next to the international bus station. - Warszawa Wschodnia, ul. Lubelska 1
The station is located on the Praga side of the river.
Train timetables are available at:
pkp.pl
intercity.pl
e-podroznik.pl
Getting around Warsaw
Information about public transport timetables can be found on ztm.waw.pl and you can see maps and diagrams of the public transport system here
You can also find information about travelling by public transport here
Tickets
All public transportation tickets can be purchased at ZTM points, in some newspaper kiosks and at ticket machines located in the metro stations, the purchase can be made with either cash or debit cards. Tickets can also be purchased using a mobile phone.
The Warsaw metropolitan area is divided into the urban zone “1” (within the city boundary) and the suburban area “2”.
Ticket prices – zone 1
- 75 minute ticket – 4,40 PLN, discount – 2,20 PLN
- One-day ticket (valid 24h): standard – 15,00 PLN, discount – 7,50 PLN
- Three-day ticket: standard – 36,00 PLN, discount – 18,00 PLN
What to see
Warsaw is one of the most rapidly developing cities in Europe with huge potential and extraordinary energy. It skillfully combines tradition and modernity which you can see when you walk around the city, both of its sides permeate at every step in a surprising and unique way and the combination of tradition and modernity is also evident in the city’s architecture.
The Warsaw Tourist Beaureu has compiled a list of the top 10 things to see and it includes the beautiful Old Town (on the UNESCO World Heritage list!), full of café gardens and a stage for cultural festivals. The Vistula Boulevards, a kilometres-long riverside promenade, a great place for a walk, bike ride, as well as a night of fun in one of the seasonal clubs operating here. Along the boulevards are gazebos with sun loungers, stone benches and seats made from tree branches. As well as the Palace of Culture and Science, home to theatres, a cinema, museums, trendy pubs and the main Warsaw Tourist Information office. Make sure to go up to the observation deck on the 30th floor of the building and see the beautiful panorama of the city from a height of 114 metres.
