ERIS@ annual conference 2011 will take place in the 5-star Sheraton Krakow Hotel, located on the bank of the Wisla River, a stones throw from the famous Wawel Royal Castle. The hotel is just ten minutes’ walk to the Main Market Square and the Old Town.
Sheraton Krakow Hotel
ul. Powiśle 7
Kraków 31-101
Tel.: (+48) 12 662 10 00
krakow@sheraton.com
Getting to Krakow:
Air
Krakow Airport
http://www.krakowairport.pl/en
The John Paul II International Airport Krakow-Balice is located 11 km west of the Krakow city center. It is well connected with the city center by a special fast train (travel time: 18 minutes) and regular bus lines (208 and 292 and one night line: 902). Please go to “Getting to and from the airport” section at the Krakow Airport website for your travel itinerary.
Katowice Airport http://www.katowice-airport.com/en/index/index
The International Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport is located approximately 110 kilometers north-west of Krakow. The best way to get to Krakow from Katowice Airport is to take a mini bus run by private carriers. Katowice Airport – Krakow transfer usually takes about 1,5 hrs. For more information click here: http://www.cracow.travel/for-tourists/transport/access/action,get,id,298,title,By-air.html
Rail
The Central Railway Station (Dworzec Krakow Glowny) is situated in the very city center and handles all international and most domestic trains. Internationally, there are daily direct trains to Berlin, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Hamburg, Kyiv, Odessa, Prague and Vienna.
For information regarding station and train accessibility please visit the Polish State Railways SA website (Polskie Koleje Panstwowe SA, PKP): http://rozklad-pkp.pl/?q=en/node/143
Road
Krakow lies at one of the key European crossroads. The city’s main road connections include the A4 expressway to Germany, the no. 7 highway northwards to the Baltic Sea and south to the Mediterranean via Slovakia and Austria, the no. 4 highway to Ukraine, and the no. 52 highway to the Czech Republic.
The modern bus terminal (Regionalny Dworzec Autobusowy, RDA) is located behind the Central Railway Station. The PKS (Polish National Coachlines) and coaches and buses operated by private carriers leave from the two levels of the station. For information on national connections please check the station’s website: http://www.rda.krakow.pl/en/
Information about international timetables and fares is available in the International Ticket Office, open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, tel.: +48 12 393 52 55; +48 12 393 52 55, e-mail: mnar@rda.krakow.pl
Getting around Krakow
City transport
Krakow is served by an efficient network of buses and trams that run between 5am and 11pm. There are also night buses. Maps of public transport and the timetables are available on the Municipal Transport Enterprise website (Miejskie Przedsiebiorstwo Komunikacyjne S.A. w Krakowie MPK): http://www.mpk.krakow.pl/en/
For more information about public transport in Krakow please click here: http://www.cracow.travel/for-tourists/transport/moving-around-krakow/action,get,id,308,title,Public-transport.html
Taxis
There are 13 taxis licensed companies in Krakow. For the list of licensed taxis and their contact details please click here: http://www.cracow.travel/for-tourists/transport/moving-around-krakow/action,get,id,305,title,Taxis.html
Please make sure that you only use licensed taxis and beware of taxi frauds (http://www.krakow.pl/en/komunikaty/?MODE=mpkom&TYPE=show&kom_id=11242)
Getting to Sheraton Krakow Hotel
Click here for a map of the conference venue.
The easiest way to get to Sheraton Krakow Hotel from the Krakow Airport is to take the fast train to the Central Railway Station and then take either:
- Taxi (please see the taxi section);
- Tram line number 2 (direction: Salwator, 4 stops from “Kraków Główny” to “Jubilat”) and walk about 5 min (220 m in a straight line);
- Bus line number 522 (direction: Bieżanów Nowy, 3 stops from “Kraków Główny” to “Filharmonia”) and walk about 7 min (290 m in a straight line).
For more information about Kraków, arrival to the city and getting around Krakow please go to the Kraków Travel website http://www.cracow.travel/?_pgVis=1 and Magiczny Kraków website http://www.krakow.pl/en/?chl=EN
MAP OF THE CONFERENCE VENUE
- WISŁA Ballroom (WISŁA I – III): plenary sessions
- WISŁA I – III: workshops
- WARSZAWA (WARSZAWA I – II) : Networking Room
- GDAŃSK: exhibition rooms
- TORUŃ: ERIS@ secretariat
- THE OLIVE: restaurant