There is a “passenger locator form” currently required to enter Poland by plane.

You can fill this in before your flight to save you time. After you submit the form save the confirmation to show at the airport or onboard (when they try to give you the paper form). You can also fill it out on the flight in paper form.

Below is a screenshot of how to fill in the “location” information for our meeting:

The hotel is considered a private location, and generally, masks will not be required except perhaps if a large group of people is mingling in the lobby. During our meetings and meals, masks will not be required. Masks are not required outside.

If your home nation requires a negative test result to board or re-enter you may pre-book a testing time at the airport by visiting this page.

ENTRY into Poland from a Schengen member state, anyone may enter Poland without quarantine if:

• They are fully vaccinated with all vaccine doses required and 14 days have passed since their final dose was administered (counting from the day following the last vaccination date). The vaccination must be certified by the EU digital COVID certificate or another document, in Polish or English, confirming vaccination with a vaccine that has been authorised in the European Union.
• They had been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (so-called convalescents), no later than 6 months before the day of crossing the Polish border. Perons must present a document confirming that they had indeed been infected, issued in Polish or English; acceptable documents include the EU digital COVID certificate.
• They present a negative COVID-19 test result, confirmed with an EU COVID certificate or another document in Polish or English. Such a test must be performed no earlier than 48 hours before crossing the border.
• They are children under 12 years of age who are travelling under the supervision of adults vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a negative COVID-19 test result.

The latest travel requirements can be found here.

Please note that upon ARRIVAL at Kraków Airport you will enter a queue prior to baggage claim, this is where the above requirements will be inspected, please have your paperwork or digital version ready. This queue can take up to 45 mins depending on the number of arriving flights, be prepared.

General social life rules:

It is mandatory to cover your mouth and nose in such places as:

• in buses, trams and trains,
• in shops, malls, banks, markets and post offices
• in cinemas and theatres,
• at physician’s offices, in outpatient clinics and hospitals, in massage and tattoo parlours
• in churches, at schools and universities,
• In government offices (when going there to take care of certain matters) and other civic centres.

Venue: Hotel Grand Sal in Wieliczka [Click for map]

• The hotel is a seven-minute walk from a train station which has a direct connection to the airport.
• For those that need assistance, we can pick you up from the train station near the hotel (contact details below).
  
• The train is about a 50 min ride from the airport to the station located near the hotel and is 16zł (€4).
  • For those arriving earlier and staying in the city center:
    • The station you want a ticket for is “Kraków Głowny” (main station) and is about a 20 min ride from the airport station and is 12zł (€3). This is the best option for a fast service to the center, taxis will cost much more and take much longer (up to an hour depending on traffic).
    • From the “Kraków Głowny” station (main station) you can get a train to the hotel for the retreat. Ticket machines for “Koleje Małopolskie” will have the correct ticket (or buy online with the link below), your destination is “Wieliczka Rynek-Kopalnia” (Also called “Wieliczka Marketplace Salt Mine”).
      
• Uber, Bolt, Freenow, and regular taxis all serve the airport. The drive to/from the airport is about 45 mins, and will cost between 70 and 120 zł (€18 to €30).

Tap a topic below for detailed information…

How To Take The Train From Kraków Airport to the hotel:

The train station is located directly next to the terminal behind the parking garage.

All trains leave from the airport to the hotel location (both are end stations) “SKA 1” direction “Wieliczka Rynek-Kopalnia” (Also called “Wieliczka Marketplace Salt Mine”) – there are no other trains, so you can’t get on the wrong one.

1. From arrivals take the escalator (moving ramp) to the upper level.
2. Turn left into the covered footbridge and walk to the end.
3. At the end go through another pair of doors and down the escalator to the train platform.

How To Walk From The Train Station “Wieliczka Rynek-Kopalnia” (Also called “Wieliczka Marketplace Salt Mine”) to Hotel Grand Sal:

 [See location and address on Google Maps for live walking directions on your phone]

1. Walk off the platform towards the parking lot, bus station, and station building.
2. Walk straight along the main walkway towards the main street.
3. Turn right onto the main street (ul. Edwarda Demowskiego).
4. Turn left onto the next street “ul. Daniłowicza”.
5. After 140 meters turn right onto “park Kingi”.
6. In 120 meters the hotel will be on your left at number 7 “Hotel Grand Sal”.

On Saturday evening or if you have extra time after our meetings, here are some tips for getting around the city center.

• The center is very walkable, from the main station it is only about a 10 min walk to the main square and the center of the medieval city.
• Trams and busses are frequent and a great way to get around, you can use Google Transit directions to get exact platforms and specific directions for any place in the city. Face masks must be worn while riding trams or busses.
• Tickets can be purchased at most platforms with cards, and on most newer trams/busses cards can be used (contactless) or coins can be used on all trams/busses. Tickets are “time based” and expire based on the chosen time.
• To get to the Jewish quarter you can walk about 20 mins or take a tram.
  • Tram 3 from outside the main station (Direction: Nowy Bieżanów P+R)
  • Tram 19 from under the main station in the underground tram tunnel (Direction: Borek Fałęcki)
  • Tram 24 from along Westerplatte or Basztowa streets, which is near the main square’s north or east side (Direction: Kurdwanów P+R) (tram stops: Teatr Bagatela, Stary Kleparz, Teatr Słowackiego, or Poczta Główna) tram 3 stops at some of these as well.