Getting to Gdansk

There are direct connections to Gdansk (GDN) from Warsaw (Warszawa; WAW), Munich, Frankfurt, Copenhagen and London. One way to fly to Poland is through the low cost airlines such as EasyJet, Ryanair and Wizzair. All these airlines fly through the smaller London airports like Stansted and Luton. However if you are flying into one of the busier London airports like Heathrow the transfer from one airport to another can be challenging. We would recommend if possible to make your transfer to Poland from Heathrow or Gatwick. However this is probably a more expensive option. For those of you flying back to the US, what we tend to do is leave Poland a day before we are due to fly back to the US. We do this because the US flights usually leave early in the morning.

Gdansk Airport

Getting to Elblag

You will have 3 options: 1) You can either rent a car; 2) take the train, or 3) alternatively, if there are enough guests coming into Gdansk around the same time on Friday afternoon (August 10th 2007) we will arrange for a private bus to come and collect you.

1. Train

You can take a train from Gdansk Wrzeszcz to Elblag. It is a very scenic trip and it costs only around $10 or 5.5 pounds!! Make sure you buy a first class ticket and do not accept food or drink from anyone :) (that is what the warnings say on the train) It takes about 1 and a half hours to get to Elblag (excluding a taxi drive to the train station).

Polish Train Schedule

Rail Passes

Map of main Polish train routes

2. Renting a car

This is an expensive option. Many of the main roads/highways are 2 lane so overtaking can be hazardous. It takes about 1-1.5 hours to get to Elblag from the Gdansk airport.

3. Private transportation

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