International Conference on Solid State Crystals - Material Science and Applications and 7th Polish Conference on Crystal Growth, General Meeting of Polish Society for Crystal Growth May, 16 - 20, 2004, Kościelisko, Zakopane, Poland

Travel to Krakow

There are nonstop flights from Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Rome, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Zurich and Warsaw to Cracow, frequent connections by bus and train from Cracow to Zakopane. Airport in Kraków is situated about one hour from the center and then there is connection with buses to Zakopane or Koœcielisko. One can also stay for some time in Cracow.
The information center can be found at: http://www.krakow.pl.
The city map can be found at: http://www.krakow.pl/miasto/mapa/mapa_en.php.
The useful links for find accomodation in Cracow:
http://www.wirtualnykrakow.and.pl/pension.htm,
http://www.krakow.pl/en/turystyka/kwaterki.php,
http://www.polishhotels.pl/index.php?art_id=1437
http://www.poland4u.com/hotel.asp?hotel=Krk_Leo&jezyk=1

There are express trains from Berlin, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Gdansk, Hamburg, Kiev, Kosice, Odessa, Poznan, Prague, Szczecin, Vienna, Warsaw and Wroclaw to Cracow and direct trains from Poznan and Warsaw to Zakopane. A detailed information about intercity bus (PKS) and train connections (PKP) can be found at: http://www.pks.krakow.pl and http://www.pkp.pl, respectively.

Travel to Zakopane

Zakopane is situated about 400 km from Warszawa (Warsaw) and 120 km from Kraków (Cracow). Warszawa and Kraków are easy to reach by train or by air. Airport in Warszawa is forty minutes away from the center and the Central Railway Station (CS) - Warszawa Centralna. The city bus no 175 from the Airport to (CS) -Warszawa Centralna is the most convenient for the quick and cheap travel. The ticket costs less than 1 Euro and is sold in the kiosk in the main hall at the Airport. We do not advice taxi.

The train from Warszawa to Kraków needs less than three hours and the time table of trains is on website: http://www.pkp.pl

Airport in Kraków is situated about one hour from the center and then there is connection with buses to Zakopane or Kościelisko.

Bus transportation between Kraków to Zakopane is recommended. Buses start from the bus main station near Kraków Railway Station very often.

Kościelisko is a part of Zakopane and bus or taxi are recommended from bus station in Zakopane to Kościelisko.

Travel to the Conference Center

How to find the Conference Center - see map (95kB)

The Conference will be held at
WOJSKOWY DOM WYPOCZYNKOWY - WDW "KOŚCIELISKO"
ul. St. Nędzy - Kubińca 101
34 - 511 Kościelisko k/Zakopanego
Tel/fax: + 18 - 207 93 00 (all the day)
Tel.: +18 - 207 93 14
e-mail: wzw@wzw.zakopane.pl
web site: http://www.wzw.zakopane.pl

Participants will be accomodated at the same buiding (Conference Center) where the scientific session will be held. Participants will be located in single or double rooms, all with bathrooms. Meals will be served in the restaurants at the Conference Center.
Sauna, coffee-drink bar and night club are also placed at Center.

Weather forecast

Weather in Krakow (CNN)
Weather in Zakopane (wunderground.com)
Numerical Weather Forecast (Interdisciplinary Center for Mathematical and Computational Modelling - Warsaw University)