There are 10 ways to get from Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane by plane, train, bus, car, or shuttle
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Fly Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
best- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane FRA - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
7h 38mzł 443–1,210Bus via Kraków
cheapest- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N1310
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDAbus K1
17h 10mzł 407–667Train via Dresden
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelectrain Re
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain Eip / ...
14h 38mzł 866–3,497Drive 1,001.8 km
- Drive from Frankfurt am Main to Zakopanecar 1,001.8 km
10h 37mzł 609–880Fly Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane FRA - BUD
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Zakopane
10h 26mzł 554–983Fly Frankfurt to Košice International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Košice International Airport (KSC)plane FRA - KSC
- Take the train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatrytrain
- Take the bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolnebus
11h 28mzł 551–1,196Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane STR - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
9h 14mzł 543–1,892Fly Frankfurt to Wroclaw, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane FRA - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
10h 28mzł 669–1,953Train
- Take the train from Frankfurt (Main) Süd to Bohumintrain Drf
- Take the train from Bohumin to Czechowice-Dziedzicetrain Ec
- Take the train from Czechowice-Dziedzice to Zakopanetrain Ic
21h 22mBus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Popradbus
- Take the bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolnebus A15
22h 38m
Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane is to bus via Kraków which costs 400 zł - 700 zł and takes 17h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane is to fly and train which takes 7h 38m and costs 440 zł - 1 300 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Frankfurt am Main station to Zakopane. However, there are services departing from Frankfurt central train station and arriving at Zakopane ZDA via MDA dworzec autobusowy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane. However, there are services departing from Frankfurt and arriving at Zakopane via Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, Wroclaw Glowny and Krakow Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 38m.
The distance between Frankfurt am Main and Zakopane is 961 km. The road distance is 1001.8 km.
The best way to get from Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane without a car is to train via Dresden which takes 14h 38m and costs 850 zł - 3 500 zł.
It takes approximately 7h 38m to get from Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane, including transfers.
Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Frankfurt central train station.
Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Frankfurt station.
The best way to get from Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane is to train via Dresden which takes 14h 38m and costs 850 zł - 3 500 zł. Alternatively, you can bus via Kraków, which costs 400 zł - 700 zł and takes 17h 10m.
What companies run services between Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Zakopane, Poland?
You can take a train from Frankfurt to Zakopane via Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, Wroclaw Glowny, and Krakow Glowny in around 14h 38m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Frankfurt central train station to Zakopane ZDA via MDA dworzec autobusowy in around 17h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Košice International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 480–1,800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–2,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–2,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 410–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Košice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 490–1,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–2,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 300–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Košice International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 480–1,800
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 270–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Košice International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 290–750
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 600–2,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,600
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 85–330
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–400
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 85–330
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 85–330
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 85–330
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Czechowice-Dziedzice to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–400
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 140–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–480
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–480
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–340
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 21–40
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 26–45
- Website
- RegioJet
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Frankfurt (Main) Süd to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Bohumin to Czechowice-Dziedzice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 13–21
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bohumin to Czechowice-Dziedzice
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 45–85
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Bohumin to Czechowice-Dziedzice
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 26–40
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +48 32 428 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleje Śląskie
Train from Czechowice-Dziedzice to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 40–60
- Website
- Koleje Śląskie
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 370–650
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +48 669 060 060
- [email protected]
- Website
- majerbus.pl
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 30–50
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Budapest to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 220–310
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Phone
- +48 (12) 30 71 714
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
Bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 12–17
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
Bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 12–17
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
- Phone
- +421 55 72 896 16
- [email protected]
- Website
- interbus.sk
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Poprad
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- interbus.sk
- Book at
- interbus.sk
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More Questions & Answers
Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane is 1002 km. It takes approximately 10h 37m to drive from Frankfurt am Main to Zakopane.
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