There are 9 ways to get from Mainz to Kraków by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
best- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane FRA - KRK
5h 13mzł 371–961Train 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 / ...
13h 34mzł 818–3,405Bus
- Take the bus from Mainz central train station to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N1310
15h 50mzł 400–700Drive 1,000.1 km
- Drive from Mainz to Krakówcar 1,000.1 km
8h 38mzł 616–890Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane STR - KRK
6h 53mzł 407–1,482Fly Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane FRA - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glownytrain
6h 55mzł 450–1,667Fly Frankfurt to Wroclaw, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane FRA - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain
7h 58mzł 607–1,654Train
- Take the train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Bohumintrain 235
- Take the train from Bohumin to Krakow Glownytrain Ec
19h 32mBus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Krakówbus Ivano-Frankivsk
26h 52m
Mainz to Kraków by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mainz to Kraków is to bus which costs 400 zł - 700 zł and takes 15h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Mainz to Kraków is to fly which takes 5h 13m and costs 370 zł - 1 000 zł.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Mainz central train station station and arriving at Krakow, MDA Bus Station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 15h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Mainz to Kraków. However, there are services departing from Mainz, Römisches Theater and arriving at Krakow Glowny via Frankfurt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 34m.
The distance between Mainz and Kraków is 841 km. The road distance is 1000.1 km.
The best way to get from Mainz to Kraków without a car is to train via Dresden which takes 13h 34m and costs 800 zł - 3 500 zł.
It takes approximately 5h 13m to get from Mainz to Kraków, including transfers.
Mainz to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mainz central train station.
Mainz to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Frankfurt station.
The best way to get from Mainz to Kraków is to fly which takes 5h 13m and costs 370 zł - 1 000 zł. Alternatively, you can train via Dresden, which costs 800 zł - 3 500 zł and takes 13h 34m, you could also bus, which costs 400 zł - 700 zł and takes 15h 50m.
What companies run services between Mainz, Germany and Kraków, Poland?
Lufthansa, LOT, and Austrian Airlines fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Mainz, Römisches Theater to Krakow Glowny via Frankfurt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 13h 34m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–2,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–2,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–950
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Poznan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–2,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,100
- 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
- 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 550–2,500
- 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 420–1,700
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 55–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 80–360
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–600
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–490
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- kolejedolnoslaskie.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–340
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–390
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 190–700
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 60–90
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 30–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 50–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 70–120
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 40–65
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 150–270
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 85–130
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Mainz central train station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 400–700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Kraków
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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Mainz to Kraków bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Mainz to Kraków train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mainz to Kraków is 1000 km. It takes approximately 8h 38m to drive from Mainz to Kraków.
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