So, if we fly round trip to Krakow, we're looking at this:
The schedule I can make work with the hydrofoil schedule is the same as Frankfurt, but sub in Krakow for Frankfurt:
Thursday, May 17: Depart Chicago
Friday, May 18: Arrive Krakow, Travel to Budapest
Monday, May 21: Depart Budapest, Arrive Vienna
Thursday, May 24: Depart Vienna, Arrive Ceske Krumlov
Saturday, May 26: Depart Ceske Krumlov, Arrive Prague
Tuesday, May 29, Depart Prague, Arrive Krakow
Thursday, May 31: Depart Krakow, Arrive Chicago
In addition to the baseline itinerary fares:
I've got round trip airfare to Krakow at $1,200.
One way from Kakow to Budapest is $235 by plane (2.5 hours, 1-stop) or $144 by train (8 hours, overnight train)
One way from Prague to Krakow is $275 by plane (2.5 hours, 1-stop) or $104 by train (11 hours, overnight train)
There may be some sort of Poland-Czech-Hungary-Austria rail pass
So, things seems expensive like Frankfurt, and those train travel times are longer than I anticipated.
Seems Warsaw might be a cheaper flight.
Warsaw is definitely cheaper, but not geographically advantageous. Krakow is much closer to our desired destinations.
ReplyDeleteKrakow is close, which is why I thought train travel would be easier.
ReplyDeleteI thought train travel would be much easier and shorter as well.
ReplyDeleteI could do a little more research. It was a quick scan. Krakow would be cool.
ReplyDeleteApparently neither Poland nor Slovakia are a part of the rail network.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ricksteves.com/rail/select.htm
Looks like there are buses in and out of Krakow.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting $45 to Budapest, 7.5 hours. Looks like we can't go from Prague to Krakow