There are 11 ways to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Zakopane by plane, bus, train, car, car train, shuttle, or car ferry
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)LHR - KRK
- Take the bus from Jubilat to Zakopane ZDA
7h 32mzł 385–953Bus to Luton Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)LTN - KRK
- Take the bus from Jubilat to Zakopane ZDA
8h 58mzł 205–953Train, bus
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Gliwice, Centrum Przesiadkowe
- Take the train from Gliwice to Krakow GlownyIc / ...
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to ZakopaneIc / ...
31h 10mzł 922–2,255Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zakopane
16h 41mBus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)LGW - KRK
- Take the bus from Jubilat to Zakopane ZDA
8h 24mzł 214–784Fly London Stansted Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)STN - KRK
- Take the bus from Jubilat to Zakopane ZDA
9h 9mzł 331–915Fly London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)LHR - BUD
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Zakopane
11h 14mzł 650–1,353Bus to Luton Airport, fly to Poprad-Tatry Airport, drive
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT)LTN - TAT
- Drive from Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT) to Zakopane
7h 12mzł 220–2,928Bus
- Take the bus from Upminster to PopradMichalovce
- Take the bus from Poprad to Zakopane, Bus stationN1365
32h 55mzł 326–810Bus, train
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to ZilinaIc
- Take the train from Kralovany to TrstenaRe
33h 30mzł 481–994Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Zakopane
17h 50mzł 1,272–1,856
Heathrow Terminal 5 to Zakopane by foot, train, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Zakopane is to bus and fly which costs 210 zł - 800 zł and takes 8h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Zakopane is to bus and fly and drive which takes 7h 12m and costs 220 zł - 3 000 zł.
The distance between Heathrow Terminal 5 and Zakopane is 1553 km.
The best way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Zakopane without a car is to train and bus which takes 31h 10m and costs 900 zł - 2 300 zł.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Zakopane, including transfers.
Zakopane is 1h ahead of Heathrow Terminal 5. It is currently 10:43 AM in Heathrow Terminal 5 and 11:43 AM in Zakopane.
There are 6389+ hotels available in Zakopane.
What companies run services between Heathrow Terminal 5, England and Zakopane, Poland?
You can take a subway from Heathrow Terminal 5 station to Zakopane, Bus station via Gloucester Road station, Upminster station, Upminster, and Poprad in around 32h 55m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–600
Flights from London Stansted Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 130–600
Flights from London Stansted Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 130–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–750
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–750
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 260–2,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 330–800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 360–800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 260–1,400
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 150–500
Flights from Luton Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 100–650
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 500–850
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 500–850
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–900
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–700
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Poprad-Tatry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 100–2,700
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- zł 320–480
- 1st Class
- zł 650–1,200
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Gliwice to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 106
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 115
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 25–35
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- zł 40–50
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 65–140
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 430–550
- 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
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 150–310
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- zł 150–210
- 1st Class
- zł 230–310
- Business
- zł 250–280
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 50–170
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Kralovany to Trstena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 11–21
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +48 669 060 060
- biuro@majerbus.pl
- Website
- majerbus.pl
Bus from Jubilat to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 22–35
- Website
- https://www.majerbus.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Gliwice, Centrum Przesiadkowe
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 410–600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 65–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Poprad to Zakopane, Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 27–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 70–95
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–150
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 35–55
- Website
- https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- info@eurobusways.com
- 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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Upminster to Poprad
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 280–700
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- zł 270–410
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 150–180
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- zł 330–800
- On Foot
- zł 150–180
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