There are 8 ways to get from Hel to Zakopane by train, bus, taxi, car, plane, or shuttle
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Train, bus
best- Take the train from Hel to Gdynia Glownatrain R
- Take the train from Gdynia Glowna to Krakow Glownytrain Eip / ...
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDAbus K1
10hzł 348–669Taxi, bus
- Take the taxi from Hel to Gdynia, Bus stationtaxi
- Take the bus from Gdynia, Bus station to Zakopane, Bus stationbus N1390 / ...
14h 20mzł 464–647Drive 769.7 km
- Drive from Hel to Zakopanecar 769.7 km
7h 56mzł 440–636Taxi, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the taxi from Hel to Gdansk-Airport-GDNtaxi
- Fly from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane GDN - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
6h 40mzł 448–854Train
- Take the train from Hel to Gdynia Glownatrain R
- Take the train from Gdynia Glowna to Zakopanetrain Eip / ...
10h 9mzł 388–724Taxi, fly to Poprad-Tatry Airport, drive
- Take the taxi from Hel to Gdansk-Airport-GDNtaxi
- Fly from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN) to Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT)plane GDN - TAT
- Drive from Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT) to Zakopanecar
4h 11mzł 426–1,281Taxi, fly to Katowice International Airport, shuttle, train
- Take the taxi from Hel to Gdansk-Airport-GDNtaxi
- Fly from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane GDN - KTW
- Take a shuttle bus from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
8h 56mzł 555–976Taxi, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, shuttle
- Take the taxi from Hel to Gdansk-Airport-GDNtaxi
- Fly from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane GDN - BUD
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Zakopane
9h 51mzł 704–1,414
Hel to Zakopane by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hel to Zakopane is to train and bus which costs 340 zł - 700 zł and takes 10h.
The fastest way to get from Hel to Zakopane is to taxi and fly and drive which takes 4h 11m and costs 420 zł - 1 300 zł.
No, there is no direct train from Hel to Zakopane. However, there are services departing from Hel and arriving at Zakopane via Gdynia Glowna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 9m.
The distance between Hel and Zakopane is 827 km. The road distance is 769.7 km.
The best way to get from Hel to Zakopane without a car is to train and bus which takes 10h and costs 340 zł - 700 zł.
It takes approximately 10h to get from Hel to Zakopane, including transfers.
Hel to Zakopane train services, operated by Polregio, depart from Hel station.
Hel to Zakopane train services, operated by Polregio, arrive at Gdynia Glowna station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hel to Zakopane is 770 km. It takes approximately 7h 56m to drive from Hel to Zakopane.
There are 6657+ hotels available in Zakopane.
What companies run services between Hel, Pomerania, Poland and Zakopane, Poland?
You can take a train from Hel to Zakopane via Gdynia Glowna in around 10h 9m.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 300–600
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 300–600
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to Katowice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–600
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–800
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to Poprad-Tatry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 160–950
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to Katowice International Airport via Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–1,200
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 170–750
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 170–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–480
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to Katowice International Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 260–550
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 260–800
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 260–800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,300
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Hel to Gdynia Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 18–25
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Hel to Gdynia Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 18–25
- Website
- Polregio
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Gdynia Glowna to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 300–600
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 60–120
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Gdynia Glowna to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 370–700
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 60–120
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- zł 29–35
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- zł 29–35
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
- Phone
- +48 669 060 060
- biuro@majerbus.pl
- Website
- majerbus.pl
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 30–45
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Gdynia, Bus station to Zakopane, Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 280–430
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +48 32 236 11 11
- matuszek@matuszek.com.pl
- Website
- Matuszek
Shuttle from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 25–80
- Website
- Matuszek
- 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 220–320
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Estimated price
- zł 180–270
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