There are 9 ways to get from Leipzig to Zakopane by train, bus, car, plane, or shuttle
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Train via Kraków
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- 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 / ...
12h 50mzł 621–803Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Berlin Airport BERbus 065 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Zakopane, Bus stationbus N1365
13h 10mzł 273–398Drive 721.4 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Zakopanecar 721.4 km
6h 49mzł 425–614Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LEJ - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
10h 3mzł 799–1,944Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Zakopanetrain Ic
14h 18mzł 638–800Train, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden to Krakówbus
- Take the bus from Jubilat to Zakopane ZDAbus K1
14h 31mFly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Košice International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Košice International Airport (KSC)plane LEJ - KSC
- Take the train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatrytrain
- Take the bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolnebus
11h 35mzł 762–1,983Train to Dresden Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane DRS - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
11h 4mzł 973–2,398Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BER - BUD
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Zakopane
11h 50mzł 425–1,161
Leipzig to Zakopane by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Zakopane is to bus which costs 270 zł - 400 zł and takes 13h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Zakopane is to drive which takes 6h 49m and costs 420 zł - 650 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Zakopane station. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Zakopane, Bus station via Berlin Airport BER. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Zakopane. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Zakopane via Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Zgorzelec, Wroclaw Glowny and Krakow Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 50m.
The distance between Leipzig and Zakopane is 776 km. The road distance is 721.4 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Zakopane without a car is to train via Kraków which takes 12h 50m and costs 600 zł - 850 zł.
It takes approximately 12h 50m to get from Leipzig to Zakopane, including transfers.
Leipzig to Zakopane bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Zakopane train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Zakopane is to train via Kraków which takes 12h 50m and costs 600 zł - 850 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 270 zł - 400 zł and takes 13h 10m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Zakopane, Poland?
You can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Zakopane via Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Zgorzelec Bahnhof, Zgorzelec, Wroclaw Glowny, and Krakow Glowny in around 12h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Zakopane, Bus station via Berlin Airport BER in around 13h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,400
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Košice International Airport via Frankfurt, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 600–2,500
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 550–2,700
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 550–2,700
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,100
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,600
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Košice International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 550–2,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 110–450
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 900–3,400
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 120–550
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–850
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 75–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 75–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 80–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 80–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 110–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 167
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 167
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 145
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 145
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 193
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 135
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 250–330
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 40–50
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 20–40
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 16–23
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +38 (044) 309-70-01
- booking@uz.gov.ua
- Website
- uz.gov.ua
Train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 160–210
- Website
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/
- Schedules at
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/
- Book at
- https://gd.tickets.ua/en?refid=6578
- Coupe
- zł 160–210
- Website
- flixtrain.com
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- flixtrain.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 25–75
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Zakopane, Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 220–310
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Zakopane, Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Kraków
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/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 22–30
- Website
- https://www.majerbus.pl/en/
Bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 13–18
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- 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 220–300
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Zakopane bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin Airport BER station.
Leipzig to Zakopane train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Zakopane is 721 km. It takes approximately 6h 49m to drive from Leipzig to Zakopane.
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