I am looking for some advice on how to get from Downtown Zakopane to Bratislava, Slovakia. Do I have to take a bus from Zakopane to the Train Station? What would be the fastest way? I will be doing this in mid June of 2026. I know the schedules won't be out for a while but just wondering what I will have to do.
Thank you,
Backyard
I just looked it up on Rome to Rio and it said that I have to catch a bus from Zakopane Targowica in Zakopane, Poland at 9:42 which goes to Trstena Autobus Stanica, go by bus and takes 53 minutes then walk 4 minutes to the train Station Trstena which leaves at 11:42 AM, then transfer at Kralovany, Stankoveny , (16 minutes) and go through Bratislava Hlavana Stanica at 4:33 PM.
When I looked earlier at an earlier time the bus left at 6:28 going to Vyoske Tatry with an 11 min transfer and then to Propad-Tatry with a 23 min transfer and then arriving in Bratislava Hilvana Stanica. I like the 9:42 time frame better!
Any thoughts?
Backyard
It may be faster to take the train from Zakopane to Krakow (2:10) and then another train (5:55) to Bratislava from Krakow. Connections from Zakopane into Slovakia are far and few between. When I was there some years back, to reach Poprad from Zakopane required taking a bus to the border. I got off the bus ( the only passenger) and walked to the Polish/Slovak border where a surprised soldier in a border post in the forest stamped my US passport. I walked on a bit and caught a different bus to Poprad on the Slovak side of the border. The whole experience was surreal.
Apparently, not much has changed since then.
Thanks Kenko.
I will give that a try. I have read about people doing that. Is there an actual train station in the town of Zakopane?
Thanks,
Backyard
Of course there is a train station in Zakopane. However, you need to be careful which train you take- regional (Polregio) trains can take up to 4 hours (they stop at about 40 stations), Intercity trains are faster
