Accommodation
Participants are kindly requested to arrange for their accommodation individually.
Warsaw offers a wide range of accommodation possibilities (see http://www.warsawtour.pl, http://www.booking.com). Preferential rates have been negotiated for RAI participants in several hotels:
Le Meridien Bristol*****
Price: single room: ca. 107 EUR, double room: ca. 130 EUR (breakfast included)
Distance from the University: 5 minutes on foot
How to book: Please book here by April 30th.
Price: single room: ca. 70 EUR, double room: ca. 80 EUR (breakfast included)
Distance from the University: 5 minutes on foot
How to book: Please book here mentioning the code “Fortune and Misfortune in the Ancient Near East.”
Sofitel Victoria*****
Price: single room: ca. 98 EUR, double room: 110 EUR (breakfast included)
Distance from the University: 10 minutes on foot
How to book: Follow the instructions here: Sofitel_Application_Form.
Mercure Grand****
Price: single room: ca. 60 EUR, double room: ca. 70 EUR (breakfast included)
Distance from the University: 10 minutes by bus
How to book: Please book by June 30th here mentioning the preferential code RAI60.
Price: single room: ca. 35 EUR, double room: ca. 40 EUR
Distance from the University: 10 minutes by bus
How to book: Please book by June 22nd mentioning the reservation number 345527.
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Arriving in Warsaw
From the Fryderyk Chopin Airport to the University
BUS
No. 175, get off at the bus-stop UNIWERSYTET. You have to purchase your ticket beforehand in a kiosk or a ticket machine and validate it upon getting on the bus. Price: 4.4 PLN.
TRAIN
Line S2 to Warszawa Śródmieście (20 minutes walk from the University). Price: 4.4 PLN.
TAXI
The average price is approx. 50 PLN. We strongly recommend using licensed taxi parked right outside the airport entrance: Ele Sky Taxi (22 8111111), Super Taxi (22 19622, 22 19661), Sawa Taxi (22 644444444).
From the Modlin Airport to the University
BUS
Take ModlinBus to Warszawa Centralna. Price: 33 PLN.
TRAIN
Take airport bus to the Modlin railway station (every 20-30 minutes), then take train to Warszawa Śródmieście (approx. 45 minutes). Price: (12.5 PLN).
TAXI
The average price is approx. 160–200 PLN. We strongly recommend using licensed taxi (Sawa Taxi and Taxi Modlin).
From the Warszawa Centralna railway station to the University
BUS
No. 128 and No. 175 from a bus stop at Mariott Hotel, get off at the bus-stop UNIWERSYTET. You have to purchase your ticket beforehand in a kiosk or a ticket machine and validate it upon getting on the bus. Price: 4.4 PLN.
TAXI
The average price is approx. 20 PLN. We strongly recommend using licensed taxi: MPT (19191), Ele Sky Taxi (22 8111111), Super Taxi (22 19622, 22 19661), Sawa Taxi (22 644444444).
For general information on public transport in Warsaw, go to:
On getting around in Warsaw, see:
Under B, put: UNIWERSYTET (Warszawa), ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście
Useful general information on Warsaw: