Lublin

In the city centre or the Old Town you can easily reach every place worth seeing on foot. You can also use the public transport. It's worth to try a trolleybus ride, especially the "tourist" route 156 from the Majdanek Concentration Camp, near Old Town and Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. The city has 50 bus lines and 8 trolleybus lines (served by MPK). There's also commercial city transport (buses with Komunikacja prywatna or AKL signs).

To use the public transport [1] you should buy your tickets in a "kiosk" – such "kiosks" are usually found near bus stops – or on the bus (exact change required). The price system for MPK (municipal) buses is following: a single ride ticket costs 3.20 zł, students with ISIC identification pay 1.60 zł. You must validate your ticket immediately upon getting on the bus. Children below 4 can use public transport for free. When changing buses, you need to validate another ticket (they are valid only for one ride each). Of use to tourists, there are also 24-hour tickets (11 zł, 5.5 zł). Timetables for both can be found at the link above.

• Routes 1-57 - normal buses
• Routes 7x - mini-buses (suburban buses)
• Routes 150-160 - trolleybuses
• Routes Nx - night buses (tickets must be bought from the driver: 5.00 zł, 2.50 zł); available whole week

Routes to/from the Railway Station and the Central Bus Terminal are prone to pickpockets.

Every summer local city transport company runs special tourist trolleybus line. It's served by unique Soviet trolleybus ZIU, popular in the 1970s and 80s in communist countries in Europe. Tours start every Sunday from the bus stop near Kraków Gate (Brama Krakowska 02) at 14:00 and 15:30. During those journeys the passengers will see Majdanek Nazi Camp, Cathedral, some interesting sights in the Old Town and other attractions (all with virtual guide comments). Price: 5 zł for one ride.

Taxi services are quite cheap, but it's good to know the local prices:

• 5.50zł starting fee and then
• 1.76-2.20zł/km

Charges are higher after 22:00, on Sundays and public holidays.

• Damel Taxi - +48 81 19626
• Dwojki - +48 81 19621
• MPT - +48 81 19191
• Lublin - +48 81 19628
• Echo - +48 81 19662
• Rytm - +48 81 19667

Do not take taxis which are not at the taxi stands, especially near the Bus Terminal and the Railway Station. There are often non-regulated taxi drivers who overcharge. It's better to call one of taxi companies or take a taxi with one of above phone numbers displayed on the roof.

Lublin has a well-developed system of cycling infrastructure. There are over 80 km of segregated cycle lanes and paths in the city. The most common are bike paths independent of road traffic, however most of them are outside the Old Town and the city centre (map of cycle paths and lanes). You can rent a bike from early spring to the end of autumn (24/7) in a self-service system Lubelski Rower Miejski. It consists of 40 automatic rent stations and 400 bikes. First 30 minutes of a rent is 1 zł. Charge for next 30 minutes is 0.50 zł, every consecutive hour is 1 zł. To use the system, you should register online to get an account, make pre-payment (min. 10 zł) and then can rent bikes at any station (you must have a mobile phone to do it).