Telephone – In Poland the easiest way to communicate is using mobile phones. Polish pre-paid cards are available at kiosks, post offices, and supermarkets.
Internet – Internet acces in Poland is widely available. Without any problems you can use it in any hotel, internet cafes, and wireless acces in Hot-Spots.
Electricity – Voltage 230V
Restrictions:
Smoking cigarettes in restaurants and pubs is allowed only in designated areas, drinking alcohol on the streets is allowed only in case of gardens of restaurants.
Opening hours, days off, public holidays:
Days free of work are Saturdays and Sundays.
Public holidays when you can expect shops and offices to be closed are the following:
New Year’s Day (Jan. 1st), Easter Sunday and Monday (moveable holidays), Labour Day (May 1st), the anniversary of the Constitution of May Third (May 3rd), Corpus Christi (Thursday, movable holiday), Feast of the Assumption (Aug. 15th), All Saint’s Day (Nov. 1st), National Independence Day (Nov. 11th), Christmas (Dec. 25th and 26th).
Accommodation:
All hotels are classified and their categories range from inexpensive to luxurious.
Rooms can be booked by telephone or Internet:
www.discover-poland.pl, www.hotelsinpoland.com, www.polhotels.com, www.hotelspoland.com, www.polhotel.pl, www.warsawshotel.com, www.visit.pl, www.pph.com.pl.
Many historic and old buildings (palaces, castles, manors, mills) were adapted for tourist purposes: tel. +(48-22) 433 60 30, www.leisure-heritage.com.
Booking of rural B&B accommodations: tel. +(48-52) 398 14 34, mobile +(48-602) 459 137, www.agritourism.pl, federgg@wp.pl.
Youth hostels: tel. +(48-22) 849 81 28, fax 849 83 54, www.ptsm.pl.
Camping: tel./fax +(48-22) 810 60 50, www.pfcc.info.
Polish Tourist Country Lovers’ Association: www.pttk.pl.
Payment:
Money can be changed at banks or exchange counters. Credit cards are accepted in shops, travel offices, airlines agencies, fuel stations, etc. There is no time limit on the use of credit cards – they can be used round the clock. Loss of a credit card should be reported: tel. +(48-22) 515 31 50 or 515 30 00 (open 24 hrs). The Polish currency is the zloty (PLN) divided into 100 groszy. Coins in circulation: 1, 2, 5 zlotys and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 groszy. Banknotes: 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 zlotys.
Customs regulations:
Customs rules and procedures are similar to those prevailing in the majority of EU countries. Detailed information is available from the Ministry of Finance, tel. +(48-22) 694 31 94, www.mf.gov.pl/sluzba_celna.