The nearest airport is Poprad-Tatry, but with limited connections. Thus, participants arriving from greater distances may first use air connections to Košice, Bratislava, Krakow, Budapest, Prague or Vienna and then use train or bus connections (see By Train or By Bus sections).

Stará Lesná lies on the “Tatra electric railways” with trains running hourly from Poprad. In most cases you will need to change trains in Starý Smokovec or Tatranská Lesná. The Congress centre is 20 minutes walk (1.8 km) from the Stará Lesná train and bus stop.

Trains to Poprad from Košice or Bratislava depart every two hours or more often, depending on the day time.

Direct buses from Poprad to bus stop “Stará Lesná, rázc.” drive frequently as well. 

From airport to train/bus:

Košice – bus 23 drives from Košice Airport to the train and bus stations (get off at the final stop).

Bratislava – bus 61 drives from Bratislava Airport to the train station (get off at the final stop). If you need to transfer at the bus station in Bratislava, note that lies 2.5 km from the train station.  To cross the distance, take lines from the “Autobusová stanica” bus stop D, either the trolley bus 40 (get off at the final stop) or the bus 21 (get off at “Pod stanicou“, which is just 2 minutes walk from the train station).

Vienna Int. Airport – Three bus companies drive from Vienna airport to Bratislava. Their timetables and ticket information are here, but to see them all combined use cp.sk. The general way to reach the train is to take the bus from Vienna airport to Bratislava bus station and use the line 40 or 21. If you are lucky, some connections drive directly from Vienna airport to Bratislava main train station (“hlavná železničná stanica” / “hl. žel. st.”).

Directly from:

Kraków – to reach the main bus and train station from the Kraków airport, take train or buses (300 or 209 to “Rondo Grundwaldzkie”, then 179 to “Dworzec Główny Zachód”). Once there, take a bus directly to Starý Smokovec or to Ružomberok and continue by train.

Budapest – there are buses directly to Starý Smokovec. Other options are buses from Népliget and Mexikói or trains from Keleti station. For better understanding of transport within Budapest we recommend this site or rome2rio.

Prague – the Airport Express drives to main train station every 30 minutes. Another option are city buses combined with subway: bus 119 to Veleslavín station where you can change to Metro A line to Muzeum. From there you can continue to Poprad directly or with change in Žilina. In case you prefer buses to trains despite their generally longer travel time on route Prague – Poprad, most of them depart from Florenc bus station. From airport it is best take bus 100 and change to Metro B at Zličín.

Regarding the transport by car, we believe that nowadays, in the era of various GPS apps, it is basically unnecessary to describe the route in details (but if you need to do not hesitate to contact us).
Potentialy important information could be following: highways and motorways are charged outside the city (10€ per 10 days, more prices here). Speed limits are: highways/motorways – 130km/h, roads outside towns – 90km/h, in towns – 50km/h.
Around the venue, there is 40+ parking places available.