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We will be in prague and poland in May and would like a private driver from krakow, warsaw or any big city to take us to yarnov a small town near bialystock . Any suggestions? Also is it difficult to cross the border into the ukraine to visit turka near lviv?
Thanks for any help in seeing where our grandparents came from.
PamL
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We need a guide and driver.
Don't be fearful of driving yourself; we did 3 years ago (Bardejov, Slovak Rep to Tarnov PO then to Krakow then to Auschwitz then to Olomouc Czech Rep). The driving wasn't at all bad, nor was the finding of accomodations.
Of course, if you'd prefer a guide/driver, so be it.
A few years ago I needed a translator to assist me in a project in Westeren Poland and I had a tough time. I went to the Polish section of town and went from travel agent to travel agent trying to securing one, which did not happen.
In researching Poland for a future trip, I came across the Stay Poland website which offers alot of helpful information and services.
Their website shows a car/limo service with driver that you may want to contact them about.
http://www.staypoland.com/carrent/limousine-service.htm
They do show Bialystock as one of the cities they service, so it may be worth checking into.
from Warsaw you have direct trains to Bialystok almost every hour - trip by train is about 2.5 hours ... driver with current gas prices will be expensive ... better / cheaper / and probably quicker option is to take train to Bialystok then just a taxi ... Problem is that "yarnov" is definitly not Polish spelling - SO you may want to get correct spelling for that town or be able to locate that town / village on map ... Same be with Lviv ... again may want to verify exact spelling of "turka" ... In Ukraine agree on price with taxi driver first since many may not have meters ... In Bialystok Taxi should be no problem and with working meters ... Lviv
From Krakow to Lvov you can again get by direct train 1 overnight reaching Lvov early morning ... other day time - but arriving late night at Lvov ... recommanded overnight sleeper car train ... ( so you arrive rested (saving on hotel) with full ahead of you ...
Crossing by public transportation of plane to Ukraine is no issues ... BUT car rental company may not allow their cars rented outside of Ukraine into Ukraine ...
Hope this helps.