Przemyśl

Przemyśl (German: Proemsel; Ukrainian: Перемишль, Peremyshľ) is a town in southeastern Poland in the Subcarpathia region. The town has a picturesque location at the foot of the hill surrounding the town, only a few kilometers away from the Ukrainian border.

Understand
Przemyśl owes its long and rich history to the advantages of its geographic location. The city lies in the Przemyśl Gate, an area connecting mountains and lowlands, with easy communication and fertile soil. It also lies on the navigable San river. Important trade routes passed through Przemyśl and ensured the city's importance.

Przemyśl is the second oldest town in southern Poland, after Kraków. It appears to have been founded as early as the 8th century.



By train
Trains run every hour or two daytime from Kraków, taking just under 3 hr via Tarnow, Rzeszów and Łańcut, for a fare of 50 zł. There's one direct train from Warsaw but you can connect via Kraków every couple of hours, total time 6 hr; similarly from Gdańsk, Poznań, Wrocław and Katowice. There is a daily direct train from Berlin (10 hr via Wrocław and Katowice), Prague (10 hr via Ostrava and Katowice), and Graz via Vienna.

An overnight train from Szczecin takes 14 hr 30 min via Poznań.

Trains run twice a day from Kyiv and daily from Odesa via Lviv to Przemyśl; this last leg takes 2 hr.



Get around
The city centre is small and manageable by foot.

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Buy

 * Przemysl InPost parcel lockers can be used for collection of orders from polish online shops. All you need to collect parcel from locker is valid polish mobile number and email address.
 * Przemysl InPost parcel lockers can be used for collection of orders from polish online shops. All you need to collect parcel from locker is valid polish mobile number and email address.
 * Przemysl InPost parcel lockers can be used for collection of orders from polish online shops. All you need to collect parcel from locker is valid polish mobile number and email address.

Mid-range
There are several hotels in Przemyśl, city council website has a list of them with prices.