Puszczykowo (pronounced: Pooshtshikhovo) is a town of 9,800 people (2016) in Wielkopolskie Voivodship, 15 km south of Poznan, on the train line to Leszno and Wroclaw, in the northern parts of Wielkopolski National Park.
Most tourists arrive there from Poznan. The best way to do it is to use railways - the town is on busy train line from Poznan to Leszno and Wroclaw, and the number of trains exceeds 30 daily. The town has two stations: Puszczykowo, in the northern part (suitable for tourist planning to walk along the Warta river or to angle in it), and Puszczykowko in the centre of the town, which seems to be a right place for all visitors for the National Park, for the Fiedler Travel Museum. Local train stop - naturally - on both stations, but if you choose an accelerated train, you'll probably be able to get off only on the second station. Travel time: for local train: Puszczykowo 17 min, Puszczykowko 20; for the accelerated trains: only Puszczykowko 18 minutes.
It's also possible to use out-of-city buses to get to Puszczykowo, but the travel time can be a little frustrating. The route is served both by Poznan MPK company and by private line Eko-Rondo. In both cases you have to take a tram #2, #9 or #10 from the centre of Poznan to their final stop (Debiec), where you can catch bus number 101 to Puszczykowo. There are as many as 11 stops across the town, the best one in 'Puszczykówko-Stacja' (nearby the train stations). Bus number #101 run between 10 (Sundays and holidays) up to 18 (workdays) times a day. Travel time: appr. 30 minutes (plus appr. 15 min from the centre by tram).
Timetable can be easily found on the Poznan city-transport company.
The other line line serves the route between 9 and 17 times daily, timetable: (dead link: August 2018)
Besides: there're pretty many regional buses from Poznan passing by, they usually head toward Mosina, Srem, Czempin, Koscian, Leszno, Stęszew.
There's an easy-to-find road from the centre of Poznan - number 430, leading directly to Puszczykowo. Travel time: appr. 30 minutes (depending on traffic) from the centre.
Puszczykowo is so small town, that all places interesting for tourists are navigable on foot. If necessary - you can always use buses #101 or Eko-Rondo to move from one place to another.
Besides - books of Arkady Fiedler translated into more than 20 languages. Outside the main building: copies of the most famous sculptures of the world (The Sun-Gate in Bolivia, Moai statues from the Eastern Island), the miniature (1:23) of the Pyramid of Cheops and the copy (1:1) of one of the most famous ships: Santa Maria of Christopher Columbus. The museum places in writer's house in 1, Słowackiego str, +48 61 813 37 94 . In summer it's opened Tu-Su 09:00-18:00, in winter: Tu-Su 10:00-15:00. More:
As well, visiting Puszczykowo, pay attention to:
There are several pedestrian tourist trails in the vicinity of Puszczykowo and acccross Greater Poland National Park, many of them can be used as well by cyclists or (in winter) by cross-country skiers:
There aren't many souvenir shops, but in post offices you can buy some. Also you should try some traditional polish food in restaurants.
All ice-cream lovers must visit the famous bakery-and-ice company of family Kostusiak, located just next to Puszczykowko railway station. Other places to eat:
There is unfortunately no typical Information Office in Puszczykowo, in case of any questions, you can always contact:
Spending time in Puszczykowo, it's nice to drop in to:
2nd-order administrative division
Primary administrative division