1st Study Visit and Multiplier Event in Košice

If you need a taxi from the airport (bus/railway station) to the Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (Trieda SNP 1, https://www.upjs.sk/lekarska-fakulta) or to the hotel, you can take it directly at the airport (bus/railway station). The price per taxi from the airport (bus/railway station) is 15 € (approximately). Alternatively, you can use cheaper public transport.

Public transport

You can buy the travel tickets in the most of kiosks, DPMK (public transport in Košice) shops and ticket machines. You can buy travel tickets for 1 ride or tourist tickets.
Travel tickets for 1 ride are tickets you can use for one ride only. The prices of the basic tickets are (cash payment):
* 30 minutes ride: 1 € (more lines during 30 minutes)
* 60 minutes ride: 1,20 € (more lines during 60 minutes)

You can buy travel tickets sending empty SMS to the phone number 1166 (Applies to messages sent from telephone numbers of Slovak mobile). Price of SMS ticket is 1,50 € and it is valid 60 minutes.
You can buy travel e-ticket by apps ANTIK (https://www.antiksmartway.sk/en/public-transport), HOPIN (https://hopintaxi.com/en/bus/) or UBIAN (https://www.ubian.sk/).
Tourist tickets are for unlimited rides travelling (including night lines) for the time of their validity. You have to validate ticket immediately after boarding the first bus/tram. Then, in the case you are changing the line, it is not necessary to validate the ticket again. You can obtain them in DPMK shops or in the ticket machines. Prices of these tourist tickets are:
* 24 hour ticket: 3,80 €

Notice: If you are traveling with an animal or big baggage, you have to use also another ticket for them. In this case you have to use 60 min. ticket of price 1 €.

Staničné námestie – Nová nemocnica (Tram: 6, Bus: 17 or 19)

Congress Hotel Centrum – Nová nemocnica (Tram: 6)

For more information check https://imhd.sk/ke/public-transport.