ANCONA bus to GORLICE

ANCONA

Ancona the capital and main city of Italy's Marche region lies on the Adriatic coast. Due to its possession of one of Italy's most important ports, the city is of great economic importance. In addition, it is distinguished by its long history and a large number of valuable monuments. Worth seeing here is the beautiful Romanesque-Byzantine Cathedral of St. Cyriacus located on Monte Guasco hill, as well as the city's squares, especially Piazza della Repubblica and Piazza del Plebiscito surrounded by historic palaces. Other important symbols of Ancona are the Arch of Trajan, the Mole Vanvitelliana fort and the Monument to the Fallen and the colorful cave entrances on Passetto beach.

Ancona is not only monuments, cuisine or a port from where you can cross to Croatia or Greece. It is also beautiful sandy beaches surrounded by white cliffs, known, for example, from the coast of Sardinia. The city and the entire Marche region thus make a great vacation destination, where everyone can find something for themselves.

Ancona - bus, plane and train to the capital of the Marche region

There is a small airport in Ancona, which has direct flights to Krakow. Alternatively, you can take a plane to Bologna which offers more cheap flights, and from there take a train to Ancona in about 3 hours. You can also take direct coach connections from our country. Sindbad coaches stop just outside the train station in Piazza Roselli. If you are interested in Ancona, a bus to it from your city can be found in the search engine on the homepage. See you on the route!

Ancona (Ancona in Italian) is a city in central Italy and the capital of the province of Ancona and the region of Marche. It is situated cascading in the hills above the Adriatic Sea. It is a port city with numerous trasport ships and passenger ferries. The name Ancona comes from the Greek ankon, meaning elbow. It has to do with the city's location on a promontory with a distinctive appearance. In ancient times, Ancona lay on the route of one of the important Roman roads, the via Flaminia, connecting Rome with today's Rimini.

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GORLICE

Gorlice is a nearly 26,000-strong town in Malopolska province located on the northern border of the Beskid Niski in the valley of the Ropa and Sekowka rivers. It is a beautifully located town with an unusually rich history. Due to the pharmacist and entrepreneur associated with the city and the inventor of the kerosene lamp, Ignacy Lukasiewicz, it is called the city of light.

There are many interesting attractions and tourist trails in Gorlice. Particularly noteworthy are Gorlice's market square, town hall and the Ignacy Lukasiewicz PTTK Regional Museum with collections related to the history of the city. There you can also see a chapel with a statue of Sorrowful Jesus indicating the exact place where the first street kerosene lamp was lit for the first time in the world, in 1854. Also worth a visit is the Open Air Museum of Oil Industry "Magdalena" located on the site of a former oil mine. Gorlice is also home to numerous cemeteries, especially from World War I, as it was in this area that intense fighting took place in 1915, which on May 2 allowed the Russian front to break through and significantly changed the course of the war.

PKS from and to Gorlice

Gorlice can be reached by both train and bus from the largest cities of Malopolska and Podkarpacie, but also from nearby smaller towns. International bus services to many European cities, including Germany, France and Italy, also stop at the PKS station. On the other hand, a train between Kraków and Zagórz passes through the Gorlice Zagórzany station.

Gorlice is located in the valley of the Ropa River and its tributary, Sekowka, on the northern border of the Beskid Niski. It is inhabited by nearly 26,000 residents. It is a city with an extremely rich history, surrounded by mountains and beautiful landscapes.

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