Krakow, Poland : England's Team Base Camps

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Krakow's Fact
Population (2010) :  756,267
City's Area :  327 km²
Coordinates :  50°3'41"N 19°56'18"E
Time Zone :  CET (UTC+1), CEST (UTC+2) when summer time
City's Website :  www.krakow.pl
Team's Hotel :  Hotel Stary (stary.hotel.com.pl)
Team's Train Centre :  Hutnik Stadium, Krakow
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Krakow's Map
Krakow is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Krakow has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of Poland's most important economic hubs. The Stary Hotel is located in a 14th century house in the centre of Krakow, only 20 metres from the Market Square. Inside the hotel you can find 14th century ceilings, 18th century polychromes and perfectly preserved 16th century pillars between windows. All interiors (including rooms) are air conditioned and have fast Internet access. The bathrooms are equipped with showers and Jacuzzi. 53 stylish and comfortable rooms are being prepared for the English national football team. The hotel also features a restaurant with contemporary Polish cuisine, a summer grill restaurant on the terrace, a bar on the hotel roof, professional gym, two swimming pools with counter-currents and a hydro massage, dry sauna and steam bath with sauna aromatherapy, a salt-iodine cave with salt used for therapy, recreation and rehabilitation (the salt block walls come from the Dead Sea) and massage parlours.
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The Stary Hotel
The English team will train at the Suche Stawy Stadium at ul. Ptaszyckiego 4 which for years has been used by local football team, KS Hutnik Krakow. The stands can accommodate 6,000 fans of the English team. Trainings may be held there even on rainy and cool days, around the clock. The stadium is covered with a roof. It also has artificial lighting and heated grass. The stadium is a part of sports facilities that include, among others, four natural football fields, two fields with artificial grass and artificial lighting, a climbing centre, swimming pool, gym and sports arena, 3 sports halls (spinning, fitness, boxing), didactic and conference rooms and a sauna.
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Hutnik Stadium
Source : wikipedia, polishguide2012.pl, polandtrips.co.uk


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