| |
Show events
on map
|
| Hotels in : |
|
|
|
For submitting a new event or a guide item, please
email us.
|
|
|
| Transportation
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| by air
|
|
|
Prague’s airport Ruzyne lies 20 km northwest of the city. It consists of three terminals (North 1 and 2 and South). A lot of different international airlines use it. The national airline of the Czech Republic offers flights from Ruzyne inland or to overseas as well as to all major European cities. An inland destination is for example Ostrava. The airlines Lufthansa and Czech Airlines offer flights from Frankfurt, Austrian Airlines and Czech Airlines fly from Vienna to Prague and Swiss Airlines and again Czech Airlines depart from Zurich. The facilities at the airport include a post office, cash points, counter, exchange offices, hotel services, a restaurant and some shops. The major car rental agency have a counter over there: Avis (Te.l: +420 2 201 1427 0), Budget (Te.l: +420 2 20113253), Europcar (Tel.: +420 2 20113207), Hertz (Tel.: +420 2 2014340) und Sixt (Tel.: +420 2 201 15346).
Different shuttle services depart in front of the entrance hall. The best known is “cedaz” (Tel.: +420 2 20114296, Fax: +420 2 20114286, internet: www.aas.cz/cedaz/). Busses go every 30 minutes and costs about Kc 90 (including one luggage). The bus 119 goes between 4.30 am and 11.30 pm every ten minutes to the metro Deivická (line A). A ride costs Kc 12. Tickets are available at kiosks or at a machine in front of the terminal and are valid for 60 minutes. The FIX taxis are very expensive. They charge between Kc 120 and 870 (to the city centre Kc 770). The use of taxis is not really recommendable.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| by train
|
|
|
All train stations are ruled by the Ceské Dráhy. It is nice to go with the old Czech trains and the train system reminds of the Austrian origin. Rychlick trains only stop in bigger towns or cities. Osobnyvlak are short distance trains which stop at every station. They only go approximately 30 km. Trains are usually very reliable and on time. Nevertheless, you are much faster with busses. The biggest train stations with international connections are “Hlavní nádrazí“ in Prague 2 and “Nárdazí Holesovice” in Prague 7. Both of them include exchange offices and tourist information centres. There are also lockers that are available for 24 hours.
There are trains from Prague to more than 20 European cities, for example to Munich (7 hours), Vienna (5 hours), Berlin (5 hours) and Paris (15,5 hours). Trains from abroad usually arrive at Hlavní nádrazí and at Nárdazí Holesovice. Trains to Moravia and to Slovakia depart from Masarykovo nádrazí, Prague 1, trains to the South of Bohemia from Praha-Smíchov (Smíchovské nádrazí), Prague 5 and trains to the East of Bohemia from Praha-Vysocany.
Although the train station lies close to the city centre you should take the metro as the park close by is very dangerous, especially after dawn.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| ^ Back to top |
| by car
|
|
|
The mororways in the Czech Republic are shown with a “D”, international roads with “E”, small roads with one or more numbers. In order to use one of the streets you have to pay a toll for one year (Kc 1000), for a month (Kc 200) or for ten days (Kc 100) for a car up to 3,5 t. The stickers are available at the borders, in post offices, exchange offices or at gas stations. The speed limit in built-up areas is 50 km/h, 90 km/h on normal streets and 130 km/h on the motorway. All people in the car need to have a seat belt! Alcohol is for the driving person strictly prohibited. Since July 2006 you have to drive with light, even during the day.
The most important streets to Prague are D1 and D2 to Brno. Don’t use the D2/D1 connection leading through Bratilava because long waiting hours at the Slovakian border are very likely. From the West of Germany you can use A61/E31 and the A6/E50 from Nuremberg. Then you pass the border at Waidhaus/Rozyodoy. The E58 leads directly from Vienna to the D1, from Dresden and Berlin you can use E55, from Breslau and Warsaw E67 and from Paris E50. Time for a car journey are from Berlin 4,5 hours, from Vienna 4 hours, from Zurich 7 hours and from Warsaw 10 hours.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| ^ Back to top |
| by bus
|
|
|
|
International coaches depart from the bus station Florenc, Křižíkova 8 or from the bus station Zelivského. There are regular Eurolines connections from many European cities. Two bus companies share the Eurolines substitution in the Czech Republic (www.eurolines.cz.) “Euolines Sodelics” goes to France, Spain and to Switzerland, “Bohemia Euroexpress International” (: www.bei.cz) goes to Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands. Some destinations in the Czech Republic can be reached much easier by coach than by train. Regional connections are handled by the state company CSAD (www.csadbus.cz). The tickets can be purchased at Cedok, the Tourist Information.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| ^ Back to top |
|
Dear tobook.com visitor, you also can contribute to our city guides with
events and articles. Do you want to inform our readers with an upcoming
event or do you want to publish your article, please
email us at guide. We would welcome personal stories about your experiences
in Europe as a great addition to our city guides.
|
|
|
|
E-mail this to a friend
Printable version
