PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN PRAGUE
It is the cheapest option, and also and it will allow you to move more quickly through the city during your stay. Services are extremely regular, according to the schedule.
Underground / Subway
PRAGUE METRO (PRAGUE UNDERGROUND) is a quick way to travel in Prague, it is clean and effective.
Tram
PRAGUE TRAMS are a little slower, but they are a very nice way to travel because you can see more. In all stops of trams, you will find the lines' timetables.
In the center of Prague, tickets can be purchased at metro stations and in small convenience stores (referred to in Czech as "Trafika").
When you first enter a tram or a bus, or if you pass the entrance to a subway station, your ticket should be introduced into a small yellow machine and should be properly marked. This marking should be done only once and the passenger must have his/her ticket with him/her, at all times, to present it in case of a travel inspection, otherwise there is a risk of having to pay a fine immediately.
With a metro ticket you have access to the funicular. You can go up the Petřín Hill with an aerial view of the city. The funicular operates from April to October (09:00 - 23:30 hours) and from November to March (from 09:15 to 22:20 hours). At the stop at the halfway of the route, there is a restaurant called Nebozízek Restaurant.
Catching TAXI IN PRAGUE
In several countries, there are honest taxi drivers, but also dishonest, especially when it comes to tourists. The same problem exists also in the Czech Republic. How to avoid the games of the cabbies? Send for the taxi by phone. The taxi companies have a staff speaking foreign languages, with English basics you can order this service quickly and safely. You must indicate where you are (the street) and where you would like to go.
Below there is a list of contacts to honest taxi companies. They are:
AAA Radiotaxi - tel. 140 or 14 222 333 222 | www.aaa-taxi.cz
City Taxi - tel. 257 257 257 | www.citytaxi.cz
Profi Taxi - tel. 140 35 or 612 314 151 | www.profitaxi.cz
Halotaxi - tel. 244 114 411 | www.halotaxi.cz
Sedop - tel. 777 666 333 | www.sedop.cz
Driving a car
Level of alcohol allowed in the blood: 0.00%!
Speed limits
In towns: 50 km/hour
On the roads: 90km/hour
On motorways: 130 km/hour
Distances between Prague and some European cities
Prague - Vienna: 300 km
Prague - Budapest: 540 km
Prague - Berlin: 390 km
Prague - Dresden: 150 km
Prague - Nuremberg: 295 km
Prague - Salzburg: 390 km
Prague - Munich: 385 km
TRANSPORT FROM PRAGUE TO VIENNA AND BUDAPEST
Travelling by Train
The company České dráhy (Czech Railway Company) started selling tickets online, via its own website: www.cd.cz/eshop. Now you can buy your tickets 60 days in advance and at promotional rates.
- Prague - Berlin: For traveling from Berlin to Prague by train, see the German Railway Company's website. Use the names Berlin and Praha.
- Prague - Vienna: For the trip from Prague to Vienna, on the train, see the website of the Austrian Railway. Use http://www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp names Praha and Wien.
- Vienna - Budapest: Travelling from Vienna to Budapest on the train (Austrian Railway) or by boat on the Danube, see website http://www.vienna-hydrofoil.hotels-in-budapest-hungary.com
Distances between countries from Prague by road
Prague - Berlin = 346 km
Prague - Budapest = 524 km
Prague - Vienna = 249 km
Prague - Warsaw = 608 km
Prague by train
Prague – Berlin 5 hours
Prague - Vienna 4/30 hours
Prague - Warsaw 8/30 hours
Prague - Budapest 7/30 hours
Public transport in Prague: Consisting of three metro lines (line A green, yellow line B and C red line), trams and buses (buses operate mainly in the more peripheral areas of the city) and run daily from 5 hours in the morning up to 12 o'clock at night. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the metro works up to 01 o´clock in the morning.
Shuttles
We can ensure the transfers in the Czech Republic and also transfers to/from other cities in Central Europe.
• Transfers airport - hotel, railway station - hotel and back.
• Transfers to other cities of the Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary, Cesky Krumlov, Pilsen, Brno etc.).
All transfers are conducted in comfortable cars and vans that have air conditioning. It is of course possible, if the client so wishes, to include the assistance of a guide speaking English, French, German and Portuguese.
For more information please contact us at the number: 00 420 725 770 155 or
00 420 603 904 659
or you can send us e-mail to the address: ...................................................
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International Transfers
It is possible, of course, to ensure also the transfers to/from other cities in Central Europe.
Transfers to/from other cities in Central Europe (Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, Dresden, Berlin, Salzburg, Munich, Nuremberg, Passau and many others.
Here, below, there are distances between some cities and Prague:
Prague – Vienna
Distance: 310 km
Approximate time: 4 hours
Possible interesting stop along the way: Brno (second largest city of the Czech Republic).
Prague – Budapest
Distance: 510 km
Approximate duration: 6 - 6.5 hours
Possible interesting stop along the way: Brno (Czech Republic), Bratislava (capital of Slovakia).
Prague – Berlin
Distance: 390 km
Approximate time: 5 - 5.5 hours
Possible interesting stop along the way: Dresden (Florence on the Elbe, the true baroque pearl, Germany).
Prague – Dresden
Distance: 150 km
Approximate time: 2 hours
Possible interesting stop along the way: Former concentration camp at Terezín (Czech Republic).
Prague – Nuremberg
Distance: 295 km
Approximate time: 3 - 3.5 hours
Possible interesting stop along the way: Pilsen (Czech Republic).
Prague – Salzburg
Distance: 390 km
Approximate time: 5 - 5.5 hours
Possible interesting stop along the way: České Budějovice (Czech Republic), Linz (Austria).
Prague – Munich
Distance: 385 km
Approximate time: 4 - 4.5 hours
Possible interesting stop along the way: Pilsen (Czech Republic), Regensburg (Germany).
All transfers are carried out in comfortable cars and vans with air conditioning. It is, of course, possible, if the client so wishes, to include the assistance of a guide speaking English, French, Portuguese and/or German.
For more information please contact us, at number: 00 420 725 770 155
or 00 420 603 904 659
or you can send us an e-mail to the address: ......
ORDER FORM: .....................................................................................
Public Transport in Prague
Public transport is generally very well organized.
There is an underground network consisting of three distinct lines: Line A (green), Line B (yellow) and Line C (red).
The metro runs from 5 o'clock in the morning until 24.00 at night. During the weekend, from Friday to Saturday, it works up to 01 o´clock in the morning.
Besides Metro, there is a dense network of trams that cross not only the city centre, but they are connecting the centre with the most distant areas in the city outskirts.
The trams work also from 5 o'clock in the morning until midnight. At night, there are night trams whose number always starts with 5: eg, 52, 54 etc.
To a third means of public transport, belong buses, which run also from 5 o'clock in the morning until midnight.
During the night, the buses are replaced by those whose number begins, too, with 5: they are the buses 501-599.
Ticket Prices: Tickets can be purchased at metro stations, at the yellow machines, or in most stores that are called Trafika and are selling newspapers, cigarettes and other similar goods.
There are tickets for 32, - Kč (the validity of the ticket is 90 minutes) and 24 Kč (the validity of the ticket is 30 minutes). Moreover, and perhaps for the tourist more comfortable, it is possible to acquire also the tickets for 24 hours, costing 110, - Kč, in which case it is not necessary to control if the time of validity of the ticket has already passed or not (as it is the case with tickets of 32 Kč and 24 Kč). Tickets can be used also for the funicular to the hill Petřín. There is also a 3 days ticket (72 hours) costing 330, - Kč and a 5 days ticket (120 hours) costing 500, - Kč.
On entering the reserved underground area, upon entering the bus or the tram, it is always necessary to stamp (validate) your ticket in the little yellow machines, always situated at the entrance. Without this machine stamp, your ticket is not valid and if the controller of the Public Transport Company appears, the traveler must pay a fine. Which is, naturally very unpleasant.