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Aeroflot  Parizska 5, Praha 1; Ph./Fax: 232 33 33 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 2011 4318	El Al Israel Airlines  Vaclavske namesti 48, Praha 1;  Ph.: 2421 7349; Fax: 2421 9687
Air Canada  Revolucni 13, Praha 1; Ph.: 231 26 75; Fax: 231 15 25	Finnair  Spanelska 2, Praha 2; Ph.: 2421 1986; Fax: 2421 4552 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 36 78 18
Air France  Vaclavske namesti 10, Praha 1; Ph: 2422 7164;  Fax: 2422 1203 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 2011 4321	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines  Vaclavske namesti 37, Praha 1;  Ph.: 2422 8678; Fax: 2422 5074 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Phone: 36 78 22
Air India  Vaclavske namesti 15, Praha 1;  Ph.: 2421 2474; Fax: 2421 2476	LOT Polish Airlines  Parizska 18, Praha 1; Ph.: 231 75 24; Fax: 232 68 17 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 2011 4535
Alitalia  Revolucni 5, Praha 1; Ph.: 2481 0079; Fax: 2421 2476 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 2011 3513	Malev  Parizska 5, Praha 1; Ph./Fax: 2481 2671 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 2011 4361
Austrian Airlines  Revolucni 15, Praha 1; Ph.: 231 18 72; Fax: 231 72 27 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 36 78 09	Orbi Gregorian Airways  Petrska 8, Praha 1; Ph.: 232 53 37; Fax: 232 57 42
British Airways  Staromestske namesti 10, Praha 1;  Ph.: 232 90 20; Fax: 232 96 15 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 2011 4563	SAS - Scandinavian Airlines System  Rytirska 13, Praha 1; Ph.: 2421 4749; Fax: 2421 2302 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 36 78 18
Continental  Airlines	Sabena  Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph: 2011 4323; Fax: 2011 3685
Delta Airlines  Narodni 32, Praha 1; Ph.: 2423 2258; Fax: 26 71 41 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 34 20 62; Fax: 32 49 30	Swissair  Parizska 11, Praha 1; Ph: 2481 2111; Fax: 232 66 05
Deutsche Lufthansa  Parizska 28, Praha 1; Ph.: 2481 1007; Fax: 2481 1003 Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 2011 4456	Tatra Air  Ruzyne Airport, Praha 6; Ph.: 2011 2224

 
 

How to travel by Train in Czech Republic

Czech Railways - known under the symbol CD (which means Cesky Drahy - translation of Czech Railways)
The railway transportation is or has been quite popular and comparatively cheap, although there may be occassional delays. Always check with the attending person at the particular station.
There have been some labour problems lately. Check before traveling.
Train travelling is for the lower budget traveller, but it could be adventureous occassionally. If possible avoid travelling over night at north west part of Czech Republic as there have been reports in local paper about possible robberies by certain individuals. However police is gaining control of this problem. I am told by people who just returned from there and took a train ride overnight from Hungary through Czech to Poland and East Germany.  They have experienced no problem.
There is 2 categories of train to travel in.
One is regular, which stops at all stations an is called "osobni vlak" (personal train).
The other is "rychlik" (fast train), which stops only at certain major interjunctions. On this type of train It  is possible to buy 1st and 2nd class ticket to travel. 1st is better, although you do not find anybody travelling with chickens or other farm animals in 2nd class either. Just regular working people, but it is more crowded.
The time tables you may find on their site of Czech Railways.

The phone # in Prague is 24 22 42 00 from out of country the area codes are 42 02 24 22 42 00.
The office of the CD is:  Hybernska 5, Praha 1, Ph.: 2422 5849,  Fax: 2422 3600
 

 Here is a list of Main Train Stations: all these Stations are accessible via Metro (translation: nadrazi - in english -  Station, ulice - in english - Street)

Hlavni  nadrazi (The Main Station in  Prague)   Wilsonova ulice, Praha 2 Ph.24 21 48 886  *(please note)	Praha - Holesovice  Vrbenskeho ulice, Praha 7, Ph. 66 71 09 31
Masarykovo nadrazi  Hybernska ulice, Praha 1	Smichovske nadrazi  Nadrazni ulice, Praha 5

* it is definitelly not advisable to stay overnight at this station or go outside of it especially to the adjoining park after dark!, it is also advisible to take precautions at all of these stations after dark.

 

How to Travel by City Bus

First of all there are two types of bus transportation:
City Transit, which connects on to a Metro and takes you to various suburbs of the Prague City. The fees are the same as for Metro and  cost 12 CZK for two zones and 16 CZK for 3 zones. The ticket holder is entitled for up to 60 minutes of travel during the day and 90 min between 8pm and 5am. Changing from one form of transport to another is allowed. There are also tickets for  8CZK, which are however valid only for 15 min of travel, and no more then 4 stops. There is also various tickets for specified period of time. Tickets are available from the Praha offices at major metro stations like Mustek, Museum, Holesovice atc.
For more information please phone 24 21 10 60 Mon - Fri 6am to 8 pm, Sut & Sun 8 am - 4pm.

How to Travel by Intercity Busses

The main Bus for intercity travel is CSAD ( it stands for Czech State Autobus Transport in translation)
However after 1990 and the privatization  certain portion of it have been awarded to various smaller companies. There are several Bus terminals listed here and it is advisible to check before departure if the specific route is running. Many times it happens that the scheduled departure has been cancelled for one reason or another. (the cancellations are not usually listed on the web site, you will find out when the bus won't show up. It is also advisable to be at the terminal well before the bus arrival as there may be lineups and you may not get in as it happened to us. In that case you may have to take the next scheduled time if available. Also check before departure. (The clerks at the main terminal Florence are not always very helpfull. You may experience difficulty dealing with it, but do not give up. Some of the information over the phone is impossible to obtain even for Czech speaking person. If you go there personally you may get a better chance, but I can not promise much it is an individual thing, it depends on the person you are delaing with, some may be very nice if you lucky, however on some them it  is best not to comment. Hopefully the system will improve in time).
On some routes, for longer distance there is a reservation of the seats available and where available it is definitelly recomended. You will save your self lot of dissapointment.

 Here is a list of  some  Bus terminals  or out of town travel These station could be reached by Metro with the same name stop stations.  

Florenc CSAD and others (The Main Terminal)  - out of town routes - reservations available  Krizikova 8, Praha 8

Na Knizeci - CSAD - out of town routes - mainly southwest of the Country  Nadrazni ulice, Praha 5

Holesovice CSAD  Partyzanska ulice, Praha 7 - out of town routes - covers mainly northern part of the Country

Roztyly - mainly outskirts of Prague  Rysaveho ulice, Praha 4 (metro station Roztyly)covers mainly outskirts of Prague

 
 

Here is a list of Private Transportation Companies, which will take you out of Country.

 

Bohemiatour 

Zlatnicka 7, Praha 1,

Ph.: 232 39 89, Fax: 231 38 06

 

 

   

 

Metro Transport A Map of the Metro System will be addad later.

The Prague Metro Net has tree lines, coloured with red (C), yellow (B) and green (A), there are 46 stations, 3 of them are cross-stations, lines are 46 km long.

Metro is operationg from 5.00 am till 12.00 midnight every day, the intervals are between 2 to 10 min. (smaller int. during rush hour).

 The rates are the same as on buses, but please watch the time limitation.
 

  Important Stations

Malostranska (A)

close to  Prague Castle, to Malostranske namesti (St. Nicholas's Church).

Staromestska (A)

close by Rudolfinum, Charles Bridge and The Jewish Quarter (Josefov)

Mustek (A and B)

the station is located on the down part of Vaclavske namesti, about 300 m from Staromestke namesti.

Narodni muzeum (C and A)

National Museum in the upper part of Vaclavske namesti.

Namesti Republiky (B)

Obecni dum, department store Kotva and Bila Labut, also Masarykovo nadrazi (Masaryk's Rail Station)

Narodni trida (B)

at the department store Maj, 300 meteres from the  National Theatre.

Florenc (C and B)

over the street from bus station Florenc.

Hlavni Nadrazi (C)  Main Rail Station,

WARNING: stay away from the Sherwood park, just outside The Main Railway Station at all times, the station may  also be dangerous in the evenings as there is lot of transients which may cause trouble.

Nadrazi Holesovice (C) (Holesovice Railway Station)

close by Holesovice Rail Station and  Prague Exhibition Area ( Veletrzni Palace).

Vysehrad (C)

by Hotel Forum, Congress Centre and Vysehrad, Czech historical monument
 
 

Transport by Cabs

Helpfull information

Generally, the cab transport  in Prague is OK, but be alert as there may be some unscrupolous operators  out there who may overcharge you and make bad name for everybody else and ad the same time get you upset.

Here are some tips on better travel:

Make reservation over the phone, that way you may avoid "black" operators, and if there is a problem you have a place to go and complain.

Check the price before you go.
The prices list must be visible on the car doors as well as inside.

Watch the taximeter.
Be alert when riding in a taxi (of course not to the point that you wouldn't enjoy the trip).
Every car must be visible marked with company or commercial name of taxi owner, together with identification number. It may happen that if you do not pay the full price the driver may not let you out.

Watch out so they don't drive away with a lugage if you have price disagreement.

Ask for the receipt called "paragon"
On this document, you must find the licence plate # of the cab and the registration number of taxi owner, it should be the same as on the outside door.
The prices may vary from cab to cab, but the general rule is that the charge per km is about 20Kc and should not definitelly go into hunderts of Kc. You cna compare the prices on other cabs.

The prices are in Czech currency Koruna and  definitelly not in German Marks or US $!!!
There is also standard basic fee which should not be more then 25 Kc, there is also waiting charge which varies and shouldn't be more then 10Kc per min.

 
Here are some taxi-cabs you may phone:
 
 

AAA Taxi   Ph: 3399 or 312 21 12	Bruno Taxi   Ph: 43 49 18 or 692 02 14

Calling taxi nonstop 

Ph: 700 42 55 or 70 52 52

Central Operator for BM Franco

Ph: 8577 or 689 77 77

Halotaxi - for every pocket

Ph: 6104 5111 or 43 16 22

Profitaxi

Ph: 6104 5555 or 6104 5550