Getting Around

There are numerous ways to get around Prague but to visitors we recommend either public transportation or taxis.

Prague Airport

Prague-Ruzyně Airport is an international public civilian airport located on the northwest edge of Prague. It is the biggest airport in the Czech Republic and the second largest in Central and Eastern Europe as a whole. Recently it received the "World Airport Award" for the best airport in Central and Eastern Europe.

Gradual and constant growth over the last five years has made it possible to double the number of passengers it serves. Considerable thanks are due to the approximately fifty carriers who operate direct connections, scheduled and occasional, to 120 destinations around the world.

Information on Prague International Airport: www.letistepraha.cz.

Getting from the airport

There are several ways to get from the Prague airport to the center.

The cheapest option is to use public transport, which means the bus, then switch to the Metro (underground, subway). There are two main bus lines going out of the airport, no. 100 goes to Metro line B station Zlicin; no. 119 goes to line A, station, Dejvicka. The journey costs max. 26 CZK all around Prague. For more info, see below for public transport fare.

Another option is the „yellow" AAA taxis, which stand right at front of the terminal. The service is reliable and the journey will cost between 400 and 1000 CZK, depending on your destination. To the center of the city is approx. 600 CZK.

Airport limos go to Prague and elsewhere. They do not charge by kilometer, the price is fixed, based on the part of the city you go to. The city center is approx. 650 CZK.

For larger groups, a good option is a minivan service which van take up to 8 passengers. The price depends on the number of people, the cost to the center of Prague is approx: 
1 - 4 persons 480 CZK/car 
5 - 8 persons 960 CZK/car

Prague Public Transportation

The public transport system in Prague is an best way to get around. It is fast, clean, reliable, safe and cheap. The metro is one of the nicest in the world. The public transport system consists of metro, trams, buses and a funicular railway to the Petřin hill. Suburban trains and buses are part of the system, too.

The system runs 24 hours a day, although from midnight to 5am, there is a reduced service of night trams and buses.

There are several options for tickets, ranging from single ride tickets to multiple day travel cards as follows:

single limited ride (costs 18 CZK)
for trams and buses: valid for 20 min. from validation, with no transfer options.
for metro: valid for 5 stations (excl. boarding station; transfer station is counted as a single station). Travel time must not exceed 30 min after validation.


single ride (costs 26 CZK)
valid for 75 minutes, you can transfer as many times as you want.

1-day ticket (costs 100 CZK)
valid for 24 hours from the validation, in all means of transport.

3-day & 5-day ticket (cost is 330 and 500 CZK)
valid for 3 (5) days from the validation, in all means of transport.

Note: Yes, 3 x 1-day tickets cost less than a 3-day ticket. Do not look for logic, there is none...


Validation means inserting your ticket into little yellow machines, which are placed at the entrances of the metro stations, and inside the trams and buses. The machine will print a date and time in the white stripe on the ticket. You will notice a big arrow on the ticket, it indicates which way to insert it.

Metro

Metro (underground) has three lines designated by letters and by colors:  A - green, B - yellow, C - red. It operates daily from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m. Frequency of trains: 2–3 mins in peak hours on work days, 10 mins in off-peak hours and weekends.

Trams and Buses

Trams and buses operate from 4.30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Trams - there are approx. 35 day tram lines in Prague, and 8 night lines. The trams run every 2-20 minutes, again depending on the time of the day. On each stop, there is a timetable, with a list of the stations. Inside the trams you can find a basic map, indicating, where each tram goes.

Buses - there are approx. 200 bus lines, mostly in the suburbs of Prague. The buses usually start at a metro station, rarely at tram stations. As with trams, the timetables can be found posted at the stops. Single ride tickets (75 min) can be purchased from the bus drivers, they are a little more expensive. The majority of buses runs, on the average, every 6–8 minutes in the early morning and afternoon hours on work days, 10–20 minutes in the mornings and 15–30 minutes on Saturdays and Sundays.

There are night trams (#51–59) and buses (#501–513, 601–607) going every 30 mins between 0.30 a.m. and 4.30 a.m. The central interchange point of night trams is at Lazarska stop.

Taxi

We HIGHLY recommend to order taxi by phone. „Wild“ taxis sometimes overcharge foreigners (more information here at How to survive in Prague). Some reliable companies‘ phone #

• AAA Radiotaxi (+420) 14014
• Taxi Praha (+420) 266 77 88 99
• City taxi (+420) 233 10 33 10