Summary leaflet

Travellers hostel UJEZD ADDRESS: Praha1, U Lanove drahy 3, 110 00 Tel. number: (+420) 257 216 057  Please do not call this numbers except the time  the hostel is open - call the main office (the number below) instead. Travellers’ hostel company - main office: ADDRESS: Praha 1, Dlouha 33, 110 00 tel: +42/02/24826661 fax: +42/02/24826665 www.travellers.cz / hostel@travellers.cz

How to get to the hostel from:

AIRPORT
A. Shuttle Bus There is shuttle sercvice going every 30 min from the airport to "Namesti Republiky" square.
1. Get on the shuttle bus near the exit from the airport and you will be taken to "Namesti Republiky".  There is a metro station of the same
    name at the middle of this square 
2. Take the metro from there to the station "Narodní trida" (2 stops).
3. Take the tram no. 22, 23, 6, 9, 58 from the platform on the same side of the street, where you exit from the metro.
4. Get off at the second station called "Ujezd". The big yellow building on the hill, partly covered by trees, is our Hostel
B. Public bus no. 119
1. Take bus no. 119 from the stop opposite the airport-exit, and go to the very last stop "Dejvicka". There is a metro station ot the same name here.
2. Use metro from Dejvicka to the station Mustek (the same line - A, 4 stops) and there, change line to the line B.
3. Take the metro from there to the station "Narodní trida" (1 stop).
4. Take tram no. 22, 23, 6, 9, 58 from the platform on the same side of  the street, where you exit from the metro.
5. Get off at the second station called "Ujezd". The big yellow building on the hill,  partly covered by trees, is our Hostel
C. Taxi
The price to the center should be up to 600,- czk, read the article below.
MAIN RAILWAI STATION "Hlavni Nadrazi"
1. There is a no. 9 tram stop near the railway station. After you leave the main hall, turn right and go through the park.
 The tram stop is on the  other side of a street past the parkt.
2. Simply take the tram and get off at the station "Ujezd".
3. The big yellow building on the hill,  partly covered by trees, is our Hostel
RAILWAI STATION "Nadrazi Holesovice" The metro entrance is right in the hall
1. Take the metro from "Nadrazi Holesovice" to the stop "Florenc".
2. Change line (from red line - C to yellow line - B) and go to the station "Narodní trida" (3 stops)
3. Take the tram no. 22 ,23, 6, 9, 58 from the platform on the same side of the street, where you exit from the metro.
4. Get off at the second station called "Ujezd". The big yellow building on the hill,  partly covered by trees, is our Hostel
CENTRAL BUS STATION "Florenc" The metro station of the same name is located just next to the exit 
1. Take the metro  from "Florenc" to the station "Narodní trida" (use a line B, there is also a transfer point with a line C here, but it doesn't go
    your way).
3. Take the tram no. 22, 23, 6, 9, 58 from the platform on the same side of the street, where you exit from the metro.
4. Get off at the second station called "Ujezd". The big yellow building on the hill,  partly covered by trees, is our Hostel
GENERALLY FROM ANYWHERE IN PRAGUE
A. Metro
1. You have to get somehow to the metro station "Narodni trida". There are three metro lines in Prague and this station i a part of the Yellow line (B)
2. Take the tram no. 22, 23, 6, 9, 58 from the platform on the same side of the street, where you exit from the metro.
3. Get off at the second station called "Ujezd". The big yellow building in the hill,  partly covered by trees, is our Hostel
B. Give us a call for directions (+420) 257 216 057
C. Use taxi but read carefully the following text

Beware of the notorious Prague taxi-drivers
These drivers are one thing that brings real disgrace to Prague and causes problems every season, although they are easy to avoid.  First thing to do is to avoid taking taxi right on the street. There are many miscellaneous cabs going up and down the streets all around, and only a few of them belong to respectable companies as Halo-Taxi, Profi-Taxi or AAA. So it could simply happen that you will bump into a bad guy. And i guarantee you really will! To evade all these troubles phone straight to the central office of one of the companies quoted above and ask them for a cab. This service is without any extra charge - you will pay just for the call (common local call).

The Prague telephone numbers are :

If you need to take a taxi on the street for any reason, just deal with taxi-driver following these instructions:

1. The price per kilometre has to be written on the front doors of a cab
2. Tell the driver exactly where you want to go
3. Ask him for a price before you get on.
4. If the price seems to be higher than you expected demand a receipt. Every car must have a printer and driver
    must give you a signed receipt, otherwise YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING - that is the law. Check if the
    the price on the receipt is the same as the one demanded by a taxi-driver. Having this you can always prove what
    happened
5. The golden rule is - if the driver behaves somehow strange just tell him NO and take another cab


How does the city transport in Prague operate?
 

Metro
The Prague Metro network consists of 3 lines designated by letters and differentiated in colour:

  green colour (Skalka station - Dejvicka station)
  yellow colour (Cerny most station - Zlicin station)
  red colour (Nadrazi Holesovice station - Haje station)

There are threetransfers possible at:
Museum station (lines A and C)
Mustek station (lines A and B)
Florenc station (lines B and C).

Metro operates daily from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m.. The time interval between train departures is approximately 2 minutes during the workday rush hours and 4 to 10 minutes during off-peak hours.

Trams
Daytime operation is from 4:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.. Nighttime operation is from 00:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. and is provided by tram numbers 51 to 58 with traffic intervals 30 minutes. The central transfer-station for nighttime lines is Lazarska stop. Tram schedules are located at individual stops.



Buses
The daytime and nighttime operation of buses is similar to tram operation. Nighttime service is provided by bus numbers 501 to 512. Bus schedules are located at individual stops.

The Funicular
The Funicular onto Petrin Hill operates along the route Ujezd - Nebozizek - Petrin. The Funicular operates daily from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. (summer season) and from 9:15 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. (winter season) with traffic intervals from 10 to 15 minutes.

 

Prague City Transport Fares

1)Transfer ticket 20,- Kc
The ticket is valid for 75 minutes after marking. During off-peak hours, i.e. 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. on working days and all day Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, ticket validity is lengthened to 90 minutes.

2)Nontransfer ticket 14,- Kc
In trams and buses a nontransfer ticket is valid for 20 minutes after marking and does not allow changing of lines. In the underground the nontransfer ticket is valid for 5 stations after marking (excluding the starting station) and allows transfers between the underground lines. Time validity of the nontransfer ticket in the underground is limited to 30 minutes.
Nontransfer tickets are not valid on night trams and buses and for the Petrin Funicular.

more info at: http://www.dp-praha.cz

Parking in Prague

Prague is divided into 10 districts, where (following transport rules) you can park on streets with no charge, except for Prague 1. The district of Prague 1 encloses the very centre of Prague and you mast pay a parking fee to park there.
So you can choose:

1. TO PARK ON THE STREETS - you can easily park anywhere the transport rules allow it but in case of Prague 1 you have to pay the parking charge.
Warning: considering plenty of cars are stolen or robbed every year, please do not underestimate this hazard and never leave any valuables or expensive looking items in your car - the risk of robbery will then be considerably lower! The hostel is located very near the border enclosing Prague 1, so you can easily avoid paying any parking fee.

2. TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GUARDED PARKING PLACES - this is definitely the best selection if the main viewpoint is security of your vehicle. The two parking places of this sort are quite near either end of Charles Bridge (it also means near the hostel), so you shouldn't have a problem finding them. The first one is just on Malostrenske namesti (square) and the second one - the underground one - has its entrance between the river Vltava and the building of the Rudolfinum (the concert hall and the gallery - near the metro-station Staromestska).