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Arrival and information
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Prague's
airport
, Ruzyne, is 10km northwest of the city. The cheapest way of getting into town is by bus #119 (every 10-15min), a 30 min ride to the DejvickA? metro station at the end of metro line A. Alternatively, there's the
express minibus
(every 30min), which stops first at DejvickA? metro station, and ends up at nA?mestA Republiky (90kc) or 100 metres down the road at V Celnici (in front of the Hotel Marriot). The express minibuses will also take you straight to your hotel if you wish for around 350kc per drop-off - a bargain if there's a few of you. Avoid so-called "fixed price" taxis. Arriving by
train
from the west, you're most likely to end up at
Praha hlavnA nA?drazA
, on the edge of NovAŠ Mesto and Vinohrady. It's only a short walk to Wenceslas Square from here (though inadvisable at night), and there's also a metro station inside the station. International expresses, passing through Prague, often stop only at
Praha-Holesovice
, north of the city centre at the end of metro line C. Some trains from Moravia and Slovakia wind up at the central
Masarykovo nA?drazA
, on HybernskA? street near nA?mestA Republiky; and provincial trains from the south usually get no further than
Praha-SmAchov
, connected to the centre by metro line B. There are lockers and
left-luggage
offices (open 24hr) at all these stations. The main
bus station
is Praha-Florenc, on the eastern edge of NovAŠ Mesto, on metro line B.
The best place to go for information is the
Prague Information Service
, or PIS (PrazskA? informacni sluzba), whose main branch is at Na prAkope 20 (Mon-Fri 8.30am-7pm, Sat & Sun 9am-5pm; tel 02/24 48 22 02,
www.pis.cz
). The staff speak English and will be able to answer most inquiries, arrange private accommodation, sell maps and guides and act as a ticket agency. As for listings, it's worth getting hold of the free English-language monthly
Culture in Prague
, the fortnightly
Do mesta/ Downtown
(
www.downtown.cz
) or the monthly freebie
Think
magazine for trendy clubs and hang-outs. The English-language newspaper
Prague Post
(
www.praguepost.cz
), which comes out every Wednesday, also has a good selective listings section. There are additional PIS offices in the main train station, underneath the astronomical clock at StaromestskAŠ nA?mesti 1 and in the tower (MosteckA? vez) at the west end of the Charles Bridge (the latter is only open April to October). Other useful information
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