Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Prague Landmarks
English
Czech
Pronounced
Main Train Station
Hlavní Nádraží
hlav-NEE
NAH-drah-zhee
Old Town
Staré Město
STAH -reh myehs-toh
Old Town Square
Staroměstské
STAR-roh-myehst-skeh
Náměstí
NAH-myehs-tee
New Town
Nové Město
NOH-vay myehs-toh
Little Quarter
Malá Strana
MAH-lah strah-nah
Jewish Quarter
Josefov
YOO-zehf-fohf
Castle Quarter
Hradčany
HRAD-chah-nee
Charles Bridge
Karlův Most
KAR-loov most
Wenceslas Square
Václavské
VAHT-slahf-skeh
Náměstí
NAH-myehs-tee
Vltava River
Vltava
VUL-tah-vah
automated machine by the Metro entrance. Validate your ticket in
the yellow machines
before
you go down the stairs to the tracks.
To get to hotels in the Old Town, catch a Háje-bound train to the
Muzeum stop, then transfer to the green line (direction: Dejvická)
and get off at either Můstek or Staroměstská; these stops straddle
the Old Town. For more on using the Metro, see “Getting Around
Prague” on page 44.
Or, if your hotel is close enough, consider
walking
(Wenceslas
Square, a downtown landmark, is about a 10-minute walk away—
turn left out of the station and follow Wilsonova street to the huge
National Museum).
Holešovice Station (Nádraží Holešovice):
This station,
slightly farther from the center, is suburban mellow. The main hall
has all the services of the Main Station in a more compact area.
On the left are international and local ticket windows (open 24
hours), an information office, and an AVE office with last-minute
accommodations (daily 12:00-20:00, tel. 972-224-660). On the
right is a little-frequented café with Internet access (1 Kč/min,
daily 8:00-19:30). Two ATMs are immediately outside the first
glass doors, and the Metro is 50 yards to the right (follow signs
toward
Vst up,
which means “entrance”; it's three stops to Hlavní
Nádraží—the Main Station—or four stops to the city-center
Muzeum stop). Taxis and trams are outside to the right (allow 200
Kč for a cab to the center). The airport bus (45 Kč, runs 2/hr) is
outside to the left.
