Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Transport
GETTING TO PRAGUE
Prague sits at the heart of Europe and is well served by air, road and rail. The
city has an excellent integrated public-transport system with frequent tram,
metro and bus services, though the historic central neighbourhoods are small
enough to cover easily on foot.
Air
city centre, is the main inter-national gateway to the Czech Republic and the
Celnici 5)
, which operates direct flights to Prague from many European cities,
and also from New York. Note: as this topic was going to press, the Czech gov-
ernment had passed a measure to change the airport's official name to 'Václav
Havel Airport Prague', after the late former president. The move was sched-
uled to go into effect at the end of 2012.
Prague Airport has two international terminals. Terminal 1 is for flights to/
from non-Schengen Zone countries (including the UK, Ireland and countries
outside Europe), and Terminal 2 is for flights to/from Schengen Zone countries
(most EU nations plus Switzerland, Iceland and Norway).
In both terminals the arrival and departure halls are next to each other on the
same level. The arrival halls have exchange counters, ATMs, accommodation
and car-hire agencies, public-transport information desks, taxi services and
24-hour
left-luggage counters
(per piece per day 120Kč)
. The departure halls
have restaurants and bars, information offices, airline offices, an exchange
counter and travel agencies. Once you're through security, there are shops,
restaurants, bars, internet access and wi-fi.
There's a post office in the corridor that connects Terminals 1 and 2.
