Daniel and I were sitting with our Italian friend Nicole over a Campari, talking through her upcoming trip to Prague. She’d been looking at places to stay and was completely swept away by it – old historic buildings, antique furniture, and a view of Prague Castle on top of it all. She genuinely had no idea which place to pick.
And at that moment our inner Prague guide switched on. Do you want to be right in the centre, or somewhere quieter? Are you driving? How much do you want to spend a night? We grilled her like she was at a government office. 😀 And when we got to the point of realising that the answer to “where to stay in Prague” depends mainly on those three things, it hit us: we had never actually written an article about it.
Because this is something you can’t tell from photos on Booking: every part of Prague has a completely different character. Daniel and I live in Prague, but outside the centre – we’re in town within a few minutes by metro, it’s quiet at home and we park for free. But a tourist wants something different. The classic visitor wants the old town, the buzz, restaurants and an evening view of the Vltava. And those are two completely different worlds.
So this article is a guide to Prague’s districts from the perspective of people who actually live here. We’ll go through six parts of the city and, for each one, say who it suits and who it doesn’t, how many minutes it is to the centre, and what the parking situation is like. At the end, we’ll add things to watch out for here – and, on the flip side, tips that are worth the extra few crowns. If you’re planning your whole trip from scratch, take a look at our complete guide to Prague, this article is its accommodation chapter.
We ourselves have only ever slept in Orea Hotel Angelo in Smíchov – we write about the hotel further down from our own experience. We chose the rest of the accommodation based on Booking ratings and on how well it fits the district in question, not because we’ve actually slept there.
Before you start filtering listings, answer these three things for yourself. It’ll save you an hour of clicking.
1. Do you want to be in the centre, or somewhere quiet? Prague has dense, well-functioning public transport and is small by European standards – for each district further down we give the actual travel times, which run from three to nine minutes, plus a change where needed. Staying right in the centre saves you a few minutes’ walk, but you’ll pay for it – and in the evening you’ll get to enjoy the sound of suitcase wheels on cobblestones too.
2. Are you driving? This is a more crucial question in Prague than in Rome or Barcelona. The whole centre is covered by paid parking zones, and as a visitor you can legally park in the blue zone (resident parking) for one hour. One hour. If you’re coming by car, look for accommodation with its own parking, or head straight for somewhere outside Prague 1. We’ve covered this in detail in our article Parking in Prague by Car.
3. How much do you want to spend a night? The difference between Prague 1 and Prague 4 for the same standard of room is noticeable. And with that difference you could treat yourself to quite a few good dinners.
Staré Město is exactly what Nicole was looking at in those photos. Vaulted ceilings, historic buildings, Charles Bridge round the corner, the astronomical clock round the corner, the castle on the horizon. It’s the most sought-after part of Prague, and the prices reflect that – out of season, accommodation here is the most expensive in the whole city – though over the holidays and markets, it’s the district where prices go up the least.
What you get for that money: everything on foot. Old Town Square, Charles Bridge, the Jewish Quarter, the Klementinum, Pařížská street. And one thing you don’t get from any other district – the morning, before the centre fills up. For me, that’s the strongest reason to pay extra for Prague 1: if you sleep here, you get to Charles Bridge before the tour groups do.
And while you’re here, climb the Old Town Hall Tower. The astronomical clock is lovely from below, but the view over the square from above is a different league.
The Old Town astronomical clock – entrance to the tower – ticket to the Old Town Hall Tower – official ticket, skip-the-line
DO NOT DRIVE HERE. We mean it. The streets are narrow, one-way, entirely within the paid zones, and a hotel with its own garage parking is expensive even by Prague standards. Come by train or bus, or leave your car at a P+R car park – Letňany on metro line C, for example, costs 50 CZK (about €2.1) for the first 24 hours and 10 CZK (about €0.4) for every additional hour – and take the metro in.
Who won’t like it here: light sleepers, families with small children, and anyone who came by car. And honestly – also anyone who wants to see how Prague actually lives. Here you’ll mostly meet other tourists.
And one food tip that belongs here: Restaurace 420. You’ll pay a lot here, but you’ll get a lot in return – it’s a genuinely big culinary experience. It’s owned by chef Radek Kašpárek, who has a Michelin accolade to his name and is a judge on the Czech MasterChef. Daniel and I went there once, and we still think back on that meal.
Accommodation prices are approximate and change depending on the season, occupancy and loyalty programme tier – the current amount will only show once you’re in the booking system itself. Ratings are from Booking, checked in August 2026.
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Nové Město borders Staré Město, and people often don’t expect that – there’s no visible boundary between the two. Price-wise it’s very similar, but the atmosphere is different. There are more offices, more locals, fewer crowds. And it’s just a few steps to the heart of Prague.
And there are things you’ll walk right past without noticing. The Franciscan Garden, tucked away between buildings a short walk from Wenceslas Square. The New Town Hall with its tower. The passages around Vodičkova street and Wenceslas Square – Lucerna, Světozor, Adria – which let you cut across part of the district without ever touching the street. None of this shows up in the first ten photos of Prague.
For me, Nové Město is a more sensible choice than Staré Město – you get almost the same location, a bit more peace and quiet, and no umbrella-toting tour groups filing past under your window. Just avoid accommodation right on Wenceslas Square and around Ve Smečkách and V Celnici streets. It’s noisy there at night, and it’s also the area where police dealt with a case of street scammers in January 2026 (more on that below).
Don’t come here if you want a postcard view from your window. Nové Město is beautiful, but it’s more of a functioning city than a stage set.
And one specific tip: Knedlín on Národní třída, opposite the Máj department store. We like coming here shortly after lunchtime, or even for a lighter lunch. The menu is made up of different kinds of dumplings. Daniel and I like to try a savoury one first, duck with cabbage for example, then finish with something sweet, like blueberry or chocolate. We’ve never come across a dumpling here that was dry. Every one has a generous filling and fills you up nicely. Prices here run from 59 CZK to 99 CZK (about €2.4 to €4.1) per dumpling.
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You’ll recognise Vinohrady without any navigation. Wide streets, apartment buildings with ornate facades, trees, the Church of St Ludmila on Náměstí Míru. It’s a gorgeous, peaceful and above all lived-in district – actual Prague locals live here, and you can tell.
In our opinion, Vinohrady has the highest concentration of good brunch spots and unpretentious restaurants per square metre in all of Prague. For me, it’s the best district in Prague for mornings – you can get breakfast here even on a Sunday at ten. Riegrovy sady park adds an evening view over the city on top of that – it’s the place where people go to sit on the grass in summer.
Transport links are unbeatable: from Náměstí Míru it’s metro A to Můstek in 3 minutes, with no change.
BUT! Vinohrady is full of cars. You won’t find street parking here – the whole district is in the blue zones, and even we locals struggle to find a free spot. If you’re driving, only book accommodation with a guaranteed parking space, or you’ll spend your first hour in Prague circling the block.
This isn’t the address for someone who’s come for two days and wants the sights right under their window. You don’t stay in Vinohrady for the view, but for what it’s like to live here.
We can specifically recommend Bistro Kafé Laskavá. It’s a smaller brunch spot, but it has the authentic charm of Vinohrady – plenty of photogenic corners thanks to the wooden furniture and pleasant atmosphere. There’s a choice from simple dishes to more elaborate ones: toast with a soft egg served in a glass, baked open sandwiches, fruit and vegetables. Considering it’s in Vinohrady and just a short walk from Wenceslas Square, the prices are normal – around 300 CZK (about €12) per person for coffee and brunch.
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Letná is still Prague’s hipster district, and that shows in the accommodation too. You’ll find apartments for four or six people, flats for two at reasonable prices, and smaller hotels. Don’t expect the old-historic-building luxury of Staré Město, though – Letná is a different league with a different kind of charm.
From Letná Park you look down over the bend in the Vltava with its bridges, and beyond them the whole of Staré Město – in our opinion it’s the best view of Prague you don’t need to buy a ticket for. On top of that there’s the Veletržní Palace, Stromovka park just nearby, and pubs where you pay a normal Prague price for a beer, not the Pařížská one. What I enjoy most about Letná is that nobody’s ever in a hurry there.
Letná doesn’t have its own metro station, which you’d expect, but in reality it doesn’t matter. From the stop at Korunovační you take tram 26 to Hradčanská and metro A to Staroměstská, about a 7-minute ride plus a change. The nearest metro stations are Hradčanská (A) and Vltavská (C).
Who this won’t suit: anyone who doesn’t want to learn the tram network, and anyone who wants everything within easy reach. Letná is a great choice for a group or family looking for space at a reasonable price – not for a quick weekend of ticking off sights.
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We know this part of Prague from everyday life, not from day trips. And when someone asks us whether Prague 4 is a good choice for a visitor, our answer is: it depends whether you’re arriving by car.
Prague 4 is quiet, family-friendly and has no ambition to be a postcard. A mix of prefab housing estates and villas, plenty of greenery, shopping centres, trams. Hotels here tend to be noticeably cheaper than in the centre, have their own parking and are quiet. Metro C from Budějovická to Muzeum takes 9 minutes with no change, and you’re at the top end of Wenceslas Square.
And now the main thing: in parts of Prague 4 you can park on the street for free. It’s free anywhere the street isn’t in a blue zone. That’s how we normally park in Prague ourselves. But it isn’t true everywhere – paid-parking zones have gradually expanded in recent years, and the closer you get to the city centre, the more likely you are to run into one. In 2026 alone, new zones appeared in Prague 9 and were being planned for Prague 10; Prague 4 has also extended paid parking into the night hours. A documented example of an area with no zones at all is Kunratice – the district states this outright on its own website.
Our tip: before you book accommodation promising “street parking”, enter the exact address into the zone map at parking.praha.eu. It takes a minute and it’ll save you a nasty surprise.
Don’t come here if you want to walk back to your accommodation from a restaurant in the evening. In Prague 4 you’ll be relying on the metro, and it doesn’t run at night – once it stops, you’re looking at night trams and buses, which is a hassle with a suitcase after dinner. It’s also not especially photogenic here. You come here to sleep, not to admire the facades.
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Anděl has been a byword since the nineties, and it’s not a place for everyone. But I can’t help it – I have a soft spot for “Smícháč” in my own way. It’s a lively, authentic, slightly rougher Prague, where nothing is put on for show.
Yes, you’ll run into some down-and-outs here too. But that’s mainly because there’s a metro station and it’s a short hop into the centre – exactly the same reason it’s a good place to stay. Hotels here come at noticeably more affordable prices than in the centre, most have their own parking and transport is fast: by metro B from Anděl to Náměstí Republiky, 6 minutes, by tram to Staroměstská, a 9-minute ride plus a change.
A bonus people forget about: from Smíchov you can walk via Újezd to Petřín.
WARNING: the Petřín funicular has been out of service since September 2024 for renovation. According to the city it should reopen in September 2026, but the date has already been pushed back several times. And the price is going up straight away too: from 1 September 2026 a single ticket will cost 100 CZK (about €4.1) instead of the previous 60 CZK (about €2.5), or 90 CZK (about €3.7) in the PID Lítačka app. The good news is that season passes and tickets valid for 24 hours or more remain valid on the funicular. Before you count on it, check the current status – you can also walk up, and it’s not that bad 😀
Smíchov won’t suit anyone who’s bothered by the station atmosphere and the evening life around Anděl. If you want peace and quiet, go for Prague 4 or Vinohrady instead.
At Orea Hotel Angelo we’ve stayed a few times. The rooms are a decent size, clean, and the staff are quite friendly. The one potential downside is the location – it’s close to the metro and trams, but Anděl and Smíchov generally aren’t the most pleasant area to be based in. The down-and-outs I mentioned above, you’ll run into right around the hotel too. In reality nothing is likely to happen to you here, and nothing ever has to us, but it’s worth being prepared for it – it’s a different experience from staying in Vinohrady or the centre. Even so, Prague remains one of the safest cities in Europe, and we say that as people who travel around Europe constantly.
And one specific recommendation: Kavárna co hledá jméno – a short walk from Anděl. A pretty unusual spot, prices are pleasant, and it works just as well for a romantic date as for an ordinary coffee.
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| District | To the centre | Street parking | Off-season / per night | Atmosphere | Who it’s for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staré Město | on foot | practically impossible | from 940 CZK (about €39) | classic tourist scene | first-time visit, no car |
| Nové Město | on foot / 1 stop | zones, hard | from 560 CZK (about €23) | urban, quieter | anyone who wants the centre without the crowds |
| Vinohrady | metro A, 3 min | zones, hard | from 850 CZK (about €35) | café culture, residential | brunch and authenticity |
| Letná | tram + metro, ~7 min | zones, difficult | from 580 CZK (about €24) | hipster, laid-back | groups and apartments |
| Prague 4 | metro C, 9 min | free in parts | from 900 CZK (about €37) | family-friendly, quiet | driving in, lower budget |
| Prague 5 – Smíchov | metro B, 6 min | zones, hotels have their own | from 820 CZK (about €34) | lively, local | best value for time |
The prices above are for the cheapest double room for two, off-season, checked on Booking in August 2026 for a November weekday. You’ll only see the actual current price in the booking system itself.
For a December weekend, when the Christmas markets are running, it looks different:
So Staré Město is the most expensive off-season, but also the most stable – it goes up the least of any of them during the markets. The later the date you’re dealing with, the less reason there is to stay far from the centre.
There’s no metro from the airport into Prague, so you’ll always have to change somewhere – and depending on where you’re staying, the route differs. Two main lines serve the airport: trolleybus 59 to Nádraží Veleslavín (about 15 minutes, then change to metro A) and bus 100 to Zličín (about 18 minutes, then change to metro B). A standard PID ticket is valid on both – for the journey into the centre you’ll need the 90-minute ticket, which is 46 CZK (about €1.9) in the PID Lítačka app. Buy it before you board; you can’t do it on the bus.
| District | Public transport from the airport | Airport Express |
|---|---|---|
| Staré Město | trolleybus 59 to Nádraží Veleslavín, metro A to Staroměstská – one change | Direct to Hlavní nádraží, then metro C or tram from there |
| Nové Město | trolleybus 59 to Veleslavín, metro A to Můstek – one change | Direct to Hlavní nádraží, then a short walk |
| Vinohrady | trolleybus 59 to Veleslavín and metro A all the way to Náměstí Míru – one change, no further transfers | To Hlavní nádraží, then metro on top – not worth it |
| Letná | trolleybus 59 to Veleslavín, metro A then change to tram – two changes | To Hlavní nádraží and then by tram |
| Prague 4 | bus 100 to Zličín, metro B then change to metro C – two changes | To Hlavní nádraží, then metro C – two changes in total |
| Prague 5 – Smíchov | bus 100 to Zličín and then metro B straight to Anděl – one change. Or line 191 direct to Na Knížecí, about 50 minutes with no change | An unnecessary detour through the centre |
Airport Express is the only direct line to Hlavní nádraží, but it’s the most expensive of all the buses: 200 CZK (about €8.3) per adult, 100 CZK (about €4.1) for a child aged 6 to 15. Standard PID tickets aren’t valid on it, and it doesn’t allow transfers. For two hundred crowns, there’s a decent chance Uber or Bolt will get you right to the door.
Our tip: we prefer to get to the airport by Uber ourselves – we know the price upfront and it’s quick. Compared to public transport it tends to be more expensive unless you happen to have a promo code. Whatever you choose, expect traffic jams in high season: getting to the airport takes a while whether you’re driving or on the bus.
This is the part we told Nicole about over that Campari. Prague is a safe city, but there are a few things waiting for you here.
Prague has blue (resident), purple (mixed) and orange (short-term) zones. As a visitor in a blue zone you pay through an app and can park for a maximum of one hour in the centre, three hours outside it. There are no ticket machines in blue zones. And watch out for purple zones – in Letňany, for example, you have to pay 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including weekends and nights. We’ve covered the whole process, apps included, in our article Parking in Prague by Car.
You can pay through Citymove (a 10% service fee on the parking cost, minimum 2 CZK / €0.1) or through PID Lítačka, which can handle parking payments with no fee.
This is a small thing that a lot of people don’t take advantage of. Tickets bought in the PID Lítačka app are cheaper than paper tickets from a machine or SMS tickets.
| Ticket | PID Lítačka (app) | Paper | SMS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 minutes | 36 CZK (about €1.5) | 39 CZK (about €1.6) | 42 CZK (about €1.7) |
| 90 minutes | 46 CZK (about €1.9) | 50 CZK (about €2.1) | 55 CZK (about €2.3) |
| 24 hours | 140 CZK (about €5.8) | 150 CZK (about €6.2) | 150 CZK (about €6.2) |
| 72 hours | 340 CZK (about €14) | 350 CZK (about €14) | 350 CZK (about €14) |
You can download it here: PID Lítačka for iPhone (App Store) and PID Lítačka for Android (Google Play).
Two more things on this. Children aged 6 to 15 and seniors over 65 travel free around Prague – they just need to be able to prove their entitlement. And as of this year, in Prague dogs travel free too as long as the owner has a valid ticket. Large luggage travels free with a ticket valid for 24 hours or more.
WARNING: this is a classic that catches out even people who read up on tourist traps. Skip the places right on the square that try to lure you in – especially ones with someone standing outside holding a menu.
How to spot it:
We might be being a little unfair here, but we’ll say it straight. Those restaurants in the centre that look like they’ve been lifted from a picturesque village – painted beams, folk costumes, folk-art murals – are, in our opinion, tourist trap number one. It looks “so Czech” that people go in. And they get below-average food, a charge for cutlery, and zero experience.
This style belongs in a village, where it’s authentic. In Prague, it’s a stage set. Always check the reviews first – two minutes on your phone can save your dinner.
Never change money with anyone on the street. Police here regularly deal with men who, in central Prague (V Celnici, Ve Smečkách, Na Příkopech), offered tourists a great rate for euros – and instead of Czech crowns handed them invalid Belarusian roubles.
It works because if you’ve never seen a Czech hundred-crown note, you won’t spot the difference. You can spot it easily, though: a legitimate currency exchange never approaches people on the street.
Let’s stay on the subject of money. Prague still has currency exchanges running with very unfavourable rates and hidden fees. Check the current exchange rate online beforehand and stick to it, give or take a crown.
And here’s a piece of good news that almost nobody knows: under the law on currency exchange activity, you have the right to withdraw from the exchange within 3 hours of it being carried out (3 working days for a currency-exchange machine), for amounts up to the equivalent of 1,000 euros. The exchange office has to tell you this on both the rate board and the receipt, in Czech and in English. So if you get back and realise you were given half of what you should have – go straight back.
Please – don’t take these buses. 😀 A sightseeing bus in Prague costs roughly €33-43 depending on ticket type. For that money you’ll spend most of the time stuck in a queue of traffic on Smetanovo nábřeží or under Letná, staring at the back of another bus.
For comparison: a 24-hour ticket for the whole Prague public transport network costs 140 CZK in the app, which is roughly €5.8. And besides, Prague’s historic centre is easy to cover on foot anyway.
In Prague, one sightseeing bus ticket costs as much as five days of unlimited travel on the metro, trams and buses.
The Royal Route is the path Czech monarchs used to travel to their coronation. It runs from the Powder Gate along Celetná Street to Old Town Square, then through Malé náměstí and along Karlova Street past the Klementinum to Křižovnické náměstí, across Charles Bridge, along Mostecká Street to Malostranské náměstí, then uphill along Nerudova Street to Hradčanské náměstí, and finishes at Prague Castle by St Vitus Cathedral.
Without stopping, you can walk it in an hour and a half to two hours; with sensible stops, plan on half a day. For us, it’s the best way to see Prague for the first time – it’s a gentle uphill walk the whole way, so the reward of the view from Hradčany only comes at the end. Personally, I think it makes more sense to walk it the other way round, downhill from the Castle – you don’t have to climb anything, and you end up having dinner in the Old Town.
Walking tour of the Old Town and Charles Bridge – guided tour of the historic centre – 2-3 hours, free cancellation
Prague Castle without the queue – Prague Castle ticket with skip-the-line entry – valid for 2 days, optional audio guide
This is our favourite Prague tip, and almost nobody knows about it. Between the Smíchov riverside (Hořejší nábřeží) and Podskalí on Rašínovo nábřeží, the main riverside, runs Přívoz Vyšehrad. It costs 40 CZK (about €1.7) per person – adult, child, senior, dog and bike all pay the same – and the crossing takes just a couple of minutes. For us it took about two.
WATCH OUT: cash only and the ferryman isn’t obliged to accept a note larger than 200 CZK (about €8.3). And it isn’t part of PID – your public transport ticket doesn’t work here; it’s a commercial line run by Pražské Benátky. It runs daily, in season (timetable valid from 30 April) from 11:00, from 10:00 on Saturdays, with the last departure at 21:00. The operator doesn’t publish a winter timetable, so check before you travel. It runs every 15 minutes, except at 15:00, when there are two departures (15:00 and 15:45) – so expect a short wait on the bank. And one more thing that’s easy to miss: when the river is running high, the ferry doesn’t run at all – the operator states this directly on the timetable, so after heavy rain, check ahead by calling 730 519 620.
And now the important part: keep your ticket. On the back of it is a 200 CZK (about €8.3) discount on a Pražské Benátky boat trip.
The cruise along the Čertovka is one of those things that look like a tourist gimmick and actually turn out to be genuinely lovely. A small historic boat glides through the narrow channel between the houses on Kampa – the stretch known as Prague’s Venice – before coming out onto the Vltava beneath Charles Bridge.
An adult pays 550 CZK (about €23), a child aged 2 to 15 350 CZK (about €14), children under two travel free (price list: prazskebenatky.cz). With the ferry ticket, it’s 200 CZK less, which changes the maths quite a bit. And if you have Lítačka, adults get a 50% discount – but the two discounts can’t be combined.
The boat ticket price also includes admission to the Charles Bridge Museum. And that alone would be worth going for even without the cruise – it’s home to the last surviving arch of Judith Bridge, built between 1159 and 1172, the predecessor of Charles Bridge. You’re standing a few steps from something almost two hundred years older than the bridge the crowds were walking across just a moment ago.
Pražské Benátky – cruise along the Čertovka – 45-minute cruise along the Čertovka with an audio guide – free cancellation, audio guide available in Czech too – if you don’t use the discount from your ferry ticket 🙂
Charles Bridge Museum admission on its own – museum ticket – free cancellation
Our tip: tickets are sold at the Charles Bridge Museum ticket office at Křižovnické náměstí 3, just a few steps from the pier.
If you want to see Prague properly from the water, not just from a canal, a classic sightseeing cruise is the way to go. Prague looks different from the Vltava – suddenly you can see how the bridges line up one after another, and you get the whole of Hradčany in one shot.
Sightseeing cruise on the Vltava – 2-hour cruise on the Vltava – skip-the-line, free cancellation
Vltava dinner cruise – cruise with a buffet dinner on a glass-topped boat – skip-the-line, wheelchair accessible
Prague has a surprising number of interactive museums that work just as well in the rain and that you can get through in an hour and a half. We’ve listed them in our article Prague with Kids: Interactive Museums – and honestly, the two of us enjoyed it even without any kids along.
If you’re in Prague for more than three days, it’s worth spending one of them outside the city. We have a separate article on this Day Trips from Prague – both Karlštejn and Kutná Hora are within an hour’s journey.
We didn’t include Karlín in our six, because fewer people stay there than in the more central districts. But we love it for its “hipster” vibe, and there are plenty of great places here – so if you end up staying there, don’t sulk about it.
Arthur’s Pub for excellent fish and chips. Expect to pay more (495 CZK, about €20), but in summer they have gorgeous outdoor seating.
A little further on is our favourite pizzeria, San Carlo, where we always feel like we’ve slipped away to Italy for a moment. A great selection of Neapolitan pizza, good prices (from 195 CZK, about €8.1) and friendly service. We go back to both places several times a year.
And for a good brunch in a nice setting, try Spojka – the food is good, the setting too, and prices are a bit higher: mains from 265 CZK (about €11) and weekend brunch from 215 CZK (about €8.9).
So it’s not all praise. There are a few places we’d skip outright:
If she mainly cared about atmosphere and good food and wasn’t driving, we’d send her to Vinohrady. Three minutes to the centre by metro, a choice of ten cafés in the morning, and Riegrovy sady in the evening.
If she were driving, it would be Prague 4. If she were travelling with a group and wanted an apartment, it would be Letná. If price and time were her main concern, it would be Smíchov. And if it were her very first two-day visit to Prague, we’d say Staré Město, and pay the extra for it – because the first time, it’s worth having Charles Bridge round the corner.
Prague is small. That’s probably the single most important thing to take from all this. For every one of the six districts we’ve covered here, we’re talking about a few minutes’ ride to the centre – not half an hour. So decide based on how you want to spend your mornings and evenings, not on the distance to the astronomical clock.
You’ll find the rest of your planning in our complete guide to Prague: what to see, how much time to allow for it, and where to eat without it costing you a fortune.
Staré Město or Nové Město. Everything is within walking distance and you don’t have to worry about transport. Just be aware you’ll pay extra for the location, and don’t drive here.
Prague 4 or Prague 5. Hotels there commonly have their own parking, and in parts of Prague 4 you can even park on the street for free. In the centre, the whole area falls within paid parking zones, where a visitor is only allowed to park for a maximum of one hour.
Yes, if you don’t mind riding the metro. From Vinohrady it’s 3 minutes to Můstek, from Budějovická it’s 9 minutes to Muzeum, from Anděl it’s 6 minutes to Náměstí Republiky. The money you save will cover your tickets and a few dinners besides.
A basic 30-minute ticket costs 36 CZK (about €1.5) in the PID Lítačka app, or 39 CZK (about €1.6) as a paper ticket. A 24-hour ticket comes to 140 CZK (about €5.8) in the app. Children aged 6-15 and seniors over 65 travel free around Prague.
Yes, it’s one of the safer European capitals. The main risk isn’t mugging, but scams – bad-rate currency exchanges, street money-changers and overpriced restaurants in the centre.
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