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Central
Prague is very compact and walkable. If your hotel is in the Old Town, or almost
anywhere in Prague 1, you can probably walk wherever you want to go. If you need
transportation, Prague offers a multitude of options. The
best way to move around Prague and the rest of the Czech Republic towns and cities
is by Taxi.
Unless you enjoy public transport, and the CZ has one of the best
systems in Europe, and at least until you begin to find your way about - use the
taxis. Bu there
are Taxis and taxis.......
TAXI
- Solutions
Some
taxis can be pleasant and cheap, others nerve-wrecking and pretty costly.
Solution
A for Prague.
Use AAA taxi
ALL the time.
AAA Taxi are honest, cheap, punctual and most of the time
their drivers are pleasant chaps and quite a few speak various languages.
They don't cheat,
they keep their meter running and have very fair rates - 24 hours a day - 365
days a year. Most
other taxi services, especially those you find parked everywhere in Prague, will
cheat you, drive you around in circles and treat you like a cow to be milked.
Take
our word for it. TAXI
- Solution B for Prague and other Czech Towns
Find
two or three taxi drivers and make a deal with each one of them to take you around
for the duration of your stay at reasonable prices.
Three, because if one
is busy you can call on the other two.
Most taxi drivers will agree to
this and once you understand the rates from A to B it shouldn't be too hard to
come to some sort of agreement.
How do you
understand the rates ?
In Prague start by taking an AAA
Taxi from point A to point B.
What you pay for this distance is the fair rate
of Prague.
Anything above from other taxi drivers is robbery.
Bear in mind
that Prague is expensive compared to other locations so a taxi in Zlin will cost
a lot less than one in Prague. Do
remember to tip your 'honest' taxi drivers.
If you do, you'll find that Czech
taxi drivers, once the ice is broken, can be a good resource for insider information
and once they give you their visiting card - you know you have a dependable transport
service in town at your mobile phone's fingertips. Also good for emergencies. czechsexclubs.com
- TIP- For Prague
In
the summer, when it can get very sticky and hot - if you ask, AAA Taxi will send
you an air conditioned car and it doesn't cost more.
The same goes for
nice cars all year round.
If you're going to some chic restaurant for dinner
or have a date, you don't want to turn up in a beaten-up Skoda.
Ask AAA Taxi
for a nice car - they'll send you one (Audi-Mercedes-etc) at no extra cost. Driving
around yourself ?
Again, take a taxi.
If you're
in Prague by car, the easiest way to get around if you really want to take the
car - is to call AAA taxi and after you tell the driver where you want to go,
just follow him.
This is the best and easiest way to learn how to drive through
Prague. It's
also much faster and less stressing then figuring out where to go since even one
way streets on maps are hard to figure out pre-hand.
Once you've done this
a couple of times, venturing out by yourself then is much easier. Taxi
wisdom
One thing you should be warned about.
A lot of
taxi drivers have a working agreement with various clubs and venues where they
get a percentage when they bring a visitor. This can result in a friendly taxi
driver suggesting that you visit a great club he knows and you'll end up travelling
30 miles from Prague.
And since most Czech taxi drivers don't actually themselves
visit most clubs - they really don't know if a club can be recommended or not.
So
inform yourself about where you want to go beforehand (that's what this site is
for) and check out the location of where you're going on our (and your) maps pre
hand. A taxi driver is a good resource and
there is no harm in asking about clubs but make sure he just tells you where the
nearest 5 clubs are - never mind which ones he thinks are the best or the worst.
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