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. But 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. MORE
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