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There is no time difference between Prague
and most western European capitals - with the exception of London
and Dublin (one hour behind Danish time) and Helsinki/Finland
(one hour ahead of Czech time).
Time: Central European (GMT+1), summer time - Central European
+1 (GMT+2). Check the "Time Ticker" for current time
in Prague.
New York: 6 hours behind
Tokyo: 8 hours ahead
Hong Kong: 7 hours ahead
A
valid passport, which does not expire at least for six months,
is required in order to enter the Czech Republic. There
is no need of an entry visa for most European countries
and USA. If necessary, you can obtain visa at the Czech
Embassy in your country. Two kinds of visas are available;
a tourist visa for 30 days or a transit one for 48 hours.
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The Praha Ruzyne airport is located northwest
of the outskirts of Prague, some 20 kilometers from the city center.
A local bus 119 (To/From the Dejvicka Metro stop, the last stop
on the green A line daily between 4:27 a.m. and 11.40 p.m.; it
takes 21 minutes).
If you go from the center to the airport make sure, that you not
get out before the very last stop. The first buildings with the
airport signs are almost 2 miles from the international terminal.
A single trip is 12 CZK per person.
A local bus 100 (To/From the Zlicin Metro stop, the last stop
on the yellow B line.
A single trip is 12 CZK per person.
Cedaz operates a 'Express Airport Bus' (Phone: 220114296) picks
up passengers at the airport. Departure at Airport Prague between
6 a.m. and 9 p.m. every 30 minutes. They'll bring you into the
city's center to both the Namesti Republiky and Dejvicka metro
stops
In
addition to taxis and buses (No. 119 from the Dejvicka Metro station,
or No. 179 from the Nove Butovice Metro Station) you can also
use shuttle buses with departures from namesti Republiky.
Inquiries
on departures and arrivals - phone 2011 3314, 2011 3321 nonstop
Website
To
avoid jet lag the easiest way is to sleep all the way over (going
east) and stay awake on the way back (going west). If you are
flying business you have the option of dinner on request. As soon
as you get on board order dinner and with dinner take a short
acting sleeping pill (e. g. Halcyon or Ambien). Request that your
flight attendant wake you for breakfast.
Take the night flight and you then awake in the morning, Prague
time.On the way home you need to stay awake as long as you can.
Check out the in-flight movies (I have watched as many as four
full features on the way home.)
If you can stay awake until at least 9:00 PM (4:00 AM Prague time)
you should have no problem sleeping the night. Another short acting
sleeping pill will ensure that you wake up on your home time.
I have done Weekend Theater in London with this method.
The
Shuttle stop is close to the CSA-Building across the Marriott
Hotel at Namesti Republiky and goes daily between 5:30 a.m.
til 9:30 p.m. every 30 minutes via Metro stop Dejvicka (Metro
A) to Letiste Ruzyne (Airport Prague). A single trip is 90 CZK
per person.
Cedaz also operated 'Shuttle Vans', that cost 720 CZK for maximum
8 people, but the price is divided by the number of people,
therefore if there was just 4 people it would cost 720 CZK divided
by 4 so 180 CZK per person. If the bus is full (8 persons) then
90 CZK per person.
There isn't any other service than taxi service which stops
exactly where people want to go.
Taxis charge a flat rate per zone. Prague 1 is 650 CZK, Prague
2 is 720 CZK etc. But you should reconfirm the rate with the
driver.
Inquiries on departures and arrivals - phone 2011 3314, 2011
3321 nonstop
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