My friend and i have just returned from our first visit to one of the most beautiful architectual cities we have seen , Prague ,on saying that we encountered the most ruddest inspector anyone could wish to meet.We took full responsability that our ticket had elapsed by mistake, but the man in question would%26#39;nt let us explain and told us if we did%26#39;nt want to adere by the rules of the country we should nt visit.We are both pensioners and as we dont feel we should get any different treatment feel we should have been shown a little respect.The moral of the story is please check the times of your ticket or you will be fined a very large amount as we encountered and be very upset by the incident.
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Hello Eve and welcome to the Prague forums.
What a shame this has happened to you and thanks for bringing it to our attention again. There have been many posts on this subject in the past on this forum
and here is a link to one of them.
tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g274707-i96-k166…
TORII
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Unfortunately Czech law is quite inflexible (at least inspectors have the discretion to be flexible but generally are not - much like wheel-clampers or traffic wardens in the UK). The same is true in all the former Austro-Hungarian countries - Austria is probably the worst of the lot.
They take the view that you have committed a crime and you must be suitably punished, and no explanations will be allowed - especially if you are a foreigner.
It is unfortunate that this happened to you - my mother has been caught about three times now when she comes to visit, but she will never learn... :)
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It is quite a common topic on here,and I always warn friends and family who are visiting Prague to make sure they have valid tickets for the trams and metro.
I have travelled to Prague on many occasions and at various times of the year always using the public transport system.I have never even seen an Inspector never mind been approached by one,maybe just luck on my part,but i have always had a valid ticket.
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Does a 3-day pass need to be validated?
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YES!,validatte it at the fist form of tansport you use.
that will either be at the entrance to the Metro,before you go down the escalator or on the machines on the trams,thay are all pretty obvious.
there is a picture of what the validation machines look like on this link.
www.prague.net/public-transport-tickets
you only need to validate (time and date stamp) it once and your time starts form the time of validation.
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Before you get a 3-day pass, think about whether you really will need one - will you be doing a lot of travel? Are you staying in or near the centre? If the latter is true, just get a couple of single tickets when you arrive as you will be walking for most of the time (unless you have any particular difficulties, in which case get a pass).
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Also consider that a three-day ticket costs 330 CZK as opposed to 100 CZK for the one day ticket. The former is only worthwhile if you want to take advantage of the clause that allows a child to accompany you on the same ticket at weekends and public holidays.
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Wow, thanks for the updates to our travel guides! Clearly there is no sense buying a 3 day pass. And we will decide each day whether we need a full day pass.
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Thanks for all this insight! We are visiting at the end of the month and it is very useful to know that kids can travel for free at the week-end when accompanied by an adult bearing a 3-day pass. Having said that, we will be staying just off Old Town Square and only be in Prague for 2,5 days which means we will have to focus on the main sightseeing sites. Do you think a pass is convenient or can we easily walk everywhere, e.g. from Old Town to Petrin Hill or Prague Castle? (please don%26#39;t laugh: I don%26#39;t have a clue about distances!). We love walking, but there will be 3 kids + a senior in our party... Any advice will be greatly appreciated!
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I don%26#39;t think you will need a pass - just a couple of single tickets will do if you are staying in the centre, which is quite compact and most of the major sites are within walking distance. The only thing is maybe getting up to the castle - there are a lot of steps involved, in which case there is a tram that goes around and up to close to the castle from Malostranská nos. 1, 8, 18 or 22 (18 Crowns adult, 9 for a child - 4 minute journey)
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