Prague 8

Hello,

me and my friends are going to spend and celebrate the New Year%26#39; Eve in Prague. We will stay in one of hotel in Prague 8.

Could someone describe this area (shops, restaurants, bus and tram stations)?

I would be grateful for help!

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Prague 8 is quite a big area, you need to be more specific as to exactly you where are staying.

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Some useful info:

http://iguide.travel/Prague/Praha_8

www.multimap.com/world/CZ/Prague/Praha_8

http://www.golem-praha.cz/

http://www.gate-restaurant.cz/cz/index.php

Great menu prices - even if you don%26#39;t stay there: Hotel Troja

http://www.hoteltroja.cz/restaurant.html#menu

www.czechdineout.com/lang/search.php…

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So, we will stay in Altis Hostel (Pod Plynojemem).

I hope this information helps You to make me more knowing about Prague 8.

Clubs, malls, restaurants interest me the most.

Thanks for Your help!

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use this map http://www.mapy.cz/ - and top left hand where is says Hledej

enter Pod Plynojemem Praha - that small triangle between Sokolovska, Pod Plynojemem and Na kopecku is your hostel. Right opposite to Hotel Olympic.

This is not a touristy area, slighly run down, but plenty of cheap eateries and bars (click on that knife and fork).

It is very good for public transport, metro line B (between Invalidovna and Palmovka) www.pragueexperience.com/maps/metro.asp

It is also on a tram line, a couple of tram lines, both of which will take you to the centre within few minutes.

I expect that you will spend most of your time either sightseeing or shopping of clubbing in town centre rather than this area.

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For a streetmap experience, use www.norc.cz - enter the street and number in the search box, make sure you have ticked the %26#39;street view%26#39; box and away you go! (click the top right corner to get full screen)

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It looks as though they took the images for that part of Prague at dusk, but you can still make it out. BTW - the name of the street %26#39;Pod plynojemem%26#39; (Under the gasometer) gives you an idea of the area it is in :) Hotel Altis is a very small little place, next to a locksmith%26#39;s - it doesn%26#39;t look like a hotel at all.

The area was originally earmarked for an Olympic village for Prague%26#39;s entry to the 1980 Olympics (hence the Olympik hotel - which has had a bit of a disastrous history). However, when Moscow announced its candidacy they were forced to stop all work, and the area sort of stood still since then.

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Hi

For the map and basic info take a look at http://www.mapsofprague.com/prague-8. In this particular area there is not so much to see - but districts Holesovice, Karlin or Zizkov are not so far and full of good restaurants and clubs. There is no big mall nearby. You can get with trams 8 or 24 easily to the city centre. My favourite pub in Prague 8 is Pivovarsky klub near Florenc (http://www.gastroinfo.cz/pivoklub/index.php?content=uvod〈=eng%26quot;%26gt;). They have typical czech meals and lot of types of draught beer.