For longer journeys buy an hourly ticket for 12Kc. These tickets are valid for an hour and a half at weekends and evenings. Monthly passes cost 420Kc and a year on the metro will set you back 3,800Kc. All seasonal passes run from the first day of any month. Newcomers should keep in mind that the centre of Prague is easily accessible on foot.
Fines are stiff and have to be paid on the spot.
Tram information is on red signs at each stop. This will also give you, if you look left of the list of stops, the number of minutes between stops, assuming of course that some worn out Skoda hasn't died on the tram lines. For more information contact Dopravn podnik, tel. The site is in English, Czech, German, French, Russian and Italian. Travel Agencies l Cheap traveling Car Rental Most major car rental companies have offices at the airport.