Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic and its largest city. Moreover, it is a beautiful place that is popular with European tourists. Here you can stroll through the old town and enjoy the famous Czech beer in cozy bars and cafes. But first you need to get there. The distance to Prague and from Moscow and St. Petersburg is about 2000 km.
Instructions
Step 1
First, decide on the transport. You can go to Prague from Moscow and St. Petersburg by train, bus or your own car. Each option has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Step 2
To buy a train ticket, go to the station or order it online, with delivery. However, plan your trip in advance - train tickets to Prague are sold out very quickly by travel agencies. In Prague, international passenger traffic is carried out by one station - the Main Railway Station, also known as President Wilson Station. From Moscow you can get to it by train number 021E, which runs daily. This train departs from the Belorussky railway station at 23:40 and arrives in Prague every other day at six in the morning. Travel time will be about 33 hours, the cost of a one-way ticket is 2,450 rubles.
Step 3
When planning a trip from St. Petersburg, keep in mind that there is a direct train from Vitebsk railway station to Prague, travel time is 42 hours. However, the schedule of this train is special, it does not run every week, and tickets for it are sold out in advance. Therefore, it is easier to choose a route to Prague with a transfer in Moscow. The cost of two tickets (from St. Petersburg to Moscow and from Moscow to Prague) will be about 4000 rubles, the difference when connecting two trains is about 4 hours, but you will arrive in Prague only an hour later than when choosing a direct route.
Step 4
If you decide to go to Prague by bus, keep in mind that this method is not much cheaper, but much less comfortable. There is no direct bus to Prague from Moscow; you will have to change trains in Minsk. You will have to go no less (first about 10 hours to Minsk, then 22 hours to Prague), and after such a trip you will have to leave for a long time. On Sunday evening, every week you can take a bus to Minsk at the Central (Shchelkovsky) bus station, then on Monday you change to another bus, which at 10 am the next day brings you to Prague. The ticket price is about 2,000 rubles. There are no buses from St. Petersburg to the Czech Republic, so you have to make two changes (in Moscow and Minsk).
Step 5
If you own your own car, you can travel to Prague on it. You will encounter a bad road surface only on the Russian side, near the Belarusian border. In Belarus, Poland and the Czech Republic, the roads are good and relatively flat.
Step 6
When transiting through the territory of Belarus, get ready to pay an environmental fee, which is about $ 1.50, as well as purchase a "green card" - insurance for traveling around the European Union. For 10 days, such a card costs about $ 40. You may have problems at the border in Brest, the border guards at this point work very slowly, so you can stay there for a long time. Therefore, try to choose the time of arrival at the border so that it does not coincide with the movement of the train. If you are lucky, you will only spend 2-3 hours at the border.
