Travel
At the airport
There are two terminals at the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague: Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. You can find the schematic map of the airport here. Terminal 1 is used for the flights within the Schengen Area (EU member states, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Lichtenstein). Terminal 2 is used for all other flights outside of the Schengen Area. There are bus stops (Terminal 1 stop or Terminal 2 stop) and Uber stands directly outside of each terminal.
From the airport to the city centre
In order to reach the city centre from the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, one can take an Uber Airport, public transportation, or a special bus AE. The best public transportation route to reach the area of the conference venue is Trolleybus 59 form Terminal 1/Terminal 2 stop to the Nadrazi Veleslavin station, where one needs to change to the Metro line A (green) (the only metro line at Nadrazi Veleslavin), and then take the Metro line A (green) in the direction of Depo Hostivar or Skalka to the Staromestska station (route on Google maps) (do not go in the direction of Nemocnice Motol).
Parking
As the city centre is easily accessible by the public transportation, the Local Organizing Committee does not recommend coming to the conference venue by car as parking in the city centre is extremely difficult. If you arrive to Prague by car, please check that your hotel offers parking. There are also park and ride (P+R) parking lots, which are not expensive (€2 or €4 per day) and are mostly located on the outskirts of Prague (usually accessible by the Metro network). There are also underground garages in the city centre, which are near the conference venue, but these are rather expensive (€30 per day).
Beware that a long term on-street parking is basically impossible almost everywhere in Prague, as there are residential zones (Blue or Purple zones). Although it is possible to park on these short-term, there are parking fees (differ based on location) and, most importantly, time restrictions involved (also differ based on location; usually max 1 hr in the city centre).
The public transportation
Prague is said to have one of the best and cheapest public transportation networks in the World. Therefore, using public transportation to get around is highly recommended. There is a very handy official app, PID Litacka, where you can buy tickets, check connections, check on-line position of the public transportation vehicles, or even pay for parking. You can also buy the tickets in most of the buses and trams (contactless payment only!) and in the ticket machines located at some stops and in all metro stations (see the Prague Integrated Transportation (PID) website). In addition, basically all the news-stands/tobbacco shops in Prague sell public transportation tickets.
All tickets must be validated! When bought in the app, there is "Activate" button for it or an option to have it activated automatically after the purchase (takes about 1 minute to actually be activated). For physical tickets, "stamping" machines are located inside surface vehicles and in the metro stations (directly above the main escalators/stairs). There is an exemption when the ticket is purchased on board of a bus or a tram from the contactless terminal, as it is automatically validated and is valid immediately after purchasing.
The tickets are valid for a certain time. You can use as many vehicles and modes of transportation as you like within the validity of the ticket. The most common tickets are valid for 30 mins (30 CZK/€1), 90 mins (40 CZK, €1.5), 24 hrs (120 CZK/€5), or 72 hrs (330 CZK/€13.5).
Accommodation
The participants are requested to make their own arrangements for accommodation (for instance via Booking.com). The usual hotel/apartment price range in Prague is between €50 to €120 per night and the city offers a plethora of various types of accommodations. The organizers recommend searching for the accommodation either in the vicinity of the Venue or along the Tram 17 route (see the map below).
