The following points have direct bus and/or tram connection (without changing) to the Institute:
Tips for your orientation, if you never have been in
Prague:
The stops of trams and city buses are marked by bollards of red
and yellow colour with a symbol of tram (bus) in black, white and
blue. They are equipped with tables carrying a name of the stop
and line numbers. The stops are standardly equipped by time
tables of proper lines; time tables contain departures from the
stop, list of stops of the line with times to get there.
The direction is indicated on the front of bus/tram.
For more general information about Prague City Transport in
English language, see Prague
Information Service or Prague
Public Transit Company.
Take bus 179 (see a map of the airport). In the peak hours, the bus leaves every 12-20 min, outside peak hours and on weekends every 30 min. Get off at the Petriny stop (14th stop from Terminal Sever 1, 13th from Terminal Sever 2; 8km, 19-23 min), then walk 100 m back. An Institute building is located behind the tram terminus. (see a map or a commented photo)
Take the Metro (red line C) in direction of Letnany (indicated
at entrance to the Metro station) to the Vltavska station (see
a map) (2 stops)
and change for tram 1 to in
direction of Petriny to its last stop (7 km, 20-21 min, from
13 May 2008 probably till August 2010 25 min), after getting
off continue forward approx. 50 m to the Institute building.
Another variant:Take the Metro, red line
C (direction of Haje) to the Muzeum station (1 stop, 1 min)
and change for green line A (direction of Dejvicka) to the
Hradcanska station (4 stops, 7 min). (a map)
Then take tram line 1 or 18 (from 1st February
2009 till August 2010, change for tram 18 possible only at
Malostranská; from June 2010 also for line 1) as far as
Petriny (terminal; 5 km, 12-13 min).
Take the Metro (red line C, direction of Haje) to the Vltavska
station (1 stop, 4 min) (see a map)
and change for tram 1 in
direction of Petriny to its last stop (7 km, 20-21 min, from
13 May 2008 probably till August 2010 25 min).
(see a map)Take the Metro, the red line C
(direction of Letnany) to the Vltavska Station (2 stops, 4 min) (see
a map)
and change for tram 1 to
Petriny (last stop; 7 km, 21-22 min, from 13 May 2008
probably till August 2010 25 min).
Other variants:
Take tram 26 (direction of Liboc, Divoka Sarka) to the 8th
stop - Královský letohrádek (4 km, 16 min ), (see a map)
change for tram 1 or 18 to Petriny (terminus, 5
km, 12-13 min) (from June 2010 to August 2010
unavailability expected)
Other variants:
Take the Metro, the yellow line B (direction of Zlicin) to
Nove Butovice station (3 stops; 8 min), (see a map)
then use bus line 179 or
184 to 11th stop - Petriny (7 km, 14-18 min). The stop of bus
179 is located directly in front of the Institute. Before the
stop, the bus passes a tram terminus, what can help you to
recognize the correct stop to get out.
Another variant: Take the Metro, yellow
line B (direction of Cerny Most) to Andel station (1 station; 2
min) or any tram (12, 14, 20) to Na Knizeci stop (2
stops) , (see a map)
then use bus line 191 to Petriny (terminal; 10
km; 21-24 min).
Take tram line 1,18 from the stop Hradcanska
or 2 from the stop Vitezne namesti (
from June 2010 unavailability expected) to Petriny (5
km, 12-13 min)
Use bus line 191 to Petriny (10 km, 21-24 min).
Take the Metro, line A (direction of Dejvicka) to Hradcanska
station (8 stops, 14 min)
and change for tram line 1, 18 (from
1st February 2009 till August 2010, change for tram 18 possible
only at Malostranská, from June 2010 also for line 1) to
Petriny (last stop, 5 km, 12-13 min).
Take bus line 160 or 355 to its terminal stop Dejvicka (see a map), then take tram 2 to Petriny.