Hostel ELF, Prague, Czech Republic

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Conditions

Our comfortable hostel located in the atmospheric area of historic Žižkov, features all of services that are required by you, the traveller:
A comfortable sleep, free breakfast, free linen, lockers, a common lounge, terrace, 24 hour reception, equipped kitchen, bar and more…
We have variety of accommodation options to suite your preference ( from private doubles, the favorite 6-bed dormitories to 11-bed dorm ) and 24 hour free hot tea and coffee are on hand to make your transition as easy as possible.
We are situated just 5 min.walk from the Central bus station Florenc , 10 min walk from the Main train station and a few moments from the magnificent old town center. In the residential neighbourhood just outside our front door, you will find a variety of shops including restaurants, pubs, tea houses, rock clubs, market etc.
At Elf, we have lot of our own experiences with travelling and we want to make our home as your home.The Elf is here for you!And we will provide you with a free map and advices regarding any inquiry that you might have about your stay in the Czech Republic…

Location

Address

Husitska 11, 130 00 Prague 3

Other Options Nearby

• Sklep Hostel (0.2 kms)
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• Krasova Budget Rooms (0.3 kms)
• Art Residence (0.3 kms)
• HostelOne Prague (0.3 kms)

Directions

FROM THE AIRPORT – you have 3 possibilities..

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT ( costs 26,- CZK for the ticket )
Take the bus 119 to 'Dejvicka' station ( final one ) then change for metro
( line „ A „ – green one ) for 5 stops.Get off on 'Muzeum', change the line for line C (Red one) and go to 'Florenc' ( 2 stops ).Get off the metro and close to the MC´Donalds there is a bus stop for the busses
number 133 and 175.Take any of these busses for one bus 133 or 175 for one stop to the station is called 'U Pamatniku', cross the street and walk a bit down ( about 20 metres ) and there you are.

BY SHUTTLE BUS ( costs 50,- CZK )
This bus will takes you to FLORENC and from there you can walk or take
Bus 175 or 133 ( you need another ticket for 18,- CZK ).Please see the direction how to get to here from Central bus station „ FLORENC „.

BY TAXI ( the price should not be higher than 550,- CZK )
Sometimes taxi drivers try to rip you off in Prague so always asked for the price before you get into a car
and ask for a receipt before the trip.
Our address is Husitská 11, Praha 3

FROM CENTRAL BUS STATION – „ FLORENC „

BY WALK
If you decided to walk, it takes you 5 minutes but you may find hard to find us..get out of the bus station but not using the main entrance / exit but use the one for busses.When you get out of the station, find out the lamp with ELF MAN and follow the arrow - turn right, go under the bridge ( little bit up the hill ) and on the lights turn left.There should be
„ Bloody blue tatoo" salon on your left hand side.Keep walking and on the same side there will be a bus stop.
Next to the bus stop, there is the hostel..

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT ( cost 18,- CZK ticket )
Get out of the bus station ( use the exit next to Burger King ) and go straight on...
Find Mc Donalds ( should be on your left hand side ) and close to Mc Donalds, there is a bus stop for the bus 133 and 175.Take any of these busses for one stop, the name of the bus stop is „ U Pamatniku „
Cross the road and go back for 50 metres where you can find the hostel.

FROM MAIN TRAIN STATION – „ HLAVNÍ NÁDRAŽÍ „

BY WALK
It takes about 10 minutes but you may find hard to find us..
We preper for you a special navigation system to make it as easy as possible – please watch for the lamps !!
Get ready for it ? So, get out of the train station and turn right.Walk througt the park, there will be a childrens playground on your left hand side, and at the end there will be a tram stop ( tram n. 5,9,26 ).
Here you can find one of the lamps with hostel ELF logo which gives you the direction.
Cross the road and go right, on the corner turn left and you will get to a big cross.In the middle of this cross, you can find the second ELF lamp …Here, you have to cross on all pedestrian crossing ( make like a half of a cirkle ) and go left following the rail corridor.Higly recommend you to cross only on the lights..
So take the street on the left side and keep walking.
When you get on the first cross ( 3 minutes ), there should be a theatre called „ PONEC „.
Keep walking and on the left side, there should be a sallon called „ BLODDY BLUE TATOO".
After 2 minutes you should find us on the left hand side..

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT ( need 26,- CZK ticket )
Take metro ( line „ C " – red one ) direction to Letnany for one stop.Get off on the stop called „ FLORENC „ find
Mc Donalds ( should be on your left hand side ) and close to Mc Donalds, there is a bus stop for the bus 133 and 175.Take any of these busses for one stop, the name of the bus stop is
„ U Pamatniku „.Cross the road and go back for 50 metres where you can find the hostel.

BY TAXI
Please note! We do not recommend taking a cab from a train station. A number of our guests were taken advantage of by Prague's taxi drivers who charge five times more than the regulated fare.Always asked for the price before you get into the car !!In case you really wanna take a taxi just tell the address ( Husiska 11, Prague 3 ) to a taxi driver and the price should be about 150,- CZK..If the taxi driver ask you to pay more than 200,- CZK feel free to come up to the reception and we will help you to solve the problem with it..Taxi drivers in Prague and o.k. but sometimes they try to rip you off

FROM „HOLEŠOVICE TRAIN STATION"

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT
You can get in the hostel by using the metro.There is only one line, line „ C „ so take this metro direction „ HÁJE „
for 2 stops, get off on „ FLORENC ". Exit with the escalators direction KRIZIKOVA ULICE, AUTOBUSOVE NADRAZI
to the big hall with tobacco shops and to get to the street level please use another escalators ( on you left hand side )
direction MUZEUM HL.MĚSTA PRAHY, BUS ZIZKOV..When you get up, there will be a bus stop so take
bus 133 or 175 for one stop, the name of the bus stop is „ U Pamatniku „
Cross the road and go back for 50 metres where you can find the hostel.

BY TAXI ( the price should not be higher than 200,- CZK )
Sometimes taxi drivers try to rip you off in Prague so always asked for the price before you get into a car
and ask for a receipt before the trip.
Our address is Husitská 11, Praha 3

BY CAR

This is our gps position
Loc: 50°5'13.052'N, 14°26'44.786'E

Our hostel is situated in the street HUSITSKÁ No 11. From anywhere you
Go, it is important to keep going to the direction centrum. You should be on the street Legerova which is higway heading throught the city centrum. On your right hand side you can see main train station. Také first to the right, exit Žižkov, wright behind the trainstation. On the first trafic lights turn left direction street Husitská/Žižkov.
After aprox. 300meters on the next trafic lights, go straight on to the street called Husitská. The hostel is on your left hand side after 150meters from the trafic lights.

If you come from the other direction, the main road is called Wilsonova.
Turn right on the second exit behind the river, Žižkov /Karlín. On the trafic lights turn left, after 50meters on the second trafic lights turn left again and go straight on until you come to the other trafic lights. Go staight on into the street Husitská. The hostel is on your left hand side aprox. 150meters behind the trafic lights.

Parking
For parking the most secure place is at the Florenc central bus stop.
It is possible to use the secure parking inside the bus station – on the right hand side behind the gate.
The price
1 hour - 35CZK aprox. 1.5euros
1 day - 350CZK aprox. 14euros
1 week – 1350CZK aprox. 54euros

Free parking
- It is possible (not so recomended-not so secure) under the hostel just:
on the orange zone after 6pm until 8am, on the weekend free from friday 6pm until 8am on Monday morning. Between 8am. until 6pm. every hour cost 40Czk on the working days (from Monday untill Friday) Just on the ORANGE Zone.
- Attention:
- On the BLUE zone – it is strictly prohibited to park without special permition
- Prague district Karlín aprox. 10min walk from Hostel is another possibility to park for free. This district is still out of charge for parking but also not so secure.
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We highly recommend you to park the car in front of the hostel, come up to the reception and we show you all the possibilitties on the map..