Use official currency exchanges
Some tourist-area exchange offices offer poor rates or heavy commissions. Use a bank ATM or a clearly priced exchange office, and decline the conversion when a card terminal offers it.
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Where to stay in Czechia
A compact old city, serious beer and a growing food scene.
Prague is one of the easiest first cities in Central Europe: compact, walkable and full of preserved architecture. Go early or late to the famous sites, and spend the middle of the day in neighbourhoods rather than on the main tourist routes. Beer is cheaper than water in some places, but the city also has excellent coffee and a serious contemporary food scene if you look beyond the square.
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Validate your tram ticket
Buy a timed ticket and stamp it in the yellow machine on first boarding. Inspectors work the trams regularly and fines are not small.
Visit the famous sights early
The Charles Bridge and the castle square are calmest before 9am and after the day-trippers leave. Plan the crowded places for the edges of the day and the neighbourhoods for the middle.
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