Parking in Prague

If you arrive in Prague by car, you will probably need a car park where you can leave your vehicle, be it a car or a van/camper, in a safe and controlled car park.

However, you can leave your car in roadside car parks; the centre of Prague is divided into 3 parking zones:

• Orange zone: maximum parking time 2 hours. Prices: 40 Kc per hour, 10 Kc for 15 minutes (minimum time 15 minutes). Opening hours 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Wenceslas Square 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. (Monday – Saturday).
• Green zone: maximum parking time 6 hours. Prices: 30 CZK per hour, 15 CZK for 30 minutes. Opening hours 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Monday – Friday).
  Both zones are equipped with automatic parking machines that accept CZK 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 coins and come with instructions for use.
• Blue zone: long-term parking is intended exclusively for residents of Praha 1 or companies with their headquarters in this district. Vehicles marked with a parking card may park here.

If you leave your car parked on the street, make sure that you have not left any valuables in sight that might attract the attention of burglars. Car theft and burglary are frequent in Prague and often target foreign cars.

Public garages or guarded car parks

It is advisable to look for parking in a guarded underground garage, where you will pay a little more, but your car will be safer.
Below is a selection of them:

Public garages

Praha 1, námestí Jana Palacha
Praha 1, Ostrovní (National Theatre)
Praha 1, námestí Republiky 8 (Kotva shopping centre)
Praha 1, V Celnici 7 (Renaissance Hotel)
Praha 1, V Celnici 8 (Prague Marriott Hotel)
Praha 1, námestí Curieovych (Hotel InterContinental)
Praha 1, Opletalova 9 (near Wenceslas Square)
Praha 1, Bolzanova (Central Station)
Praha 2, Václavská
Praha 2, Vinohradská (Flora Palace)
Praha 2, Wilsonova (at the State Opera)
Praha 3, Táboritská (Olsanka Hotel)
Praha 3, Vinohradská (Hotel Don Giovanni)
Praha 4, Milevská (hotel Corinthia Panorama)
Praha 4, Kongresová 1 (hotel Corinthia Towers)
Praha 4, 5. kvetna 65 (Congress Centre)
Praha 5, Bezdechova (Zlaty Andel)
Praha 5, Radlická 1 (Andel City)
Praha 6, Evropská (Diplomat Hotel)

Guarded Car Parks

Praha 1, Wilsonova (Central Station)
Praha 1, V Celnici
Praha 1, Na Florenci (Masarykovo nádrazí station area)
Praha 1, Malostranské námestí
Praha 1, Tesnov (at the Ministry of Agriculture of the RC)
Praha 2, Skrétova
Praha 2, Karlovo námestí (at the New Town Hall and at the Church of St. Ignatius)
Praha 2, Tylovo námestí
Praha 3, Olsanská
Praha 3, námestí W. Churchilla
Praha 3, Seifertova, at the intersection with Italská Street
Praha 4, Na Pankráci (near Pankrác Market)
Praha 4, Budejovická (by the Prior shopping centre)
Praha 4, Dvorecké námestí
Praha 4, Hráského (near metro C Chodov)
Praha 4, Novodvorská – Papírníkova
Praha 5, námestí 14. ríjna
Praha 6, U Prasného mostu
Praha 7, Kostelní
Praha 7, Partyzánská (Nádrazí Holesovice Station)
Praha 7, U Vystaviste
Praha 7, Letenská plán
Praha 10, U Hráze
Praha 10, Za Strasnickou vozovnou

Parking Park & Ride

An excellent way to park your car in Prague is to leave it in one of the guarded car parks on the outskirts and use public transport (e.g. Skalka, Zlicín, Nové Butovice, Radlická, Opatov, Rajská zahrada, Cerný most, Nádraží Holešovice). The purpose of these car parks is to encourage people to use public transport and thus improve the poor traffic conditions in the centre. These car parks are guarded, cost only 10 Kc for the entire day, and close at the end of the metro service.

The P + R car parks are located at the following metro stations:
Line A – Skalka station
Line B – Zlicín station
Line B – Nové Butovice station

Line B – Palmovka station
Line B – Rajská Zahrada station
Line B – Cerny Most station
Line C – Nádrazí Holesovice station
Line C – Ládví station
Line C – Opatov station

and at railway stations:
Praha-Radotín
Praha-Bechovice
Praha-Modrany – stop

Prohibited parking

You will often find cars parked along the road in Prague, but be aware that such parking is not always permitted and the police are many and very careful. Forbidden parked cars can be blocked with clamps or removed. In the first case you have to pay a fine of several hundred crowns at the nearest police station, go back to your car and wait for them to unclamp it. In the second case, however, to retrieve the removed car, you have to go to the depot indicated by the police and pay the fine.