Olomouc Transportation

When I was in Czech I had a company car and so I was driving straight to the city centre ;-)
I had no problem to find parking place somewhere near the city centre and I did the rest of the sightseeing by foot.

I would say that for the tourist the train would be the best choice of the way to get to this city. Just few hours of ride from Prague and the Czech train service is good with excellent modern trains.

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You can get easyly by train or with your own car to Olomouc, but unfortunately the highway ends in a distance of about 70 km west of Olomouc, in Vyschov.
It is certainly the best to search for a parking in the outskirts - I found mine next to the orthodox church and from there you can reach all places of interest easyly walking or by tram. I made it all walking, because otherwise you will miss many interesting houses.
click here for a town-map of olomouc
It might take some time to load (2-3 min),
but that tourist-map is really great
and includes many great panorama-views !
The othodox church is not shown on this map
it is about 500 meters to the right from the cathedral !

Olomouc can be reached easily from Prague. Trains take about three hours and leave from Prague's main station every two hours or so. It's a pleasant ride and costs about $15 one way. Once you arrive at the station you can hop on a tram outside the front foor and reach the center in mere minutes.

For up-to-date train schedules, try the website below.

Right in front of the railway station you find the tram into the center. Tram tickets can be bought from the ticket machine or from the public transport office in the railway station. Otherwise tickets can be bought at kiosk throughout town.

If you plan to go to Olomouc by car the best thing you can do is to park it in some private parking house and to walk around the cobblestone streets of the old town. You cannot park the car along the central streeets, or you'll get a fine and your wheels blocked by the police!
At the end of Sokolska (maybe in Kozeluszka, I don't remember well), close to the tram deposit, there is a private parking with cheap prices for the whole day.

There are frequent trains from Brno, Prague and Prerov to Olomouc. Trains are usually cheap and comfortable in Chez Republic. If you want to fly to Olomouc, than nearest airport would be Brno. Skyeurope (www.skyeurope.com) fly from London Standstead and price is reasonable as well.
Olomouc is around three hours from Prague airport.

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Poland and Czech are going to enter European Community in 2004. Does it mean that the border will not exist more? If both countries sign so called Schengen Treaty yes.
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I wander what do they do with all this huge border infrastructure + people who are working there?
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