I%26#39;ve found a good one way car rental deal on line - picking up in Prague, dropping off in Munich. We%26#39;d drive from Prague to Salzburg and from there to Munich.
How are the roads in Czech? Well marked? How hard would it be to drive from Prague to Salzburg? How long would it take? What are border crossings like?
Thanks!
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Hi
My Satnav is saying that the distance from central Prague to central Salzburg is 382 km and it will take you a bit less than 5 hours (obviously without any stopping). Although have not been over yet (will be in a few days!) I don;t think there should be any problems driving over the border as both countries are EU members (usually between EU members there are no borders anymore and you just drive on as if you are not crossing any borders at all).
Obviously the locals will tell you about the roads in Czech Republic and the actual situation regarding the border crossings (am interested in this info myself as I too will be driving into the Czech Republic crossing the border from Germany).
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We traveled with a local van company from the Czech Republic into Austria last year. There were two vans traveling together and the other van was stopped at the border because one American did not have her passport on her. So they do check passports at the border crossing coming into Austria.
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ejgatt. you ought to know better about the EU. Czech Republic like Malta is not part of Schengen yet - there is a real and I mean real border between czech republic and austria where they do check passports as herr rightly says, and there will be a border between now and the end of the year until schengen comes in.
your satnav goes the direct route - prague - ceske budejovice - hate - freistadt - linz - salzburg. if you are just going to salzburg, the way to go is plzen - rozvadov - regensburg - munich - rosenheim as this is all highway - the czech road from prague to linz is single carriageway and is a bit of an nightmare with lots of trucks on it. however going this route does allow you to stop off at some nice places on the way - telc, ceske budejovice, cesky krumlov and freistadt.
time takes about the same whichever way you go - just over 5 hours if you do not stop, but the longer highway route is a lot less stressful
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There is real border (at least until the end of the year) and they do check passport/national IDs because inthe direction to Austria more often then vice versa because you are entering Schengen. More often than not they just wave you through but don%26#39;t take that for granted and have a passport with you.
%26quot;How are the roads in Czech? Well marked?%26quot;
Not really good and not very vell marked (they tore down the traffic signs to confuse invading Russians in 1968 and never put them back :) ). But don%26#39;t worry, this major route should be marked sufficiently. Expect lots of tucks and people driving like idiots.
How hard would it be to drive from Prague to Salzburg? How long would it take?
%26quot;What are border crossings like?%26quot;
Should be no problem unless.
- you travel on Sun afternoon when lots of Austrians return home from shopping in the Czech Rep.
- our southern friends decide to engage in their national sport and blockade of the Czech-Austrian border crossings (because of Temelin)
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I had the same issue, I saw you checked out my question a couple years ago. This is what we finally did, and were very pleased we did.
We took the train from Prague to Munich. It was 35 euros each, a special at the time. The ride was really fun and pretty. I love to ride the train in Europe. Everyone is so friendly and like to practice their English, even if they barely speak any. While in The Czech, we had women giving us a tour of their country out the window, all in Czech.
When we hit Germany we visited with a great German couple.
Once in Munich we used the Bavarian ticket- 26 euros at the time, works for up to 5 people- to get to Salzburg. If you have the time on the way there or back, you can jump on and off the train with this ticket and see some of the towns and sights.
We seriously looked at renting a car, but for us train is the way to go. It is very hard to get lost, you can drink and eat, make new friends and get some good info on where to go and what to see by other passengers. Also you don%26#39;t have to worry about rental car problems, theft, damage, accidents.
Good luck with your decision. If you have questions on the Prauge train station just ask. This station was a little confusing compared to the western European cities.
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also make sure they don%26#39;t charge you an additional one way fee after returning the car. it happened to me in spain, the deal was good but 50 euro%26#39;s were taken from the credit card after we dropped off the car...
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ejgatt, turn on the head lights after crossing the border and park your car safe! with foreign license plates your car becomes a target for burglars and thiefs...
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if you rent one way, you WILL have a one way drop of charge levied. no but%26#39;s. driving with headlights on at any time of year is compulsory in the Czech republic and in austria.
train from prague to munich takes 6 hours and is very slow. the bus takes 4 hours and is cheaper than the train
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what i want to point out is that the one way fee should be included in the price and not being charged afterwards from the credit card. we thought we found a good deal but at the end we%26#39;d paid slightly more than with other companies. so always make sure the good deal includes evrything.
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%26quot;driving with headlights on at any time of year is compulsory in the Czech republic and in austria.%26quot;
One more thing: Under Austrian law it is required to have bright orange/yellow vest with reflective stripes** in your car%26#39;s cabin! Not in the car%26#39;s boot/trunk. The Austrian police loves to check and fine that. You can buy the vest at any gas station/shopping mall. 70-100 CZK is the usual price.
** this is what I meant:
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