25 min
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23.0 / km²
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1,342
City average
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Staying in Vinohrady
Vinohrady is the nineteenth-century apartment district east of the museum: wide streets, plane trees, and the highest concentration of decent everyday restaurants and cafés in Prague. Náměstí Míru and Jiřího z Poděbrad are two and three stops on metro A from Můstek, which puts Old Town Square six minutes away by train and about 25 on foot.
What you get for the move out is a normal city. Riegrovy sady has the beer garden with the view, the farmers' market at Jiřího z Poděbrad runs midweek, and the same three-star room costs roughly half of what it does inside Praha 1. Streets are quiet after 22:00 and nobody is handing you a flyer.
What you give up is spontaneity. There is nothing here to see, so every sightseeing day starts and ends with a metro ride, and the walk home is uphill from the centre. If your trip is two nights and all sights, this is the wrong choice. For four nights or more, or with children, it is the best value in the city.
What works
- Metro A at Náměstí Míru and Jiřího z Poděbrad, two to three stops from the centre
- Roughly half the room rate of Staré Město for the same standard
- Restaurants and cafés priced for residents, not for the square
- Riegrovy sady and Havlíčkovy sady are both a few minutes' walk
- Quiet residential streets after 22:00, which Praha 1 is not
What does not
- Nothing to see in the district itself, so every day starts with a metro ride
- The 25-minute walk back from the centre is uphill the whole way
- The Náměstí Míru end costs noticeably more than neighbouring Žižkov for a similar room
- Very few hostels or budget beds, so solo travellers pay more here