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Taxis Monkeys go to the zoo and gorillas become taxi drivers. At least, that's the way it is in Prague, where finding an honest ride is as difficult as encountering someone who admits to having once been a member of the Communist Party. You'll never get a reasonably-priced ride from the taxis lounging by the curbs at Old Town Square, Charles Bridge or Wenceslas Square. These are Mafia cabs, manned by neanderthals who are happy to beat to a pulp any non-dues-paying cabby who tries to pick up a fare on "their" turf. Find a moving cab with an illuminated "taxi" sign on its roof. Negotiate hard and don't overpay or you'll make it even worse for the rest of us. For an almost guaranteed honest ride phone for a taxi yourself (don't let a receptionist or a waiter do it!). AAA Taxi (tel. 222.333.222) is a reputable firm with English-speaking dispatchers. Metro Completed in 1974, Prague's chrome-plated, Soviet-built Metro is strung along three color-coded lines that intersect beneath the city center. The system is simple and easy to navigate. Trains run daily, every two to seven minutes, from about 5am to midnight. Buy tickets at a newsstand or from a yellow coin-operated machine in the Metro station. Validate it by inserting it, in the direction of the arrows, into the yellow date-stamping machine before descending to the train platform. Trams Prague's trams are plentiful and convenient. Schedules are clearly posted at each stop (an "M" on the schedule indicates that the stop is at a Metro station). And you can never get too lost because no matter how far you travel, there's always another tram with the same number heading back to where you started. Numbered 1 through 26 (with the exception of superstitious number 13), most trams run daily, every three to fifteen minutes from about 5am to midnight. After midnight, the system switches to a limited schedule of night trams with different routes and numbers than their daytime counterparts. Tickets can not be purchased on trams. Get one at a Metro station or newsstand beforehand and validate it in the yellow machine immediately upon boarding. Because it passes some of the city's top sights, Tram 22 is a favorite of foreign visitors and pickpockets. Settle in for the entire length of its journey and you will be treated to a great budget tour that passes the National Theater, Malá Strana Square and Prague Castle. But watch your ass. Buses Unless you're visiting an unlucky friend who lives in the outer reaches of suburbia, it's unlikely you'll ever get on a bus in Prague. Regular bus service stops at midnight, after which selected routes run reduced schedules (usually only once per hour).  Source: Avant-Guide
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