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Airbnb in Prague: setting up as a host, step by step
From the permission check to the first review: a practical setup order for new Prague hosts, with the legal detail left to our rules guide.
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- 4 min readAirbnb in Prague: setting up as a host, step by stepFrom the permission check to the first review: a practical setup order for new Prague hosts, with the legal detail left to our rules guide.
- 6 min readAirbnb in Prague: the rules for hosts and guests in 2026One tap lists a flat, but a Prague host still owes the Foreign Police a report, the city a fee and the tax office a line. What applies, and what changes in May.
- 5 min readApartments for rent in Prague: where to look and how to beat the queueDecent flats can disappear within a day of being listed. Where Prague tenants actually search, how to read an ad, and how to turn up ready.
- 5 min readApartments for sale in Prague: where first-time buyers lookFirst-time buyers rarely start in Vinohrady. They start where the flat they can afford meets a metro line. A district tour, with the checks that matter.
- 4 min readBarrandov: living on the hill above Prague's film studiosDramatic to look at, a commute to live in: cliffs, interwar villas, a famous terrace and a studio lot that still makes films.
- 5 min readBest areas near Prague metro lines A, B and C, and who they suitA flat described as 'ten minutes from the metro' can mean three or twenty-three. Where to live on each line, and how to test the walk before you sign.
- 5 min readBest areas to live in Prague for couples: pick by your Thursday nightTwo incomes, one bedroom and two sets of opinions. How couples can choose between Vinohrady, Karlín, Letná, Vršovice and the quieter options.
- 5 min readBest areas to live in Prague for expats: where internationals settleVinohrady gets the headlines, but Dejvice, Smíchov and Karlín each suit a different kind of newcomer. How to pick yours, and when to move on.
- 5 min readBest areas to live in Prague for families: parks, schools and spaceA third bedroom is nice, but a playground within pram distance and a school place are what make a Prague family district work.
- 5 min readBest Prague neighbourhoods for cyclists: lanes, hills and river pathsThe river is flat and the hills are not. Pick the district by the climb on the way home, then check where the bike sleeps.
- 5 min readBest Prague neighbourhoods for dog owners: parks, woods and rulesPrague has real woodland inside the city limits and a short list of rules on leads. Where to live with a dog, and what to settle before the landlord says yes.
- 4 min readBest Prague neighbourhoods for newcomers and expats: easy first yearWhere English works in the shops, the commute is simple and the paperwork is nearby. A first-year guide to the districts newcomers pick, and why.
- 5 min readBest Prague neighbourhoods for singles: social areas and commutesLiving alone in Prague works best where the tram comes often and the nearest pub knows your name. A map of the places singles tend to choose.
- 4 min readBest Prague neighbourhoods for students: live near your facultyPick a district by the commute to your campus, not by the cool factor. Where Prague's universities sit and which areas work around them.
- 4 min readBest Prague neighbourhoods for young professionals: start with the commuteKarlín, Vinohrady, Smíchov, Pankrác and more. Where to live if your day is an office, a gym and a Friday dinner, and how to test an address in 20 minutes.
- 4 min readBraník and Hodkovičky: villas, slopes and a river path with no crowdsTwo quiet corners of south Prague 4: green pavements, a Vltava that is a path rather than a postcard, and a bus stop that decides your daily life.
- 4 min readBuying a flat in the Prague suburbs: commuter towns comparedA flat beyond the city line can cost less per square metre and more in minutes. Compare commuter towns by journey, services and risk, not headline price.
- 5 min readBuying a new-build flat in Prague: what buyers need to knowYou often pay in stages for a flat that doesn't exist yet. How the new-build route works, from reservation to key handover, and what to check.
- 5 min readBuying property in Prague: a short guide for tenants ready to ownYou already pay a landlord every month. What changes when you pay a bank instead, and how to test whether you are ready.
- 5 min readBuying your first flat in Prague: a plain-English guideNobody tells you the cadastre decides who owns the flat, not the contract. The route from first viewing to keys, in the order it happens.
- 4 min readČerný Most: living on a panel estate at the end of metro BA huge estate, a shopping centre and a terminus with trains straight to the centre. Černý Most is practical, green in the gaps and less grim than it looks.
- 5 min readCheap apartments to rent in Prague: where rents are lower, and whyCheaper rent in Prague is real, but it comes with a longer commute, an older building or a smaller flat. Know which trade-off you are buying.
- 5 min readCheap rooms for rent in Prague: flatshares, tenant rules and red flagsA room in a shared flat is the cheapest way to live in a good Prague district. How to find one, what the paperwork should say and what to avoid.
- 4 min readChodov and Háje: malls, estates and the metro C line to the very endSouth-east Prague runs on one metro line, and it stops at Háje. What the big mall, the estates and the old village cores are like to live with.