Brno Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Two main companies, Tourbus (543 163 493; www.tourbus.cz) and Student Agency (542 424 242; www.studentagency.cz), battle it out on the competitive route between Prague and Brno (130Kč, 2½ hours). Buses to Prague leave from Benešova, north of the train station and opposite the Grand Hotel. Tourbus also runs to many European destinations, including Vienna (200Kč), Dresden (770Kč) and Aachen (1760Kč). Note that only buses to Prague leave from Benešova. Local buses and international buses leave from the main bus station, 800m south of the train station.

For short trips, buses are faster and more efficient than trains, especially to Telč (88Kč, two hours), Trenčín (125Kč, three hours), Znojmo (60Kč, one hour), Strážnice (via Hodonín, 73Kč, 1¾ hours) and Kroměříž (58Kč, 1¼ hours).

Train

Brno’s train station (541 171 111), a major rail hub, has frequent express-train connections to Prague (294Kč, 3½ hours). There are direct trains to destinations within Moravia such as Břeclav (76Kč, 40 minutes), Jihlava (130Kč, two hours), Třebíč (88Kč, 1½ hours), Žďár nad Sázavou (110Kč, one hour), Blansko (34Kč, 20 minutes), Přerov (110Kč, 1¼ hours), Ostrava (204Kč, 2½ hours) and Veselí nad Moravoun (110Kč, 1¾ hours). You can reserve couchettes or sleepers at ČD Centrum, to the right of the station’s entrance.

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Air

Brno Tuřany airport (code BRQ; 545 521 302; www.airport-brno.cz) is 7.5km southeast of the train station, along Křenová (which becomes Olomoucká). Bus 76 runs from the train station and bus station to the airport (13Kč). A taxi will cost around 300Kč.

ČSA (542 211 414; www.csa.cz; Nádražní 4) has scheduled flights to Prague.

Ryan Air (www.ryanair.com) has daily flights from London, and Cirrus Air (www.cirrus-world.de) flies daily to/from Munich.

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