Season 7 Travel Tips - ECOAP Prague

[Paulie_D]

The APAT European Championships of Amateur Poker will be held at the Card Casino Prague from Thursday, 5th December 2013 to Sunday 8th December 2013.

The first two days (5th/6th) will see the European Amateur TEAM Championship hotly contested between teams from across Europe.

Following the crowning of the new Team Champions, the European Amateur Poker Championship will be held on 7th & 8th December.

Buy-in will be €100 + €10 per person.

Venue
Card Casino Prague
Stroupežnického 1 150 00
Praha (Prague) 5
Czech Republic.

Map Link

Getting There

Prague is a popular destination for UK visitors and is well served by a number of airlines.

The airport is 20 / 30 minutes from the casino (and surrounding hotels). I understand that public transport systems are well developed and easy to use.

Pretty much all my sources have mentioned that Prague taxis are notorious of long-hauling and/or finding other methods of extracting the Crowns.

For myself, I think a pre-booked taxi or shuttle is the best option. Consequently, I think I will be giving these people a spin (http://www.prague-airport-shuttle.cz/) and the cost looks decent and improves if sharing can be arranged but see comment regarding Akcent hotel shuttle.

A Bed For The Night

The official hotel of the Prague Poker Festival (which the APAT ECOAP is leading off) is The Andel"s Hotel. There is more than one hotel in the area which includes the term "Andel" so please check carefully before booking.

There are cheaper &/or closer options available for hotels though and I have indicated these on the GMap above. More than a few APAT players will be at the Akcent Hotel which is in the 7th floor (and up) of the venue itself....not only that but it"s in the area of only £40 per night including a typical european breakfast. No fry-ups here.

I see that the AKcent also offers a Shuttle service so it may be worth making enquiries direct.

I could list others but I"ve never been to Prague so please do your due diligence and check your own sources (Tripadvisor for one). Just remember that it"s probably going to be brass monkey weather with piles of snow so proximity to the venue is probably a plus.

All of the hotels shown on the GMap are within a 10 minute walk.

Any other questions, please ask and I"ll see what I can find out.

Paulie

[kohan]

i was checking out hotels etc in the area and just a warning to would be travelers that andels apartmento is cheap and is not in any way involved with andels hotel,  also from the reviews it is a hellhole unlike andels hotel which gotb good reviews

[duke3016]

[Paulie_D]

Looks competitive for a dedicated car.

I think the Taxi firm I linked is in that region for the same service.

If players attending could post their flight info I can maintain a list to see what sharing/link-up arrangements could be made.

Name		Arrival		Departure
---		---		---
Paul Davis (Paulie_D)		Thu 5th Dec - 17.50		Mon 9th Dec - 18.35
Richard Baker (Curlarge)		Thu 5th Dec - 10.20		Mon 9th Dec - 18.35
Ger Smythe (duke3016)		Thu 5th Dec - 11.00		Mon 9th Dec - 19.10

[HERBIEHACKIT]

return coach from london to luton. return flight to prague £80 the lot and that includes a £9 check in fee at the airport. wizzair

[Paulie_D]

return coach from london to luton. return flight to prague £80 the lot and that includes a £9 check in fee at the airport. wizzair

and godawful flight times....

[fandango]

Paulie/anyone!!..

Need some assistance if possible  .. I require a taxi from airport to Akcent, and then the return on Monday..

Have contacted the above service regarding a wheelchair accessible cab aswell as another company, and it seems that they can only transport if I sit in cab and they fold chair up and shove it in boot..

Have scoured the web but have been unable to find a company that have cabs that we use here where they "wheel" you in and strap you down lol..

Failing every thing do you think if I bring a tow rope they can tow me back and forth?

[Santino67]

Paulie/anyone!!..

Need some assistance if possible  .. I require a taxi from airport to Akcent, and then the return on Monday..

Have contacted the above service regarding a wheelchair accessible cab aswell as another company, and it seems that they can only transport if I sit in cab and they fold chair up and shove it in boot..

Have scoured the web but have been unable to find a company that have cabs that we use here where they "wheel" you in and strap you down lol..

Failing every thing do you think if I bring a tow rope they can tow me back and forth?

Frown at the former   and laugh at the latter   So glad you can keep your sense of humour in the circumstances mate

[Paulie_D]

Carl.

You might try contacting these people to enquire:

http://www.prague-airport-shuttle.cz/

On a different site:

http://www.prague-airport-transfers.org/special-request-transfer.htm

They make this statement

Note: When disabled passenger can not leave the wheelchair, put note when making booking. In most case there"s no surcharge for special requests but in some situation when disabled passenger can"t use ordinary car there might be surcharge as we have to use special vehicle (this vehicle is subject to availability). We will let you know price before your booking is confirmed!

[fandango]

Carl.

You might try contacting these people to enquire:

http://www.prague-airport-shuttle.cz/

On a different site:

http://www.prague-airport-transfers.org/special-request-transfer.htm

They make this statement

Note: When disabled passenger can not leave the wheelchair, put note when making booking. In most case there"s no surcharge for special requests but in some situation when disabled passenger can"t use ordinary car there might be surcharge as we have to use special vehicle (this vehicle is subject to availability). We will let you know price before your booking is confirmed!

Thanks Paulie i emailed them last week, and basically said i needed to be able to transfer from chair to car.. Im thinking they offer "help" e.g. A lift from chair into car seat..

I will scour some more, im sure there are means in this day and age .

[Paulie_D]

Carl.

http://www.taxiprovozickare.cz/

It"s in Czech but Chrome does a decent translation.

Might be worth a look.

Also: http://www.accessibleprague.com/

[Curlarge]

My flights times are:-

Depart 5 Dec 2013  07:20 BA0854
Arrive  5 Dec 2013  10:20

Depart 9 Dec 2013 18:35  BA0857
Arrive  9 Dec 2013 19:45

[duke3016]

5/12/13 Arrive PRG - 11.00
9/12/13 Depart PRG - 19.10

[fandango]

Carl.

http://www.taxiprovozickare.cz/

It"s in Czech but Chrome does a decent translation.

Might be worth a look.

Also: http://www.accessibleprague.com/

Thats great thanks Paulie   looks a winner for sure.. now to brush up on my Czech and contact them!!

[IrishTom]

Hi everyone, I will be your APAT Host in Prague.  I have a chat planned with Des next week and thereafter will get to work on finalising details for the events.

My travel plans are as follows:

Wed 4th Dec Heathrow to Prague eta 17:50
Mon 9th Dec Prague to Heathrow etd 12:55

Staying in Akcent (makes life easy!)

Looking forward to it.