Practical travel information on how to reach Brno and Hotel International for the course.
South Moravia, Czech Republic
Brno by plane: direct flights from London to Brno Airport.
Vienna International Airport in Austria is about 1.5 hours drive from Brno.
Prague International Airport in the Czech Republic is about 2.5 hours drive from Brno.
Bratislava International Airport in Slovakia is a smaller airport about 2 hours drive from Brno used by some low-cost airlines.
Brno is one of the most important Central European rail junctions situated on international routes.
Czech Railways operate fast IC and EC connections between Brno, Prague, Vienna and Bratislava.
RegioJet operates a direct train connection between Vienna International Airport and Brno.
Brno is situated on the intersection of the D1 (Prague - Brno) and D2 (Brno - Bratislava) motorways.
Brno is situated about 2.5 hours by car southeast of Prague (250 km) and about 1.5 hours by car north of Vienna (130 km).
Husova 16, Brno, Czech Republic
TWO OPTIONS
1. We provide 2 shuttle bus transportations from Vienna Airport to Hotel International Brno on Monday, 19th January in the morning at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The return shuttle bus will be departing back on Friday, 23rd after the end of the course (estimated departure time is 1 p.m.).
Price for bus: 25 € (650 CZK) for one way.
2. You can get from Vienna to Brno on your own way by bus or train. It will bring you to the Main train station (Hlavní nádraží). Then take tram No. 12 (direction Technologický park), get out on the second stop (Šilingrovo náměstí). Walk along the tram track 200 meters and you get directly in front of the Hotel International.
Or take a taxi in front of the Main train station, it takes less than 10 minutes.
Take a taxi in front of the Main train station, it takes 10 minutes.
Or take tram No. 12 (direction Technologický park), get out on the second stop (Šilingrovo náměstí). Walk along the tram track 200 meters and you get directly in front of the Hotel International.
Bus station at Hotel Grand (lines of Student Agency from Prague and Vienna).
Take a taxi in front of Hotel Grand, it takes 10 minutes.
Or walk to the Main train station (100 m) and take tram No. 12 (direction Technologický park), get out on the second stop (Šilingrovo náměstí). Walk along the tram track 200 meters and you get directly in front of the Hotel International.
BY CREDIT CARD
You can pay for your travelling in Brno City Transport by credit card when you get in the vehicle. The use manual is on every door.
All tickets for Brno City Transport can be used for tram, bus and trolleybus. Tickets are also available in kiosks and in automatic ticket machines.
A ticket allows you to change all tram, bus and trolleybus lines in Brno as you like. The validation of these tickets is 20/60 and more minutes, but the 20 minutes gives you enough time for getting to the hotel from the main train station. The price of transfer tickets depends on the validation.