Olomouc · Backpacking

Design hostel on Koželužská with dorms, pod beds and private rooms, a café bar and a bakery downstairs. Ten minutes' walk from the squares, and the restaurant attached to it is one of the best in Moravia.

One basic ticket is 25 Kč from a machine, the app or by SMS, valid 40 minutes on weekdays and 60 at weekends; 40 Kč from the driver. A 24-hour ticket is 90 Kč. The old town is walkable, but the zoo and the aquapark are both bus rides.

240 Kč for 48 hours (120 Kč child) or 480 Kč for five days, covering free entry to more than 100 attractions across the region, discounts at 80 more, and free public transport in Olomouc and Jeseník. Only worth it if you are doing several paid sights or a day trip.

On weekdays between roughly 11:00 and 14:00 almost every kitchen, breweries included, puts out a two- or three-course set lunch at a fraction of its evening prices. Eat your main meal then and the evening becomes a beer and a snack.

The fixed numbers: a tram ticket 25 Kč, or 90 Kč for 24 hours; the zoo 160 Kč adult and 120 Kč child; a 48-hour region card 240 Kč. Add a hostel bed and one weekday lunch menu and a day here still lands well under the same day in Prague.