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Vršovice
Cadastral area of Prague in Czech Republic

Vršovice

Vršovice is a cadastral district of Prague.

All of Vršovice lies within the Prague 10 administrative district. Vršovice is located south-east of the city centre. It borders Vinohrady to the north, Nusle to the south-west, Michle to the south and Strašnice to the east. The name is first mentioned in 1088 in the founding document of the Vyšehrad Chapter. In 1922 the district was incorporated into the city of Prague. It has 107 streets and 1,611 addresses and has about 38,700 inhabitants.

How locals move

Getting around Vršovice the local way

  • Get aroundThe historic center consists largely of cobblestone streets, so wearing comfortable walking shoes is highly recommended." (2024)]] around Prague consists of three metro lines (, , ), over twenty tram lines (numbered 1–31 & 91–99 for night trams), trolleybuses (numbered 51–59), buses (3-digit numbers), ferries, a few train lines (numbered S1, S2, S49,…), all using the same time tickets.
  • Get aroundThese tickets may be of interest to visitors (new prices from Jan 2026): 39 (36 in app) Kč – full ticket: 30 minutes (transfers allowed), not valid on the Petřín funicular 50 (46) Kč – full ticket: 90 minutes (transfers allowed), not valid on the Petřín funicular 150 (140) Kč – 24-hour ticket, 350 (340) Kč – 3-day ticket (72 hours) 315 (288) Kč - 24-hour ticket for all zones of PID (Prague integrated transport system) - covering all urban and suburban transport in Prague and Central Bohemian Region All tickets are approx.
  • Get aroundValidate your paper ticket by slipping it into one of the validators (ticket yellow boxes in the tram, bus, trolleybus, ferry or metro entrance), as soon as you board.
  • Get aroundIn the metro, on the S-trains and on the funicular, the validators are in stations instead of the vehicles.
  • Get aroundEvery 15 minutes a funicular runs to the top of Petřín Hill.
  • Get aroundThe funicular has three stops, one at the foot of the hill, one halfway and one at the top.
  • Get aroundYou do not need to validate the multi-day ticket again at the funicular stop (if you do, the entire ticket becomes invalidated).
  • Get aroundThere also few small passenger ferries across the river, integrated with the Prague's public transport tariff.

From Wikivoyage: Prague, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Matěj Baťha (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.