Transportation
- The town of Karlovy Vary is located 130 km west of Prague near the German border
- The Hotel Thermal is the festival’s main venue, where you will find most festival services (accreditation center, accommodation agency counters, box offices, information center, movie theaters, festival offices)
- Festival movie theaters and accommodation facilities are located downtown in the pedestrian zone connecting Hotel Thermal to Grandhotel Pupp, and in the immediate surroundings
Getting to Karlovy Vary:
Air Marine Travel & Incentive s. r. o. Travel Agency
An official partner of the Karlovy Vary IFF that can make sure you arrive at the festival as comfortably as possible. They can provide:
- Airline, bus, and train tickets, car rentals and shuttles
- They can also arrange other activities while you’re at the festival, including trips in and around Karlovy Vary
LUKÁŠ JANKŮ
Mobile: +420 606 774 005
E-mail: lukas.janku@airmarine.cz
You may also reserve airline tickets online: http://www.letenky.airmarine.cz
- Handling fee: only 400 CZK (or 15 EUR) per person per flight
- E tickets will be sent directly to your email address
For more information contact:
Tel. +00420 224 323 073
lukas.janku@airmarine.cz
By plane
- Flights to the Czech Republic usually arrive at Václav Havel Airport in Prague
- You may also use the Karlovy Vary airport (where flights regularly arrive from Russia and Turkey): http://www.airport-k-vary.cz/cs/
From Prague’s Václav Havel Airport to Karlovy Vary:
- By bus every hour from 7 AM to 10 PM http://jizdenky.studentagency.cz/
- By bus or train from downtown Prague (take public transportation from the airport)
Train and bus
- Karlovy Vary’s bus and train stations are a 15-minute walk from Hotel Thermal. If you are coming from Prague, bus travel is faster.
- Map of downtown Karlovy Vary
By car
maps.google.com
Parking:
Take note! Many hotels, including Hotel Thermal, are located in the pedestrian zone. Confirm that parking is available with your hotel staff.
You can also use public parking:
near Thermal Hotel:
Parking on Nábřeží Jana Palacha
Tržnice Parking, Varšavská Sreet/ulice
Underground garage, nám. Dr. Milady Horákové 2039
Parking at Horní nádraží, Nákladní Street/ulice
near Grandhotel Pupp:
Galerie parking, Goethova stezka 1215/6
Transportation at KVIFF
Festival Bus Shuttle
- Visitors of the festival can use three shuttle services during the festival free-of-charge. The buses connect accommodation sites with specific cinemas.
- Lines operate from June 28 to July 6, 2013.
- The timetables are designed so that buses arrive at the film venues in time for screenings.
- The Thermal hotel bus stop is located in front of the hotel in the direction to the colonnade (behind the stand Jameson Festival Lounge).
- Timetables are available at the Information Desk too.
Festival Rental of Specialized bicycles
Rental regulations for Specialized festival bikes during the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF:
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Specialized bicycles are the official bikes of the entire film festival and will be available at these three locations: Hotel Pupp, Festival campsite - Rolava, Hotel Thermal.
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You may rent and return bicycles at any of these three locations. With each bike rented you will also receive a bike helmet and bike lock.
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You may rent Specialized bicycles daily between the hours of 8 AM and 11 PM; on the last day of the festival, rental hours will be from 8 AM to 8 PM.
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All accredited festival visitors may rent Specialized bicycles upon presentation of their Festival Pass or accreditation card and valid ID.
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Bicycles may be rented for up to 4 hours. The first hour is free; each subsequent hour (or partial hour) costs 100 crowns.
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For more information call: + 420 773 536 068 - Ski and Bike Cener Radotín.
Drink Taxi
If you are tired or enjoyed a drink or two, this taxi will take you, your car and even your friends all the way home (additional seats in the service car are free-of-charge). Also available as regular taxi.
Prices: flat rate 160 CZK up to 5 km, flat rate 300 CKZ up to 10 km outside of Karlovy Vary or CZK 25/Km.
Festival hours:
Friday, June 28 to Saturday, June 29, 2013: 19:00 - 06:00
Sunday, June 29 to Wednesday, July 3, 2013: 19:00 - 03:00
Thursday, July 4 to Saturday, July 6, 2013: 19:00 - 06:00
Contact: info@kvzelva.cz, www.kvzelva.cz
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