inexpensive ride from Prague airport to downtown?

If you google "prague airport to the city" you will get info about buses and shuttles into the city.

You can take a shuttle bus from the airport to the metro stop and then the metro into central Prague. Very inexpensive compared to shuttle van or taxi. Rick's guidebook gives the specifics, but same or similar info may be on the airport website.

Sara

I am meeting up with some friends at the Prague airport for the Best of Eastern Europe tour and this is the info we got from ETBD

Getting From the Airport to Downtown (and vice versa): It’s easy. Leaving either airport terminal, you have five options, listed below from cheapest to priciest:

Dirt Cheap: Take bus #119 to the Dejvická Metro station, or #100 to the Zlicín Metro station (20 min), then take the Metro into the center (20 Kc, info desk in airport arrival hall).

Budget: Take the airport express (AE) bus to Holešovice Station, then take the Metro into the center (bus runs daily 4:40-21:10, 2/hr, 30 min, 45 Kc, look for the AE sign in front of the terminal and pay the driver, www.czech-transport.com). These start running at 5am.

Moderate: Take the Cedaz minibus shuttle to Námestí Republiky, across from Kotva department store (daily 5:30–21:30, 2/hr, pay 120 Kc directly to driver, info desk in arrival hall).

Expensive: Take a Cedaz minibus directly to your hotel, with a couple of stops likely en route (480 Kc for a group of up to four, tel. 220-114-286).

Splurge: Catch a taxi. Cabbies wait at the curb directly in front of the arrival hall. Airport taxi cabbies are honest but more expensive. Carefully confirm the complete price before getting in. It’s a fixed rate of 600–700 Kc, with no meter.

Hope this helps.