Amazed German women in Prague’s Aquapalace: “Was ist das? Where do you get that?”
photo: Vít Hassan, PrahaIN.cz (like others)/Aquapalace Prague, 31 December 2022
PrahaIN.cz is in print on the last day of the year. We continuously visit the epicenter of the metropolis, as well as the wider surroundings. The Vltava, where there were many people on the banks, Petřín, where champagne is popped every year, we stopped at the golf course in Hostivař and Hodkovičky, where it was full of athletes, and in the afternoon we visited Čestlice to the Aquapalace there.
An hour before closing time, around 4:15 p.m., there were about fifteen cars in the parking lot, nine of which were vans. Although it looked like a low attendance, according to a number of visitors who were contacted, there are a lot of people inside. The editors also counted a very interesting number of foreigners in half an hour.
About thirty people left the pool, of which half were from Germany. The two girls who went with us to wait at the stop in the direction of Opatov came from Frankfurt am Main. It is a relatively large city, with an agglomeration of over a million inhabitants. It is said that life is good there, but the high cost affects even the locals.
Both girls, in their thirties, were much more surprised by what they experienced in Prague, specifically in Čestlice. We slowly but clearly managed to compare the situation to “their” spa.
They are called the Frankfurter Bäder and are said to be a large complex of saunas, indoor and outdoor pools and exercise rooms. So what’s the problem? “Children under fourteen years of age have unlimited access and pay nothing at all,” said the number as an example.
Parking in front of the pool one hour before closing. Photo: PrahaIN.cz
Bowls are many times more expensive
“Otherwise, the entrance fee is around six euros, and families pay not even twenty euros,” resonated further.
PrahaIN.cz verified all the price lists and we agree with the girls. They were mistaken only about the family entrance fee, it costs not twenty, but seventeen euros for three hours. Converted to 420 crowns.
And Cestlice? “They were very expensive,” said the German women, but they were not sure of the calculations. So we’ll finish it for them. If you visit Aquapalace Čestlice, family tickets for three hours will cost 2,699 crowns. All-day admission costs 2,899 crowns. In addition, a towel for 70 crowns, a bathrobe for 100 crowns, food and drink.
The Old Town Square was full of mainly foreigners. Photo: PrahaIN.cz
One adult pays 1,049 crowns for three hours. Children up to one meter in height pay nothing, older ones on average 750 kroner for three hours. Weekdays are cheaper, while weekends and holidays are more expensive.
We explained to the Germans that not every Prague resident can afford it. Understanding came quickly.
“We like it a lot in Prague, the prices in the center are definitely intended for the Czechs, it’s not that cheap here,” added one of them.