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23rd June 2018, 07:11 | #1 |
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Going on Holiday anyone been to Prague ?
Hi everyone just to let you know I’ll be away from Monday the 25th until Saturday the 30th, as I’m going away on a kind of last-minute holiday to Prague with my lovely wife.
Has anybody been and is it a nice place, I presume it is by what I have read and seen on TripAdvisor Hopefully their English is better than my Czech lol Mick
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Yes, it's very nice. The city is a long taxi ride from the airport. Only drink bottled water and be careful about salad and raw food or you risk a tummy upset. Good value. Go and see Wenceslas Square and the old town but you knew that already!
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Lovely city with lots of history. Meals are VERY meaty and good. Personally I was disappointed with Wenceslas Square as it is not a square - more a short avenue.
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I have been to Prague a few times, it's a lovely city with marvellous architecture etc, the Charles Bridge, the Jewish Quarter, The Old Town, quite stunning. A stroll along the Charles Bridge to watch the artists at work highly recommended, as is Prague Opera House , if you are opera buffs. A screen above the stage showing English helps a lot to enjoy the performances.
As with any big city, pickpockets are rife. Be very wary where you carry your money about your person, and take out only as much as you can afford to lose. It probably won't happen, but forewarned is forearmed as they say. Czech beer is plentiful, cheap, very nice....and very strong !! |
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Prague
Going back there in July, for the forth time in 2 years!.
Never had any problems there (we have always stayed up by the castle), just need to be as alert as you would be in any tourist spot. As said on previous replies, the food is meaty,but nice, and the beers are all very,very good. One of the most picturesque cities I have been to, and may have overtaken Munich as my favourite (so far ) city break..enjoy! |
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One of my favourite cities, plenty to see with a few highlights like the Astronomical Clock in Old Town square beautiful church can be seen from the clock called Our Lady of Tyn. The archway to the famous Charles bridge and the Vltava river.
The Castle is well worth a visit and their is a little street inside if I remember correctly called Golden Lane which has some nice craft stuff. Two other towns of real note are Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) and Marianske Lazne (Marienbad) as is Pilsen itself,
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Don't drive around Prague - use the trams - very clean and efficient. There's a Russian-built observation tower on a hill in one of the suburbs, in the middle of a small park. The tower looks very space age, with amazing views from the observation deck. The area around it feels friendly and relaxed, and very local. We did a Segway tour - we were lucky, possibly because of the poor weather, - we had a personalised tour with the guide to ourselves, but a great way to cover the ground and find your bearings. There is also a funicular railway up to a park on the hill to the left of the castle. The hall of mirrors is a hoot!
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Oh, and dinner on one of the floating restaurants is very romantic!
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We honeymooned there! Wasn't too many years after the Iron Curtain had fallen and the process of "westernisation" hadn't fully taken hold. I really loved it - having previously spent a fair bit of time in various parts of France, post-reunification Germany, Benelux etc, there was a noticeably different feel to the place in comparison to all those (even those bits of the former East Germany I'd visited). Can't say whether that would still be the case today - it wasn't quite such a hotspot for tourism as it has since become. There were plenty of quirky/individual things which could only have emerged from Prague, and eating out etc was always a pleasure.
I would echo what others have said about using the tram/subway system, and I would recommend staying in a small independent guesthouse rather than a big-name hotel - we tried both, and the former was vastly preferable. There'll be loads of places 10-15 minutes out from the city centre by tram. Rowing on the Vltava is a very pleasant way to work up your appetite for lunch, just don't get too close to the weir!
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