Follow-up to What’s Unmissable in Prague? from Casey’s Blog
Places to Eat?
- Patriot-X Restaurant – by the Powder Gate in the centre of Prague, opposite Billa, next to ČSA and the Renaissance and Marriott hotels
- Restaurace U Rotta – Malé námestí 3 – Praha 1 – Staré Mesto
- Restaurant Franze Kafky – nám. Franze Kafky 3 – Praha 1 – Staré Mesto
- King Solomon Restuarant (Kosher – i.e. not Fri or Sat) – Široká 8 * Prague 1 – Old Town
Places to See?
- Prague Castle, river Vltava and Charles Bridge (Prazsky hrad, Vltava, Karluv most)
- Old Town Hall with the Astronomical Clock
- Josefov – Prague Ghetto
- Powder Tower
- St. Nicolas Church
- Petrín View Tower
- Petrín View Tower
- Loreta
- Vysehrad
- Old Town (Staré Město) with its Old Town Square
- The Astronomical Clock
- The picturesque Charles Bridge
- New Town (Nové město) with its busy and historic Wenceslas Square
- Malá Strana (Lesser Quarter)
- Prague Castle (the largest castle in the world) with its St. Vitus Cathedral
- Josefov (the old Jewish quarter) with Old Jewish Cemetery and Old New Synagogue
- The Lennon Wall
- Vinohrady
- The museum of Heydrich assassination in the crypt of the Church of Saints National Museum
- Vyšehrad castle
- Petřínská rozhledna, an observation tower on Petřín hill, which is nearly a 1:5 copy of the Eiffel Tower
- Anděl (City part) which is probably the busiest part of the city
- Žižkov Television Tower with observation deck
- The New Jewish Cemetery in Olšany, location of Franz Kafka’s grave
- The Metronome, a giant, functional metronome that looms over the city
- The Dancing House (Fred and Ginger Building)
- The Mucha Museum, showcasing the Art Nouveau works of Alfons Mucha
- Places connected to writers living in the city, such as Franz Kafka.
Tourist Information Centres
- Staromestské namesti (the Old Town Hall) – Staromestska radnice
- The Main Railway Station lobby
Exciting Things that Happen at Xmas
http://www.pis.cz/en/prague/abc_for_tourists/czech_christmas
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