Guides
From Charles Bridge through Lesser Quarter up to Prague Castle and back down to Kampa Island
This is the second in my three guide series of ‘Prague's must see sights’. This guide picks up where the first part ended. These guides contain what us locals consider as "must-see" sights of this beautiful city. You can easily follow through all the attractions described in the series in one day, provided you wouldn't be diverted by delicious...
Across Charles Bridge along the bank of the Vltava river pass National Theater and back to Wenceslas Square
This is the last part from my series of travel guides ‘Prague's must see sights’. This guide picks up where the second part ended. These guides contain what us locals consider as "must-see" sights of this beautiful city. You can easily follow through all the attractions described in the series in one day, provided you wouldn't be diverted by...
Through Prague's Old Town's sights to Jewish Quarter and across the Vltava river to Lesser Town
Raised in Prague with wanderlust for a hobby, I gladly claim I know the city quite well! ‘Prague's must see sights in one day’ is first in series of my three travel guides to having a fabulous time in Prague. These guides contain what us locals consider as "must-see" sights of this beautiful city. You can easily follow through all the attractions...
3 days in Prague – a look into history through important monuments and the atmosphere of the city
Are you planning to come to Prague and have exactly one, two or three days to get to know the Czech capital? Are you not sure what you should or want to see and experience? We have prepared programmes for a one-, two- and three-day visit to Prague. Our goal was to create a combination that would provide all the essentials – a look into history through...
3 days in Prague – a look into history through important monuments and the atmosphere of the city
Are you planning to come to Prague and have exactly one, two or three days to get to know the Czech capital? Are you not sure what you should or want to see and experience? We have prepared programmes for a one-, two- and three-day visit to Prague. Our goal was to create a combination that would provide all the essentials – a look into history through...
3 days in Prague – a look into history through important monuments and the atmosphere of the city
Are you planning to come to Prague and have exactly one, two or three days to get to know the Czech capital? Are you not sure what you should or want to see and experience? We have prepared programmes for a one-, two- and three-day visit to Prague. Our goal was to create a combination that would provide all the essentials – a look into history through...
A group pioneers is changing the city, creating innovative new hotels, restaurants, shops and galleries.
For several decades now Prague’s experiencing a full-throttle embrace of foreign cultures and far-flung influences—a preoccupation that was perhaps to be expected in a country whose borders were thrown open so abruptly in 1989. Local entrepreneurs and canny foreigners alike have been keen to invest in this new European capital. By 2001, the city...
Documentation and popularization of the sculptures in the 1970s and the 1980s in Czechoslovakia
After the period of great experiments in the 1960s, monumental sculpture for the public areas was going through a creative stagnation in the 1970s and the 1980s. Results of the Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and social and political changes caused that free experiment will not be tolerable. The period called Normalization just started....
Trips
For my last day I went to see everything left that I wanted to see. This included St. Vitus cathedral (with a great view from the top) and the rest of the Old town and Jewish Quarter.
Today we went to the old town and the Jewish quarter to see the Synagogues and the cemetery.
Praha Hrad / Prague Castle, Malá Strana / Lesser Town, Karlův most / Charles Bridge
Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Sightseeing | 11.2 miles
Sightseeing | 11.2 miles
For our second day in Prague, we crossed the Vltava river and toured the Castle area / Hradčany and the Lesser Town / Malá Strana section of Prague at the bottom of the castle hill.We started by crossing the Mánes Bridge / Mánesův most and took the tram upto the Prague Castle / Pražský hrad. We visited the St. Vitus Cathedral / Katedrála sv. Víta, Old Royal Palace / Starý královský palác,...
Last Morning in Prague - Karlův most / Charles Bridge, Jewish quarter / Josefov, Franze kafky
Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Sightseeing | 4.0 miles
Sightseeing | 4.0 miles
It is time to go home. For our last few hours of the morning in Prague before we left for the airport, we went for a tour of the Jewish quarter / Josefov.At sunrise, I went for a walk across the Charles Bridge / Karlův most. It was a cool morning and mist from the river was covering the bridge. I was still able to take some nice pictures of the statues,...
Prague - walk Old Town / Staré Město, Jewish Quarter/Josefov, Náměstí Republiky
Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Sightseeing | 11.8 miles
Sightseeing | 11.8 miles
Back in Prague with my sister!We arrived by train from Bratislava just after 12:00noon and took a taxi to our hotel near the Old Town Square / Staroměstské náměstí. We checked into our hotel and went for walk through the Old Town area. We saw many of the landmark historic buildings: Kostel sv. Mikuláse / St. Nicholas Church, Týnský Chrám / Týn Church, Palác Kinských / Kinský Palace, Jan Hus Memorial, Pražský orloj...
Our train got in around noon and we went to our hostel and then walked around the new city for a while.
Prague sightseeing with my wife Rea (22-26.08 2008).(more photos will be uploaded)
Prague - Prague Castle / Pražský hrad, Lesser Town / Malá Strana, and Charles Bridge / Karluv most
Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Sightseeing | 9.7 miles
Sightseeing | 9.7 miles
Our mission for the day is to cross the Vltava River to see the Prague Castle / Pražský hrad and the surrounding Lesser Town / Malá Strana area. We started the morning at a Tobacco Shoppe on Kaprova. We bought two 90 minute tickets for the tram up the hill to the castle. We crossed the Mánes Bridge / Mánesuv most and queued at the Malostranská Tram stop at the Klárov park (look...
Today I went to the castle, which was amazing. St. Vitus church is so beautiful and the view from the top of the hill is great. Later I walked along the river to take some great night shots.
