September, 2017.
Arriving at Prague Airport was simple. Only minutes after landing we were stood outside waiting for our driver to take us to our hotel. Quick tip – when you are at Passport Control, there are two queues – one for ‘EU passports’ and one for ‘All other passports’. Everyone automatically goes to the EU queue, however, we skipped the queues and went through the all other passports queue with no issues whatsoever.
On our way back to the airport however, I thought it had a rather odd set up. Arriving at the terminal, we only had hand luggage, so there was no need to go to the check in desk. We continued through the terminal, straight to our gate, once announced. But it’s only once you get called to start boarding that you actually go through security. I personally don’t like doing it this way. I think it’s backwards and it seemed to delay the process.
Prague airport is nice inside. Plenty of shops to browse in and very clean all round.
Our transfer to and from the hotel was via Suntransfers – costing only £40 for the both of us for the return journey. We normally use public transport to get ourselves to and from airports, but as we were arriving to Prague at 9pm, I thought the easy and sensible option would be to get a Taxi.
It only took 20 minutes to get to our hotel, so it worked out perfect for us. Our driver was on time and the journey was smooth. On our way back to the airport, however, our driver was half an hour late – so as you can imagine, I was panicking a little. Nevertheless, he turned up apologetic – delayed due to a previous airport pick up. We got to the airport in around 30 minutes with only an hour until our plane was due to fly out. So perfect timing, no waiting around.
Hotel Motel One is a new hotel, it opened towards the end of 2014. It’s beautiful. It had everything that we needed, apart from room service. We didn’t have breakfast booked during our stay as it was a little pricey, and knowing food is cheap in Prague, we thought it would be nice to try different places for Breakfast.
The location couldn’t have been more perfect. We were in walking distance from everything.
The decor was fresh and white with splashes of grey and blue. It’s very modern and minimalistic. There is a bar as soon as you walk into the hotel, just before reception called One Lounge – it always had a couple of people in there enjoying a gin or two.
Currency and pricing
I still can’t quite get to grips with the Czech Koruna. Everything is hundreds and thousands. We took £250 worth of Koruna, which gave you 6,400 CZK. Work that out.
Prices were a little crazy in Prague, most places are dirt cheap, but others can be quite pricey. Alcohol seems to be the cheapest – which makes sense as to why hen and stag do’s visit Prague. Visiting a restaurant called Postel Restaurant and Ledgendary bar for a quick drink of Coca-Cola cost us 45 CZK which works out at around £1.50.
Modern Art
I will put it out there now, I am not a modern art fan and will not pretend to be.
The modern art in Prague however is actually really good, in my opinion. It had context and history – which makes the art, in my eyes, art! All art in Prague seemed to be on the dark side, so they were all a little creepy to say the least. But I liked it. There were two artists that cropped up a lot, Černý and Kafka. So move over Pompidou…
The Dancing House kept popping up on my Instagram feed, and I was chuffed when I found out it was in Prague. The designer, Gehry, originally named the building Fred and Ginger, after Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, due to the house resembling dancers. The Dancing House was the most southern we travelled in Prague. It was a little out of the way, but we incorporated it into a walk. It’s located at a busy cross roads at the Jiráskův Most bridge, so it can be tricky to get a clear photo. Want proof? Observe.
Umbrella Man just reminds me of Mary Poppins – I wonder why. He flys between two buildings located at Bar La Loca. Sometimes he may not be there, and will fly past when you least expect it. When we saw him, he stayed in the same place for about ten minutes, so I’m unsure how long he stays out for and how often he moves.
Piss by Černý is located at the Kafka Museum. Essentially, it’s a fountain, and called ‘Piss’ for a very good reason. Two men, seen as either controversial or funny, urinating water into a bronze basin fountain. The fountain is shaped like the Czech Republic – make of that what you will. Not realising this while we were in Prague, we later found out that there is a number near the fountain you can text on your phone, which the fountain will ‘reply’ to by writing your message in the water with its ‘stream’.
The ‘Giant Babies’ statues also by Černý are what I can only describe as ‘creepy as hell’! We saw the statues that were crawling on the floor, however, you can find them crawling up the Žižkov TV Tower. We found these babies located at the bottom of Petrin Hill, near the Kampa Art Museum. It’s horrible because they are deformed-looking, especially with those grill-like faces.
Memorial to Communism is really sad to look at, and is again located at the base of Petrin Hill. There are seven bronze statues in total, all coming down steps. As they get higher on the steps, there bodies start to loose limbs and break. It literally shows how prisoners were affected by communism.
Metalmorphosis AKA Franz Kafka Head is a massive, mesmerising head made from metal. It’s mesmerising because the statue spins, causing it to disfigure and change it shape. You will find yourself stood there for longer than you wanted too, just staring at it. It’s located behind the Quadrio building near the Narodni Trida metro. You can’t miss it.
Statue of Franz Kafka is located at Dušní ulice, Praha 1 – Staré Město. This statue was actually made by Jaroslav Rona, who was inspired by Franz Kafka’s story of struggle. We found this by the crowd of people that were covering it at the time, then realised again, that we had found another statue.
Franz Kafka seems to be huge for artwork in Prague – he is everywhere. So, having a museum is handy, as for someone like me, I didn’t have a clue who he was and what he did until we kept bumping into his bizarre statues.
The museum consists of everything about him, from his life to his art to his galleries. Entrance into the museum is 200 CZK for adults, 120 CZK for students, seniors and those with a disability – and 540 CZK for a family ticket, being two adults and two children.
The Vltava River goes right through the centre of Prague, separating The Old Town and The New Town from The Lesser Town.
To take the perfect photo of Prague, you need to be at either side of the River, mainly The Old Town side, so you can look over towards the Castle.
The views are unbelievable from either side of the river, Prague is such a pretty city, with spectacular buildings.
You can take a cruise down the river, and experience both sides of the city from below – I imagine it would be incredible at dusk. Or you could sit down at one of the restaurants along the riverside, where you can dine with an unreal view.
Astronomical Clock
The Astronomical Clock isn’t as big as I thought it would be. It’s a lovely clock though. The medieval clock was installed in 1410 – so you can kind of see why there is fuss made about it. It’s pretty impressive that it’s still standing and ticking after all these years, after all, it’s the oldest one in the world. It’s located on the southern wall of the Old Town Hall in the Old Town Square – so there are hundreds of people around the area.
It is crazy the amount of people who crowd around the clock, and I’m talking hundreds of people, hanging around and waiting to hear it chime. The clock has all kinds of statues around the face, as well as a skeleton.
Being an astronomical clock, you can guess what the main features are. It has an astronomical dial that shows the position of the sun and Moon. There’s also “The Walk of Apostles”, an hourly show which displays animated figures of the apostles and other moving sculptures, like the skeleton. And lastly, there’s a calendar dial.
The Old Town Square
The Old Town Square is one of two squares in Prague and was only a couple of minutes walk from our hotel. We walked through it everyday. It’s vast and is cornered off by the Old Town Hall, shops, restaurants and churches.
No matter what time of day you are there, plenty of people are around, especially of an evening. Due to it being in a central location, there is always some sort of street act going on. The Charles Bridge is a good hot spot for street acts too.
On our last evening there we stopped and watched quite a few street acts, including a man who was dancing with fire – it was quite good actually, definitely entertaining! We also watched a man playing the piano, which he had fair lights attached to. Of course, there were a few cringey acts too, including a man trying to squeeze his body through some hoops.
The Old Town Square is a prime location if you are wanting to get souvenirs, there’s loads of shops.
Wenceslas Square is the other square located in Prague – roughly a five minute walk from Old town Square. It is surrounded by many hotels, restaurants, bars and nightclubs. It’s the main place to go shopping and is the start of the commercial district. It’s very pretty.
Palladium shopping centre reminded me of Manchester Arndale or Warrington’s Golden Square. It was very clean and vast. The shops spanned five floors.
There wasn’t many shops that we had heard of, but there were a few like, such as H&M and Topshop. Rich was in his element when we found a really cool comic book shop called ComicsPoint.
The top floor was all food based, serving a wide range of edibles in a foodhall style set up. There was a Mcdonald’s, Burger King and KFC, so if in doubt, come here for a quick bite.
While at Wallenstein Palace, we seen some fascinating art, including the Dripstone wall.
The palace is free entry and open for visitors on weekends. It is open from 10am till 5pm, April, May and October; 10am till 6 pm, June through to September, and from November through to March, it is only open the first weekend of each month, 10am to 4pm.
It has some beautiful gardens to walk through, where you can see displays of monuments and galleries. but back to the Dripstone wall. It’s a funny thing to look at. Due to the way the stalactite-like rocks have formed along the wall, it looks like there are loads of faces dripping off it – human and animal. As you can see, we got into the spirit of it.
Lennon Wall
I still stand by my statement that The Beatles are EVERYWHERE. Who knew I’d be going to Prague and seeing a John Lennon Wall.
Having googled it, he doesn’t seem to have ever visited Prague. Besides that, he has a wall, and it represents two things – one, it’s a memorial to him, and tow, it represents his ideas, such as free speech.
It’s basically a long wall covered in graffiti-artwork. You do find yourself standing there for a while observing everything, so much is going on in that one space.
Although the LEGO Museum is classed as a “museum”, I wouldn’t say it was one – so don’t get your hopes up. It is merely a display/ gallery of LEGO sets. There was an awful lot there.
It was 150 CZK for an adult and 100 CZK for a child ticket (average really) but I can’t make my mind up whether it was actually worth the price of admittance. Maybe for a massive LEGO enthusiast, but for your average admirer, not so much.
Please note: if you wish to take any photos it will cost you 20 CZK. Bit of a pain but we paid, before we knew what we we’re in for.
It’s located at Špindlerův Mlýn, so it’s not too out of your way if you wanted to pop by. There’s also a shop you can browse ion, before going into the museum part.
We went to City Hall for one reason – the lift. This lift was so cool. Don’t ask how Rich found this, but it was along the first floor, on the right, after the information desk.
The lift has no door and doesn’t stop or slow down, at all. I’d love to know the health and safety checks that go into this, if any. It’s an old school elevator that consists of a chain of open compartments that move slowly up and down in an infinite loop. Now if that isn’t cool, I don’t know what is.
Rich tested it out first, as I filmed him. He went down on the left hand side and then came back up on the right hand side with a look of either pure joy or shock when he shouted to me ‘Jenn, I haven’t even got off!”. So, then we both got on. It was the most bizarre feeling. The lift reaches the bottom (or top), shifts to one side and brings you back the way you came, albeit on the other side of the lift shaft. Weird.
We didn’t end up visiting here because it was closed for renovations. Gutted. But I can tell you that it is one of the oldest surviving Jewish burial grounds, and is the most important part of Prague’s Jewish Town – so it would be quite interesting to see, especially if you’re into Dark Tourism, like me.
Charles Bridge is spectacular! We walked across it quite a few times, mainly due to the fact that most of the main things in Prague are near the bridge.
One thing I will say though is that it gets very, very busy, at pretty much all hours of the day. If you get there at around 8am midweek, it is relatively empty, with just a few people dotted about, so you get a chance to take some good snaps.
In my opinion, the best time of day is of an evening, because the views of the castle reflecting in the water are immense, and fantastic jazz buskers seem to come out to perform. We stood and stared for ages watching some incredibly talented young lads play saxophone, violin and beatbox. Incredible!
During the day you will find lots of people selling souvenirs and painting portraits and pictures. But aside to that, you will see many statues, and the odd few that you touch for good luck. You can also go up the tower at The Old Town Side of the bridge – I believe it is 100 CZK.
Prague Castle is huge. It’s not just a castle though, it’s an entire complex with a multitude of things to do and visit. So, don’t be confused if you are looking for “the castle” and come across several different buildings in one area. The Castle is just one part of it. When buying a ticket you can pay for all of the different attractions, so the more you pay, the more you will see.
When we first entered the Castle grounds, we had to step aside to let a billion police cars and luxurious cars pass – that’s a slight exaggeration, as least 20 police cars. The Castle is home to the President of the Czech Republic, so all I was thinking is that the President was in one of those cars – who else needs that amount of cars and security?
We walked down the old castle steps , which isn’t as bad as everyone makes out- but that could be because we never walked up them. They took a while to get down, as there are 121 steps to climb, but they didn’t tire us out or anything. They were nice steps actually – if you can call steps nice.
Golden Lane is also part of the castle grounds. It’s an ancient street, with 11 historic houses on it, painted in different colours. Inside each of the houses has scenes to reflect the life of artisans who worked and lived there. To enter, you must have purchased a Prague Castle Historic Ticket, which includes admission, along with other parts of the castle.
This is what confused me about Prague Castle. I was expecting a huge castle, but like I said, it is more of a complex. St Vitus Cathedral is what I thought was the castle, as this building is what you see from a distance, but then I realised it was a cathedral. We don’t go in many churches and cathedrals anymore, due to visiting so many in Rome. But St Vitus was fabulous. It had a Gothic twist to it, and all of the stained glass windows stood out so brightly.
You can enter the cathedral for free, but if you wanted to visit all of it, you have to purchase the Prague Castle Historic Building ticket. You are able to climb the Great South Tower, which you have to pay an extra 150 CZK – this will give you the chance to walk up the 287 narrow, winding steps. Sounds like fun to me!
Walking around the grounds, you will see galleries and many different royal rooms set up. It’s all very extravagant!
We had a pit stop at a restaurant in the castle grounds. I am very sceptical with museum food as we have had a fair few disasters with them. But Lobowicz Palace Cafe was different. The food was surprisingly lovely. I just got a portion of fries, 70 CZK, and Rich got a cheeseburger, 355 CZK. It was a royal-looking restaurant, with indoor seating, a terraced area outside of it and a seating area that overlooked Prague.
There are also a few shops in the grounds, from museum shops to toy shops, and sweet shops to Christmas shops. They were all very small and dainty. A lot of the things they sold were handmade, which made all of the shops very traditional.
The Christmas shop was unbelievable, very small, but bauble heaven! So many variations of baubles, all handmade or hand-painted.
Starbucks at Prague Castle
Before me and Rich went to Prague, My Mum and Dad visited. If I mentioned Prague, they never stopped talking about the Starbucks at Prague Castle. So, being in Prague and up at the castle, we decided to go and check it out.
They weren’t kidding, the views are possibly the best you can get in Prague (minus the Petřín Tower – which I’ll get to shortly). Starbucks has a perfect location. To walk into Starbucks you enter the rooftop balcony (which is level with the ground you are already on) and then follow a staircase down that leads you into the café. I highly advise a visit. It’s incredibly picturesque.
Prices at Starbucks worked out a little cheaper than at home. We went to a Starbucks one morning for breakfast, a couple of doors from our hotel. We ordered two English Breakfast teas (we are far too English), one double chocolate chip muffin and an Espresso brownie and it came to 276 CZK (around £9.50).
Letna Park, wasn’t on our to-do list until we decided to go to the cinema (see below), and we thought that since the cinema was a little out the way, we would explore this area anyway – plus it also led to Prague Castle. It all worked out perfect, and let us see parts of Prague that was more for the locals than the tourists. If you want a view of Prague that many don’t see, then give this a whirl.
It’s a beautiful park, with unbelieveable views of Prague Old Town, River Vltava and the many bridges. This park actually had some play areas which I hadn’t seen in Prague yet – every park seems to be filled with grassy areas, rather than play areas.
Kinsky Gardens
We spent quite a few hours in Kinsky gardens.. We went to the gardens to go up the Lookout Tower.
There is a tram AKA Funicular Railway (but lets just call it a tram) available to take you right to the top, but because it’s us, we walked. It hurt! To get to the gardens we walked across the Charles Bridge, and pretty much headed straight on, to bring us alongside the gardens. This meant walking through the embassies, which had a lot of police and security about. Always puts me on edge.
We walked all the way to the top, alongside the gardens on a path, which eventually lead to Kinsky. Once we hit the gardens, the views were spectacular – so we done that thing when you take hundreds of photos, only to realise the views get even better.
In the gardens you can find things like the Tower, a mirror maze, rose gardens, a church, planetarium, lakes and more.
The tram would have been so helpful for us, but then again, the views we got whilst walking made it all the more worth it. We actually walked to the top of the hill before anything opened, so it’s a good job we walked. We definitely got our steps in for the day. Sidetracking – the tram! The main stop for the Tram can be found at The Lesser Town and it takes you up to the top of Petrin Hill. It’s actually part of the public transport network in Prague, so can be used as normal, on certain tickets. For a single journey, to get up to the top of the hill, it costs 32 CZK for adults and 16 CZK for children.
I personally don’t think the Tower Mirror Maze is worth it. It’s very small, and very easy to get out of. They also have a small Hall of Mirrors, which again, is nothing to shout about. Definitely for the little ones. It was 100 CZK each for entry.
The Rose gardens are very simple, and have very simple walkways to follow. They are at the top of Petrin Hill, Nebozízek Garden and the Seminary Garden and have more than 2100 fruit trees.
On our way back down from Petrin Hill and outside of Kinsky gardens, we saw this random hut-like building. Rich went for a noisy, and I stood back thinking we couldn’t go near. Rich opens the door and gestured me in. We both walk in and there is a small, old man, sitting in darkness, holding a candle – the only light in there. Weird hey. It was actually really cool, in a kind of scary way.
Turns out it’s a 17th Century Church. St Michael’s Church to be exact.
The Petrin Observation Tower was built as a mini version of the Eiffel Tower, and built for the Jubilee Exhibition in 1891.
The tower stands 60 metres high, however, it’s on the summit of Petrin Hill – so add another 318 metres. The tower itself is within landscaped gardens, so a pretty little area.
We reached the top of the tower after 299 steps and were slightly out of breath. The view was amazing (this is that best view in Prague I was on about).
And also, it was very windy…
We always look for unique things to do when on holiday. And Rich being Rich, found a great cinema located in an area that we would have never explored, but I’m glad we did.
We watched a film called ‘The Big Sick’. It was actually a really good film.
The cinema itself was nothing like a cinema at home. Firstly, the only showing we could make was the screening for mums and babies. It wasn’t an issue for us though, a baby screamed now and again – but no biggie. The way it was set up was so babies could play with toys and walk around, which led to all of the mums interacting with each other – i’d be well up for that! Also, my favourite bit was that dogs were allowed in too!
The cinema only has one screen, but over two floors – similar to a theatre layout. We sat in the upper tier away from all the babies – which was an old and traditional set up, with wooden seats. The bottom floor, had normal cinema seats towards the back, but also had a collection of every seat you could think of, from dentist chairs to bean bags and deck chairs to inflatable ones. It was unique to say the least.
The Museum of Special Effects AKA Karla Zemana is located just off the Charles Bridge on the Lesser Town side.
We didn’t go into this museum, mainly because we just happened to bump into it last minute, so we didn’t really have time. However, we hung around the front as it had some great photo opportunities to make you feel like you were in a scene from a film. Rich was totally in his element, and I think I took about a hundred photos of him.
Prague Zoo is named as the 5th best zoo in the world, it also holds a mass amount of species. 167 mammals, 293 birds, 132 reptiles, 14 amphibians, 43 fish, 1 cartilaginous fish and 31 invertebrates.
Located in the Praha Troja municipal district, it can be reached by public transport, car and boat. Opening hours vary slightly throughout the year. January and February, 9am to4 pm. March, 9am to 5pm. April and May, 9 am to 6 pm. June, July and August, 9 am to 9 pm. September and October, 9 am to 6 pm. November and December, 9 am to 4 pm. That was a mouth full.
An adult ticket is 200 CZK and a children’s ticket is 150 CZK. A family ticket for two adults and two children will cost you 600 CZK, and any additional children cost 100 CZK.
This is also based at the peak of Petrin Hill. We walked past this observatory/ planetarium, but we didn’t go in because it was closed as it had really bizarre opening times, like 2 pm to 6 pm. What!?
We didn’t go to Madame Tussauds Prague for two reasons. One, I’ve been to London, New York and a few more, so once you’ve been to one, you’ve been to them all. Two, in the entrance they had a statue of Harry Potter, and it was really bad – as in, I wasn’t sure if it was Harry or Hermione. So that was a major put off. That isn’t saying you shouldn’t go in.
If you do fancy visiting, you can find it just off Old Town Square at Celetná 555/6, 110 00 Staré Město.
Also a wax museum like Madame Tussauds (a couple of doors down from it), I didn’t know which one looked better to be honest. Free entrance to children who are five and under, and 369 CZK for an adult 15+ at the door, and 329 CZK if you buy online. 249 CZK for Children between the ages of 6 to 14 at the door, and 219 CZK online. Quite expensive by Prague museum/attraction standards really.
I have no idea what this would have been like – all I can tell you is that there is a guy who works there that has to stand outside all hours of the day shouting about entering, so It has a bit more get up and go about it when compared with Tussauds I suppose.
We were tempted at the idea of coming here, but in the end we didn’t have enough time.
Located a couple of doors down from Madam Tussauds and opposite Grevin, it’s not too far from the main attractions, and is open every day of the week, for the majority of the day too.
Through Expedia we bought a pre-paid three-course meal for Hard Rock – which we also done whilst in Copenhagen , and it worked a treat! We booked the ‘Hard Rock Cafe Dining with Priority Seating: Diamond Menu’ costing us £35.58 in total. We had the choice of a salad or chicken wings (which are delicious!) for starter. Legendary Burger, veggie burger, barbecue combo, barbecue chicken, chicken caesar salad or twisted mac, chicken and cheese for a main. One dessert. One soft drink, tea or coffee. Bargain if you ask me!
We actually visited Hard Rock three times this holiday, need I say more, because we love it.
On our last day before we had to head towards the airport, we thought we would just treat ourselves to a big meal, since travelling does take it out of you. Rich ordered the ‘Texan Burger’, I ordered the ‘Legendary burger’, we got two glasses of Coca Cola and then we got two charity bead bracelets that Hard Rock were selling to raise money towards all of the disasters that have been happening in America – at the time, it was for Houston. All of this came to 855 CZK, which is around £30 – which for Hard Rock is a bargain price.
Hard Rock Cafe Prague, if you can call a restaurant beautiful-looking – it definitely was! It was over four floors, as it is used for occasions such as ‘Glamrock Wedding’. It’s very pretty, and surprisingly quiet.
Prague has two Hooters in the city – now I can see why so many Stag Dos go to Prague. We went into both Hooters to look at the merch that had for sale. A typical Hooters T-shirt cost 390 CZK, equal to around £13.
You can find one Hooters at Vodičkova 12/5 and the other at Havelská 500/25.
I kept seeing videos on Facebook of this restaurant, never thinking anything of it until we actually booked to go to Prague. I’m so glad that we went there. Food was tasty and affordable. Plus the whole idea of it is fun and different. Everything that I love doing on holiday.
We had one large beer 39 CZK, one small beer 29 CZK, one Margherita pizza 149 CZK, a side of fries 59 CZK, and a Vanilla sundae 170 CZK and it cost us roughly £17, or to be exact on the receipt 20.60 Euro. You can’t argue with that, can you? Also, note that you have to pay 10 CZK for Ketchup.
When entering this restaurant, you are asked if you want a train ticket (which basically means, if you want the train to delivery your drinks to the table, you pay 25 CZK) alternatively, you can just sit at a normal table and get them yourselves. But where’s the fun in that!?
When your drinks come along to you, you have a couple of seconds to grab it, as it automatically stops at your table! If you miss it, you snooze, you loose, your booze!
Jazz Bars
We didn’t realise how big the jazz scene was in Prague. Jazz bars are everywhere, some better than others, of course. We walked in and out of so many, trying to find a good one. But as is always the case, we ended up going back to the first one we went into – typical.
We went to a Jazz Bar called AghaRTA Jazz Club, located at Lublanska 57, 120 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic – it will be easy to miss as it’s not right on the street front. It was an underground bar that had a similar set up to The Cavern in Liverpool – just not as dark. The band we watched were absolutely unbelievable, I’ve never seen people perform with so much energy and passion.
The band consisted of a pianist, guitarist/bassist and a drummer. Each performed incredible solos. The pianist was playing two pianos ridiculously at one point and during the drum solo, the drummer also started to play the bass with his drum sticks. Pure talent.
It felt different to any kind of open mic or live entertainment you get in bars and pubs as everyone in the jazz bar went absolutely silent when they performed. You could literally hear a pin drop. One glass of white wine and a beer cost 100 CZK. The local beer is called Pilsner, Rich and my Dad absolutely love it, due to how smooth it is.
Medival Tavern AKA ‘U krale Brabantskeho’
We bumped into this medieval tavern on our way down from visiting the castle. So cool! It’s possibly the most medieval thing I have been in, even down to the staff, they acted as if they were in medieval times. It had great atmosphere.
We both got the local beer Pilsner Urquell. They came in steins, Rich got large and I got small. Our receipt was handed to us in a mini treasure chest. We saw some people have their receipts handed to them through a sword that the waiter swung at them (in a nice/funny way). It was cool.
Food
Apart from visiting Hard Rock a few too many times, we also had some lovely local food and sweet treats.
The thing to get in Prague is an ice cream in a donut cone – I will be honest, being an ice cream-lover, I didn’t get one of these because I don’t like donuts, even though they did smell delicious. Everyone had them, and in-between all of the tourist souvenir shops was a donut ice cream stall. It did look VERY messy.
I had some delicious salted caramel ice cream from a shop we kept passing called Crème De La Crème,which can be found at Husova 12. It’s open between the hours of 11am and 10pm. They made Italian Gelato, and I know I was in Prague, but I can not say no to some Gelato. It’s the best, fact. I got the smallest portion, which worked out to be about £1.50 for one scoop, and the scoop was huge – I couldn’t even finish it with Rich’s help.
Belgium chocolate is massive in Prague, plenty of shops around the city specifically sell Belgium chocolate, and in more variations that you can envision. We were going to get some but there was too much to choose from, so we give it a miss. It’s a hard job picking out a good piece of chocolate!
We went into a sweet shop called Captain Candy a few times – I liked going in for the smell of the shop, I’m a sucker for a good jelly sweet. Being called Captain Candy, it was set out with a pirate theme, with sweets in barrels. Captain Candy is located at Melantrichova, and is open between 10am and 11pm – nothing better than a late night sweet treat.
Throughout the city, we passed quite a few market stalls – sort of like the Christmas market stalls you get back home. But from the looks of it, these stalls are set up every day, selling fruit and vegetables, as well as homemade food and items.
They all looked so fresh, they must have been fresh produce grown by the people selling them. Like I said though, they are dotted around the city, so you can’t miss them.
Overall
Prague as a whole is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever visited. Views are spectacular, buildings are impressive, streets are clean and it’s full of very talented musicians and artists. This city has a lot to offer in terms of sight-seeing, history and culture. On the hole, it’s quite a cheap city to visit, as long as you go to the right places. Alcohol seems to be one of the cheapest things to buy.
In our eyes, the city has many similarities to Rome and Venice. Rome because of the beautiful buildings, and overall prettiness. Venice, because of all the quirky parts to it, from tight streets to the hustle and bustle – and the fact that it can be easy to get lost – not for us though, because Rich is an uber-impressive navigator.
One thing to look out for is all of the wedding photo shoots that go on. You will see newlyweds walking around the city in wedding dresses with photographers following them. It’s crazy, but see how many you see if you visit!
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Your Own Set of Wings 
Jenny this is amazing thank you!! I’m sat in the cafe in Prague zoo reading this!!
Take care on your travels
Thank you for the info xx
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I’m so glad you like it! Have an incredible time 🙂 xx
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Going back to Prague again to see all the things we missed. Didn’t realise how much there is to see. Thank you for the information
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Thank you 🙂 xx
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