Thank you to all recent contributors on this forum as it made a big difference to the quality of our 2 night weekend in Prague.
Highlights of the weekend in no particular order were as follows:
1. Food - our meal at the Lehka Hlava (superb vegetarian food, wine and atmosphere).
2. Cafe – Slavia. Once per trip for nostalgia. Closely followed by Bakeshop Praha for its quality.
3. Hotel - Andel’s on Stroupeznickeho (careful as 2 very different hotels with similar names).
4. Funniest moment – deliberately waiting outside the Lehka Hlava looking at the vegetarian menu waiting for someone to leave the restaurant so I could ask if they enjoyed it, only when that moment arrived to be told it was ok but no meat – how wonderful! We went straight on in.
5. Best value - the transport network i.e. metro and trams. Very easy to navigate too.
6. Best view – Petrin Observation deck, terrace restaurant at Strahov Monastery.
7. A bit of fun – watching the people rather than the clock at the Astronomical Clock in Old Town Square.
8. Biggest surprise – the quality of food and beer at the stalls in Old Town Square.
9. Most used phrase – time for a drink as my feet are hurting.
10. Luckiest – weather was great as it did not rain (early October!).
11. Once only – the unconventional commentary from Isaac on the Sandemans free walking tour. I think the tour is a type of therapy for him! Fun, slightly eccentric, self-reflecting, entertaining, left me wanting more detail on the history and sights. Some people will love it and some will not. It was free and I had the choice to stay or leave. I stayed for three and a half hours as did nearly everyone, so big thanks to Isaac.
12. The 4 hours we spent at the Jewish Museum (with hindsight I would have bought a good guide book to keep rather than the expensive disjointed audio commentary).
I am sure I will return, despite the competition from Barcelona, Rome, Paris, London………
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Great report; I am glad you had a great time. As you liked the public transportation, please post it on the forum about the Inspectors....
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Nice report ,thanks for sharing.
TORII
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Going in couple of weeks-thanks for a great report-sounds amazing. Is the vegetarian resturant close to Old Town Square? Any good bars you would recommend? Do you need travelpass or is everything close enough? Many thanks
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Yes, restaurant is within 10 minutes walking distance of Old Town Square, but you will need a map to find as it is down a small side street. Put the address (Borsov 2/280, Prague) into Google maps. There are more reviews under %26quot; Prague Restaurants%26quot; section on this site.
The only place we drank beer in town was on the old town square because the weather was great. We went in a fair few bars between town and our hotel at Andel, Praha 5. We chose bars by the brand of beer we liked - Pilsner Urquell - and just went in asking for 2 beers please (in Czech, probably very poorly pronounced but understood as the beer turned up!). Paid between 33 and 40 Kc for 0.5litres. Wouldn%26#39;t have a clue what the bars were called. All bars we visited were smoking establishments (though veggie restaurant was non - smoking).
Travel pass depends on so many factors, such as where your hotel is, how you are getting from the airport to your hotel, whether kids/suitcases are involved, what you want to visit and where you are going! We used two one day passes at 100Kc each to co-incide with the airport trips at the beginning and end of our weekend. Probably didn%26#39;t do enough to make it cost effective but at that price, the convenience of not having to buy multiple tickets made it worthwhile. In between we walked - and we were not staying centrally. Always remember to validate your ticket on first use in the yellow machine at the metro entrance/on the bus. The ticket has arrows and a blank space for the time stamp so it is easy to work out what to do.
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http://www.lehkahlava.cz/en_kontakt.htm
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