Prague

PRAGUE INTRODUCTION

PRAGUE INTRODUCTION

Most of all, however, as you’ll immediately realize, Prague is one of the world’s capitals of art: of Gothic art in the 14th century, during the reign of Charles IV; of Renaissance art in...

THE WONDERS OF LOCAL CUISINE

THE WONDERS OF LOCAL CUISINE

The main ingredients in Bohemian cooking are meat, potatoes, and vegetables that grow on the hills around the city, especially mushrooms. In addition to soups made with vegetables or mushrooms, the...

CASTLE

CASTLE

Prague Castle is not just a single building, but a whole fortified district, perched on top of a hill, with just three gateways. Inside, visitors can admire a variety of buildings, towers, churches,...

OLD TOWN SQUARE

OLD TOWN SQUARE

It is located in the heart of the Old Town, in the market district, which until the end of the 18th century, like all the other districts of Prague, was considered a self-sufficient...

CHARLES BRIDGE

CHARLES BRIDGE

The bridge was built on the orders of Charles IV, the king who made fourteenth-century Prague one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and the task was entrusted to the German architect Peter...

MALA STRANA

MALA STRANA

Malà Strana starts out from the end of Charles Bridge and runs along the steep, narrow strip of hills between the Vltava and the Castle. The visitor has the impression that nothing has been...

JEWISH QUARTER

JEWISH QUARTER

The opening of Parizska Street at the beginning of the 20th century radically altered the appearance of the Jewish quarter. The old homes disappeared, but six synagogues, the Jewish Town Hall and the...

DANCING HOUSE

DANCING HOUSE

The “house” is in the New Town, a district with Art Nouveau buildings (or Secese, as the movement is known here), featuring a continuous variety of solutions and decorations, in keeping...

WENCESLAS SQUARE

WENCESLAS SQUARE

At one end, it is dominated by the large National Museum building, and at the Mustek end (meaning little bridge, recalling the bridge that once crossed the medieval moat), by the statue of Saint...

MUNICIPAL HOUSE

MUNICIPAL HOUSE

It is no coincidence that the palace and its decorations are the result of a collective effort from the finest Bohemian artists of the time, including the great Alfons Mucha, who designed the...

LORETO SANCTUARY

LORETO SANCTUARY

The sanctuary dominates Loreto Square with its lively shapes, slender central tower and pale plasterwork. This is one of the most beautiful squares in Prague, and is the heart of the Hradcany...

PETRIN HILL

PETRIN HILL

The park was created by combining the vegetable gardens of the monasteries with the gardens of the local aristocrats, which over the centuries took the place of the thick forest that once stretched...

CONVENT OF SAINT AGNES

CONVENT OF SAINT AGNES

The Convent of Saint Agnes is named after its founder, Agnes of Bohemia, the daughter of Ottokar I, King of Bohemia from 1198 to 1230. The young Agnes was raised in a convent, and although she had...

NATIONAL THEATRE

NATIONAL THEATRE

The National Theatre was built thanks to a group of patriots, who raised the funds among the population of Prague through donations from the noble classes, groups of workers and thousands of...

VYSEHRAD HILL

VYSEHRAD HILL

Legend has it that just before the year 1000, at the foot of the Vysehrad hill, Princess Libuse, founder of the first royal dynasty of Bohemia, pronounced the prophecy: “I can see a city whose...

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