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Párek v rohlíku: The most familiar and easy-to-eat dish is definitely Párek v rohlíku sandwich, a simple dish consisting of sausage, tomato sauce and mustard wrapped by a crispy hot sandwich. Holding the hot and fragrant cake eating and wandering the street, it is very elegant. You can find it in Malostranská area (near the subway), Anděl (before Daichman) and Narodni Trida (next to Tesco MY).

Also you can try Svíčková na smetaně, a traditional dish consists of tenderloin beef with meat sauce, served with bread. And Chlebíčky (can be translated as small bread), a snack used to eat for side meals, beers can not help but try like Pivo yellow beer, Kofola carbonated drinks.

Beer in Prague: Coming to Prague without trying a few glasses of beer at Riegrovy Sady beer garden, it is a regret thing, especially at the summer afternoon here like a cultural area and a beer festival with all kinds of beers, local girls are completely natural and enjoy a bit of hot sausage and many other delicious foods.

Food tour: Or to make it simpler, you can buy a food tour to explore the cuisine around this city, learn more about traditional dishes, the city’s history. A highlight food tour is Prague Food Tour, which lasts 4 hours to walk around the streets and try 7 different traditional dishes of Prague. Tour price is 75 euros including tasting and eating dishes, you can find out on their website here.

Tips for having a saving meal: Prague restaurants often have discounted meals on weekdays from 11AM to 2PM, you can come and ask for more information from them, but note the menu usually in Czech language, you just speak English and they will advise you.

Prague travel blog: Best places to visit and top things to do in Prague

Ancient Prague is famous for its signature Baroque architecture style from the 17th, 18th century, houses, alleys or castles are always attractive spots for anyone, even although you have visited a few times but still want to come back. Admission to several major attractions.

• National Opera House: $3 – $50
• St. Nicholas Church: $2.75
• DOX Center for Contemporary Art: $7.75
• Prague Castle: Free if only visiting outside

Living costs in Prague are a bit more expensive than other Eastern European cities like Krakow or Budapest. Another minus point is that this city is often very crowded with tourists, especially in the center area and some famous tourist attractions. These areas have quite a lot of expensive restaurants, but the quality seems to be very inadequate, and you have to be especially wary because Prague also has pickpockets like Paris or Barcelona. Traveling in Prague you should also try going in the evening to see the city when it lights up, while avoiding the crowded during daytime.

Castle District

This area includes major attractions such as: Prague Castle, St. Vitus Cathedral and Lobkowicz Palace, or some side spots like the Old Royal Palace, Powder Tower, ..

Prague Castle

First of all is the Prague Castle, called the castle, but it is actually a larger complex than I imagined, a miniature world of many different buildings such as the administrative center, square, church and even the housing and garden campus… Formerly, this was a central administrative area built in the 11th century, gathering and representing historical witnesses, art and culture of the whole city. To visit and explore the whole area you probably will have to spend an entire day.

If you go to Prague Castle from Charles Bridge, you will have a hard climb, instead you can take the Tram 22, going around the hill behind the castle, through the Královská zahrada garden, and enter from behind the castle. There are quite a lot of beautiful areas and buildings that if you want to visit you have to buy tickets, the ticket prices apply for each area, you can refer to this website: www.hrad.cz.

St. Vitus Cathedral

It is an architectural work that took more than 600 years to complete, located in the Prague Castle complex. Admission is free, but you will have to buy tickets for some special areas.

Charles Bridge (aka Charles IV)

Passing the Charles Bridge (named after King Charles IV) across the River Vltava from the Old Town surrounded by walls of the Prague Castle castle, you will see why this bridge is one of the symbols of ancient Prague. Initially the bridge was just connected trees, then rebuilt with stone in the 11th century, then completed in later years.

The bridge is a historical connection point of the famous Vltava river with one side is the old Prague castle representing an ancient civilization, another side is the area planned for later development and the Old Town area. You can see on the bridge that there are many sophisticated sculpted statues representing the art and painting level of that time. A famous statue here is the statue of Saint Nepomuk is the Saint of Confession and Patron Saint of love of the Czech people. So anyone who walks through this bridge will wants to touches his feet to pray for good luck and expects a day to return to Prague. You should visit Charles Bridge at sunset, the scenery here will be very beautiful and magnificent.

Old Town Square

The Old Town Square is a favorite place for backpackers, you not only feel shudder when looking at the scary looks of the Church of Our Lady before Týn but also see the famous astronomical clock here. The watch was first made and completed in 1410, is one of the three oldest astronomical clocks and one of the oldest still operate. At 12AM and 6PM, Astronomical Clock leisurely ring the bells, 12 apostles of Jesus Christ go through two windows one after the other, this journey is ended with the clearly loud of a rooster at the top of the windows.

Here you can relax for a while at the square with surrounding are many large buildings, shops, tasty restaurants and many street artists performing here. Town Square or Staromestske Namesti square that tourists often call Chicken square.

In addition to the clock tower, this square also is famous for Old Town Hall, Medieval Art museum and Gothic Tyn Church (Church of Our Lady before Týn). The Gothic Tyn church is easily recognizable right in the middle of the square with two huge towers in Gothic style, free admission.

Petřín Hill

Petřín is a hill in the city center, a symbol of Prague like the Eiffel Tower of Paris. Climb here you can enjoy the panoramic beauty of the whole city.

Jewish Cemetery

This is one of the most famous cemeteries in Europe because of the way tombs are built and arranged. At first glance, they seem to be very messy, but they are not. The entrance fee to this cemetery is not cheap but it is worth it.

Lennon Wall

This is actually just a pretty normal wall for a long time, but in the early 1980s it was painted a lot of Graffity paintings inspired by John Lennon. The wall originated from a student movement from the 1980s, young people wrote all their grievances on the wall and then a clash between students and police on Charles Bridge nearby . Since then the wall continues to be painted, drawn with many paintings with many different meanings.

New Town

This is a modern area of Prague city, with Wenceslas Square, you will easily recognize a warrior statue riding a horse in the middle of the main road and countless bustling shopping areas here. Also here you can visit the City Hall – Municipal House to feel the magnificent splendor, the famous architecture and artworks, stand out among the luxury restaurants in this neighborhood.

Other places to visit

In addition to the above attractions, Prague has many other places for you to try and explore. It is Dancing house, a unique building with twisted architecture, visiting traditional glass shops in Bohem to see Czech crystal, visiting Sapa market of Vietnamese people, etc. To reach Sapa market, you go to Sídliště Písnice station by taking the bus number 113 or 197.

Suggested Prague itinerary 2 days: How to spend 2 days in Prague perfectly?

Day 1

Take the Tram 22 to reach the complex of Prague Castle, wandering here and stop to visit St. Vitus Cathedral. Then continue going down to Malá Strana area, then go to Charles Bridge. Stand on the bridge and watching the sculptures, Vltava river and crossing the Karolinum area to Old Town Square (avoid going through Karlova street because this is a lot of theft and scams).

If you feel hungry or want to enjoy some drinks you can go to rooftop bar of U Prince hotel, from here you can see the whole of Old Town Square.

From the Old Town continues walking to the Wenceslas Square, where standing out with Art Nouveau architecture and many souvenirs are on sale. If you have time you can visit the National Museum and Parliament House, go to the north to reach the center of the Vinohrady neighborhood, visit Riegrovy Sady beer garden. Prague is called the city of towers, so you should not ignore the Zizkov television tower.

Day 2

Today we will visit another castle is Vysehrad, where there is a beautiful view to the Vltava river and smooth green lawns as a place for picnics and fun.

From Vysehrad castle you walk along the Vltava river in the direction of the Old Town, you will see a building with a very unique architecture: Dancing Prague, it bearing a bit of a modern architecture, mixed the traditional of Baroque, Gothic and architectural Art Nouveau.

Jewish Quarter Prague: Josefov, you can go to the Jewish town hall, go into one of the nearby buildings and look down from the window, a beautiful scene. Of course, when you came here, you could not ignore the Jewish Cemetery, lost of fee but worth a visit.

Prague is not only famous for its beautiful scenery, ancient architecture and unique art but also famous for its music. For those who love this art can enter the Classical Music Concert theater, enjoy and relax with a gentle concert, which will be an unforgettable memory.

In Prague in the evening, you can strolling around the city to see the city lights up, or go to the small pubs to enjoy wine and Czech beer. Prague is an extremely worthwhile place to go on your European journey, many people have come and want to come again and again, and if you ask any person who has been to Prague many times they are willing to write give you 15 things or 50 things to do in this ancient city. It sounds a bit funny, but it confirms that many people who have fallen in love with Prague, fell in love with this city ever since they arrived here!

Prague travel blog: Day-trips from Prague

The neighborhood areas you can refer to for the day-trips from Prague

• Kutna Hora: An old town 80 km from Prague is famous for Sedlec Ossuary – where preserved the remains of more than 70.000 people.
• Cesky Krumlov: This town has ancient castles, it takes about 3 hours by bus from Prague. You can contact to hire the vehicle on this page: Student Agency Bus.
• Olomouc: This area is very deserted tourists, being a residence place for students of the second largest Czech university.
• Karlovy Vary: A small town with castles, beautiful buildings built in the 15th century, no less than German fairytale castles.

Some best day tours, trips, activities and transfer services, tickets in, from and to Prague you can refer to

• Private Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) Transfers for Prague
• Romantic Prague Day Tour from Vienna
• Český Krumlov Day Tour from Prague
• Kutna Hora Day Tour from Prague by Train
• The Best of Prague Walking Tour
• Prague Hop-On Hop-Off City Sightseeing Bus Tour
• Prague Card
• Skip-the-Line Prague Castle Ticket (Rudolfinum Pick-Up)
• Prague Castle Admission Ticket with Overview
• Lobkowicz Palace and Prague Castle Combo Admission Ticket

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