Discover Prague

In Prague you will find numerous different hotels with special offers such as:

Hotel Grand Majestic Plaza, in Truhlarska, 16
Hotel U Prince in Staromestske namesti, 29
Hotel Diplomat in Evropskà, 370/15
Hotel Intercontinental Prague in Parizska, 30
Hotel Park Inn in Svobodova Street, 1

Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic since 1992, it is crossed by the river Moldova that divides the city into two parts, its historic center was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The city has a continental climate with long, harsh winters with heavy snowfall in November, winter temperatures are often below zero and can even reach up to -20°C, and summers are warm with average temperatures of just above 20°C, but if the sun shines all day the temperatures may rise by up to 30°C; middle seasons are relatively mild, it rains especially in summer and in the month of May.

Prague is served by Ruzyne International Airport, which is the hub of the national airline, CSA Czech Airlines, but lately it is also open to the low cost international companies.

Prague has a metro system that covers all the most attractive tourists areas, the external areas are served by numerous bus lines and tram rail, there are also ferries to get around the river Moldova and also organized tours on the river by boats similar to Paris' Bateaux Mouches.

The city is divided into 22 administrative districts, which are called Prague 1, Prague 2, Prague 3, etc., still remain, however, the old names of districts such as: Mala Strana (Little Quarter), Stare Mesto (Old Town), Nove Mesto (New Town), Vysehrad (little island on the river Moldova), Josefov (Jewish Quarter) and Hradcany (Castle District of Prague).

One of the most visited attractions in Prague is the Charles Bridge or Karlův Most, its construction was commissioned by Charles IV in 1357 and completed in 1402, about 500 meters long, the bridge is decorated on both sides with statues of saints, in the two ends there are fortified towers builded on a particular form in gothic style; it connects the two districts of Mala Strana and Stare Mesto.

Stare Mesto offers many attractions to visit like the beautiful Old Town Square with the particular Astronomical Clock, placed on the tower of the Town Hall, built at different times and in different styles from gothic to renaissance, on the stroke of every hour that becomes animated and starts moving the statues of the saints present inside the clock, the church of San Nicola which has a very particular architecture entirely in Baroque style and the two bell towers and the cupola made of bronze, Kinsky Palace a beautiful rococo-style building that hosts an art gallery and the Church of Our Lady Before Týn, made entirely in gothic style exterior, inside was decorated in baroque style after the fire that devastated the previous gothic architecture. Other buildings in the square are the House of Stone Aries, on the south side of the square, the Storch House a Renaissance-style building decorated with a paint of St. Wenceslas.

The Small Town is adjacent to the Castle District of Prague and has many monuments to visit, the main ones are: the Church of St. Mary, a small church in baroque style which has inside it the statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague, brought by princess Polyxena Lobkowicz and donated to the city and the Church of St. Nicholas that is a beautiful example of baroque style of Prague, which blends elements of late baroque and rococo, the interior is in baroque style.

The Prague Castle is located on a hill and is not a single residence but a complex of buildings and churches, making it the largest castle in the world. Inside one of the buildings of the castle lives the President of the Czech Republic, the other buildings are accessible and are locations of museums and art collections. Inside the castle you can visit the famous Golden Street, a small narrow lane, place of ancient alchemists and goldsmiths. Is also interesting to visit the Jewish Quarter, or Josefov, once home of the ancient ghetto of Prague, has inside several synagogues, many still in use, the most interesting are the Spanish Synagogue, but simple in external architecture richly decorated with golden stucco in Arabic style and Synagogue Old-New, built in Romanesque style is the oldest synagogue in the city, inside there is a museum about the Holocaust.