Things to do in... Prague

Nickibaby*

Any suggestions appreciated

bills

the castle, charles bridge & take the funicular railway up petrin hill.

ChewChew

OMG was in Prague in February. it is such a fabulous city. And a nice walking city aswell, but it's all cobblelocked to bring comfy shoes!!! Stiletto's are kinda awkward!!!

There's also the sex machines museum if you're looking for a laugh. There's a huge nightclub at the Charles bridge area and plenty of coctails bars. It's such a nice city. you'll have a blast!!!

Nickibaby*

Sounds eh... different I might just have to check that out

Would anyone know about the different 'Districts' in Prague, there is a hotel in District 9 I like the look of would it be far from the City and main tourist attractions. It says on the hotel website 2 Metro stops away but is the Metro safe to use and would it be within walking distance. Advice grately appreciated.

bills

dont know about 9th district but the metro is perfectly safe. we stayed in 5th district & used it all the time. The trams are very handy too- worth buying a 3 day pass etc.. if you are going to be using them a lot.

ro1798

the prague numbers are from centre out prague 9 is a good bit out... pm me and i can sort you with links to appartments in prague 1 and 2...

the starroprammen brewary is in the centre of prague and it has a tour... been to prague 9/10 times cant remember and am going in august again..

amazing city.. fantastic sights and the people out of the centre are cool...

ronan

jester77

If you get into Prague and walk towards the national musuem you will get lots of offers for accommodation. Works out a lot cheaper and some of them are characters. I took an apartment from a guy who had some great stories about Prague, it's history and the Russians.

Also, the places in the center are expensive and aimed at the tourists. If you head out a small bit (2 or 3 stops on the metro) you can find some great restaurants and bars at a fraction of the cost.

They have some great opera's in Prague, they are worth checking out and I would put that high on the todo list!

deisebabe

bills wrote: »

the castle, charles bridge & take the funicular railway up petrin hill.

I second that. Also go to the square with the astronomical? clock.
The nightclub beside charles bridge is great craic. think it used to be swimming pools in there....lots of graffiti and they check u for weapons on the way in. Also theres a bar in wenceslas square thats at the top of a building...cant miss it. good buzz and the cocktails are lovely. Dont bother with the museum at the top of the square.

derry

I stayed the youth hostel which was fairly cheap in center ville

I searched for other solutions as I was there for two weeks but they were to far out or too expensiive close to town for my low budjet holiday 30 euros a day after hostel cost so I never moved

Sorry I prefer to do more low budget holidays than one big splash expensive holiday

Seemed to me that great luxury rooms single and double at very low prices compared to Irelald were to be had in nice hotels from 40 euros to 100 euros a night and the same thing in Ireland would cost 5 times more than that


I avoided the strip joints and the hookers (mostly they say they are from Bulgaria and work for Bulgarian mafia )that are all over the center of the city

A few people from the hostel didn't and often lost everything :eek:
usual scam promise of action then a few drinks first to get things moving (which are spiked) :eek:
and wake up in a alley with no money and no action to boot :rolleyes:

At least nothing is cuaght that way

Better than Russia where the kidney or kidneys might be gone as well:eek:

Outside the center say two miles the resturants were much much cheaper and good food

Further out the town about 6 miles is big shopping centers very similar to the Dunnes stores or Tesco and great value in cloths and food

I saved a fortune shopping there once a week for the big items for food for the week

Good markets close to the town but a lot of illegal copy cat stuff of dubiuos quality

Trians are great and fairly cheap
Underground is cheap and so are trams
I didn't rent a car so I don't know
i never used taxi so I don't know

Just one thing for underground lots of inspectors and you have to pay a special ticket for the bags as well

There is a on the spot fine sytem and the bags ticket rule catches a lots of tourists out

Good to go to Pilzner town (their version of Guiness )if you can fit it in

Country side is very green

Pilnzer town is a bit more run down shabby place like going into communist regime stuff not so rich town but really nice people and great beer and cheaper again


Praugue well worth a holiday for a few day to a week but for two weeks especialy worth to hire a car to go out and about and see the rest of the region which has mountians lakes and castles and all sorts and prices are often much cheaper outside Praugue (PHARA )on average

Lots of activitys sport centers exist outside the town from parachute jumping, ,para gliding ,horse riding , go carting , light aircraft lessons ( I had pre booked a few flying hours half the price of IREALND is about 125 euro per hour in Ireland ) and for the wannabe Dublin gangsters they have every type of machine gun to play with at those no questions asked shooting ranges where they reputidily practice shooting out other Dublin crime figures


The suburbs are interesting if you get a chance to go about 5 miles out
lots of huge tower blocks for miles and miles and a hell of a job to find my Cheueqe friends appartment in that maze but never felt threatened or unsafe there like you would if it was Balymun flats where I once lived one time

Beware it can rain anytime of the year often just quick showers before winter time and then it snows instead due to a series of funny weather factors so pack a rain coat or good cold weather gear if its a winter holiday

Even October it can be have very frosty morning starting the day and later in the day hit 20 degrees like a warm Irish day


Derry

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Saint_Mel

Torture Museum