Castle District (Hradcany) Prague

Prague , Bohemia, Czech Republic

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    City of Castles

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    Before we ventured to Prague we heading south, on to the region of Dresden, often dubbed 'Florence of the North' because of its beauty. This town completely rebuilt itself after being flattened in World War II. we saw Dresden’s signature buildings, like the Opera house, the domed Frauenkirche, the Royal Residence – once home to the …

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    Discovering Prague: Let the Exploring Begin

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    Both of us slept in until 8:00 am—a good 8 hours of sleep. Breakfast was at the hotel and the coffee was nice and strong. The coffee everywhere in Prague is the greatest. We checked out and headed by foot to the Intercontinental about half a kilometre away arriving at noon, checked in with the Avalon desk and were able to get to our room. …

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    Today was the castle district. Had a good look round St Vitus Cathedral which is the first cathedral Ive seen thats been more impressive than Canterbury Cathedral, probably cos its a Catholic cathedral and catholic churches always seem to be more ...

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    We're in Bohemia!

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    ... train ride to Prague, we took the tram to the train station and off we went. It was a four hour ride to Prague, known inside the Czech Republic as Praha.  The Czech Republic itself was known as Bohemia for many centuries, So here we are in Bohemia ...

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    ... , the Golden Lane (a row of shops) and the Picture Gallery (late renaissance art gallery).   Afterward, half of the castle district was closed off because, unbeknownst to us, the Pope was coming for a visit that evening.  ...

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    Another overnight train brought us to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Prague is a lot like Budapest--there's a castle district at the highest point of the city that overlooks a river, which in Prague is the Vltava River. Prague is the ...

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    Traveling from Berlin to Dresden and Prague....wow

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    ... midnight, and spent the next hour and a half writing this blog and checking out my comments on facebook.  Tomorrow is going to be a much anticipated day, as we have a guided tour of the city, and I am taking a medieval tour of the Castle ...

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    ... perfect view of the famous Prague Castle. We also had the great view of Vtlava River and a few bridges that link the medieval castle district and Little Quarter on the left bank and the Old Town and New Town on the right. The apartment is very nice ...

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    Prague weekend

    ... lot of the city. I think we were all fairly fatigued by the end of Saturday night. On Friday, we walked around the Prague Castle district and stopped in St. Vitus' church. We finished off our afternoon with lunch and a couple of beers at this beer ...

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    Praha...

    ... we were hit with a little rain so we used it as an exucse to sleep in a tad bit...we headed out to the Royal Castle district and took a look at the Gardens, Gothic Churches and Gov't buildings...after we walked all over the city for about three ...