Top Hotel Prague

... . .   We arrived in Prague in the early evening to stay for two nights at Park Inn.  Park Inn Hotel, Prague   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   A brief on Prague: It's the capital of the Czech Republic, and also its largest city with a ...

... up the slopes. Then we climbed a hella-huge staircase, which I had to stop like eleventy times before reaching the top, where Prague castle was situated (I don't care how defensible it is, I'm sick of these castles being in high places that I have to ...

... four hired hands). We became friendly with her. (After the tour, her husband, Michael, joined her and they visited us in Prague.) Robert Harte was an Australian sailor from Perth returning to Australia from a four-month stint at Great Lakes Naval Base. We ...

... nbsp; I spent the next couple hours posting yesterdays blog, writing this current posting, and checking my messages. I can honestly say, that Prague is my favorite European city now.  I have now revised my quote to say that any good city should have ...

... to dinner, updating my blog and reading the over 100 notifications on facebook. The dinner that was provided in the hotel restaurant was top notch.  I feasted on cooked vegetables, rice, turkey, chicken legs, fresh salad, bread, and an assortment of ...

... are as they are a different colour. Had a fantastic lunch at a cafe there (great cakes in Germany!). Continued on towards Prague. Got stuck in a massive traffic jam so the journey took way longer than expected so instead of getting into Prague in the ...

... the rain, but still I have some nice ones. Links for more info: The Astronomical Clock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Astronomical_Clock Charle’s Bridge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bridge Prague Castle: ...

Very lovely city.  Arrived very early, some snow on ground, but roads very clean. The hotel we stayed in was Old Town Square Hotel which, as the name suggests, is in Old Town Square.  The square is pedestrianised and very open. We asked ...

... a long trip but quite nice. Esther has gone travelling so I am on my own but I feel very comfortable coming back to prague. My hotel, which I booked online for a cheap price without knowing where it was, is actually only a block from the church I attended ...

... of the Christmas carol fame. Czech Republic has just joined the EU and the dark times of the Iron Curtain are behind them. However it is still cheap for travellers to live. Footnote: The Historic Centre of Prague is UNESCO World Heritage ...

... to Josefov, the Jewish Quarter of Prague. We wanted to see a few synagogues and a popular cemetery, but apparently all of Prague's tourists decided to visit Josefov on Wednesday morning. There was a line for the cemetery that literally wrapped around the ...

... streets, arches everywhere, cobbled footpaths, roads passing under the second story of buildings, market squares, and even cobbled walls. Prague even has a castle on top of a hill. You can almost see it out my window… just… kind of… no ...

... many years of travel, but then, in the Tourist Guide to Prague, the official book that is distributed in every hotel and tourist trap in Prague, this very same guide after describing what happens on the hour, states, and I quote "it sounds more ...

... really interested in going through museum overload again, either, so I climbed all 287 steps (dammit!) to the top of the bell tower to snap some pics. Prague is really pretty in the daytime. Of course the one dry thing I had was my longsleeve underarmor ...

... It would be my mission in the two and a bit days we had in Prague to find out. We arrived in Prague early on Tuesday morning and walked to our hotel, the Grand Hotel Europa. Stepping into the hotel was like being in a time warp - the elegant art ...

... to London Stansted, just outside of London in Essex.    We spent the last two nights in an amazing hotel on the Old Town Square in Prague.  On arriving at the airport Jeff went to get some cash as they use Czech Krowns as their currency ...

... and just when it looked like we would be on time we hit the afternoon rush hour on the outskirts of the Prague. We eventually made it to the hotel which was a little out of town and was called Hotel Dum (pronounced Doom) which was quite appropriate seeing ...

... and I read about it as well...but that will be some other time...one day... Now - a few little personal observations about Prague... Horses and carriages...I loved horses and carriages on the streets!...it's a little too corny for my taste to ride around ...

... 09     Continuing To Enjoy Prague Yesterday (12.8.09) was a very cold, very rainy day in Prague.  After breakfast at our hotel, we headed out for Josefov (Old Jewish Quarter), this time walking a different route to get there (and ...

... is the only part of the original fortifications still standing. Nearby is a statue of Charles IV holding the deeds of Prague University, which he founded. The figures on the sides show the faculties of Medicine, Law, Philosophy and Theology. The square ...