Last synagogue of the day, phew, really, is the Spanish Synagogue, the highlight of all the synagogues in Prague. It is the most recent synagogue in the Prague Jewish Town built in 1868 for the local Reform congregation on the site of the 12th-century Altschul, which was the oldest synagogue in the Prague ghetto. It is called the Spanish Synagogue due to its impressive Moorish interior design influenced by the famous Alhambra, and this is what we are looking forward to seeing especially after the somber Pinkas Synagogue.
And it doesn’t disappoint, it really is impressive inside. We have never been to Alhambra, yet, but if it is as impressive as the Spanish Synagogue, we really are missing out.
We explore the main hall thoroughly on both levels. They are beautiful and we really enjoy exploring it both up and down and all around even though we thought we are already tired of synagogue after seeing already four others today.
There are also some exhibits showing objects and products created by the Jewish craftsmen in Prague and Czechia which are quite interesting to see.
There is also an exhibit showing how synagogues were destroyed during the occupation of Czechia by the Nazis, quite disturbing but less worse than what happened to the Jews proper of course.
After that it is quite late in the afternoon and we are quite hungry so we pick the first good looking restaurant that has traditional Czech dishes and order. The restaurant is not the best from a service perspective, they sit us inside but right next to a very loud group that chainsmokes and when we ask to be moved to any of the other free places (And the whole restaurant is empty inside) they say it is just not possible. The food is good but they do not offer any refills or anything, it feels like they really do not care about us as customers. We are happy when we leave, it is time to return to the hotel on a very convoluted route taking us through the “New Town”.
