Czechia has many interesting sites but none more famous than Prague, its capital. Owing to the fact that it wasn’t bombed extensively in the Second World War it maintains a well preserved downtown area that is worth visiting. Other places worthy of a visit in the countryside include Karlovy Vary, Karlštejn Castle and Kutna Hora.
We visited Czechia together once spending our time mostly in Prague with a day in Kutna Hora. It was a beautiful visit with many interesting sites and we are already thinking of returning to visit other locations outside of Prague.
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Trips
- The very expansive National Museum
We spend the afternoon in the National Museum exploring both the old and the new buildings and the many interesting exhibits - The really long Wenceslas Square
Wenceslas Square is an unexpectedly long square, almost 1 km long, with beautiful buildings on both sides and anchored by the National Museum - One last hoorah for Prague downtown
On our last day in Prague we start with a visit to the downtown area to finish the major sights including a famous church with a mummified hand - Dinner at the “Two Cats”
We end the busy day with a relaxing and filling dinner at “U Dvou kocek” – The Two Cats restaurant - Exploring downtown Kutna Hora more in depth
From St Barbara we return to Kutna Hora downtown train station on the scenic route trying to view all the other interesting sights that we missed - Impressive St Barbara’s Cathedral
St Barbara is a spectacular, cathedral-like church decorated with sharp spines, flying buttresses & frescoes - First time through downtown Kutna Hora to St Barbara Church
After our riverside walk from Sedlec we explore the interesting Kutna Hora downtown area on the way to St Barbara church - Sedlec Cathedral, an Unesco WHS, and a leisurely walk to Kutna Hora
The yellow Sedlec Cathedral is close to the Ossuary and worth a visit if in the area given its World Heritage Site status - To the famous Sedlec Ossuary
Sedlec Ossuary is about an hour away by train and a major attraction in Kutna Hora, an Unesco World Heritage Site - Night exploration of Prague with a risque museum
We go for an evening stroll through the downtown area finally seeing the famous clock at the right time and visiting a quite interesting risque museum right next to it - Short exploration of New Town Prague
We end the day tour through Prague with a walk through the New Town area with Cubist and Art Nouveau buildings - Spanish Synagogue, the exorbitant one
The Spanish Synagogue is the most recent synagogue in the Prague Jewish Town with impressive Moorish interior design influenced by the famous Alhambra - Pinkas Synagogue, a somber monument
Pinkas synagogue holds a sobering Holocaust memorial to nearly 80,000 Jewish victims and it is worth a visit just to understand the amount of lives lost without a good reason - The Old-New Synagogue, the home of the Golem
Part of our combo ticket is the Old-New Synagogue the rumored home of the Golem and Europe’s oldest working synagogue - Klausen Synagogue, a small, interesting museum
Interesting 17th-century synagogue in the Prague ghetto with exhibits affiliated with the Jewish Museum - The scenic Old Jewish cemetery
Scenic old cemetery home to thousands of tombstones including Rabbi Loew creator of the mythic Golem - Maisel Synagogue, the start of our Jewish Quarter tour
The start of our in depth visit to the Jewish Quarter is the Maisel Synagogue part of our combo ticket - Old Town Square
From the Old Town Hall we go and explore the large Old Town Square anchored by two major churches on two sides - Old Town towards Prague Town Hall
We walk in from the west side of the old town admiring the old buildings before visiting the superb Old Town Hall - St Cyril and Methodius Cathedral and the Dancing House
We start south of the downtown area exploring the historic Cyril and Methodius Cathedral and the scenic Dancing House - Charles Bridge, the most famous bridge in Prague
We end the day by crossing the historic Charles Bridge famous for its many statues - Going down on historic Nerudova Street
We descend from the castle via the beautiful Nerudova Street surrounded by magnificent buildings - The Golden Lane and lunch
Street lined with charming houses built in the 16th century for the guards of Prague Castle followed by a traditional lunch - St George Basilica, the oldest church in the castle
We decide to enter historical St George Basilica for a short visit because it is part of our combo ticket - Old Royal Palace Rooms
Second stop on our tour of the castle are the medieval castle rooms including the famous defenestration one - St. Vitus Cathedral in the middle of Prague castle
The visit to the Prague castle complex start with St Vitus Cathedral the centerpiece of the complex - Famous library at Strahov Monastery
Strahov Monastery is famous for the medieval library and it also has a few other religious attractions in the complex - Up the Petrin Hill with the funicular
We use the funicular to climb to the top of Petrin and then explore along the way as we follow the trail to Strahov Monastery - First steps in Prague, with nutrias(!) up to Petrin Hill
We start our visit to Prague with a walk in the neighborhood crossing the Vltava river and seeing our first nutrias