Prague, wow!

WE ALL LOVE PRAGUE AND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE… Prague is packed with history and charisma. The sights are well kept and certainly arent a let down. The prices are still cheap and accomodation is very good. The food is cheap as hell and extremely good quality….The castle offers great views of the city while Charles Bridge always seems to have performers and exhibitions on to keep you entertained. This city is a sheer delight and is a must for anyone serious about travelling Europe…

General Info about Prague

Baroque all around…

For complete information about Prague, nightlife, restaurants, cultural events visit www.praguecentralhostels.com

Area: 496 sqkm
Population: 1,173,000
Geographical situation: north latitude 50° 05′, east longitude 14° 27′, height above sea level 235 m (average)
Time: Central European (GMT+1), summer time – Central European +1 (GMT+2)
Climate: average temperature 9,0°C
summer season – July 19,0°C
winter season – January -0,9°C
The Vltava river flows through the city in the length of 30 km, its maximum width being 330 m
Parts of the historical centre: Hradcany, Mala Strana (Lesser Town), Stare Mesto (Old Town) including Josefov, Nove Mesto (New Town) and Vysehrad
Administrative division: 22 administrative areas
Voltage: 230 V

Legal tenders – Crown (Kc)* = 100 Hellers

Coins:
hellers: 50
Kc: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50

Banknotes:
Kc 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000

*Kc = Koruna ceska = Czech crown

Losses of credit cards are to be announced at the following telephone numbers:
272 771 111 – Master Card/Eurocard, Visa
267 197 450 – Diners Club
222 800 222 – American Express

Emergency call 112
Ambulance service phone 155
Police phone 158
Fire emergency phone 150
Municipal police phone 156
Emergency road service phone 1230, 1240
General information phone 12 444
Directory inquiries (Prague and the whole Czech Republic) phone 1180
Directory inquiries (international) – both telephone and fax numbers, call services and prices phone 1181

Calling from abroad to the Czech Republic

dial 00 420 + local number (9-digit number)

Calling abroad from the Czech Republic

dial 00 country code + local number
Chosen international country codes are listed below.

Prague Castle before…

International Dialing Codes

Australia 0061
Austria 0043
Belgium 0032
Canada 001
Denmark 0045
France 0033
Germany 0049
Great Britain 0044
Greece 0030
Hungary 0036
Israel 00972
Italy 0039
Japan 0081
Netherlands 0031
Norway 0047
Poland 0048
Portugal 00351
Russia 007
Slovakia 00421
Sweden 0046
Spain 0034
Switzerland 0041
USA 001
Czech Republic 00420

Some more info…

Old Town Sq in 17th century

Where to buy tickets

Ticketpro in Prague Information Service
- Old Town Hall, Staromestske nam. 1, Praha 1
- Lesser Town Bridge Tower, Praha 1 (during summer season)

Ticketpro
reservations by mail – 110 00 Praha 1, Klimentska 22, fax 234 704 204
http://www.ticketpro.cz, e-mail: ticket@ticketpro.cz

Lost credit cards: – American Express – phone 222 800 222
Visa, MasterCard/Eurocard – phone 272 771 111
Diners Club – phone 267 197 450

In 2007 the entrance fees to the Prague historical places of interest, museums and galleries are usually between 50 to 120 CZK, some of the private museums are more expensive. The admission fee charged at some of the largest and most significant historical sites such as the Prague Castle (350 CZK) and the Jewish Museum (290 CZK) appears to be rather high.

One of the entrences to the Church of Our Lady before Tyn…by www.oldpraguehostel.com

However the ticket is valid for visits to several places and it makes it very cheap. All the fees can be reduced because of the system discounts etc. Some of the places allow free admission on one of the days in a month.

In Prague center are a lot of Information centers/offices to get useful info, flyers, tickets…

Praha 1, Betlémské nám.
Praha 1, Mostecká
Praha 1, Na pøíkopì
Praha 1, Staromìstské nám.

At the castle is one aswell.

http://www.praha-mesto.cz
http://www.pis.cz/
 

Avoid!!

First of all I would like to say that Prague is SAFE place. Only thing is that a lot of people are trying to make money by cheating.

Taxi drivers – Never take TAXI standing at main turistic places! Trainstations, Old Town Sq.

Old Town Square by PragueCentralHostels.com

..they are waiting for you to charge you more. Ask for price first. Use some companies like AAA tel: 14014, City taxi tel: 257257257
Approx prices…from Airport…cca 600czk to city centre
from Main Train St (Hlavni Nadrazi)…cca 200czk…its really close to city center
from Holesovice train station…cca 350czk to city centre
All mentioned prices are approx all depends on traffic and where you go in the center but differences from mentioned prices would be 10th of Crowns, NOT hundreds!

Money exchange – never change money in the street, youll get fake or different country money with no value! Use banks or exchange offices and ask for final value you get! Again avoid offices at the trainstations, airport…

Pickpockets – Just watch your pockets, mainly in crowdy places, trams, metro…do not hang your cameras, jackets over chair in outside restaurants.

Otherwise its peaceful and safe city!!!!!!!!

Prague Square Hostel

http://www.praguesquarehostel.com

The best located Prague hostel

Prague Square Hostel is the best located hostel Ive stayed around the world. Its just at the famous Astronomical Clock, between two main Prague squares, Old Town Sqaure and Wenceslaw Square. You just walk everywhere!!!
The hostel is very clean, beds confortable. Theres common kitchen which is useful when you are on low budget. Plus we met a lot of nice people there.

Old Prague Hostel

http://www.oldpraguehostel.com

This hostel was great! Would recommend it to any traveller who is looking for a fun time in Prague! We stayed in a 6-bed dorm, everything was clean and there was one cupboard for each person to lock their stuff up in. Showers were clean (although in peak times not exactly hot, but still bearable), toilets also clean and common room area also spotless (if a bit smoky at times). Best of all, the staff were really relaxed – no packing up the breakfast at 5 past 10, it just kind of sat there until everyone had had their fill. There’s also safety deposit boxes at reception and a cage to put your luggage in after you’ve checked out. Five minute walk to old town square, supermarket round the corner (you can also cook at the hostel) and clubs, bars etc. all within easy walking distance.

Prague Night life

For complete information about Prague nightlife visit http://www.praguecentralhostels.com

Prague is well known by its nightlife. There are no time restrictions, alkohol restrictions!

Everybody finds his favourite place to go at night…someone just flane around night Prague which is safe at night and full of people.
Youll find here all kinds of bars, nightclubs, stripclubs, jazzbars, rockclubs…

Bars close generaly at 1 or 2am, but clubs are opened untill 6am and there are afterparty clubs and lounges which are opened untill next afternoon!

Bars are free to enter
Jazzbars fees 100 – 250czk
Clubs fees 100 – 500czk

Pub Crawls – For night tours just Czech out The Prague Underground

Karlovy Lazne – the biggest club in central europe www.karlovylazne.cz

Rocky o Reillys – biggest and best Irish bar in Prague www.rockyoreillys.cz

U zlateho stromu – bar, club, strip club www.zlatystrom.cz

Zanzibar – cocktails and dreams www.monin.cz

Radost FX – club, lounge, veg restaurant www.radostfx.cz

The Pack – sports bar and restaurant www.thepack.cz

Double Trouble – the small but popular club www.doubletrouble.cz

Bombai – great cocktail bar and indian restaurant www.rasoi.cz

Duplex – luxery roof club and restaurant www.duplexduplex.cz

Mecca – club, club, club www.mecca.cz

Ungelt – jazz and blues club, life music www.jazzblues.cz

U maleho Glena – jazz and blues, restaurant www.malyglen.cz

Batalion Hard Rock Cafe www.batalion.cz

Darling Cabaret Club – cabaret, strip club, shows www.kabaret.cz

Prague history

History of Prague

The Easter in Prague by www.praguesquarehostel.com

By Old Prague Hostel – Lejla and Prague Central Hostels

Prague was one of the most beautiful European cities since the Middle Ages and has had many nicknames as “ City of 100 towers”, “ Heart of the Europe”, “ Golden Prague”.
First mentions about initial inhabitants of Vltava valley goes to very deep history, when Celtic tribe come in 500 BC.
The history of the city goes back to the foundation of Prague Castle by Borivoj in 870 AD. After 894 it became the main seat of the oldest ruling dynasty of the state Bohemia, the Premyslid princes (Premyslovci). The first to leave a written record of the existence of a busy commercial centre and settlement below Prague Castle was the Arab-Jewish merchant Ibrahim Jakub, who visited Prague in 965 or 966 and described it as a town “built of stone and mortar”.

The Church of Our Lady before Tyn by Old Prague Hostel

Charles IV and his Golden Age
During the epoch of the Czech king and emperor Charles IV(1346 – 1378) Prague had flourished. Charles IV was very intelligent and educated, therefore lead the Czech land to the top of economic and cultural bloom. Prague was promoted to emperor residence, and political centre of Europe. In the start of his reign, in 1348, founded High school – The Charles university, where came youth of all Europe. He also founded first Student College – Carolinum (1366). Charles IV established the New Town. He appointed Matyas from Arras to conduct the built of cathedral of Saint Vitus in the style of top Gothic, which was finished by Petr Parler. Petr Parler conduct other magnifies buildings such as are Bridge Tower, Tyn church, church of All Saints.

The Easter Old Tonw Square

Charles was initiator of building of the Charles Bridge, which replaced Judith bridges (swept away by the flood) The Charles bridge had no sculptures in the time of its building and is work of builder Petr Parler.
Charles IV founded castle Carlstejn, which is near Prague upon river Berounka.

Ferdinand the Roman Catholic Habsburg was elected King of Bohemia (1526) and the Kingdom of Bohemia became part of the Habsburg monarchy and after the defeat of the first anti-Habsburg uprising of the Bohemian Estates (1547) the Prague Towns people lost a large part of their property and political privileges. But it was a period when culture flourished thanks to the personality and court of the art-loving Emperor Rudolph II. (1576-1612) who moved his seat to Prague in 1583 and endowed Prague’s galleries with the best Mannerist art in Europe and invited the respected astrologist Tycho de Brahe and Johannes Kepler and other famous scientists.

The Church of Our Lady before Tyn by PragueCentralHostels.com

. In that time Rudolph II founded his famous collection of Arts. There were created buildings and monuments. The Royal Garden-the garden was built in 1534 and embellished during the time of Rudolf II and Ball Hall is its part.
Golden Lane – Little houses from the 16th century, behind the St. George’s Basilica, where used to live emperor’s alchemists. Rabbi Jehuda Löw ben Becael was said that invented an artificial man – called Golem, who is still hidden on the field on the Old –New Synagogue, by the legend. Rudolph was more interested in science and arts then in politics so it led to revolts and his brother Matthias took the reign. Rudolph II issued Majestat in 1609 – free faith of Czech non-Catholic walks. Rudolph II is buried in a tomb in the St. Vitus Cathedral.

Prague 1918-1989
• After the independence and foundation of the Czechoslovac Republic, Dr. Tomas Garrique Masaryk becomes the first Czech President.
• 1920 The National Assembly carried the first Constitution
• 1938 Mnichov agreement – Czech had to renounce Soudets
• 1939 Started II.World war, Prague – capital of Nazi Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia
• 1945 liberation by the American and Soviet army, Dr. Edvard Benes – president
• 1948 the February putsch seizure power of KSC
• 1960 foundation of the Czechoslovak socialistic republic
• 1968 Prague Spring – an attempt to reform socialism, intervention of 5 states of the Warsaw Pact
• 1989 Velvet revolution, formation of the government of national tolerance, Vaclav Havel elected the president

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