Prague Things to Do Tips by codrutz

This beautiful sharp pointed roof church Church of Our Lady before Tyn Review

I liked this church very much. In fact the whole Old Town Square is great. One distinctive feature, beside of course the pointed roof, is the fact that the lower part main facade is hidden from one's eyes behing some new 'italian style' buildings.

The U Matky Bozi Pred Tynem (original czech name) was built in 1365, has 80 meter tall towers, and the whole interior is gothic style dating from the 15th century.

Address: Tynsky chram.

Directions: Near Old-Town Square.

Phone: +420 222318186

National Museum National Museum Review

Next time I will be in Prague I will take more time and visit the National Museum too as I've heard it interesting.

For the moment I know that this is a good point of reference for a Prague tour. The metro station "Narodni Muzeum" takes you out just in front of this big building and at the beginning of the Vaclavske Namesti - the wide street/promenade going north-west to Stare Mesto.

Address: Narodni Muzeum

Directions: Wenceslas Square

Phone: +420-224497111

Website: http://www.nm.cz/

Boat trip on Vltava Vltava river and bridges Review

I took a boat trip on my last day in Prague. You got to do this. It was very relaxing and from the boat on the Vltava you can review the places you have visited in your memory.

Address: (Moldau)

Some first overall view

This picture is taken from a terrace of the Hrad Castle (which is a must visit). From this angle Prague seems much alike Paris with its magnificent bridges over Vltava, nice red roofs and green vegetation.

St. Vitus Cathedral inside Hrad Castle St Vitus's Cathedral Review

Something like the Tyn Church, the very large Saint Vitus Cathedral view is blocked by the building between Hrad's Squares.

Address: Katedrala sv. Vita, Vaclava a Vojtecha

Directions: Prague Castle

Perfect view of the Tyn Church from Powder Tower

I took this picture which looks like a postcard :) from the nice Powder Tower (Prasna Brana) - built in 1475, 65 meters high, for which I had to climb the 186 stairs to the roof's four viewing points. Two of these viewing points looks out to the Old Town Square, projecting the pointing roofs of the Tyn Church into the sky.

Architecture and houses in Prague

Visiting either the Nove Mesto (The New City) or Stare Mesto (The Old City), the housing architecture is striking, beside the plentitude of towers (tip: climb into the Powder Tower to see a wonderful presentation of Pragues recent and old towers), every house looks incurrable romantic.

Wouldn't you just love to live in a house like this one in the picture?

The beautiful Vltava and the seagulls

I was really in luck with a great weather. Bad weather definitely distort your perspective of a new city that you visit. The true beauty of Prague together with this nice weather, made me to instantly fall in love with this city.

The River Vltava crossing trough Prague is really large and it is a wonderful feature of the city. Because of it, there are bridges and you can have cruises with the boats.

Swans Vltava river and bridges Review

I like swans .. they are gracious birds .. probably I am fond of those white birds because I don't have the chance to see them on Dambovita (the river running trough my homecity - Bucharest), and I find this to be a nice thing

Hradcany Fortress Prague Castle Review

Hradnacy fortress can be considered as a city inside the city - like Vatican City - here, beginning with the IXth century to the XXIth, was home for generations of czech royalty. King Karel IV was the first to command the building of Saint Vit Cathedral in 1344.
Inside the fortress you will find many points of interest like: Mathias Gate, The Chapel of The Saint Cross, National Gallery, Spanish Hall, Notre Dame, Powder Tower, The Old Royal Palace, All Saints Church, The St.Gheorghe Churc and Monastery, Golden Street, White Tower and other.

Address: Prazsky hrad

Website: http://www.hrad.cz/