Prague Off the Beaten Path Tips by eleanorbueza

Find your way southward to the area called 'Vysehrad'. There, you will find a beautiful church, Saint Peter and Paul's Church next to the impressively ornate Slavin Cemetary overlooking the dark Vltava River. At this cemetary, I saw the most gorgeous graves and monuments to Praha's most influential and rich. Here, I even saw the graves of composers Smetena and Dvorak. Take a stroll around the fort to enjoy views of the city. To one side, you will see a major traffic bridge with high fencing on either side of it. This is, according to locals, the best place to jump off and commit suicide, as the survival rate is practically zero.

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If you have time, try to pass by the Jewish Quarter. At the kassa off Parizka street, just past the Old-New Synagogue, you can buy a combination ticket for around CZK490, which allows you entry into: The Jewish Museum (gallery with artifacts, paintings and tapestries), The Maisel Synagogue (more exhibition space from the Jewish Museum), The Pinkas Synagogue (simple synagogue with names of remembered Holocaust victims written on the walls, with small cemetary in the back), The Spanish Synagogue (Moorish-style synagogue with impressive painted patterns on the interior walls and ceiling), The Old Jewish Cemetary (one the most important surviving monuments in Prague's Jewish Town), and The Ceremonial Hall.

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