creative ideas for passing time in Prague
 

Hello friends,

We are a group of families and we'll be visiting Prague for a whole week next August . We're looking for creative ideas for passing time in Prague besides sightseeing tours and shopping rounds ( Kutna Hora & Karlovy Vary tours are already booked ) . Thank you all.

I'm not sure what you're looking for. Do you want to sightsee or not? What are your interests? What do you mean by creative ideas - on what topic?

surf the tourist web site for Prague (its in English) to start with as there will be say nude sunbathing in the park (I went to sleep in the park and woke up surounded by naked bodies) wine tastings etc.

There is a who ground in town so I avoided last winter "European Sex toys show". Really there is no repeating thread here.

Go and see the second biggest book in the world (boring)
Museums (so many and also good if you like Art Deco). Then walk the castle site (lots of little places to pop in. We took the tram to the top and walked down.

You must get a weeks free tram rides (pick up at airport) so you can go tram hoping

Terezin concentration camp makes for an interesting, if not sobering, day.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/...t/terezin.html

You can ride the trams into districts other than Prague 1 and see parts of the city that tourists don't generally frequent.

Eat with THE LOCALS in one of those covered, self-contained restaurants near the Astrological Clock; you can decide on your own whether or not the paper silouettes being carved in your "honor" are worth purchasing.

Go see The Loretto (or at least the one the angels decided to drop off in Prague; there are others throughout Europe) and specifically, go into the vaulted "treasury room" if you want to see lots of gemstones and hand-made religious artwork.

Agree with the rec for "tram hopping" as it can be relaxing and enjoyable.

Consider one of the marionette shows for which Prague is famous.

Hang around in Wenceslas Square and watch the hookers; better yet, hang around and watch the people who do BUSINESS with them!

Dukey has good suggestions. Also catch a puppet show at the lively Divadlo Minor and buy a puppet for yourself at Truhlar Marionety. visit the kafka statue outside spanish synagogue. walk, walk in this old city to see Romanesque basilicas and gothic turrets at every turn!

take a two hour train ride to Dresden ,
spend a day in a very different place.

Visit Karlstejn Castle -- about 35 minutes away by train.

Go to the Communism Museum (http://www.muzeumkomunismu.cz/).

Climb to the top of the Old Town Tower on the Charles Bridge and start snapping pictures.

Wander Vinohrady for an architectural tour.

I'll second joann's suggestion if you have any sense or interest in history. Terezin wasn't a concentration camp as people generally use the term (Auschwitz, Dachau, Sobibor and Bergen-Belsen were extermination camps), its history is more complicated, and underhandedly sinister than some of the other camps precisely because of how the Nazis used it for propaganda purposes.

And why would you go on sightseeing tours instead of doing it yourself?

Thank you Adrienne for being interested in answering my query. After we finish with sightseeing and shopping , there might still be time for us to do other activities in Prague , so your suggestions in this regard are most welcome.

Prague has an incredible music scence - everyting from grand opera to the biggest pop stars to street corner entertainers of all ilks. The prices are generally very low and the qualityhigh. Go to the town hall and get a list of events - there will be many each day - often held in curches or municipal buildings - most of which are worth your time.

Tour the ghetto - fascinating
Take an architectural tour of the old town

I don;t know why you wuold need to "pass time" - I could spend weeks and not run out of things to do.

Go to the Bellavista for lunch on the patio and great views.

Take the funicular to Petrin Hill.

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How about 10 pin bowling,several places in the city ans at very cheap prices.
a trip to Letna park is very nice ,only 10 minutes by tram from the city center,this is where the Prague skateboearder and rollerblader strutt thier stuff on the base of a demolishe Stalinist monument,there is also a beer garden there for a little refreshment.In august the football(soccer) season might have startedso try to get to a game,I was in Prague a few weeks ago and went to the Sparta V Tepilce game ,great fun.
sdomone has metioned travelling the trams,it is and excellent idea and very cheap 24hr tickets is 100czk but at weekend a nostalgic or historical tram runs and it is great fun.
http://www.myczechrepublic.com/prague/trams.html
there are evening boats cruises as well as folklore evenings if you fancy anything like that.
http://www.pragueexperience.com/
http://www.prague.net/
http://www.livingprague.com/
these websites should give you some ideas,the last one is a really informative site and i met the guy that runs it on my trip a few weeks ago,he has lived in and around Prague since the mid 90's and has lots of info.

sorry about the spelling in the last post,using a Polish keyboard at the moment,very unsuccessfully

Have you been to Prague so many times that now your bored with it?

Believe me LSky It has nothing to do with boring , I'm so facinated with Prague (otherwise I wouldn't have decided to visit it )that I want to taste as much of its diverse beauties as I can .

There is a mirror maze on Petrin Hill. I have not done this since I'm claustrophobic but I think it sounds fascinating and off beat.

I enjoyed walking on Nerudova Street and looking at the signs above the doorways. It's between St Nicholas Church (not the one on the main square - the other one near the castle) and the Loreto church.

I'm always interest in wandering through foreign supermarkets to see what unusual things are offered.

Lots of sugestions. You can view a bit of information on these two sites. www.inyourpocket.com Click on the city and then 'instant'. For gerneral information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/prague

Sorry, the spelling police are watching. 'general'

The Pinkas synagogue should be on everyone's itinery.

Additionally here's my post on an earlier thread about things to do in Prague:
"A great film to watch is "Operation Daybreak" (1976 - with Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw & Joss Ackland) a very accurate portrayal of the events surrounding the assasination of Heydrich by Czech partisans in 1942 and their eventual capture in the crypt of a church some days later.

You can visit a very moving museum in that same crypt too.. still with the bullet marks on the walls. A very moving testament to the courage of the individual.

The Church in question is St Cyril & Methodius and is in the centre of Prague. The full story can be read here:
http://www.elsham.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/prague.html

I strongly recommend this as a morning's activity - it'll help to keep all the beauty and wonder that is Prague in perspective."

Hope you have a great trip!

Dr D.