I just planned a weeklong trip to Prague on a whim for the first week in July. I am traveling alone and would like any tips that someone can offer - things to see, places to eat, shopping, side trips, etc. (hotel is booked). Thanks.

We will be in Prague on June 30 and July 1. Last week I posted a query regarding retaurants or pub recommendations but haven't received any responses. We are stayng in Mala Strana and I was interested in things in that area as well as other parts of Prague. Hope someone helps us.

Prague is a great city. I stayed at the Orian Suite Hotel while there. Very reasonable but not in the old city. I didn't really make notes of where I ate. Just usually picked one around where I was at. Didn't have any bad meals. <BR>Places to see, The museum of Industry and Technology. The old Jewish quarter and graveyard. Wander around the old city (Stare Majestro (sp)). The astrological clock from the 13th century. Sit and have a meal or drinkd at the old city square and people watch. Some good shopping if you wish around the old city. Prague castle is worth going through. Take a 1 or 2 day trip to Czesky Krumlov (a 13th century village). Take a one day trip to Karlovy Vary. Wander around Wenceslas (sp) square. <BR>Do a search selecting Czech Republic from the pull down and you will find a log of great information. <BR>Regards, <BR>Art <BR>

I spent a week in Prague last May and had a terrific time but I had an agenda of my own based on my particular interests, which was heavy on classical music. You can't miss finding decent places to eat if you walk around the main square areas, both in Old Town and across the bridge in Mala Strana. I could recommend some classical music events if that were your interest, but don't want to go into details if its not. Just get a good guidebook, it will tell you main sites and good day trips--I recommend Frommers' guide to Prague, it was the best I saw for all-purpose use, and had a very good section in back for easy day trips throughout CR, with explicit directions, which other guidebooks (like Eyewitness) don't have at all. It also had excellent suggestions for restaurants and shopping. there are several good bus tour companies that do the day trips and they will have brochures and info around the bottom of the Wenceslaus Square area, as I recall, near the metro stop. There is also a tour stop near Namesti Republicky metro entrance that probably has flyers (Martin Tours, which I took to Cesky Krumlov one day, departs from there). In a week, you probably want to do a couple day trips, Cesky Krumlov is good, as as well as a few places closer to Prague. I will warn you I've heard it is absolutely crammed with tourists in the summer, so be prepared. Buy the weekly metro pass ticket, it's a real bargain (as I recall only about $5-10), just be SURE to always have it on you as the metro ticket police will likely ask to see your ticket at some time if you are obviously not Czech (they can tell, well, so can I), especially on the trams; I was checked and they were polite and professional, but I had mine, so there was no problem. The trams are the system where you can get on easily, no checking of tickets while entering, so they do have to check tickets regularly to ensure the integrity of the system. The ticket inspectors will likely show a badge or something in your face and say something (which you won't understand) about checking ticket; I made the big faux pas of thinking they were a panhandler or something and ignored them or told them to scram (in Czech, I had studied for 6 months before going), until I finally understood what they were saying--man, was I embarrassed and afraid they'd be po'd, but she was ok with that, espec because I could apologize etc in Czech.

Thanks all for the replies. Sorry i posted this message three times but this is my first time using this site and I kept getting an error message and didn't think it was posting my message. <BR> <BR>

Tom & Nancy, <BR> <BR>There have been many great tips given on previous posts about Prague. I would highly recommend that you search on "Prague" at the search function on this page and you should find info on all things Prague. Have a wonderful trip!

Hi Tom, <BR> <BR>I lived in Prague for two months and itīs really a great place to visit. However there are some things that you should know to make your trip more enjoyable: <BR>-First thing you need arriving in Prague is cash. There are a lot of ATMīs in Prague so thatīs not a big problem. NEVER ever exchange money on the street with some *nice* local, the czech crown is a hard (is that English?) currency and you wonīt get any real money cheaper than at bank. <BR>-Keep away from taxi caps waiting somewhere, stop and use one of the moving ones and look at the price per kilometer thatīs printed on the door (the waiting taxis charge you legally 10$ per kilometer, a good price is considerably less than 1$). If you donīt trust the taximeter (or whatever that thing is called that calculates the fee) name your destination and ask for the price, 5$ should get you anywhere in Prague. <BR>-Get rid of large banknotes. Every note exceeding 10$ is considered large in Prague and you may have problems paying your 0,50$ beer with it. Go to McDonalds (no kidding!) or Tescos (the british supermarket chain) and buy something, they wonīt cheat on you. <BR>-Most important: BUY THE PRAGUE POST!!! Itīs a weekly newspaper in English for tourists and foreigners living in Prague. You can get it everywhere and all the good places to go out are descriped and rated, including adress and average prices. Restaurants and bars in Prague close down and open up very frequently so your (new bought) tourist guide is propably outdated. It contains also lots of information of the kind I gave you above. <BR>One last word: Prague is a very save place and itīs very cheap for western tourists. It is however horrible expensive for the czech people living there (due to the fact that tourists donīt care if the beer is 0,50$ or 0,75$ although thatīs a price difference of 50%) so donīt get too mad at them if they shortchange you for 0,15$ (which they WILL do