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Ten things you definitely didn’t know about Prague and Czech Republic (or so we hope)

A glass cannon You may have heard about the Czech-made glass. But did you know, that the tradition of glassmaking dates back all the way to the 1250s? The oldest known glassworks in the country is located in Northern Bohemia, in a town called Kamenický Šenov. The area remains a major glass producer to this […]

The Střelecký ostrov – A calm oasis in the middle of action

The Střelecký ostrov (roughly translated as the Shooters island) is one of ten small islands on the Vltava river, that are within the city area. It is crossed by the Bridge of Legions (Most Legií), and connects the Masarykovo and Smetanovo embankment on the western side of Vltava with the Janáčkovo embankment on the East. […]

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10 Best sights to see in Prague

Prague is a city with well preserved architecture built within the last millenium, as well as many other attractions that are worth visiting – so saying what is the best depends mainly on the tastes of the visitor than any general opinion. Nevertheless, there is a certain portfolio of sights a visitor should see no matter […]

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How to get from Prague airport into the city?

Prague airport, unlike the airports in many different cities of the world, was not built very far from the city itself. This had a very prosaic reason: the construction site was open in July 1932 at the height of the Great depression, with a goal to provide work to a large amount of people – […]

3 days in Prague – 3 days for three historical parts of Prague

Day 1 – Seeing the history of the city backwards Learning the history of a place is not an easy thing, and it is even more complicated if the history was very long and colourful. Which is just the case of Prague, the heart of Europe, marked by all significant European events within the last […]

Best restaurant in the Old Town of Prague – a small visitor guideline

Defining anything as being the best is always a delicate matter, even more so if you do not have a precise and objective qualities or attributes you can measure. In terms of eating, the affair gets even more complicated, as it lies on utterly subjective fields of tastes, personal inclinations, national and local pecularities and […]

Prague lookout towers and views

Have you ever thought of having a look at the beauty of the Czech capital, but also for example at our hotel from above? Prague is a city of hills, so it’s no wonder that a number of lookout towers and observation points has grown up here. Just climb a few stairs or take the […]

Prague in a day – a day trip in Prague

Although Prague is a large city and even people who live there all their lives do not know many of its parts, the essential can be seen in just one day. The oldest parts of Prague, the historical heart of the town, are actually two quarters adjoninig the Vltava river from the opposite banks – […]

Prague in movies

Agents, outcasts, magicians. While walking through Prague’s Old Town, remember some of the famous Hollywood movies, that were filmed here. There is a lot of places connected to the silver screen, all you have to do is observe. You don’t have to go that far from Hotel Rott either. Prague Castle on screen Maybe the […]

Jewish Town of Prague – Josefov

Expedition into the history of the Ghetto and its famous natives Rabbi Löw and Franz Kafka. Historical appearance of the Jewish Town Come with us for a walk through one of the most mysterious parts of Prague. Like every medieval town, Prague also had its Ghetto, the Jewish Quarter with residents segregated from the Christian majority. Around […]

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