Staré Město
The ‘Pearl’ is typical of the slinky, appealing designer hotels that have sprung up all over central Prague. Here the designer has picked – surprise, surprise – a pearl motif that extends from the giant pearls that form the reception desk to the silky, lustrous bedspreads and huge screen prints on the bedroom walls.
The rooms are on the small side, but the decor is sleek and modern, with muted colours offset by bright-red lacquered chairs and glossy black-tiled bathrooms.
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Built over a time span of almost 600 years, St Vitus is one of the most richly endowed cathedrals in central Europe. It is pivotal to the religious and…
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Strolling across Charles Bridge is everybody’s favourite Prague activity. However, by 9am it’s a 500m-long fairground, with an army of tourists squeezing…
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Prague’s most popular attraction. Looming above the Vltava's left bank, its serried ranks of spires, towers and palaces dominate the city centre like a…
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This museum consists of six Jewish monuments clustered together in Josefov: the Maisel Synagogue; the Pinkas Synagogue; the Spanish Synagogue; the Klaus…
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Strahov Library is the largest monastic library in the country, with two magnificent baroque halls dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. You can peek…
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Prague’s most exuberantly art-nouveau building is a labour of love, with every detail of its design and decoration carefully considered, and every…
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While this monument's massive functionalist structure has all the elegance of a nuclear power station, the interior is a spectacular extravaganza of…
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More a broad boulevard than a typical European city square, Wenceslas Square has witnessed a great deal of Czech history – a giant Mass was held here…
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Fronting the eastern end of Jungmannovo náměstí is an imitation Venetian palace known as the Adria Palace. Its distinctive, chunky architectural style,…
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This museum claims to have the largest private collection of Lego models in the world, with a play area at the end where kids can build stuff from Lego…
3. Viselec (David Černý Sculpture)
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Here's some more inspired madness from artist David Černý: look up as you walk along Husova street and you'll see a bearded, bespectacled chap not unlike…
4. Church of Our Lady of the Snows
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This Gothic church at the northern end of Wenceslas Square was begun in the 14th century by Charles IV, but only the chancel was ever completed, which…
5. NaFilM – National Film Museum
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Not, as many imagine, a museum dedicated to the world of excellent Czech film, but an interactive space that examines how films are made and the history…
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Designed by Ludvík Kysela in 1927, the Lindt Building is one of the Czech Republic’s earliest examples of functionalist architecture.
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Angular but slightly chunky, made from striated concrete – the world's only cubist lamp post is passed by many and overlooked by most. It's a 1913 work by…
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An art-nouveau design by Antonín Pfeiffer, this shopping centre and office block has a tower topped with a crown of pearls. Note its tiny but charming…