Hi there,
Two friends and I are coming to Prague early in September and I was wondering if anyone could recommend some cool bars and restaurants for us to visit, close to the centre of town. As well as %26quot;trendy%26quot; places, some friendly local bars would be good.
Is there any Czech food we absolutely have to try? I%26#39;m a veggie by the way...
We%26#39;d also like some ideas of things to do while we%26#39;re there, although we%26#39;re not really into gazing at old buildings for hours on end (we%26#39;ll probably do a tour bus to take in the main sights and visit one or two of them properly). Also, is there a good shopping district...one of the girls has a shoe obsession....no surprise there then!
Thanks!
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bugsys on parizska street, tretters on v kolkovne street and bombay cocktail bar on dlouha street are worth visiting. in fact there are many good bars in and around dlouha and mala stupartska streets. la bodeguita del medio on kaprova street the other side of the old town square is also good.
for vegetarians, most of the international restaurants have vegetarian options so you don%26#39;t need to worry you will be hungry
bus tour. forget it. most of the time you will be stuck in a traffic jam and in addition, the bus cannot go in the main pedestrianised section of the city centre. prague is compact - walk
shopping here is poor. there are a few shoe shops on parizska street running off the old town square and on na prikope street which runs off the bottom of wenceslas square and the large bata shoe shop on wenceslas square itself - but if it is international brands you are after, the choice in prague is very poor and the prices are higher than in the UK
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Hi Christina,
Boy you picked the wrong place to visit!
Czech food is very heavy and meat influenced and veggies are catered for mostly by salad etc.
The best thing about Prague by far is looking at the architecture - you need a walking tour not a bus tour really as you don%26#39;t see some of the better sights without walking.
Shopping is not renowned - when I worked in Prague a normally very stylish (also ex-pat) woman came in to the office with new footwear, to my shame I pointed at her feet and said %26quot;Wow! Czech shoes.%26quot; She fled home to change them.
On the plus side there are plenty of very stylish and trendy bars and restaurants - try buying a copy of the %26quot;Prague Post%26quot; newspaper as this has a good listings section and will mention any special events such as live music in a bar. You will also get reviews of restaurants here.
I%26#39;m sure you%26#39;ll have a great time, as many locals will post later the best current bars etc.
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why is prague the wrong place to visit?
most of the international restaurants have as lean a food as a restaurant in france. apart from clothes shopping, girls can have a good weekend out. accessories here, especially glass jewellery, including from swarowski, is much cheaper than the UK
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peb,
It was meant as a little light hearted comment. Christina said she was a veggie who wants to try Czech food, doesn%26#39;t really like looking at old buildings and wants to go shoe shopping. Of course there%26#39;s plenty of %26quot;international%26quot; places and nice trendy bars etc %26amp; etc %26amp; etc, not an especially Czech weekend but I%26#39;m sure she%26#39;ll have a great time.
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I%26#39;m an expert shoe shopper (my friends call me Imelda), I wouldn%26#39;t choose Prague to shop in and I%26#39;m sure Mrs P really buys her shoes in Italy ;-) However I kinda like old buildings and ancient rubble as some people call it.
Is there a Prague tour bus? just don%26#39;t recall one, can%26#39;t see it working. Prague is too walkable.
How about a river cruise?
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I knew I had a point, the Swarovski was much the same price as in the UK.
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Thanks for all your replies! The same group of us travel somewhere different each year for a short break, and just have a relaxing time, without stressing out over seeing every sight on the tourist trail....we%26#39;ve always managed to eat okay (despite being a veggie, I%26#39;m not too fussy!), so reckon we%26#39;ll be fine. As for the shopping, I%26#39;m sure we%26#39;ll survive.....!
Thanks again,
Christina
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mre peb really does buy 90% of her shoes in italy. tods (of which we seem to have the whole collection twice over), gucci, prada, fratelli rosetti and ferragamo are all at least 30% cheaper there than here. Curiously enough mrs peb does not like jimmy choo.
Although the shops are more expensive and have a smaller selection than in most regional places in the UK, let alone london, you can spend a good afternoon browsing along parizska street (including stopping in a number of good cafes there). Prague also has no name departments stores like in london.
for food, as said above, nearly all restaurants which are not czech pubs have vegetarian options, so your friend need not worry about thinking she will eat a plate of boiled potatoes and brocolli
i also think the big boat trips are a waste of time. the boats spend half of their time queuing up to go through the locks on the river and outside the real centre, the view becomes rather industrial. the small prague venice boats that you can catch near the charles bridge are worth taking as these only last 30 minutes and you get some really good photo opportunities.
as long as you steer clear of your fellow english stag parties, you will find there is lots to do here for a relaxing weekend
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does veggie mean vegan?
in czech pubs you could still try fried cheese, trout, hashbrowns and cabbage for example.
radost fx is a (good?) club with a vegetarian cafe, close to wenceslas square and between old town and wenceslas square is country life, a food shop with a vegetarian restaurant....
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question is, are the two friends veggie? they wouldn%26#39;t be my friend for too long if on a long weekend, every meal needed to be in a true vegetarian place like radost and country life where they serve lentils, vegatables, seeds and other stuff that looks like it could be served in a birdfood shop.
If the selection at normal restaurants isn%26#39;t good enough (which it should be), there are plenty of pasta restaurants around town that have sufficient vegetarian options
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