Marionettes

What and where would be the best shop to purchase marionettes in Prague and what would be a price range for a good quality product? I know I will not be able to return home without one but I need to consider size and weight as well as quality.

Thanks.

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The most high quality Marionettes that we saw were at the shop with the word Lampou in it. It is something like %26quot;shop under the lampost%26quot;, but in Czech of course. It is really close to the Square, behind the church. Maybe a local can help me out here with the name.

All the other marionette shops that I encountered in the area had mostly the same things. I bought mine on the way to the bridge (in Old Town). They weren%26#39;t 1/2 as nice as the Lamp Post shop, but at least more affordable.

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try down celetna street which runs off the old town square to the powder tower. a number of marrionette shops there

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I just took a month long photography class in Prague where we did three photo stories. The folks at Rici near Vysehrad let me take photos of them for 4 days. They walked me through the entire process. It was amazing!!!

You can see about 20 of my photos at cdiaphoto.com (select the Prague pull down menu). Eventually I will put others on my website.

The puppets are very high quality and every piece is hand made. They are so cute!!! You can buy at the workshop but they accept only cash. I did see a few shops in Prague where the puppets have the Rici tag.

They can be shipped but it is a bit expensive. I bought mine at the workshop. They packed it really well. I checked it in as baggage and had not problem.

You can view all the puppets on their website as my story really is about the process of making them and doesn%26#39;t have photos of all of them. http://www.marionettesrici.com/index2en.htm

Make sure you go see the Don Giovanni show at the National Marionette Theater near in between Old Town and the Jewish section. It was very cute and funny.

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just out of a new thread above:

Best Experience

Rici Puppet Factory, Vratislavova, 23

I visited the Rici Puppet factory (across the street from the Arcadia and near Vysehrad). Pasquale arranged for me to take photos of the workshop. I spent several days there. It was truly an amazing process. The owner Richard trains each employee himself. He also designs new puppets. Everything is handmade from cloths, shoes, noses, faces…. The office manager Tana explained everything that was going on. The employees were great. Everyone was so friendly and happy to show me their part of the process. I took hundreds of photos. This was one of my most memorable Prague experiences. The puppet quality is so much better than that of the shops in the tourist areas of Prague. They do sell the Rici puppets in their workshop (cash only), on-line and is some of the more upscale shops in Prague. If you buy a puppet, first look for the Rici label. They offer both more expensive elaborate puppets and simpler puppets for kids play. http://www.marionettesrici.com/

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