shoes or sneakers

OK, I am not being obsessive in planning my trip... but given all the cobblestones street and castle steps would a lightweight pair of hiking shoes be in order, or are sneakers ok? Would a pair of Rockports blare out %26quot;American tourist?%26quot;

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Hiking shoes are the best for Prague streets, imho. Just wear whatever shoes you%26#39;re comfortable in and which have thick enough outsoles. Consider also good sandals when it%26#39;s hot. This is what I%26#39;d recommend as best type of shoes for Prague streets:

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In my many trips to Prague I have always worn lightweight hiking boots for daytime ,you need a thick sole to protect you from the sharp cobbles.Rockports are great,I very much doubt people will be spending a lot of time looking at your shoes.Thick soled sneaker would probably be fine too.

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Wear hiking boots, you need the thick sole. Even when I was living in Prague I wore my hiking boots whenever I was doing shopping in town.

In terms of footwear, the one thing that blares out %26quot;American tourist – please rip me off%26quot; is white sneakers. I%26#39;ve often wondered if you get issued them at passport control as you leave the country? (In Europe white sneakers are only worn for sports.)

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I was there last week and I wore my saucony running shoes and some diesal casual shoes and in both cases my feet felt good and they provided good traction on the cobbletsones.

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Thanks all... Yep, the white sneakers are out. I learned that when I was in Chile. Also baseball-style caps.

Sadly expecting lots of rain this week in Prague.

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baseball caps are pretty universal nowadays,i actually have several with Czech beer logos now as well as scotch whisky logos

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I wore my Detroit Tigers hat because it was raining, it led to conversations with Indians fan harassing me abroad and it also led to an intersting conversation with a czec gentlemanh that has major interest in the MLB.

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