polecat Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Going to Prague for the first time and have 3 days with nothing scheduled. I'm looking for historical sites of interest that are off the beaten path...any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 hello and welcome to unrv.com Some places you should visit; The Astronomical Clock http://utf.mff.cuni.cz/Relativity/orloj.htm Loreta Curch http://www.loreta.cz/en/index.htm Jewish Quarter including the cemetery http://www.to-prague.com/prague_directory/.../jewish_quarter not directly in prag but defenitely worth a visit is http://www.kostnice.cz/ the weiredest church on earth decorated with the remains of 40,000 human skeletons! hope that helps cheers viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princeps Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Hookers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentium Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 (edited) Well, the most famous sights are the new and old city "Mala Strana" and "Stare Mesto" (in Stare Mesto you'll find the astronomical clock Viggen posted about earlier, with the statues of the apostles coming out of it, it lasts for a minute or so every hour). The Old Town square is fascinating, I can't tell what's so special about it but there's a certain charm about the place, same for Charles Bridge. Not far from there you'll find "Prague's little Venice", they take you around with gondolas and all that lol =) Another must see is the castle and of course S.Vitus' Cathedral (they will charge you for taking pictures/videos though..). Make sure you take a boat cruise along the Vtlava river, the view of the city from there is lovely, food on the boat is ok as well (strangely enough I didn't miss Italian food lol). I know you only have 3 days but you should definitely visit Karlovy Vary and Kutna Hora, first one is a thermal city in the middle of Boemia, the landscape is breathtaking, the second is a medieval town (part of the UNESCO world cultural and natural heritage..). I could go on for hours but I'd better stop here I couldn't resist, webcam here (from behind the Old Town square): http://dokumenty.prague-city.cz/camera/fullsize.jpg Edited May 22, 2006 by Silentium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Hookers? Thats a type of local fisherman of course. -_- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polecat Posted May 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 hello and welcome to unrv.com Some places you should visit; The Astronomical Clock http://utf.mff.cuni.cz/Relativity/orloj.htm Loreta Curch http://www.loreta.cz/en/index.htm Jewish Quarter including the cemetery http://www.to-prague.com/prague_directory/.../jewish_quarter not directly in prag but defenitely worth a visit is http://www.kostnice.cz/ the weiredest church on earth decorated with the remains of 40,000 human skeletons! hope that helps cheers viggen It helps quite a bit...thank you. And thanks for the welcome, though I'm a long time lurker. I'm an american married to a bulgarian and my interest in roman and thracian history was re-invigorated by sites like this in Plovdiv, BG. http://www.globalgayz.com/BulgariaGalleryB/IMG_5225.html And, this in "the valley of the thracian kings", BG http://www.novinite.com/view_photo.php?id=47779 It's cool when you consider that people in my hometown of Gladwin, MI consider "old" to be 150 years:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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