Many of my friends have been to Prague and they said that it was a lovely place to visit so I finally managed to travel to Czech Republic's capital too.
Luckily, Jet2 offers direct flights from Edinburgh to Prague. We left Edinburgh on a Thursday morning (7:30am) and returned on Sunday evening around 8:30pm. Just enough time for a city break in Europe.
Once we arrived in Prague, we took bus no. 119 to the nearest underground station called DEJVICE from where we got a connection to Nam. Miru, a metro station 10 minutes from where we stayed.
It was lunch time when we checked into our hotel and we decided to find a local restaurant for lunch which turned out to be the best pizza I ever tasted in my whole life! It was simply amazing! Staff was extremely friendly and the prices were fair. The restaurant is called MATYLDA and has its own website which you can check out for further information. It is located just a couple of blocks from the Nam. Miru metro station.
Also, check out the photo I took inside the Matylda restaurant (facebook album under Prague - part 1).
After lunch, we decided to walk into the old town. As we had only approximately a couple of hours of daylight left, we did not bother to visit the castle that day. Instead, we just wandered about and took photographs of the stunning architecture of Prague's buildings.
Even the city's large post office was located in an unusual building with lovely wall paintings. Luckily I managed to take some photographs before the security guard told me off :-)
Again, we decided to have dinner locally, to experience the real Prague and to be amongst the locals. It was pleasant and we did not have any reasons to complain. It was a rather cosy place with only locals. John and I just got something small as we felt like we were eating all day long :-)
This restaurant was also in the Prague 2 district and is called 'Restaurace U Moznych'. A chicken salad costs CZK 147 and a pint of beer CZK 39, which is around GBP 1.40 (roughly), as per 28 January 2011.
I have taken a lot of photos which you can access via facebook by clicking on the link below.
Day 2 of my report will go live shortly so watch this space!
--> Photos of Prague (day 1)
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