This is Prague

The English version of the Prague guide. Is Prague still beautiful, amazing, and enchanting? Hasn’t its charm already been trampled by the feet of millions of tourists rushing along the cobblestones from Prague Castle across Charles Bridge to Old Town Square and back again? Aren’t the ancient houses and beautiful squares now just empty shells filled with cheap trinkets? Prague is a city of towers, hills, gardens, alleys, houses, pubs, secrets, stories, memories, people, animals, and statues. Prague is a city on a river... See Prague through new eyes. It’s still the same—every house, every step, every square, every stone here has its own story. Take a walk through Prague with Míša Kukovičová and Olga Černá. They’ll take you to Prague’s bridges, islands, hills, observation towers, parks, and gardens—to the city center and the outskirts. You’ll learn how many bridges span the Vltava, in which house the devil made a hole, what people grow on Libeň Island, how far you can see from the Žižkov Tower, where to find the best open-faced sandwiches, you’ll read a story about a guy who turned into a beetle, an ancient tale about the Golem, and the heroic story of Sir Winton, as well as about the assassination of Heydrich and how one great president took a shortcut through Prague Castle. There’s something to see and marvel at everywhere… because anything is possible in Prague, but you’ll soon find that out for yourself.