Prague - City Card

Where To Stay

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Eating

Budget: Kavarna Imperial (tel 222 31 60 12; Na porici 15; open 9am-1am daily) this restaurant is modelled around the 20th Century and the many locals that frequent it prove it’s worth as a must visit restaurant. Why not try jazz nights on Friday and Saturday evenings?
Mid-Range: Restaurace U medvidku (tel 224 21 19 16; Na Perstyne 5-7; open 11.30am-11pm Monday to Saturday, and 11.30am-10pm on Sunday) is a traditional beer hall and wine bar complete with non-smoking restaurant and outdoor garden, serving traditional Czech food.
Luxury: Bellevue (tel 224 22 13 87; Smetanovo nabrezi 18; open noon-3pm & 5.30pm-11pm Monday to Saturday, 11am-3pm & 7pm-11pm Sunday) is the place to head for a meal set to blow the budget…but well worth it! Visitors can sit on the balcony and soak up the atmosphere whilst having a fantastic view overlooking the Charles Bridge.

Drinking

Prague is renowned for it’s cheap beer, with a huge variety of bars to choose from your only dilemma should be where to start!

Things To See And Do

- Prague Castle - peering over a cliff top this fantastic structure is 1000 years old and certainly the most popular tourist attraction on Prague. Prague Castle is home to a network of tunnels and also has hourly changes of the guards.
- Petrin maze of mirrors
- Wenceslas Square - a great meeting up point and a great starting point for touring this fantastic city. Wenceslas Square is the hub of the action in Prague, every type of history and person come together is Wenceslas Square to offer and eclectic mix of old and new.

Shopping

The Hradcany area is generally the place to be if you want to buy souveniers.
Màla Strana on the other hand is home to a variety of shops. Boutiques can be found near the Charles Bridge. Antique shops can also be found within a few blocks of Malostranské Namesti and Staré mesto is where the liveliest shops can be found!

Cost Of Living

33cl bottle of beer - Kè20
One-litre bottle of mineral water - Kè16
36-exposure colour film - Kè160
City-centre bus ticket - Kè12
Adult football ticket - Kè50–200 (league matches), Kè100–700 (European matches)
Three-course meal with wine/beer - Kè500

Key Phrases

Yes - ANO (ano)
No - NE (ne)
Please - PROSÍM (proseem)
Thank you - DEvKUJI VAM (dyekooyi vam)
Good morning - DOBRÉ RÁNO (dobrye rano)
Good afternoon - DOBRÉ ODPOLEDNE (dobrye odpoledne)
Good night - DOBROU NOC (dobroh nots)
Good-bye - NA SHLEDANOU (nas-khledanow)
What is your name? - JAK SE JMENUJETE? (yak se ymenooyete)
My name is... - JMENUJI SE... (ymenooyi se)
How are you? - JAK SE MÁTE? (jak se mahte)
Fine thanks, and you? - DEvKUJI DOBRvE, A VY? (dyekooyi dobrzhe, a vi)
I understand - ROZUMÍM. (rozoomeem)
I dont understand - NEROZUMÍM. (nerozoomeem)
Do you speak English? - MLUVÍTE ANGLICKY? (mlooveete anglitskee)
I dont speak (much) Czech - NEMLUVÍM (MOC) CvESKY. (nemlooveem) (mots) (chehskee)

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