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Afternoon
Admire the Gobelin tapestries
at the Museum of Decorative
Arts (see p86). Stroll along to
the Jewish Town Hall (see p87),
and the Old-New Synagogue
(see pp90–91). The eastern side
of the Jewish Quarter is home
to two must-see sights: the
glorious Spanish Synagogue
(see pp92–3) and the medieval
art in St Agnes of Bohemia
Convent (see pp94–5). After a
day full of culture, it’s time for
a little quality shopping on
Pařížská – a long, straight
thorough fare in the Jewish
Quarter. For dinner, head to
the Prague Beer Museum (see
p200), one of the city’s many
original restau rants.

Family Day
Wenceslas Square and monument in front of the National Museum
Family of four Children will be intrigued by pp144–5) to see where the
allow at least Kč3,500 the mummified arm, which has Communist regime was
• Funicular ride to the Tower been hanging above the church toppled. Walk the length
• Mirror Maze entrance for several centuries. of the square and imagine
Finally, stop for a bite to eat at the it lined with protestors as it
• Peacocks and a cave
Grand Café Orient (see p198). was for weeks in 1989. Pay your
• Basilica of St James respects at the Monument to
History and Heroes the Victims of Communism
(see p145), and to anti-communist
Morning martyr Jan Palach, who set
Take the funicular railway up Two adults himself alight here in 1969
Petřín Hill (see p141), to see allow at least Kč1,100 in protest of the Soviet invasion.
Prague’s mini-Eiffel Tower – the • Wenceslas Square – Just off the Square is the former
Observation Tower (see p140) the rise and fall of Gestapo HQ on Politických
which has a spiral staircase to the Communism vězňů (now the Ministry of
top. The Mirror Maze (see p140), • Wartime history found Industry and Trade), where
a short walk away, will keep in a church thousands of Czechs were
young sters happy, as will the imprisoned during World
nearby Štefánik’s Observatory • Shopping for antiques War II. Stop for a tradi tional
(see p140). Be sure to ask for Czech lunch or delicious local
family tickets. Take the funicular beer at U Fleků (see p155).
halfway back down the hill for Morning
lunch at the Nebozízek, (see Start the day with a walk Afternoon
p201) with its outdoor patio along Wenceslas Square (see Walk to the beautiful Baroque
and panoramic views. Cathedral of St Cyril and St
Methodius (see p152), where
Afternoon Czech resistance fighters bravely
Take a stroll on Střelecký Ostrov, took their own lives in 1942.
where you can feed the swans. Bullet holes can still be seen on
There’s more wildlife to be seen the wall of the crypt, where a
at the Wallenstein Palace and museum chronicles the tragic
Garden (see p126), home to event. To round off your explor-
peacocks and a bizarre replica ation of Prague’s history, end
of a lime stone cave. Walk or the day antique-browsing.
take the metro over the river Military Antiques in Hybernská
to catch the Old Town Square’s (see p212), is a treasure-trove of
Astronomical Clock (see p76) relics from the Nazi and Soviet
in action. Then, on to the The Mirror Maze, great fun for young occupations, and military bric-a-
Basilica of St James (see p67). and old alike brac from all periods.

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