Prague is one of those rare cities that manages to be both ancient and vibrant, a place where Gothic spires share the skyline with contemporary art galleries and where medieval pubs serve some of the best beer in Europe alongside cutting-edge Czech cuisine. The city has survived wars, occupations, and revolutions, emerging each time with […]
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Zlatá ulička (Golden Lane) is the most romantic and famous part of Prague Castle, a tiny, impossibly picturesque street of miniature 16th-century houses built directly into the castle fortifications, originally home to the castle’s goldsmiths (hence the name), later to Kafka (who lived at number 22 in 1916-1917 and wrote much of his early work […]
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Český Krumlov is one of the most beautiful small towns in Europe, a UNESCO World heritage jewel in southern Bohemia, encircled by a dramatic horseshoe bend of the Vltava River, whose perfectly preserved medieval and Renaissance centre is dominated by the sprawling, multi-coloured Krumlov Castle, the second-largest castle complex in the Czech Republic after Prague […]
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