The Essentials
The practical layer under the sightseeing: how the city is laid out, how to move around it, which airport you're landing at, and the history that explains what you're looking at.
Neighbourhoods
TODO — what each part of Prague is like to walk around, and who lives there.
Browse 3 neighborhoods →The EssentialsPrague, The City
1.3 million people in a bend of the Vltava, a capital that was never bombed, and a centre that receives more visitors in a year than the country has citizens.
Read more →The EssentialsA Short History of Prague
A castle above a ford, an emperor who made it the capital of Europe, two defenestrations, three centuries under Vienna, and the twentieth century happening to it repeatedly.
Read more →The EssentialsGetting Around
Three metro lines, trams that run all night, one integrated ticket — and a validation rule that catches visitors and costs them a fine.
Read more →The EssentialsWhen to Go
May and September are the obvious answers. Winter is cheaper, foggier and in several respects the better trip.
Read more →The EssentialsWhat You Should Know Before You Go
The currency is not the euro, the exchange booths are a trap, the tram ticket must be stamped, and tipping is a round-up rather than a percentage.
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