Prague, the capital of both the Czech Republic and Bohemia, sits astride the Vltava River about 30km above its junction with the Labe River. Prague’s prime attraction is its physical face. The city center is an open air museum of 900 years’ of architecture – Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, 19th-century revivals of all of them, and Art Nouveau – amazingly undisturbed by the 20th century. This historical core of the city – Hradcany (the Castle District) and Mala Strana (the Small Quarter) west of the river, Stare Mesto (the Old Town) and Vaclavske ... [read more]
Author: Miss Julie
Date:December 24th, 2006
Tags: Central Europe, Czech Republic, Destinations, Europe, Hradcany, Karlovy Vary, Mala Strana, Prague, Stare Mesto, Vacation Packages, Wenceslas Square