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The days when Prague was the mecca of backpackers are long gone. They have slowly been out-priced and replaced with the "weekend-trip city-dwellers" from Western Europe, especially the UK. Few new hotels have been quick to respond to this trend and ...

The cab drivers in Prague really are that bad. The problem has gotten slightly better after the Prague mayor dressed up as an Italian tourist and saw for himself how much they rip off foreigners. But it is still not nearly good enough. The thing is, ...

It's been a couple of months since Starbucks opened their first Czech Republic location. And, you guessed it, it is smashing success, and not only with tourists. I remember just a few years ago the idea of a $4 cup of coffee was a science fiction ...

Dude, I got so wasted on absinthe last night... If you've spent some time in Prague, you have heard this line one too many times. Walk into any bar on the beaten path and you will almost for sure see a group of American college students doing shots ...

It is still a fairly common cliche in Prague: a backpacker with a beat up copy of Milan Kundera's 1984 novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, trying to discover the Prague Kundera once described. That Prague--desperate amidst the Russian ...

Looking for Prague's best-of-the-best in one swipe, from the folks that live there and know? One sure way to gather the most information from any potential travel destination is reading the online newspapers. If all our jabber has forced ...

If you visited Prague fifteen years ago, you probably didn't think it was on its way to becoming one of the richest regions of the entire EU. Prague now ranks No 12 among all EU regions. Tourism, of course, is partially responsible for the vast ...

I just got back to Prague from Russia and went straight to Berlin. How is that for a grand tour of War War II history? Completely unintentional, mind you. I took the train from Prague to Berlin yesterday. It's a great way to travel between the two ...

Greetings from Moscow! Bolshoi in Russia is my variation on Big in Japan. (Bolshoi means "Big" in Russian. Get it?) Stay tuned for my live dispatches from Russia this week. Needless to say, the similarities between Prague and Moscow have been on my ...

Sorry, folks. But no one visits the Czech Republic for the food. Sure, I grew to like it when I lived there, and it was cheap, but unless you like rather bland meat, potatoes and dumplings, then save your palate for finer fare elsewhere. That's ...

In the last few years, much of Prague's nightlife has shifted from the center (too expensive, too many tourists) to the neighborhood of Zizkov in the Prague 3 working class district. Consequently, Zizkov is my favorite neighborhood for going out. Let ...

The following was written a few years ago, so no, unfortunately, I'm not in Prague right now, though the following sentence may suggest otherwise. It's my third day in Prague, and since my roommates are all at TEFL class from 9 to 5, I find myself ...

Somerset Books published the latest title in its art/shop/eat series with the September 2005 release of a book about Prague. The pocket-sized guide to art and cultural treasures has details about museums, galleries, churches and other ...

I've been eternally bummed that I never made it to Prague when I visited Europe in 1996. Back then, it was the new place to stop on the backpacker circuit. I missed out, and now read about how many folks are so over Prague and its throngs of ...

Here is a handy resource to use for when you want to venture outside of Prague. I like how this Discover Czech page lists distances between cities, so you can plan day trips or excursions beyond Prague. It also suggests minimum lengths of stay for ...