Tag: Prague Attractions

  • Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Eastern Europe Trip // Prague: Prague Castle – Last day in Prague and the Prague Castle was truly the highlight of our visit to the city. Rest atop a hill overlooking the beautiful Vltava River and the old centre of Prague, it is extremely difficult to miss the beauty and impressiveness of this symbol of Czech Republic.

    No exact date of when it was founded but many ‘think’ that it was founded sometime in 880. Since then, it has suffered a long history of changing regimes and a few wars. The castle had served as home for the Bohemian kings, Roman emperiors, Nazi leaders and communist government officials! Nowadays, it functions as the residence and office for the President of Czech Republic and continues as a popular attraction for visitors like us!

    Without using any public transport, we took our slow time up to the castle, and I can assure you that it looks far, but it’s really easy and fast to get on top.

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

    Prague: Prague Castle

  • Prague: Grand Cafe Orient, A Cool Cubist Cafe

    Prague: Grand Cafe Orient, A Cool Cubist Cafe

    Eastern Europe Trip // Prague: Grand Cafe Orient, A Cool Cubist Cafe – Ola! I’ve just came back from my Spain & Porgual summer trip and it was a fun and hot one! Back to Newcastle right now and I’ve plenty of free time to share with you about my travel experience. Continue on what I’ve left previously where I was in Prague during my Eastern Europe Trip, here I want to bring you a cool cubist cafe in Prague – the Grand Cafe Orient.

    If you are wondering what is cubist, cubisim is an early 20th-century avant-garde art movement by Georges Braque and the famous Pablo Picasso and the interior of this cafe is styled after the cubism.

    During the trip, we were like addicted to cafe exploring after checking out the few in Budapest and Vienna. So we found this Grand Cafe Orient which is located in the House of the Black Madonna in the city. Amazed by the interior and atmosphere, but the beverage did not catch my attention. Well, Prague is a small city and we took the exploration slow and easy. Thus, an hour of short break in the cafe, enjoying cubism interior was relaxing!

    Prague: Grand Cafe Orient, A Cool Cubist Cafe

    Prague: Grand Cafe Orient, A Cool Cubist Cafe

    Prague: Grand Cafe Orient, A Cool Cubist Cafe

    Prague: Grand Cafe Orient, A Cool Cubist Cafe

    Prague: Grand Cafe Orient, A Cool Cubist Cafe

  • Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Eastern Europe Trip // Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge – Prague stands out as one of the few cities in Europe that emerged from World War 2 with its medieval old town still intact entirely. As you wander its cobblestoned streets of the old town, sometimes it can feels like you’ve been travelled back in time.

    Prague is a little city, but equipped with a good network of public transport like tram and subway. Though, my favourite and cheapest way of transporting around is by walking and basically, the main attractions in the city are walkable. We joined a free walking tour which brought us through the Old Town, to the Jewish Quarter which the tour would be ended at the super famous and beautiful Charles Bridge.

    The photo series below will brings you into the tour of Prague. Prague is small; although it’s the capital of Czech Republic, you could not notice any skyscraper in the city, 90% of the buildings have a long history behind them. Strolling along the street in the city will give you a relaxing sensation. It’s just so chill, calm and touristy! Basically, I find that Prague is like a living museum, with their unique culture, somewhat interesting, but not to the extend of awesome! Nevertheless, there’s a few thing that were quite magnificent and attractive to me – Charles Bridge, Prague Castle and the Prague Astronomical Clock.

    Cut the crap and enjoy the photos of Prague below. Other note, I thought of finishing my blog post series of my Winter Eastern Europe Trip in this week, but then I failed to achieve my target as I was too busy with work lately. Well, I shall continue it when I come back from my short summer gateaway this coming week, so stay tuned and I am definitely going to wrap up the whole thing soon! Cheers!

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

     

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

     

    Cool and funny installation outside Mosaic House.

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Wenceslas Square in the morning with the National Museum of Czech Republic in background.

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    I know how it works. Wahahaha.

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    The famous Prague Astronimical Clock.

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    The Jewish Cemetery, the tour guide told us that they bury the body on top of each other, so it’s quite deep down there!

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague Castle at background.

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    On the super awesome Charles Bridge, but with lots of tourist!

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Say hi to your blogger – Nick Chan.

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

    Prague: Walk In The Old Town, Jewish Quarter & Charles Bridge

  • Prague: Christmas Market At Wenceslas Square

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wenceslas Square

    Eastern Europe Trip // Prague: Christmas Market At Wenceslas Square – After checking into our hostel, we did not hesitate much and headed out to explore the city right away. Though it was a slow walk into the city centre as we found that Prague is not as huge as other capital, in fact it’s small and definitely walkable around the main attractions.

    Before I start with the pictures, I have to say that I am now kinda regret not including Cesky Krumlov into my Prague trip as the beautiful historical town with an awesome palace lies just two hours from Prague. So the lesson is, do more research before heading for a trip as we just went through briefly on the travel guide about Prague when planning.

    Back to the post, we didn’t really do much research on Prague as we were just relying on the free tours and the guide map. Since it’s dark out there in the afternoon, the only thing we could do and enjoy was to check out the Christmas Market at Wenceslas Square. There’s two Christmas Market, one at the Old Town Square and another at Wenceslas Square. However, we only went to one at night because we thought that Christmas Market all looks just the same, moreover we would be checking the other one out during the free walking tour, so….. HAHA.

    The road to the city centre was slow and quiet; the bustle atmosphere and chattering can only be felt when nearing the New Town. Since Prague is so small and relaxing, the night was explored slowly with no rush. =)

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wencenlas Square

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wencenlas Square

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wencenlas Square

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wencenlas Square

     

    Beautiful graffiti in Prague. I like how they spray it well and not spray it like a mess.

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wencenlas Square

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wencenlas Square

     

    Welcome to the Christmas Market at Wenceslas Square, the same Christmas Market’s food like sausage, candy, mulled wine and more.

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wencenlas Square

     

    Bata! Many people in Malaysia is still not aware that Bata is actually a Czech Republic’s company! It’s my favourite brand for white school shoes during my school days! =)

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wencenlas Square

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wencenlas Square

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wencenlas Square

     

    First try on hot mulled wine @ 2.5Euro per cup. Taste weird, but quite nice to drink in a cold weather.

    Prague: Christmas Market At Wencenlas Square

    Looks like a parliament building or administrative building, but no, it’s the National Museum of Prague.

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