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This 'City of a Hundred Spires' brims with aesthetic and architectural treasures, Baroque here, Gothic there and a splatters of Neoclassical everywhere. Prague is a UNESCO World Heritage Site full of innovation and interest, clean, romantic, relaxed, walkable, and offering plenty of entertainment ranging from kid-tastic puppet shows to spontaneous poetry outpourings to heavy-metal S&M.
The local cuisine is surprisingly sophisticated, Czech beer is world famous and the city is good value - especially for opera and plastic surgery! All in all this is one of the best short-stay tourist destinations in Europe, with something for everyone.

Here are a couple of highly recommended walks around Prague:

The Royal [Way] Walk: Starting at the Art Nouveau glory of Municipal House, this walk - which is used be the old coronation route - passes various notable buildings through the city's heart: from Staromestske Namesti [Old Town Square], across Karluv Most [Charles Bridge] and up to imposing Prague Castle [Prazsky Hrad] and the St Vitus Cathedral. The walk continues along the Vltava river bank and up Petrin Hill for a panoramic view of the Castle and the city.

New Town/Old Town Walk: This takes you through both the city's new and old faces, starting at the National Museum in the New Town's rather dull Wenceslas Square - previously home to Russian tanks, now a popular shopping area - through an open market place and along narrow back streets to Old Town Square, then continues to Josefov, the old Jewish District.

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