Did Prague as a lads weekend a few years ago now….thoroughly enjoyed it.
If you go to the city centre you will get lured into the big strip clubs and fleeced, the beer wont be that cheap and the girls will be trying the ‘hard sell’ tactics….unpleasant.
The food was great, the Czechs see themselves as an up and coming middle class nation and take pride in their food and drink….the beer in particular is world class.
In the first bar we went to they had Stella on draught which was about the same price as here….we quickly switched to the local brews which were nicer anyway and less than £1 for 500ml (pint is 568ml for reference).
The architecture is incredible…stark soviet style utilitarian buildings interspersed with classical Gothic buildings make for an incredible atmosphere when its all lit up in the evening.
We found a delightful strip club on the outskirts of the city which was small and cosy, the girls were stunning and didnt try the hard sell.
As 4 fairly polite young men we were a stark contrast to the boorish, older Germans that you find in a lot of the clubs and as a result the girls in the club spent most of the evening chatting to us between doing their turns on the stage….no money was exchanged and no hints at prostitution were made, we were perfect gentlemen and they seemed genuinely nice….so much so that when we enquired as to skiiing in the Czech republic they offered to take us out of the city the following day and show us some resorts, we took them up on the offer and again no money changed hands and nothing seedy was ever suggested….what i’m getting at is that if you go to somewhere like Prague looking to get pissed and shag whores then you’ll be treated as a money machine and fleeced accordingly….if you’re pleasant and normal you’ll have a far better time.
As a comparison i went to Riga the following year with one of the guys i went to Prague with but unfortunately he invited some of his uni mates who were intent on upholding the British lager lout stereotype and it was something i will never repeat.
Hoping to go back this year with the other half.