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Off to Czech Republic to work for 4 days next week and will have a Sat night free in the capital - Firstly, can anyone recommend a nice hotel <£150 as near to "the action" as poss'... secondly, can anyone fill me in on the night-life do's and don't / what to expect / areas to avoid etc etc ?? Ta 😆
Hold on to your wallet/mobile/etc as theres a lot of distraction/theft type women out there who can spot you very easily (no, not me 😉 my old boss...)
Look out for candles by the kerbside down side streets. These are placed outside the otherwise non-descript doors of local pubs. Tends to keep the rabble out, as they generally don't know what they mean.
Been living here 15 years, and never noticed that. Doesn't mean it's wrong, of course, I don't get out as much as I used to.Look out for candles by the kerbside down side streets...
You'll be spoilt for choice re hotels. Public transport is excellent & cheap, so anywhere say 4 metro stops away from the centre will only be about a 10 minute journey. Metro centres closest to "the action" will probably be Mustek and Muzeum.
No bad areas as such, but do watch out for pickpockets - very common - and hustlers, especially on Wenceslas Square late at night.
Check your change in touristy areas.
Bars, restaurants on Wenceslas & (especially) old town square (Staromestske namesti) will likely be poor value as they really only cater to the tourist trade. You'll likely do better on one of the back streets. Lots of tourists come here, they'll have dealt with foreigners before and may even speak some English.
However "customer service" is still not much of a concept round here. Drink your beer & put up with it.
Pub up near the castle - the Black Ox - is worth a visit. It was going to get taken over and done up but the regulars didn't like that idea so had a whip round and bought it themselves. Then they realised they didn't know what to do with the profits so they give it all to a childrens home. So the more you drink, the more you give to charity. Win-win.
I stayed at a [url= http://www.miss-sophies.com/ ]this place [/url]when I was over there the year before last and was really impressed. It markets itself as a hostel, but this is really not the case it is more of a boutique hotel. I actually booked a bed in one of the 5 bed dorms for £15 a night as I was on a cheap as chips motorbike tour of europe, but when I arrived they gave me a private double room and it was better than most hotels in which I have stayed in the UK.