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What are the main things to do in Prague? Must sees? Good place to stay? Thanks..
Take care of your travel visa
Just be sure not to pass any bad Czechs (insert groan here).
Staronova synagoga which is the Shul of the Maharal M-Prague and the attick in the back where the Golem is allegedly hidden
There is also a very old Jewish Cemetary in the Jewish Quarter.
One Day I hope to make Prague
I am from Africa and I sell Paprika when I go visit the city of Prague.
I lived there for a year in 2004/2005.
Chabad is a nice frum place – very decent people.
Recommendations: personally I didn’t like the ‘old’, eastern side of the city center; I preferred the so-called ‘new’ side on the western side of the river, since it is much quieter, more authentic. My biggest recommendation is to walk all the way up to the castle at night from the eastern side, exit from the western side, and walk back down from there. You start walking uphill near Malostranska metro station, and back via Malostranske Namesti and the old bridge.
Personally I think Prague is much more beautiful in winter, with snow, than in summer. But it’s a wonderful city anytime of the year.
Just be aware that there are quite a lot of pickpockets and quite a lot of anti-Semites around. (Statistically maybe 1/10000, but meeting one can be enough to seriously wreck your day.)
Kashrus is difficult – that is, there *is* kosher food, it’s not really a problem, but the kosher bread is not very amazing (ehm, ehm) and getting things like cheese can be challenging. But I do think it’s easier nowadays than when I was there – for example, Chabad opened a small simple restaurant now; that didn’t exist back then.
In any case, it’s a great place to visit and I myself hope to go there some time soon with my wife as well.
There are two main tourist attractions in Prague, the Jewish Quarter and the Prague Castle. Both can be done in about half a day or so. Unfortunately, there isn’t much left of the Jewish Quarter, so you can visit every old shul, cemetery and Yeshiva in a guided tour that lasts about 4 hours.
Outside of that shul there is a watch with hebrew letters and it moves counter clockwise.
Also, google the pictures of how Maharal of Prague’s grave looks like because its very difficult to figure anything out once you are at the cemetery and have to keep walking constantly.
@ TCG Just be aware that there are quite a lot of pickpockets and quite a lot of anti-Semites around. (Statistically maybe 1/10000, but meeting one can be enough to seriously wreck your day
I realize you are European, but that pretty much describes almost all of Europe. Pickpockets everywhere and alot of Anti-Semitism.
Ive been to Europe 3 times and admittedly I go incognito about Jewishness (I cant hide my americanism as much as Its obvious when I open my mouth)
I’m from Great Britian and I got bitten when I went to visit the city of Prague.
I’m from the midwest
and I lost my new vest
when I went to visit the city of Prague
I’m from harlem
so I felt like a golem
when I went to visit the city of Prague
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