Showing posts with label Staré Mesto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Staré Mesto. Show all posts

Saturday, 13 June 2015

Prague: charm, beauty and perfection in Kafka's hometown.

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Prague: charm, beauty and perfection in Kafka's hometown.


If I had to choose one of my favourite European cities, that would be Prague. I had wanted to visit the Czech capital city for years and it wasn't until May 2012 that I achieved it. The problem is that there are no direct flights from Mallorca and you always need to travel to another country first (in my case, I had to go to Germany first) and that is already some valuable time that you "waste" lost in an airport.

The first thing that surprised me once we were in Prague was the huge amount of tourists that visit that city every year. Although, well, why would something like that surprise me when I was the first person who fell in love with that city and who would go back there tomorrow if I had the chance? For a city whose touristic activity has boomed in a relatively short period of time, the fact that thousands of people visit it every day has meant that in most touristic places you need to buy a ticket to see them and a tiny gratuity is asked to take pictures. Still, I must say that it's worth paying some money to see some places of this wonderful city and I've got to admit that I'd do the exact same thing if I ever travelled to Prague again.