Prague sites to see

Prague’s trademark landmark is a 600-year-old gothic rock bridge lined with baroque statues of 30 spiritual figures, the newest added inside 1930s. The bridge is magical anytime, but come early in the early morning or through the night once the crowds thin out.

Prague Castle/St. Vitus Cathedral

Among largest palace complexes in the world. When the chair of Bohemian leaders and residence to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. Idea: keep plenty of time to see everything, and hire a portable audio guide (available where you buy admission tickets). Hradcanske Namesti; tel. 420 224 372 423; charge. www.hrad.cz

Novy Svet

“It’s like a medieval Bohemian village tucked behind Prague Castle.”—Theodore Schwinke, previous handling editor, Prague everyday Monitor. After you’ve battled the throngs of Charles Bridge and Prague Castle, visited this quiet road inside Castle district for a respite.

Old Town Square

The most dazzling community spaces in Europe and the city’s commercial center the past millennium. Lined by a confection of gothic and baroque buildings. Don’t skip the Old Town Hall and its own spellbinding Astronomical Clock (chimes towards the top of the time). Come at night to begin to see the twin-spire Tyne Church aglow because rises from behind a row of tiny Renaissance-style homes. Staromestske Namesti.

Prague Jewish Museum

A collection of five surviving synagogues, the remnants of that which was once a thriving Jewish ghetto. Includes the Pinkas synagogue, its walls marked with all the brands of 80, 000 Czech Jews just who died in Nazi concentration camps. Additionally a very moving event of pictures attracted by kids held in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) camp. Next to the Old Jewish Cemetery, impossibly full of four hundreds of years of headstones. U Stare Skoly 1; tel. 420 222 317 191; cost. www.jewishmuseum.cz