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Hello everyone,
I normally travel to Europe in Feb/March when it is the off-season or shoulder season. This year I will be traveling to Prague in late May -- how busy should I expect it to be? It will be busier than I'm used to, obviously, but should I be expecting throngs of people, long waits to see attractions and reservations required for restaurants?
Thanks in advance!
-- Brian
We were in Prague in late May, early June and while there were plenty of people visiting, I don't remember being annoyed by waits anywhere, much of what we saw in Prague were things that didn't require admission, the old town square, the astronomical clock, Fred & Ginger, etc. We didn't have reservations for any restaurant, we just walked right into all of them.
Mid-May is not really high season. I don't think you'll have any problems.
Well, the high season in Prague usually starts in June but the end of May get more touristy for sure. Queues are not as horrible as in the summer but still...depends on where u r planning to go.
Hi,
Numbers of tourists starts to increase from March, when many Italian students come for spring holidays.
Most crowded of course is summer - June, especially July and August.
Best time to visit Prague in my opinion is end April - beginning of May, but end May shouldn't be too bad.
Even now main spots are full of tourists - so not too much difference really - just weather will be much nicer....
Prague gets many tourists in late May, but this does not have to be a problem. See my VT pages for the best methods of avoiding crowds. Visit restaurants, bars, and clubs popular with the locals. You will enjoy these more anyway. The great weather more than makes up for crowd inconveniences. Have a great visit.
The Old Town is situated on the right bank of River Vlatva. It is not only the oldest part of Prague, but it also hosts some of its most beautiful and popular monuments and squares: the Old Town Square; the Old Town Hall and the Astronomical Clock, the Church of Our Lady before Tyn, the Powder Gate, the Municipal House and the Celetná Street.
Walk around. The streets of Old Town are very beautiful and contain a lot of culture. I always like meeting local people and learn their perspective. Once in a while, you also meet people worth keeping a correspondence with as well.
People are showing their specialties for Easter. There are many typical foods, and eggs, and everything popular. There is a high Easter tree decorated with lots of eggs and flowers. Also you can see forge crafts. It’s loading you with energy and celebrating mood
A half-hour drive east of Prague is the splendidly Gothic Kutná Hora, the medieval silver-mining town where the film version of Les Misérables was shot. The distinctive spires of its Cathedral of St.Barbara - whose roof seems to be draped from them - dominate the old centre of town, from where you can still don a hood and descend into the mineshafts. Be sure not to miss the macabre baroque-era ossuary, where monks arranged the bones of plague victims into fantastic decorative sculptures and chandeliers. Admission 110Kc. Open 9am-5pm Oct, Apr; 9am-6pm Sept, May-June; 10am-6pm, July-Aug; closed Mon. Ossuary, Zámecká 127, Kutná Hora (00 420 327 561 143). Admission 30Kc. Open 9am-noon, 1pm-5pm Oct-Apr; 8am-6pm May-Sept.
At the base of Petrin Hill is this very clever, thought provoking and very moving sculpture - a memorial to the victims of Communism. It was created by the Czech sculptor Olbram Zoubek in May 2002 and features a series of seven life-sized human figures, descending a flight of concrete steps. The bronze figures -are in various states of destruction -the worst ones on the farthest steps - symbolising political prisoners from the Communist era.
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