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Popular Shopping | Miscellaneous Shopping Tips | All Tips (292) An essential place to know if you are staying in an apartment, but also useful if you are in a hotel and need snacks, toothpaste, a hairbrush, whatever. Smack in the middle of town, between Wenceslas Square and Old Town Square, Tesco is a several-story high store. In the basement (entered from the outside) is a very large grocery store, with terrific cheese, meat, chocolate and beer selections. Also great bread baked on the premises. Upstairs on different floors are housewares, electronics, cosmetics, and anything else you need. There is even a pizza place and a quick food section. Best prices on postcards in all of Prague, too! One night we decided to stay in, picked up a variety of cheeses, fruit, olives, still-warm bread and local beers and had a feast. This is the place to go!
Try Tesco for all grocery and sundry needs, cheapest postcards, European bath stuff (I brought home all kinds of herbal bath stuff), etc.
Much better prices than in smaller shops. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: Narodni 26, Praha 1Phone: 2222003111Directions: ALL ROADS LEAD TO TESCO!Website: http://www.tesco.com/ |
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Popular buys include BOHEMIAN GLASS AND CRYSTAL, ceramics, lace, jewellery and a wide variety of hand-made craft and art objects such as hand-made toys, wooden puppets, pottery and hand-embroidered clothing. Value Added Tax ( VAT ) in the amount of 5% (products ) and 22% ( services ) is usually included in the price. There are currently no VAT refunds available to non-residents.
SHOPPING HOURS
Most shops open at 900 and close at 1800 on weekdays. Some shops, especially those in the country close during the lunch break 1200 - 1300. Only large department stores and shops catering to tourists are open throughout the weekend. Leave a Comment Theme: GiftsAddress: In and Around the City of Prague |
Debenhams is a favourite department store in Britain and it was great to see one in Prague. The shop looks very similar to the Debenhams i have been to at home. Its a big store with lots of items including mens, womens and childrens clothes.
The opening times are monday to saturday 9am till 8pm & sunday 10am till 6pm.
Mens, womens and childrens clothes, electricals, things for the home, furniture, underwear, jewellery, handbags and gifts. They also do the Wedding service as they do in the stores in England too. The store is famous for its clothes with a range of designer clothes for all.
Its a great place to go for all your family and home needs.
Similar prices to in England. Theme: Department StoreAddress: New Town, Prague 1Directions: In the centre of Wenceslas Square, you cant miss it as it is a huge department store.Other Contact: debenhams@mestrahouse.cz |
Scattered throughout Prague are your typical SOUVENIR SHOPS. I have to say many carried very tacky souvenirs like plastic replicas of Prague buildings. One shop carried a nice assortment of T-shirts. My favourite was the one that read "CZECH IT OUT".
Since I like to buy souvenirs that are practical and useful, I found a lovely Prague "2006" Calendar for 99CZK or $5.00 CDN. It had all the favourite sites in Prague on sturdy cardboard pages which can be used later as a post-card and it had coil bindings to easily turn to the new month. Anyway --- I liked it!! Leave a Comment Theme: GiftsAddress: All Through Prague Centrum |
Something to remember Prague by? Whatever you buy, don't buy it on the main tourist drag. If you go into a department store where ordinary Czechs do their shopping, you will find all the same merchandise at considerably lower prices. Downtown Prague is lined with dozens of souvenir stores selling EXACTLY the same thing - mainly crystalware, but also puppets and dolls.
The workshops under the bridge sell fabulous marionettes. These are prohibitively expensive, but you can get simpler puppets on strings for a reasonable price. What can you do with these things? Not much. Hang them on the wall, I guess.
I bought a few sets of crystal wine glasses - I’m the practical type - and they have since graced our table many times. Just make sure to have everything wrapped in bubble wrap so they arrive home in one piece. My husband – not the practical type - fell in love with a porcelain doll (see photo). He saw it in a marketplace near the cathedral and just had to have it.
Tiny crystal animals are extremely popular souvenirs. See the little glass rabbit sitting on the doll’s lap? They tend to be horribly overpriced. You can get them for less on the back streets - the farther away from the tourist sites, the better. Also, they are just bits of glass and fall apart rather quickly. This little fella here has been glued back together on numerous occasions since joining our household. Leave a Comment Theme: Gifts |
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Hurry to Prague. Puppets of all shapes and sizes can be found in every third shop in Prague. And, not only can you shop for puppets all day and all night, but you can see Don Giovanni performed by marionettes!!!!! All for the low low price of 20 euro per person.
http://www.czechopera.cz/default.asp?databaze=others
I decided on skipping the singing marionettes in favor of more beer--but you don't have to make the same mistake. Leave a Comment Theme: Toys and Games |
I loved this little store. It?s not that tricky to find once you find it the first time. If you?re coming from Old Town Square go behind the Tyn church onto Tynska and through the little courtyard with the restaurants and coffeshop (Ebel?s). At the end of the courtyard, go under the arch and then keep going straight onto Jakubska. It?s only about a three-minute walk or so. Very close. It?s also around the corner from the Marquis de Sade.
This is not a tourist store. They actually sell a hodgepodge of textile stuff. I bought a really nice canvas backpack that holds a lot of stuff for 14 euros. I liked it so well I bought one for my friend as well. I also bought a pair of fur lined leather boots for 13 euros. They sell shoes, shirts, coats (20 euros), purses, and scarves. It?s a very small store, though, so they don?t have a lot. And remember to take cash-they don?t accept credit cards.
I can't remember anything being over 25 euros. Leave a Comment Theme: Discount StoreAddress: Jakubska 8Phone: 608-661-590 |
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This mall has lots of shops to suit all tastes, including a Marks and Spencer. Had quite a good choice, prices were in £'s also.
Other shops included Calvin Klein and Next.
The mall is open:
Monday-friday 9.30-20.00
Saturday & Sunday 10.00-19.00 Leave a Comment Theme: Department StoreAddress: Na Pnkope 19-21 Prague 1Directions: There must be an entrance in a side passage to this mall but Marks & Spencer has an entrance on Wenceslas Square. Metro: Mustek Tram No. 3, 9, 14, 24 The website below is for the shopping mallWebsite: %CV%S5$Bwww.myslbek.com |
When you are in Prague, you definitely have to buy these round hazelnut waffles. Don't know the exact name of it, but it's a rather big waffle (diameter 20 centimer), they are packed with 8 together in rectangular cardboard little boxes in the colours blue (hazelnut), green (other taste) and brown (chocolat). You can buy them in the supermarket near the Charles Bridge. The street is called Mostecka, the name of the supermarket is BIO MARKET and you can recognize it by the cash dispenser BETWEEN the two entrances.
But you can also buy them in other supermarkets, for example the bigger one which is located in metrostation Mustek.
Everyone in my neighbourhood who tried the waffles found them delicious! Leave a Comment |
If you are looking to spend money, Parizka is your street. This is where most the leading fashion brands have their stores. The street is quite and feels like Paris.
It leads from the Old Town Square, to the river, northbound. Here you can spend your money on Polo, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Dunhill, Lacost, Hugo Boss etc.
Nardoni Trida is mostly a pedestrian shopping street that starts at the Powder Gate and goes to the river. You will find some small mini-malls here, and stores like Gant, Umbro, and Marks and Spencers department store.
Wencelas Square has a wide variety of stores. Most are open until 8 or 9 PM.
Moser is the most famous brand, and is only sold in two stores in Prague. One of them is on the Old Town Square.
Top brand fashions costs more than in the US Leave a Comment Theme: Women's ClothesDirections: Parizka off the Old Town Square |
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