Pocket Prague Travel Guide by Lonely Planet

Author:Lonely Planet
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Lonely Planet Pty, Ltd
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Take a Break

At any time of day, step into Kavárna Lucerna (Click here) for a coffee, a beer or a glass of wine in a darkened old-world atmosphere – the Lucerna Passage entrance is right on the square.

Just a block off Wences-las Sq, Noodles (Click here) offers excellent lunch specials and a relaxing garden – it’s a huge leap above the nearby tourist offerings.

Sights

1 Mucha Museum MUSEUM

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Sensuous Slavic maidens and fin-de-siècle Parisian adverts line the walls of this petite gallery housed in the lovely Kaunicky Palace; whether or not you’re an art-nouveau fan, it’s worthwhile to walk through and see what the Mucha fuss is all about. Fans of the artist can call ahead to arrange a guided visit, or catch a screening of a short film about the artist’s life. ( 221 451 333; www.mucha.cz; Panská 7; adult/student 180/120Kc; 10am-6pm; Mustek)

2 Church of Our Lady of the Snows CHURCH

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Fenced in by other buildings, this 14th-century church is easily overlooked, but shouldn’t be. Charles IV planned it as Prague’s largest church, but only its chancel was ever finished. So it seems taller than it is long, with an Orthodox Christian–style over-door mosaic and an ornate black-and-gold altarpiece. Enter via the Austrian Cultural Institute (Österreiches Kulturforum). (Kostel Panny Marie Snežne; www.pms.ofm.cz;Jungmannovo námestí; 9am-6pm; Mustek)

3 Cubist Lamppost PUBLIC ART

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Angular but slightly chunky, made from striated concrete – the world’s only cubist lamppost would be worth going out of the way to see. So it’s a happy bonus this novelty is just around the corner from Wenceslas Sq. (Jungmannovo námestí; Mustek)

4 Lucerna Passage HISTORIC SITE

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This 1920s art-nouveau shopping arcade, running below the Lucerna Palace between Štepánská and Vodickova streets, was designed by ex-president Havel’s grandfather, but is now better known for a cafe (Click here), a club (Click here) and the David cerny sculpture Horse (1999). Hanging from the atrium, this wry companion to the Wenceslas Sq statue has its Wenceslas (or Václav) astride the belly of a dead, upside-down steed. (Lucerna pasáž; Štepánská 61/Vodickova 36; Mustek, 3, 9, 14, 24 to Václavske námestí)

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