Prague Travel Guide
6/27/2008 at 9:35 AM
Tags: Movie Set Travel, Angelina Jolie (all tags)
Summer's big action-adventure flicks are finally surfacing and "Wanted" won't disappoint. Angelina's back as a gun-toting, ass-kicking secret society trainer for a young man who finds out his father was an assassin. (You can barely tell she'll soon be a mother of 5!)
Wes Gibson (James McAvoy) is a boring office drone popping anti-anxiety meds when he meets Fox (Jolie) and finds out his father was a member of a secret society of assassins called "Fraternity." Fox takes him under her wing and trains him to bring out his own special powers and avenge his father's death. It's a comic book come to life, in which all the characters are stunning.
"Wanted" was shot in stunning Prague, so this Friday we offer you some cool things to check out in the Czech capital.
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by sedona
6/06/2008 at 10:00 AM
Tags: Dubai Travel, LCCs, Low Cost Carriers, Europe Travel, Smartwings (all tags)
For a cleverly named European LCC, Smartwings doesn't get a lot of air time. That's because it's not as smart as it sounds ... or is it?
Smartwings is based largely out of Prague and if you want to fly from the Czech capital to anywhere in southern Europe (read: anywhere warmer and sunnier), you've got lots of choices. They also have a few routes out of two other Czech cities, Brno and Ostrava.
The most curious route is a new addition. Smartwings added flights from Prague and Budapest to Dubai last month. This is definitely one of the first low-cost long-haul flights to come out of central and eastern Europe, and it opens up interesting possibilities for flying from Europe to Australasia for a lot less. So maybe Smartwings really is smart.
Related Stories:
· Smartwings [Official Site]
· New Budapest to Dubai Route Opened [CarRentals]
· Site Scramble: Smartwings [Jaunted]
[Photo: mr_nhw]
by amandak
5/22/2008 at 9:15 AM
Tags: Europe Travel, Festivals, Prague Travel, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Summer Travel (all tags)
The grand cities of Eastern Europe are holding festivals left, right and center: We talked about the Budapest Fringe Festival in the spring and now it's time for the Prague Fringe Festival, which runs from May 25 to June 1.
It started back in 2001 and is closely modeled on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. There are all kinds of performances to be seen at the Prague Fringe, from shadow puppets from Cyprus to Czech theater and pretty much anything else you can imagine.
Tickets are cheerily cheap for all the performances--on the opening Sunday they're just 100 crowns (just over $6). That's cheap enough that if a particular edge of the fringe doesn't suit you, you haven't lost much. You can always abandon the show for a good Czech beer instead.
Related Stories:
· A Guide to Prague's Fringe Festival [Guardian]
· Prague Fringe Festival [Official Site]
· Spring into Budapest in 2008 [Jaunted]
[Photo: christopher.woo]
by amandak
4/21/2008 at 9:15 AM
Tags: Clubs, Night Clubs, Public Transportation, Trams (all tags)
If you're the nightclubber type when traveling, yet loathe showing up at hot spots in foreign cities stone cold sober and haggling over cab fare, head to Prague. They've got the perfect solution: Tramix, a tram-based club. Yep, it's a standard streetcar with a full-on party happening on board, including room to dance and mobile bars.
Tramix travels around the city about once a month, picking up locals and visitors alike and transporting them to area clubs revved up and ready to party. They claim that "euphoric entertainment has no limits on board" and guest count can range from 60-150, depending on the car Tramix takes over next.
The trip's generally around two-and-a-half hours and costs about $18. Partiers can buy tickets in advance on Tramix's site. Definitely beats paying a cab driver for just an ordinary ride.
Related Stories:
· Tramix [Official Site]
· Prague: A Moveable Feast [NYT]
· Prague coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Poslouchej]
by sedona
7/31/2007 at 10:25 AM
Tags: Prague Travel, Beer, Pubs (all tags)
While we don't exactly condone the British habit of picking a European city, flying in for a weekend to sample alcohol and women, and flying home leaving a trail of destruction ... well, it happens, and if you're going to enjoy a few beers in Prague, why not do it properly. Take, for example, the Prague Underground tour company which sets up pub crawls for groups wanting to try more than just that horrifying green absinthe the Czech Republic is known for.
Prague Underground offers the Zizkov Pub Crawl: Zizkov is a neighborhood of inner city Prague that claims to have more pubs per square mile than anywhere else in the world. If you're after a more scenic route, the River Pub Crawl has slightly less hardcore nightlife, but your guide still won't leave you until 2am at the earliest. Drink up!
Related Stories:
· It's Not Easy Being Green [Jaunted]
· Prague Hotel Reviews [HotelChatter]
[Photo: johnystadlerka]
by amandak
5/03/2007 at 9:05 AM
Tags: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Celeb Travel, Super World Travelers (all tags)
Where is the world's most glamorous family touching down now? In the Czech Republic. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their brood landed in Prague this week, and will be in town for the next month while Angie shoots the thriller
Wanted, with Morgan Freeman.
How did they get there? Via private jet of course. Where are they staying? Well, we don't know for certain, although the Aria Hotel, a five-star luxury boutique in town might do the trick. Once a printing factory, its interiors were done by Rocco Magnoli, the architect for the world's Versace stores. It's also music-themed with a private screening room (perfect for watching the dailies!) and an in-house music library. Hm, might be the perfect place for Brad to babysit.
[Photo: Fame/TMZ]
Related Stories:
· Brangelina: Czech Please! [TMZ]
by sedona
4/19/2007 at 9:25 AM
Tags: Statues, Animals (all tags)
Eastern Europeans are going a little crazy over statues recently. From plans for a Rocky Balboa statue in Serbia to a (now axed) proposal for a giant Sam Fox, the Czech proposal to build a statue of Sigmund Freud in Prague seems positively mundane.
And perhaps locals saw it the same way. Voters rejected the statue of Freud for Kozi Placek (Goat Square) in favor of--not Rocky or Samantha--a statue of goats instead. The reasoning? You can put a statue of Freud anywhere you want, but three goats really only belong on "Goat Square." Can't argue with that. But what Freud would say about the meaning of all this is something we'd rather not contemplate.
[Photo: the_girl]
Related Stories:
· Prague Residents Reject Freud Statue [Prague Daily Monitor]
· Rocky Solution to Serbian Landslides [Jaunted]
· Serbia Doesn't Heart Sam Fox [Jaunted]
by amandak
10/25/2006 at 9:35 AM
Tags: Prague, Czech Republic, Tourist Attractions (all tags)
If you've ever wandered through the streets of Prague (with your eyes open), at one point you probably looked up and spied the Old Town Hall's Astronomical Clock. Chances are, you then looked down in the confusion of not being able to tell what time the clock displayed and walked on.
We'd like to say that we will clear up all the mysteries of Prague's Astronomical Clock, but we aren't sure we can. We have quizzed local Czechs, asked Wikipedia and Googled it to death, only to come up more bewildered than before.
There's a zodiac ring, a 24-hour clock, sun and moon indicators, and even a part showing "Old Czech Time," which starts at 1 every time the sun sets. There are also plenty of arrows that we think are secret pointers to the best pubs in town, so we recommend only studying the Astronomical Clock long enough to decide which direction to go for the next beer.
Send us your thoughts on the Astronomical Clock if you got 'em.
[Photo: Helen & Simon]
by amandak
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