4 Day Prague Itinerary

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Prague is a beautiful medieval city, chock full of Jewish history.

I’ve added some post-trip notes to this itinerary with my experiences.

Hotel:

• Hotel King David Prague
  • The hotel is outdated and not overly comfortable. Given the choice though, I would probably still choose this over any other hotel in the area, because of the kosher food. They offer a nice spread every morning for breakfast. We also ate the Friday night meal here and it was wonderful. Note that the hechsher is constantly changing, so be sure to check the status before booking if you plan to eat here.

Food:

• Friday Night- King David Hotel
• Shabbos Lunch- Chabad
  • We slept in on Shabbos morning and by the time we made it to Chabad, the meal was over. They were gracious enough to offer us some food. It was standard fair and not very good although I’m sure we would have had a nicer experience had we made it there in time.
• U Milo Kosher Italian Dairy- 3/5
  • The restaurant was new at the time, so the service was lacking. The food was ok.
• Chabad Kosher Grill- 3/5
• Chabad’s Shelanu Kosher Restaurant- 3/5
  • The food was ok, but the service was SLOW. We wanted to catch the last bus to Terezin to tour the camp, but it took them so long to get our food ready that when we arrived to the bus stop one minute early, we had already missed the bus…

Activities:

• Old Town Square
  • This is the first time I truly felt the medieval era. There was something about standing near these foreboding Churches and black Towers that lets you be transported back in time.
• Wittmann Tours
  • This was a walking tour of the city that included many notable Jewish stops. Our tour guide wasn’t Jewish, so his stories didn’t have much ta’am although he was in his 90’s and had memories from before the war which was both fascinating and sad at the same time (my grandfather lived in Prague before the war and was forced to flee). Tour stops included the following shuls (where aware, we did not enter Reform synagogues):
  • Alt-Neu Shul (Maharal)
  • Klausen Shul
  • Spanish Synagogue (Reform)
  • Maisel Shul

• Pinkas Shul

• Jubilee Synagogue (originally Reform, now more Orthodox leaning)

• Jewish Cemetery- the most notable figure buried here is the Maharal

• Jewish Museum of Prague

• Charles Bridge
  • Absolutely beautiful. A lot of history connected to the place, especially to the sculpture of Jesus with a pasuk written around it. Lots of street vendors as well as beggars with their face down supposedly due to the shame at their situation.
• Prague Castle
  • We didn’t spend enough time here, and the tour was rather dry. I have a feeling that a good tour guide here would go a long way…
• Hop on hop off tour
  • We did not particularly enjoy this in Prague.

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