Prague - 2025

Kania-Doerr Travels
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We’re heading to Prague for this year’s Discourse company meetup, so Loretta and I are heading over a week early for a quick vacay.

I’ll drop all my photos here as I process them, but this year, I thought I’d also track my to-do list.

Every time we’re going to take a trip like this, I try to do a bit of research into foods and drinks I should try (maybe even the restaurants I should have them at), places to see, and activities to do. This year is no different. So I thought it would be fun to drop my list here so I can check them off as I go.

I’m not a huge list person, so I think of these more like guidelines rather than a strict to-do list. But here it is as of now:

Dishes to eat

  • Chlebíčky - open faced sandwich
  • Goulash - stew w/dumplings
  • Grilované klobásy - grilled sausage
  • Svíčková - braised beef w/dumplings
  • Raiská omáčka - beef w/sweet tomato sauce & dumplings
  • Nakládaný hermelín - pickled cheese
  • Pork knuckle
  • Řízek (schnitzel)
  • Vepřo knedlo zelo - roasted pork w/ sauerkraut and bread dumplings
  • Roast duck
  • Dill Sauce
  • Buchty - filled buns (fruit and cheese quite often)
  • Trdelník - chimney cake
  • Medovník - honey cake
  • Míša Řezy - cake of farmers cheese (quark) and chocolate
  • Palačinky - Czech pancakes
  • Gingerbread (Perníčky) - sliced cake or cookies
  • Kynuté ovocné knedlíky - fruit dumplings @ CAFÉ SAVOY
  • Becherovka - herbal shot liquor of ginger, herbs and spices

Restaurants/Pubs/Bars to visit

Things to do/see

  • Vltava River
  • Hradčany - c9th Century
  • Letná
    • Letná Park
  • Vyšehrad - c11th century
  • Nové Město - New Town c1348
    • Wenceslas Square
    • Mucha Museum and Municipal House Tour - map
    • The National Museum
    • The National Theatre
    • The State Opera
    • The Dancing House - Gehry design
    • K - David Černý sculpture - map
    • Lucerna Palace - entertainment/shopping catch a movie here
  • Staré Město - Old Town
  • Josefov
    • Old Town/Jewish Quarter 2hr walking tour - book
    • Old - New Synagogue
  • Malá Strana - Lesser Town c1257 - S of the castle
    • Petrin Hill & Lookout tower
    • Charles Bridge
  • Estates Theatre - Don Giovanni premiered here in 1787
  • Manifesto Market - made of shipping containers

Possible day trips

  • Kutna Hora ~ 1hr by train
    • Church of St. Barbara
    • Sedlec Ossuary (bone church)
    • Karlštejn Castle
    • 14th c royal residence of King Charles IV. ~ 40 min train ride
  • Pilsen
  • Karlovy Vary
    • 3hr train ride west
    • Spas (Elizabeth Spa)
    • Jan Becher museum
    • Grand Hotel Pupp
  • Liberec - 1hr bus ride?
    • “Take a cable car ride up to Ještěd, a former radio tower turned restaurant and hotel that sits atop the surrounding mountain range. On a clear day, you can see Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic from this viewpoint.”
  • Český Krumlov ~2.5 hrs S by train
  • České Švýcarsko (Bohemian Switzerland National Pak) ~ 2hrs by train

Souvenir ideas (?)

  • Kovap Mechanical toys
  • Bohemian Glass
  • Garnet Jewelry
  • Wooden toys