Hilton Prague Old Town
location V Celnici 7, Prague, 110 00
phone +420 2 2182 2100
website www3.hilton.com
dates 18 May for 2 nights
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Sedlec Ossuary
location Starosedlecká, 284 03 Kutná Hora
times 8am to 6pm
phone +420 3 2655 1049
website www.sedlecossuary.com
Also known as the "Church of Bones", Sedlec Ossuary is a small 15th century Roman Catholic chapel estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people.
Prague Castle
times 5am to midnight
website www.hrad.cz
information Changing of the Guard is at midday in the first courtyard
The largest ancient castle in the world, where the Kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic have had their offices.
Café Louvre
location Národní 22, Prague, 110 00
times 8am to 11:30pm
website www.cafelouvre.cz
This cafe, est. 1902, has remained largely unchanged since Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka were regular guests.
Come for the atmosphere, but give the coffee a miss in favour of the menu featuring Czech specialties.
Strahov Monastery Library
location Strahovské nádvorí 1/132, Prague, 118 00
times 9am to 5pm
website www.strahovskyklaster.cz
A working monastery since it was founded in 1143, The Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov is one of the oldest monasteries of the Premonstratensian Order in the world. 80 members currently reside at the abbey.
The main halls of the current library were built in 1671 (Theological Hall) and 1783 (Philosophical Hall). In the Theological Hall there are gilded wooded carved decorations with wooden cartouches above the shelves to indicate the type of literature stored below. The Philosophical Hall has hidden spiral staircases, masked with false book spines, leading up to the corners of the gallery.
