Rick Steves' Prague and the Czech Republic 2006

by Steves, Rick; Vihan, Honza

• ISBN13: 9781566917681
• ISBN10: 1566917689
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-07
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing

Summary

Who but Rick Steves tells you what you really need to know when traveling in Prague and the Czech Republic?

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Planning	p. 3
Resources	p. 7
Practicalities	p. 11
Money	p. 14
Transportation	p. 16
Communicating	p. 22
Sleeping	p. 28
Eating	p. 31
Traveling as a Temporary Local	p. 34
Back Door Travel Philosophy	p. 36
Czech Republic	p. 37
Prague	p. 41
Orientation	p. 43
The Old Town	p. 61
The New Town	p. 82
The Little Quarter	p. 94
The Castle Quarter	p. 102
Sleeping	p. 117
Eating	p. 129
Shopping	p. 142
Entertainment	p. 145
Transportation Connections	p. 153
Beyond Prague	p. 155
Day Trips	p. 156
Kutna Hora	p. 156
Terezin Concentration Camp	p. 163
Konopiste Castle	p. 166
Karlstejn Castle	p. 168
Krivoklat Castle	p. 169
Cesky Krumlov	p. 172
Trebon, Telc, and Trebic	p. 189
Trebon	p. 189
Telc	p. 197
Trebic	p. 200
Slavonice	p. 202
Olomouc	p. 207
Kromeriz	p. 218
Wallachia	p. 221
Roznov	p. 222
Pustevny	p. 222
Velke Karlovice	p. 225
Mikulov Wine Region	p. 226
Pavlov and the Palava Hills	p. 227
Mikulov	p. 230
Lednice and Valtice	p. 233
Moravsky Krumlov	p. 237
Czech History	p. 240
Appendix	p. 247
Let's Talk Telephones	p. 247
European Calling Chart	p. 248
U.S. Embassy	p. 250
Czech Holidays and Festivals	p. 250
Temperature Conversion	p. 252
Prague's Climate	p. 252
Metric Conversion	p. 252
Numbers and Stumblers	p. 253
Making Your Hotel Reservation	p. 254
Index	p. 252
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