A sculpture of the bearded St Wilgefortis, the skeletons of another two female saints, the highest concentration of cherubs found anywhere in the city… Built as part of a...

Mordecai Maisel (1528-1601), mayor of the Jewish ghetto during the reign of Rudolf II, was one of the richest men in 16th-century Europe. Legend traces Maisel's wealth to a...

Prices have nearly doubled at Sea World in recent years, but it's worth remembering that this is a venue with a big impact. The aquarium has a collection of over 300 species,...

Although its interiors are closed until October 2009 for restoration, you'll get a vivid sense of the National Memorial simply from walking around this impressive monument. A...

Prague, like so many European capitals, now has a sandy beach. This riverside complex on the right bank of the Vltava also has spas, football pitches, a half pipe for...

The Romanesque turrets and arches of this building at the exit of the cemetery make it appear as old as the gravestones. In fact, the Former Ceremonial Hall was built in 1906...

The overgrown yet beautiful Olšany Cemetery contains grand memorials to two unlikely bedfellows: Klement Gottwald, the first communist president, who died after catching a cold...

The story goes that a Rabbi Pinkas founded this synagogue in 1479 after falling out with the elders at the Old-New Synagogue. The building was enlarged in 1535, and a...

Founded more than 1,000 years ago by Přemysl princes, the impressive if somewhat sombre Prague Castle complex - including the Old Royal Palace, three churches and a monastery -...

The Powder Gate (or Tower) is a piece of late 15th-century flotsam, a lonely relic of the fortifications that used to ring the whole town. The bridge that incongruously...

Great in combination with a trip to the Prague Zoo, which this steamship serves via the Vltava river, the PPS offers a leisurely 75-minute ride. The boat plies this route...

While Parisians were still hotly debating the aesthetic value of their newly erected Eiffel Tower, the Czechs decided that they liked it so much that they'd build their own...

The National Gallery relaunched its permanent display of Bohemian Baroque art in spring 2008 at the sprawling Renaissance-era Schwarzenberg Palace. The museum presents around...

Built in 1373, along the shadow line of St Vitus's Cathedral, the Old Town Bridge Tower was badly damaged in 1648 by marauding Swedes, but Peter Parler's sculptural decoration...