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Places To Eat:
shalanu pizza and grill - Chabad
Dinitz (and small kosher store near it)
King Solomon (https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=924.msg1991612#msg1991612)
King David hotel restaurant

Places to Stay:
King David
Intercontinental
President hotel
Hotel Maximilian
Salvator superior apartments
Boscolo prague autograph collection

Sheraton
Hilton old town
Marriott
Hilton Prague

Places to see:
Jewish quarter- cemetery (maharal and kli yakar), 6 shuls, museum, (can daven micha/maariv at oldnew shul and get free entry),
old town square - municipal house, powder tower, astronomical clock (hourly show), wenclesas square,
Charles bridge (by boat?- Prague Venice boat),
Palace,
metronome- nice view point,
petrin tower viewpoint,
victov hill, free army museum,

Noda beyebuda kever (at zizkov TV tower in prague 3, its an easy 4 stops on the metro from old town, open every day till 4 friday till 2),
Museum, markets (havelska street market, parizska window shopping (right off the ghetto), lesser town (mala strana), dancing house,
water night show at Prague 7,
cable car??, 
45 min night boat tour on river,

Terezin concentration camp -  Drive or hr bus from train station

Holesav- Kevarim of shach , kolin, nikolsberg,

Tips:
can use Triposo app to tour

Tour guide Michael Dushinski, midushy@gmail.com, +420606498214
$80 per hour, minimum 4 hours.

King David hotel has a tour everyday to the major places.

Shacharis
6:30 King David
7:30 King David
7:45 Chabad
8 kehila building (near altneu)

Kosher list

1) always keep a few krona change in your pockets for bathroom breaks. It costs about $0.15-$0.25 USD (in Krona) per visit no one will let you in for free. (besided the chabad restaurants).

2) You can rent boats to go on the Vlatlava river, not sure the cost. You can also rent "City Bikes" in the old town square for 300 Czech krona. (About $12) for 2 hours & every additional hour its 50 krona which is about $2 USD.

3) All Jewish attractions close at 6pm (or 4 in winter).


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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #320 on: March 23, 2017, 03:39:39 PM »
is Chabad any better?

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #321 on: March 25, 2017, 08:48:01 PM »
is Chabad any better?
from my own research- most certainly

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #322 on: June 04, 2017, 01:57:02 PM »
is king Solomon considered a good hecsher?
How about King David?

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #323 on: June 06, 2017, 03:15:19 AM »
1) Anyone planning to be in Prague on 6/21 or 6/22?  Looking to share a tour guide.

2) Anyone have experience with Wittman tours?

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #324 on: June 12, 2017, 06:49:01 PM »

2) Anyone have experience with Wittman tours?

I used them we had a great tour guide. She said she isn't Jewish but has some Jewishness through her fathers side.

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #325 on: June 13, 2017, 03:31:51 PM »
How about King David?
Acc to my sources its fine.

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #326 on: June 15, 2017, 03:21:36 AM »
2) Anyone have experience with Wittman tours?

I used them we had a great tour guide. She said she isn't Jewish but has some Jewishness through her fathers side.

Thanks!

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #327 on: June 25, 2017, 10:28:39 PM »
1) Anyone planning to be in Prague on 6/21 or 6/22?  Looking to share a tour guide.

2) Anyone have experience with Wittman tours?
Going a week before. Anyone for the 15th?

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #328 on: July 10, 2017, 10:12:48 PM »
Got a Eurotrip coming up in September.
Spending 3 nights in Prague Thurs - Sun
Just found out that the Shabbos I'm there is the Maharal's yartzeit!
Should I expect it to be crazy?
Does everyone flock to Prague for the yartzeit or is it just gonna be like any other Shabbos?

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #329 on: September 02, 2017, 11:25:25 PM »
will be in Prague in late October
Has anyone stayed at either of the Hilton Hotels? Either one close to shuls/Chabad?
Have a lot of Hilton Points

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #330 on: September 02, 2017, 11:25:59 PM »
Got a Eurotrip coming up in September.
Spending 3 nights in Prague Thurs - Sun
Just found out that the Shabbos I'm there is the Maharal's yartzeit!
Should I expect it to be crazy?
Does everyone flock to Prague for the yartzeit or is it just gonna be like any other Shabbos?
Nothing major
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #331 on: September 03, 2017, 04:20:03 AM »
will be in Prague in late October
Has anyone stayed at either of the Hilton Hotels? Either one close to shuls/Chabad?
Have a lot of Hilton Points
I stayed in one of the Hiltons. Wasnt too close to the Shuls. See my tr for more info

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #332 on: September 24, 2017, 05:59:34 PM »
Any thoughts about the President Hotel vs the Intercontinental? Will be there for Shabbos

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #333 on: October 26, 2017, 08:10:06 AM »
I am travelling from Vienna to prague and plan on taking a train in January. Where can i book train tickets and is train the best way to get from vienna to prague?

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #334 on: October 27, 2017, 12:49:24 AM »
I am travelling from Vienna to prague and plan on taking a train in January. Where can i book train tickets and is train the best way to get from vienna to prague?
http://www.oebb.at/en/

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #335 on: November 18, 2017, 12:47:27 PM »
Can you light shabbos candles in say, the Intercontinental? Someone wrote its "shabbos friendly". Does that mean they have keys for the bedrooms?

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #336 on: December 05, 2017, 08:20:25 AM »
anyone?

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #337 on: December 24, 2017, 02:03:56 AM »
You can light candles at chabad- it’s a 2 minute walk from the intercontinental. Intercontinental has easy to access stairs from the rooms to lobby (The hotel has 9 stories). From the lobby, you need to ask the front desk to open the door to the stairwell with a keycard. When we asked, the guy said “do you need me to open your room too”- he clearly knew our need (they get a lot of frum people). We taped our room door and put the don’t disturb sign so we wouldn’t have to get them to open for us.

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #338 on: December 24, 2017, 10:44:58 AM »
I presume there is no eruv. Correct?

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #339 on: December 24, 2017, 10:51:27 AM »
correct