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Places To Eat:
Shelanu Grill (Chabad)  Břehová 208/8, 110 00 Josefov, Czechia
U-Milo Mill Restaurant and Pizza (Chabad) U Milosrdných 4, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia
Chabad Grill U Milosrdných 849, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia. They also have Shabbos Meals Website
Dinitz (and small kosher store near it)
King David hotel restaurant (Buffet Breakfast and Dinner) 42, Hybernská 1674, Nové Město, 110 00, Czechia Website
Mizlala-Hybernská 26, 110 00 Nové Město- In New Town near the King David Hotel and the train station. Great Israeli food.


Places to Stay:
King David
Intercontinental
President hotel
Hotel Maximilian
Salvator superior apartments
Boscolo prague autograph collection
Sheraton
Hilton old town
Marriott
Hilton Prague

Highly recommend: The Allure hotel. Great prices, great accomodations. Guests said Shabbos there was super easy (the staff opened the rooms for them), and it's right near Chabad and the Jewish Quarter.

Places to see:
Jewish Quarter- The Old Cemetery (Maharal and Kli Yakar), The AltNeu (Maharal Shul), the Pinkas Shul (which has all the Czech Holocaust victims' names hand written on its walls), the Maisel Synagogue (which houses many artifacts of the Jewish history in Prague), and the Spanish Synagogue, museum, (can daven micha/maariv at oldnew shul and get free entry). You must buy a ticket for one time entry to each site at the Jewish Museum, at Maiselova 15.
A warning about the Jewish Quarter: as opposed to many cemeteries and shuls around Europe, which tend to be very quiet and free of crowds, the Prague Jewish Quarter is a huge tourist attraction due to its preserved state and proximity to other tourist attractions. Therefore, don't expect to get some quiet davening in at the Maharal during tourist season...
Old Town Square- municipal house, powder tower, astronomical clock (hourly show), wenclesas square,
Charles bridge- the most famous bridge in Prage. Has a statue of Yoshka with the words of Kedusha emblazoned on it
Petrin Tower-an Eiffel tower style cast iron viewing deck overlooking Prague on the other side of the river.
Prague Castle-The largest castle in the world, with buildings and architecture from many kingdoms and eras in central Europe. Hitler spent a night there.
The Jerusalem Synagogue- An absolutely gorgeous shul (some say the nicest in Europe). They have davening Shabbos day. Costs about $8 to tour, but if you have the Jewish Quarter tour ticket (which covers the shuls there, the Chevra Kadisha building, and the cemetery) then it's half price. Jeruzalémská 1310/7, 110 00 Praha 1, Czechia Website
metronome- nice view point
victov hill, free army museum,

Noda B'Yehuda 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 (Tereizishtadt) concentration camp -  The concentration camp the Nazis used to pretend the Jews had good conditions. Really really captivating. A hidden shul was discovered there. Drive or hr bus from train station. 

Holesav- A two hour drive. Kever.  of shach ,

Kolin, Nickolsburg, Brinlitz, Boscovitz-All towns with significant Jewish history within a couple hours' drive from Prague.

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

Another highly recommended tour guide/operater is Yaakov Schwab (recommended by R' Paysach Krohn) Whatsapp: +420 604 857 554 . He can arrange drivers and tour guides throughout the area, as well as drivers to Austria, Bratislava, and Budapest. Great guy!

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).

4) in the summer, the shuls all make early Shabbos, including Chabdad

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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #200 on: August 25, 2015, 03:58:18 PM »
Quote from: AharonInIsrael on August 25, 2015, 02:19:26 PM
Do you need to get in touch with someone to get to the Noda BiYehuda's kever, or you just go at the times it's open?
There are opening and closing hours, though I got there after hours and climbed the gate, it wasn't that easy
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #201 on: August 25, 2015, 04:08:17 PM »
Quote from: Hershelsdeals on August 25, 2015, 03:58:18 PM
There are opening and closing hours, though I got there after hours and climbed the gate, it wasn't that easy
POIDH   :P
Yeah, I saw the hours (in moish's TR and elsewhere). Thanks!
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #202 on: August 25, 2015, 04:39:11 PM »
Quote from: Hershelsdeals on August 25, 2015, 03:58:18 PM
There are opening and closing hours, though I got there after hours and climbed the gate, it wasn't that easy
Hmmm I don't remember it being a tall gate but if you say so.
Climbing a gate in the big cemetery in krakow was a job! Where We were looking for the (cmiiw) Maor Veshumesh's kever for 3 hours @ 12am and we never ended up finding it!
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #203 on: August 25, 2015, 04:41:04 PM »
Quote from: clear thinker on August 25, 2015, 04:39:11 PM
Hmmm I don't remember it being a tall gate but if you say so.
Climbing a gate in the big cemetery in krakow was a job! Where We were looking for the (cmiiw) Maor Veshumesh's kever for 3 hours @ 12am and we never ended up finding it!
Yep. It was pretty tough, also, what do you consider tall? Tall is relative, and it definitely not short
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #204 on: August 25, 2015, 04:46:11 PM »
P.S. I don't recommend anyone climbing cemetery fences, it's illegal and you can get arrested for trespassing
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #205 on: August 25, 2015, 04:57:07 PM »
Quote from: Hershelsdeals on August 25, 2015, 04:41:04 PM
Yep. It was pretty tough, also, what do you consider tall? Tall is relative, and it definitely not short
My memory is a bit sketchy it's been a few years.
Quote from: Hershelsdeals on August 25, 2015, 04:46:11 PM
P.S. I don't recommend anyone climbing cemetery fences, it's illegal and you can get arrested for trespassing
Unless you really have to.
Just joking.
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #206 on: August 25, 2015, 09:42:26 PM »
Quote from: AharonInIsrael on August 25, 2015, 02:19:26 PM
Do you need to get in touch with someone to get to the Noda BiYehuda's kever, or you just go at the times it's open?
IIRC it's open on alternating days in the afternoon
And the gate is not high- easily climbable although I would not advise doing so in ex communist country
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #207 on: November 03, 2015, 11:30:44 AM »
Does anyone here have information regarding the Kashrus of the King David hotel?
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #208 on: November 03, 2015, 12:42:10 PM »
Quote from: Hershelsdeals on November 03, 2015, 11:30:44 AM
Does anyone here have information regarding the Kashrus of the King David hotel?
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #209 on: November 03, 2015, 01:18:55 PM »
Quote from: Feivish on November 03, 2015, 12:42:10 PM
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That. When we were there there was a very knowledgeable mashgiach on site all the time. He showed us around the kitchen and facilities and everything was on a very high standard.
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #210 on: April 30, 2016, 06:53:14 PM »
Going to Prague later this week for 2 days with our 2 kids,
Anyone have any recommendations of must sees and an easy itinerary ?
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #211 on: May 01, 2016, 06:19:57 AM »
the Jewish quarter with the museum & all the shuls.

with the kids you can also go to the zoo.
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Prague Master Thread
« Reply #212 on: May 03, 2016, 04:28:43 PM »
My 2 day itinerary and tips if anyone is interested.
Day one:
Brunch at shelano pizza
Tour by michael dushi of ghetto, Spanish shul, pinkas shul/ memorial, and old cemetery,
(Thanks to all those here who recommended Dushi , he was great even with our kids and even helped us with the kids while he told us to run and see certain galleries, and managed to for a lot into the 2 hr slot we have him. It sounded like even a full day with him will not be enough, he has so much to say. ),
Finished up the ghetto- Meissel shul, klsusen shul, chevra kadishe building,
walked around river and Charles bridge,
then had supper at shelanu grill and mincha in altneu shul (which grants you free entry),

Day 2:
Walked to Old town square, astronomical clock, havelska street market, municipal house and powder tower,
Jerusalem shul,
Noda beyebuda kever (it was around a 20 walk and some uphill from Jerusalem shul, but then we took the underground metro back and that was pretty easy- the A line goes strait back to old town),
Went back to Palladium and Kotva malls (near municipal house, they have a small kids area on floor +2 where you can drop off your kids while you shop or stay with them and my kids really enjoyed it there for a bit),
And back to Chabad for mincha marriv and supper.

Thanks to everyone here for their posts as this was my main source for info...
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #213 on: May 08, 2016, 04:13:05 AM »
My trip is in the planning stages. How many days is required to sufficiently do Prauge?
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #214 on: May 08, 2016, 04:24:54 AM »
Quote from: ad120 on May 08, 2016, 04:13:05 AM
My trip is in the planning stages. How many days is required to sufficiently do Prauge?
If not doing side day trips then 2 full days is probably sufficient to "do" Prague at the pace that most here travel.
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #215 on: May 08, 2016, 04:33:22 AM »
Quote from: Emkay on May 08, 2016, 04:24:54 AM
If not doing side day trips then 2 full days is probably sufficient to "do" Prague at the pace that most here travel.
Do you recommend doing side day trips?
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #216 on: May 08, 2016, 04:34:47 AM »
Quote from: ad120 on May 08, 2016, 04:33:22 AM
Do you recommend doing side day trips?
Depends what the rest of your  itinerary looks like.
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #217 on: May 12, 2016, 09:51:39 AM »
I did a side trip to Tereisenstadt and I felt it was worth it.
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #218 on: May 12, 2016, 03:06:33 PM »
Where did y'all pray during the week?
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Re: Prague Master Thread
« Reply #219 on: May 12, 2016, 03:10:30 PM »
Quote from: ad120 on May 12, 2016, 03:06:33 PM
Where did y'all pray during the week?
Hotel room.
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