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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 #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
Who's the most ignored user on the forums?

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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