You've had your fill of history and culture, now its time to get a taste of the wild side . There are plenty of touristy type bars to choose from in the centre of town, and beware overly 'friendly' locals who just happen to know of an 'excellent' club on the other side of town, complete with exorbitant entry fee , pricy drinks and crappy music and just happen to disappear after walking through the door. Nevertheless there are some excellent nights to be had out in Prague. First timers can try the Karlovy Lázne , four floors of various latest dance tunes and techno in an old factory building, Stonx , Roxy , and Radost FX are also popular hotspots. Bars with atmosphere include Kozicka and Café Marquis de Sade . Take note that like Austria 'Nightclub' means the table/pole/lap dancing variety. The alternatives are music or jazz clubs, dance clubs or discos.
Other things to do in Prague
This was the location for a Jewish concentration camp in 1941. The site contains a Ghetto museum preserving the memory of the 30,000 people that died here and a further 85,000 Jews that were deported to death camps in the east. Access is by bus from Florenc station to Terezin, where the post office sells a map to the area. Opening times are between 9am and 5/6pm for the museum, cemetery, barracks and small fortress. 180Kc, 160Kc students.
Home to the rather morbidly curious Bone Church. Inside the church has been entirely decorated with complete sets of bones modelled into a chandelier and assorted ornamentation. The 13th C Cistercian monastery became home to the remains of some 40,000 people after the Black Plague hit the area during a 'silver' mining rush. One monk hit upon the macabre idea of making the bones into decoration after they ran out of room in the cemetery. Buses from Florenc Station run daily, the church is open daily 8am-6pm (Apr-Oct), 9am-Noon/1pm-4pm (Nov-Mar). 30kc, 20Kc students.
This looks just like a fairy tale type castle, pointy turrets and all. Charles IV had this fortress built to house his crown jewels and religious artefacts in the 14th C. The Chapel of the Holy Cross has precious stones inlaid to the masonry and 129 paintings by Theodorik follow a fairly apocalyptic theme. Open Tue-Sun, 9am-6pm (Jul-Aug), 9am-5pm, (May-Jun and Sep), 9am-4pm (Apr-Oct), 9am-3pm (Nov-Mar), 200Kc, 100Kc students. Trains run from Praha Hlavni every hour.