PRAGUE GUIDE

Prague Zoo is situated a few kilometres outside the city centre, and is set around a river gorge, with rocky cliff faces and rolling meadows all around. The zoo can be reached by public transport, with a combination of metro and bus, or by river boat.

For those in search for some adrenalin, here is the first bobsleigh track in Prague. It not only offers 1km of high speed track with eight loops and other attractions, but the ride is absolutely safe and can be enjoyed by fun-seekers of any age.

Meet ghosts face to face - The Museum Mysteries Pragensis represents a selection of the most famous and most interesting ghosts and legends of the historical city of Prague. We walk through everyday Prague, around its walls, and we don’t know which stories took place behind them. We walk streets with our eyes on the paving and often don’t see higher than a metre above the ground.

A festival featuring people in masks, jugglers, dancers, musicians, allegorical performances and many more theatre- and circus-related events.

For nature and animals lovers, Prague Zoo is the perfect place to visit. The zoo is open all year round and is located in the picturesque environment of the Troja Basin. Among the most notable species found at the Prague Zoo are: giant turtles, Chinese alligators, giant iguanas, cassowaries, red pandas ...

This is the most popular and biggest fair (Theme Park) in Prague, and indeed the Czech Republic, and also the first spring fair in Europe. St Matthew's Fair, known as Matějská pouť to the locals.

Detsky ostrov is Prague's smallest island and, as the name suggests, the island offers activities especially for small kids.

Seaworld is a vast exhibition space offering a great experience of the underwater world. There are 50 tanks, containing more than 150 species of salt and freshwater colour fish from all over the world and a huge coral-covered area of 1,000 square metres.

If you are planning to come to Prague with children there are many places which allow them to enjoy the great architecture or just walk in Old Prague Town just as much as you can. The Czech attitude to kids is generally very positive. Here are some tips.

Close to Golden Lane (at the courtyard of Burgrave's House) is this nice little place with lots of antique trains and dolls, complete with English-language signs on most of them.