Prague is a great city break destination for couples and groups – but solo travellers can enjoy the Czech capital, too. If you’re going to Prague on your own, here are five great things to do in Prague for single travellers.
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Prague for solo travellers: The Castle
The largest castle complex on earth is more like a walled town. Go early to avoid crowds – the grounds open from 6am, and the key buildings from 9am. There’s a bewildering array of entry options, but the Circuit B ticket will do the job. This includes the glamorously gothic St. Vitus Cathedral, the adorably cutesy 16th century Golden Lane and the enormous, vaulted Vladislav Hall, which is so big, knights used to hold jousting tournaments inside it.
For single travellers who want more information on what they’re looking at, there’s always the option of joining a Prague Castle guided tour.
Plotting out the Černý trail in Prague
Once seen as a bad boy art rebel, sculptor David Černý’s deliriously weird art installations across the city have made him part of Prague’s fabric. He’s responsible for the metal babies climbing the Žižkov TV tower, the statues urinating into a map of the Czech Republic outside the Kafka Museum, Saint Wenceslas on an upside down horse inside the Palác Lucerna cultural hub, and several more. String them together and a curious solo traveller can end up exploring the key areas of the city at the same time.
Visiting the Prague Jewish Museum
There’s a dark reason why Josefov – Prague’s Jewish quarter – is so well preserved: Hitler wanted it to be a museum to an extinct race. Documents, artefacts and buildings were preserved, but now it’s the most complete Jewish quarter in Europe – and it’s living.
The cemetery and neo-Gothic Maisel Synagogue are hugely atmospheric sections of the Prague Jewish Museum, but the Pinkas Synagogue provides the emotional gut punch. Upstairs are pictures drawn by children in the Terezín Ghetto, downstairs the walls are painted with the names of 80,000 Czech Jewish victims of the holocaust.
Joining a guided tour to get a better understanding of what happened is highly recommended.
Malá Strana for solo travellers
The main thoroughfares of Malá Strana, the outrageously pretty, largely baroque neighbourhood on the western bank of the Vltava River, can be wearyingly touristy. But a solo traveller can get the best out of Malá Strana, looking into all the hidey-holes, side passages and niche escapes. Cases in point? The Karel Zeman Museum focusing on old school movies special effects. Or the orderly 17th century walled gardens of the Wallenstein Palace.
Beer tasting in Prague for single travellers
As the birthplace of pilsner, the Czechia is hands down one of earth’s greatest beer destinations. But to avoid the New Town stag do hellholes, hunt for signs saying “pivo z tanku”. That means fresh, unpasteurised beer straight out of a copper tank. Lokal on Dlouha in the Old Town was a pioneer.
But Czech beer isn’t a one trick pony, as the Prague Beer Museum will demonstrate. It’s not actually a museum, but it does show off 30 tap beers of varying styles sourced from top Czech microbrewers.
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