Prague – with Viking and on our own

We had a walking tour in the morning provided by our tour company, Viking. We started at the top of the castle hill and toured that area. Prague Castle is the largest in the world, composed of many different buildings and covers 80,000 square meters. Then we walked down the hill stopping to try chocolate at a famous shop. We crossed the Charles Bridge learning its history.

We then toured the old town arriving at the famous clock just in time for the noon display. The Viking tour ended with some free time here and we stayed in town. After a nice lunch at a small cafe we went to the Story of Prague Museum. It was an interactive museum, with picture that turned from current views to historic views. We also climbed to the top of the clock tower in order to get views of the town.

We then went to another museum about the artist, Mucha. He did arte nouveau in the late 1800s and early 1900s. There were many pictures by him as well as a short movie about his life.

We came back to the hotel to freshen up and then had a wonderful dinner back in the old town overlooking the Charles Bridge.

This perfect day had us walking about 12 miles!