Wednesday 24^th August 2016

Very hot 27° today. After a great breakfast we decided to do our own walking tour of the old town. From our hotel we walked past the Municipal House, originally the Palace, and now a restaurant and concert hall. Walked through the Powder Gate (one of the original city gates) next to the Municipal House and on down to the Old Town Square and the clock tower, which houses the Astronomical Clock. Climbed the tower, (well we actually went up in the lift). The views over Prague are simply stunning. More walking and we reached the Charles Bridge. Very crowded and by now getting very hot with no cloud cover. Stopped for a quick lunch at a little restaurant then walked back to our hotel for a rest and to escape the heat of the afternoon. Refreshed after a cuppa, we ventured out about 4:00pm to see inside the Church of Our Lady of Týn.

Dinner was next on the agenda and we found a lovely little restaurant that had excellent food. Pork & mushroom gnocchi for me and chicken gnocchi for Lynne and we shared a Greek salad and a bottle of wine. Cost 1080 korunas ($60.00).

A little more exercise to assist with digesting dinner so we walked to the Jewish quarter past the Synagogue and Old Jewish Cemetery, on to Manes Bridge then back through the Old Town Square  via Charles Bridge for some evening photos before arriving back at the hotel about 9:30pm. All up we walked about 9klms for the day.

Municipal House

Powder Gate

Clock Tower

Astronomical Clock

At top of Tower

Charles Bridge

Our Lady of Tyn Church at night