Tourist Traps in Prague

Prague is a picturesque fairy tale like city complete with historic monuments, charming architecture and fantastic legends. So much to capitalize on! And so the smart foreigners who once ran the city now run it in a different manner with their so-called Czech tourist shops. Unfortunately these shops exist all over Prague and often in the most beautiful areas. These tourist traps sell everything from colorful nesting dolls to fur hats, to horrible food that is anything from delicious. As for the restaurants, you must also be careful that they do not try to rip you off; it is valuable to have a general understanding of the exchange rate and of Czech money before you go spend it.

The texts published in this column are based on public opinion from visitors of the Prague-stay.com portal; they express the subjective opinions of their authors and are not a result of editing by Prague-Stay.com.

• Tourist Trap Services

  While you wander around the lovely city of Prague, you may start to notice the overabundance of currency exchange offices. This is just one example of a service establishment that capitalizes on naïve tourists daily. The majority of these offices are betting on ripping you off, as are certain taxi services and many more establishments. If you wish to be an informed tourist that cannot be ripped off, please read on. The texts published in this column are based on public opinion from visitors of the Prague-stay.com portal; they express the subjective opinions of their authors and are not a...

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• Sightseeing Tourist Traps

  It is a little known fact that the city of Prague makes a lot of money based on tourism and it is easy to understand why. People are drawn to the Golden City for many reasons, the city is simply put, beautiful and offers plenty of sightseeing options, some of them brilliant and some of them just plain tourist traps. It is our wish at Prague-Stay to offer a comprehensive list of sightseeing tourist traps so you can skip all these meaningless places and try to experience the real, authentic Prague. The texts published in this column are based on...

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