Prague Holidays Cultural Highlights - Sightseeing & Attractions
Prague holidays run the gamut from boozy weekends to long museum tours and evenings at the symphony. Once known as 'the Paris of the East', Prague maintains an atmosphere reminiscent of its history as a cultural centre. From the surrounding architecture to legendary operas, ballets and symphonies; entire holidays in Prague could be devoted to enjoying the city's cultural past.
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From the delicate iron whorls of Art Nouveau to massive Gothic stone gargoyles, Prague is a lesson in historical architecture. Neo Renaissance, Neo Classical, Neo Rococo. visitors are able to glimpse Prague's stylish past simply by wandering through the city streets.
Art aficionados will find complete collections of European Art at the National Gallery which includes a range of work from Egon Schiele to Goya. Located in the beautifully Baroque Sternberk Palace, the National Gallery also offers collections of Medieval, Modern, Baroque and Asian art.
Museum buffs will find more than enough culture to fill a range of Prague holidays. The Renaissance National Museum offers permanent collections of zoology, mineralogy, palaeontology and history. The Strahov Monastery, founded in 1140, is a library full of chronicles and Bibles dating from the 9th to 18th centuries and the Jewish Museum is a sobering reminder of WWII atrocities. There are also a wide range of niche museums including the Mozart Museum, the Museum of Marionette and the Brewery Museum.
From Carmen to Prodaná nevesta, opera reigns supreme in Prague. Don't think the music, costumes and amazing arias are the only reason to attend; the buildings that house these legendary productions are as ornate as the days when the Hapsburgs strolled through. The Prague State Opera, a Neo Rococo jewel of a building, is considered as one of the most beautiful theatres in Europe. Find some of the world' best ballet and opera at the National Theatre which glitters on the banks of the Vltava River.
The soaring music of composers such as Mozart, Smetana and Dvorák can still be heard today as the Czech Philharmonic plays in the gilded surroundings of Prague's Rudolfinum. The Obecní dum or Municipal House features the resident Prague Symphony Orchestra, while unlimited salons and Baroque churches host chamber music across the city. Mozart found fame in Prague, saying "My Prague citizens understand me" when his compositions premiered at the Estates Theatre. Today h is Don Giovanni is on twice a month.
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