Prague; Wednesday, 24 July, 2013

A relatively early Breakfast compared to the previous day and then out for the first stop of the morning the walled fortress at Vysehrad. I spent a long time wandering around the ramparts taking in the views. I then headed down the hill to the riverside and picked up the tram a couple of stops up the line to one of the many river cruise companies offering tours of the Vltava.

I’d clearly chosen the wrong company as the boat was at best only a quarter full and it became obvious why very quickly when it transpired there was no commentary on what you were seeing, it was literally just a cruise along the river and back.

Disappointed, I had a late lunch in a café that made up for the cruise by being both very nice and very cheap. I walked back up into town and caught the tram up to the castle to start actually going inside things.

I got to the ticket desk and the very nice lady there said it probably wasn’t a wise idea to buy a ticket now as it was only valid for the day, and everything would start to close in 30 minutes, which was kind of her as she could quite easily have sold the ticket and made a bit more money for the castle.

Instead I wandered down through the gardens and over a little footbridge to the park on the next hill across that has the metronome monument on it. I spent a bit of time taking in the views from the metronome and then wandered back through the park to the tram stop and caught a tram back down into town.

Given I’d saved money on the castle I decided to splash out and have dinner on the Old Town Square, which was nice but probably not worth the money, even with all the entertainment taking place on the square.

After a brief wander through town I wandered my way back to a tram stop and took the tram to near the hotel and then feeling lazy waited for the tram that actually went up the hill to the hotel.