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Nice to hear from you-
We didn’t walk on the highway no, no, no! I agree that would be super rubbish! That map is just a rough idea of the journey we made but not the exact roads. We zigzagged all the way down the hill from our hotel and then cut across until we met the Vltava. (To be honest the journey down the hill was pretty neat as simple things like the architecture of the houses are really different from what I’m used to).

I tend to do this kind of thing (big long walks) because I feel like if I only zoomed over to the beautiful, wonderful things a city has to offer you miss out on what it would actually feel like to be a resident by avoiding the outskirts and seeing what the surrounding areas look like. That may seem a bit strange, but I like to see ALL of a city.

We did see the Royal Palace but we did miss out on Vladislav‘s Hall, & Rolls Land offices sadly but from photos they do look lovely!
We did go down Golden Lane as well as explore St. Vitus and the stained glass as well as St. John of Nepomuk’s Silver grave – like I said in my post- St. Vitus is well worth the trek up to the castle.

We weren’t guided by a tour guide- we were with Busabout a company that takes you via bus to 33 different cities in 9 different countries- they offer advice and history and a few guided treks but they don’t guide you through a city- you do all of your sightseeing yourself.

You gave me an aha! moment- you are entirely correct we weren’t in the Royal Gardens but the Palace Gardens! I have corrected this and added the link you gave me above to this post.
The Italian glass comment was a total mistake- I hadn’t meant to type that but that’s what I get for trying to make 33 posts about travel at once! haha But I’ve also corrected this.

No one advised us to see or avoid the old town tourist trap but I figured we’d walk through it while we were near it. As we’ve come from Edinburgh where the Royal Mile is tourist heavy but entirely accessible to locals I’m extra interested in how other cities handle tourism. It’s a shame that locals don’t get to enjoy that area anymore. But we did walk through loads and loads of streets in that area extending out to the newer areas less populated.

We were warned about the police by the guide on the bus as several of the tourists on board had in previous years encountered those troubles resulting in this warning.
I personally didn’t have any trouble with the police.

We had a driver from Greece who has been living in Prague for the last 10 years react to our feelings about Prague much in the same way that you are. He loves the city and thinks it’s amazing and I know that little things even just like the weather can affect your opinion on a place that you’ve visited- but I just think Cesky Krumlov was much more our speed. We love the smaller less urban areas. If we end up in Prague again one day perhaps we’ll look you up and you can show us your Prague.

Thank you!
x
K