Travel to one of the most beautiful cities in the world in the company of its finest writers. Walk the mysterious nighttime streets of Prague with Franz Kafka & Jaroslav Hasek, eavesdrop on intimate conversations in restaurants & lively beer halls with Karel Capek & Bohumil Hrabal, listen to jazz in stylish nightclubs with Josef Skvorecky. ” Contributors: ” Michal Ajvaz Karel Capek Ivan Divis Jaroslav Hasek Daniela Hodrova Bohumil Hrabal Alois Jirasek Franz Kafka Jiri Karasek ze Lvovic Egon Erwin Kisch Ivan Klima Jiri Kovtun Frantisek Langer Gustav Meyrink Jan Neruda Karel Pecka Ota Pavel Josef Skvorecky Jindriska Smetanova Jachym Topol Jiri Weil ” The perfect companion for the discriminating visitor to Prague.”-Timothy Garton Ash ” Find yourself enthralled with the collection of twenty-four stories editor Paul Wilson has artfully arranged to lead the reader-visitor through Prague on a tour that only literature could deliver with such vivid intimacy.”-” Review of Contemporary Fiction” ”A rewarding collection of short stories for the serious reader who does not want just to scratch the surface when traveling.... It adds a special dimension to a Prague trip.”-” International Travel News” ...

Prague
- Vienna Cycle Greenway, a 464km long-distance cycle path between the two capitals on a double-sided map from Shocart,
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Prague
- Vienna Cycle Greenway, a 464km long-distance cycle path between the two capitals on a double-sided map from Shocart,
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Prague in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

About this series: The Art/ Shop/ Eat guides, from the makers of the popular Blue Guides, are compact city guides with a focus on museums, art galleries & cultural activities, as well as food, drink & entertainment. Each guide is divided into several district sections, & three city-wide sections covering entertainment, trip-planning & an art glossary. District sections each begin with high-scale street maps of the district. Museum & Gallery descriptions form the bulk of each district section, with very detailed entries for the area’s major museums, galleries, churches & historical sites. Entries include practical visitor information, notable holdings, tips for getting the most out of each venue, & background information on both the holdings & the venue itself. Many major entries include floor plans & photographs. The sections are completed with listings of other smaller museums, galleries & sights in the area, commercial galleries & auction houses, selected restaurants & cafés to suit most budgets. Shopping listings cover selected shops for clothes, antiques, books, food & wine, music, art, craftwork & jewellery. The Entertainment listings cover venues for classical music, opera, dance & theatre, as well as music venues, nightclubs & bars & pubs. The trip-planning section

Includes:: general travel information such as flights, transport, formalities & practicalities, & contains selected accommodation listings for most budgets, divided by district. The art glossary lists major artists, sculptors & artistic movements associated with the city, cross-referenced to the museum & gallery listings.

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Laminated, waterproof & tear-resistant tourist map for visitors to Prague, combining a plan of the inner districts of the city with enlargements for its historic centre & the Castle, a map of the environs, plus a map of the whole of Bohemia. The main plan at 1:15, 000 covers the city’s inner districts. The plan shows metro stations & tram lines with tram numbers & stops, one way streets & car parks, & highlights numerous places of interest & various facilities. An enlargement at 1:10, 000 presents the city’s historic centre, the Old Town & Mala Strana in greater detail, with a separate inset providing a plan of the Prague Castle at 1:5, 000. Throughout the three plans 30 of the city’s top sights are prominently highlighted. On the reverse is a map of the Prague region at 1:100, 000 showing road access to the city & its international airport. A further map at 1:1, 200, 000 shows the whole of Bohemia. All the plans & the maps are indexed with, where appropriate, separate lists of places of interest, etc. Also included is a diagram of the city’s metro network, a small administrative map of the Czech Republic & information on the city’s climate. Map legend & all the text include English. ...

Nineteenth-century Europe
- from Turin to Prague to Paris
- abounds with the ghastly & the mysterious. Conspiracies rule history.

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Double-sided tourist map of Prague printed on strong waterproof paper folding up in a simple concertina format (10x 24cm). The main street plan (1:20, 000) is spread over both sides of the map. On the front side there is an inset showing the city center, from Zborovska to Hlavni Nadrazi. Both plans illustrate the main buildings with drawings, & also show public transports, tourist information points, car parks, museums, youth hostels, campings, parks & other tourist facilities. On the reverse there are also a road map of the city's surroundings, a plan of the underground system, & a detailed plan of the road access & car parks in the Prague-Ruzyne airport. On the whole map small insets indicate emergency lines, international dialling codes & other useful local information. The index lists only a selection of streets & the map legend is in four languages including English. Printed on strong laminated paper. ...

Prague in the City Guide Series from Lonely Planet, profiling in comprehensive detail the history, major sights, best places to eat, nightlife, accommodation & shopping possibilities of an extensive range of cities worldwide. Frank & informal in style, the guides are renowned for their appeal to independent travellers & are written & researched by local authors. Each guide is divided into 11 main sections
- Getting Started, Background, Neighbourhoods, Shopping, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, The Arts, Sports & Activities, Gay & Lesbian, Sleeping & Day Trips & Excursions. The Background section details the history, arts, architecture, environment, media, fashion & government & politics of the city. An
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This title presents a full colour Architecture chapter written by Prague resident & culture expert, Mark Baker. It



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