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Reason to visit or not to visit Prague

At the first moment it seems funny to start a blog about a travel destination with reasons why NOT to travel there, but imh opinion the wrong person traveling to the right place is as bad as the right person traveling to the wrong place if you get my intention So here my main

Reason not to travel to Prague

You are coming with a stag/hen party and, no matter the results, are determined to enjoy yourself ingesting large amounts of booze and dancing “sparsely dressed” in the streets, typically spending a weekend in the city.

For the, luckily, uninitiated: A stag-/ hen party or weekend (UK, Ireland, Canada and New Zealand) is an initiation/ passage rite also known as “bachelor party” (United States, South Africa), bull’s party (South Africa) or buck’s party/ night (Australia). It consists in a party, sometimes days long!, held for a groom before his wedding. The main goals are to enjoy his last opportunity to engage in activities his new wife would certainly not approve of, or merely to spend time bonding with his male friends/ relatives. Favorite activities include getting drunken, gambling, visiting a strip club or another “erotic” venue and a lot of silly jokes like tying the prospective groom naked to a lantern post.

Sometimes you can also find more educated versions that include visiting cultural events and/ or going on a sporting trip, like renting a sailing boat, together. These, rare cases as they are, are welcome in Prague.

So why not to travel to Prague if you are planning a stag party of the first kind? Because you are not wanted! You will encounter a lot of signs in the local bars/ restaurants “Strictly no stag parties” People here are pretty much fed up with drunken foreigners that ruin Prague’s’ reputation as a cultural capital of Europe. In the same “class” of unwanted foreigners fall also those that mainly travel for the cheap beer/ booze.

So why travel to Prague?

Prague is known since centuries as the “Golden City”, was 2000 one of the “European Cities/Capitals of Culture”, is home to symphony orchestras, birthplace of people like Franz Kafka, the historic center of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites and it has more galleries and museums you can hope to explore in a lifetime (ok the last point might be a bit “over stretched” but you get the idea Prague is a gem to discover and I feel very fortunate to live here! And yes, it has also great food and beer Oh, and before I forget it, Prague has also the largest castle in Europe, so enough reasons to come and visit the golden city!

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