Prague Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
capital city of the Czech Republic
About Prague
Many Praguers have a small cottage (which can range from a shack barely large enough for garden utensils to an elaborate, multi-story dwelling) outside the city. There they can escape for some fresh air and country pursuits such as mushroom hunting and gardening. These cottages, calledchata(plural formchaty, pronunciation ofchas inBach), are treasured both as getaways and ongoing projects. Each reflects its owner's character, as most of them were built by unorthodox methods. Chata owners used the typically Czech "it's who you know" chain of supply to scrounge materials and services. This barter system worked extremely well and still does today. Chaty are also sometimes used as primary residences by Czechs who rent out their city-centre apartments for enormous profit to foreigners who can a
Top Attractions in Prague
Explore the best things to see and do in Prague:
- ★BIKO Adventures Prague
- ★Butterfly House
- ★Charles Bridge
- ★City Game Prague
- ★Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia
- ★Cruise Prague
- ★Czech National Gallery
- ★Czech National Museum
Prague Travel Guide Sections
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