The name Čajovna Ve Věži (the tearoom in the tower) gives you a fairly big clue as to what to expect. A tea room right at the top of the remarkable tower at the edge of Letna park. The whole way up, you will be wondering if you have come to the right place. Don’t worry, you have. Just keep going right to the top.
As well as a special location, Čajovna Ve Věži's boasts a lovely herbal smell throughout and a cosy ambience - decor includes mismatched chairs and tables, Persian rugs, a large Buddha and several small oriental wall hangings. Like a favourite teddy bear, everything looks a little tired but well loved.
The menu is only available in Czech, although as most teas have Japanese or Chinese names, this is not too tricky. Staff speak some English but a phrase book might be useful.
Čajovna Ve Věži offers over 80 teas (from 40 to 115 CZK) from India, China, Japan, Turkey, Nepal, Vietnam and Tibet, as well as some fruit teas and non-caffeinated teas. A small selection of soft drinks is also available, as well as wine.
Light snacks are also offered – nuts (from 30 CZK), sandwiches (35 CZK), corn on the cob (44 CZK) and sushi (85 CZK).
Slightly slow service is more than compensated for by the location, atmosphere, and the excellent teas.

www.dojo.cz/cajovna/rozvrh/index_eng.html
Na výšinách 1/Korunovační, Prague 7
+420 724 593 215
Nearest tram: Sparta (trams 1, 5, 8, 25 or 26).
Open 16:00 - 22:00 in winter and 17:00 - 23:00 in the summer.
Google map: bit.ly/vbodTC

* Helen is our Been there local for Prague. Her page is here: www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/articles/prague-local-helen-ford.jsp and she has her own blog here: czechingin.wordpress.com/

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Czech tea houses are a relatively recent development. Local legend claims that a good cuppa was unheard of in the Czech capital until 1848 when Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin requested tea in a Prague café and was met with blank faces.
Fast forward 150 years and the tea drinking, which took off at the end of the 19th century but subsided under the communist regime, has flourished once more. Prague boasts innumerate independent čajovny as well as one small tea chain, each with distinct character and appeal but all offering a wonderfully relaxed environment in which to while away a few hours.
Čajovny serve čaj in abundance – fresh loose teas from across the globe. Most offer extensive menus (around 60-80 tea varieties is a standard) and some offer hookah with flavored tobacco.
Čajovny are casual, hippified places, popular with Czech students, offering a relaxed, chilled-out vibe. A great antidote to an afternoon of sightseeing!

My favourites include:
Dobra Čajovny on Wenceslas Square – www.tea.cz/cajovna/
Nearest metro: Mustek or Muzeum

Tea in the Tower
www.dojo.cz/cajovna/rozvrh/index_eng.html
Na výšinách 1 / Korunovační Prague 7
Nearest Tram: Sparta (1,5,8, 25 or 26)

* Helen is our Been there local for Prague. Her page is here: www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/articles/prague-local-helen-ford.jsp and she has her own blog here: czechingin.wordpress.com/

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Riegrovy Sady in Prague 2, is an excellent place to while away a sunny afternoon. Its gentle grassy slopes offer excellent views northwards over the city towards Petrin Hill. It definitely has a touch of Primrose Hill cool about it and is popular among Czech and expat couples and friends.
The park is well served by drinking establishments. Mlíkárna is my favourite beer garden. It’s open from early April until late October and, while it can be crowded on a sunny weekend day, offers a takeaway (“sebo” in Czech) option so you can enjoy your beer in a quieter spot.
At the weekends Mlíkárna also has an outdoor barbeque offering sausages (klobasa) and other snacks.

Riegrovy Sady, 120 00 Praha 2, Vinohrady
Nearest metro: Jiřího z Poděbrad or Namesti Miru (walk down Mánesova and turn onto Třebízského)
Nearest tram: Vinohradská tržnice (11)
Monday – Sunday 10.00 to 22.00
Google map: bit.ly/oQi0st

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Prague is full of places claiming to have been frequented by Kafka, Max Brod and the like,
but in Café Montmartre you really believe it.
Walking through the door is like stepping back in time (aside from the laptops set out by the
modern crowd who now sit where Kafka used to) to the beginning of the twentieth century,
when the café regularly held literary events, debates and dances. Founded in 1911, the café
was closed in 1937 and only reopened fairly recently. Great care has been taken to recreate
the kavarna’s original character, with kitch, mismatched chairs, threadbare sofas and faded
photographs of the original clientele.
Good coffees and cakes and a well-stocked bar, for reasonable prices in the city centre. This
cosy gem will appeal to those looking for something authentic and not too sterile.

Řetězová 7, Prague 1
+42(0)222 221 244
Google map: bit.ly/qEjxTb

* Helen is our Been there local for Prague. Her page is here: www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/articles/prague-local-helen-ford.jsp and she has her own blog here: czechingin.wordpress.com/

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To feel like you’re truly in Bohemia, chill out at this arty hipster hangout very close to Kapma. A particular favourite among students, largely sporting dreadlocks and a slightly glazed look – everyone here is lovely.
The food and drinks are average (and always served with a smile) but that’s not really why you’d visit. Seventh Heaven is a lovely, peaceful place to spend some time reading, working (offering free WiFi) or just chilling out, however ‘Bohemian’ you are (a non-smoking section is available). Definitely the place to come to read some Karel Capek.

Zborovská 68, Prague 35
+420257318110
Google map: bit.ly/p9MRzg
Mon – Fri 10:00 – 01:00, Sat – Sun 14:00 – 01:00
Nearest tram: 6, 9, 12, 20, 22, 91 to Ujezd

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In the middle of one of Prague’s beautiful nineteenth century parks, Hlavickovy Sady, there is a gorgeous café situated in a Victorianesque pavilion. Previously a bowling alley and games room for the beautiful Grebovka Villa next door, Grebovka Pavilion offers a relaxed atmosphere and its ancient trees provide welcome shade in the summer.
Grebovka Pavilion is a great place to sit and relax following a gentle walk around the sloping park, which is also home to a vineyard, a Neo Renaissance palace and a grotto. It has inside and outside seating and offers coffee, tea, alcoholic beverages, and snacks including massive waffles and delectable ice-cream.
A wonderful place to spend a summer afternoon.

www.pavilongrebovka.cz/
Pavilon Grébovka, Havlíčkovy sady 2218,
120 00, Praha 2
+420 725 000 334
Open 10 .00 to 20.00 every day.
Nearest metro - Namesti Miru. Nearest tram - 4 or 22 to Krymska
Google map: bit.ly/nYP1dH

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Stromovka park is a ten minute tram ride from the bustling city centre but it feels like being in the countryside. Willows offer shade by the lake, dandelions and daisies give the park a romantic meadowy atmosphere. Stromovka is a perfect spot for biking, walking, rollerblading or simply relaxing. Plenty of places to get refreshments and ample space to lie down on a blanket and read a book.

The main entrances to Stromovka are from Holesovice, Bubenec and Cisarsky (Trojsky) Island. Reach Stromovka by trams 5, 12, 14, 15 or 17 to Vystaviste.
Google map: bit.ly/jWaVRt

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Just went over last weekend and it was one of the best short breaks I have had in a long time! The walk through the cobbled streets, over Charles Bridge, through the festive markets eating trodl, a hollow barrell-like delicacy made from caramel and almonds, a must to try with some warm grog!

The best thing for me was going to Cafe Slavia (opposite the National Theatre) and Cafe Louvre (Narodni 20). Try to get a table by the window and enjoy their great coffees, hot chocolate (the real deal) looking over Charles Bridge and taking in the atmosphere.

Whether you are travelling alone or with someone, it will definitely relax you and might even give you some inspiration. Cafe Louvre, though without a great view, has this unexplainable charm and has entertained the likes of Franz Kafka and Albert Einstein. A city where the pace is slow but still with a vibrancy that touches your soul.

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Apparently this is where the first Slav tribes settled in Prague, and this is their fort. It's a smaller castle or fortress at the southern end of the city, perched at the top of a hill that overlooks the city. The views across Prague are amazing, you can literally perch on the wall and gaze across the more popular Prague Castle. This place is less visited by tourists and is a very calm and relaxing place if you want to escape the city centre for a while.

There is a lovely church and graveyard where famous Czechs are buried (politicians, artists) - in fact Dvorak's grave is here.

Go to: www.praha-vysehrad.cz

There's a metro station at Vyšehrad - when you come out of the station, head for the river along čiklova, then onto Slavojova, then do a left onto Vratislavova and just follow the road up and round to the right.

Or, you can get tram #3, #7, #16, #17 or #21. They stop closer than the metro station.

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An green oasis of peace and quiet, and not a tanked-up, foul-mouthed stag party in sight. This huge park was once an enclosure (obora in Czech) and is easy to miss, hidden behind stone walls. Once through either of the two main entrances you'll notice the bizarre star-shaped building at the end of the long avenues. A Renaissance structure, it's now open to the public, and contains some fine plasterwork. The park itself is wonderful, and a great place to lounge about or relax with a book, in spring or summer. In winter you can practice cross country skiing there.

Tram nos. 15, 22 & 25 run to Vypich tram stop (this is the terminus for the no.15). As you get off the tram you'll see the Park entrance, in a wall beyond a grassy area. Alternatively take tram nos. 1, 2 or 18 to Petřiny (terminus), then turn onto U Hvězdy. Continue to the end of this street and turn right onto Libocká. The park entrance is about 50 metres on your left

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