Visiting Prague for the First Time, Prague, Czech Republic

We arrived in Prague for the first time at the end of November 2023 and spent five nights there. In this post, I will share the places we visited, our experience of three Prague Christmas Markets on opening weekend, and other helpful information to help you plan a trip to this popular city. We had unprecedented snow over the weekend, adding to Prague’s charm and beauty.

Prague receives anywhere from 6 to 8 million visitors a year, making it very busy most of the time. There are many reasons Prague is on so many people’s bucket lists. It boasts beautiful architecture, from Romanesque to the present trends. If architecture is not your jam, Prague also has a rich, long history spanning a thousand years to explore and great food.

For us, visiting Prague was more about seeing a must-see city, with the Christmas markets definitely up the appeal. With so many visitors gracing the cobbled streets of Prague each year, you can pretty much always expect crowds, and visiting over the opening weekend of the Christmas Market weekend did not help those numbers during our visit. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).