Prague, the Golden City, is one of the oldest, largest and most beautiful cities in the world, where the past is still very much alive today. Stare Mesto, the Old Town, has a unified cityscape. It is entered by way of the Late Gothic Powder Tower, whose history is closely linked to the former royal court and is directly connected to Representation House which is on the site where King Vladislav Jagiello held court in the fifteenth century. Today it is the most beautiful Art Nouveau building in the city, the most magnificent of Prague’s numerous community buildings.

The Altstädter Ring is known as the heart of the city and the large Old Town Square is framed by magnificent, elegant town houses and churches which appear to protect the old City Hall.

The city’s colourful and unique historic facades attract tourists from all over the world. Every hour on the hour there’s an historic spectacle when the figures of the astrological clock on the town hall tower begin to move: Christ and the apostles pass by until the tower’s doors close once again.

The most famous of all bridges across the Vlatava is the Charles Bridge which connects the old town of Stare Mesto with the city district of Mala Strane. It was here that the Coronation route led from Vyšehrad to Prague Castle on the Hradschin through the Old Town Bridge Tower.

Prague’s Zoological Garden opened for visitors in 1931. More than two thousand animals belonging to six hundred species inhabit canyons, meadows and rocky landscapes in an area of forty five hectares on the northern outskirts. Ancient horses, Przhevalsky, can be observed with animals from around the world.

The Golden City has become louder and more populated yet it has remained old, a charming, seductive beauty and is a city that deserves to be discovered again and again.