Prague - day 3

We found 3 Christmas markets in Prague: the main one in Old Town square, then a smaller one near Wenceslas square, and another even smaller near the Palladium shopping centre. On our last day there we explored the two smaller ones, starting by Wencelas square and the streets around it. It is a great shopping area, much more than Old Town, and not as crowded. I loved this particular chocolate and tea shop ...

For lunch we spotted a nice Thai restaurant while on our way to the tower nearby.

We strolled around to the Municipal House, checked the smaller market around the Palladium and had some gluhwein to make us warmer. The Municipal House had a grand café inside, it looked so nice we would've stopped there if we hadn't just had lunch (and all tables seemed booked and looked incredibly busy, so we didn't even try to). Prague does have some very fantastic cafés, I must say. Not only the grand art-deco establishments which looked like the kind of place that Poirot might've favored, but also very modern and minimalist ones. I wish we could've had time to visit them all, but I don't think an extra week would've been enough.

We finally visited the Old Town Christmas market during the day to snap a few decent photos ...

Our favorite market delicacy was Trdelnik, a traditional Czech and Slovak sweet pastry. As you can see, it is made of rolled dough around a metal stick and then grilled with sugar and almond. It is so good it melts in your mouth, literally ...

And then it was time for our chocolate fixture.

After such treats we decided to skip dinner and went home to pack. One last stroll through the bridge to take some photos. Prague is a beautiful city, especially at night.