A gorge city rebuilt after forty sackings, with sulphur baths at the bottom and a fortress at the top. Prices, neighbourhoods, a four-day route, and the practical problems nobody mentions.

Sixteen million people across two continents, and most visitors never leave the historic square kilometre. Three empires read from the street, the commuter ferry that beats every paid tour, and the Asian side...

Prague came through the war and forty years of communism with its architecture standing — which is why the centre is extraordinary and why it is crowded. The five historic towns explained, what to pay for, and...

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