Prague caters to almost every kind of shopper. If you are into luxury, branded fashion like Louis Vuitton, then the elegant avenue of Parizska is the place for you. It is lined with international designer houses including Dior, Boss and Armani.
In contrast, the winding lanes between the Old Town Square and Charles Bridge are thronged with tacky souvenir shops with their fair share of puppets, Russian dolls and ‘Czech Me Out’ T-shirts (get it? Play of words to ‘Check Me Out’)
Prices for these souvenirs are generally the same between the various souvenir shops along these lanes. If you want cheaper Czech Republic souvenirs, you might have to venture to Prague outskirts e.g. Karlstejn Castle where we practically experience the Great Prague Sale (in terms of souvenirs).
If you are looking for music megastores, big department stores and huge bookshops, you have to visit Wenceslas Square (situated in the Prague New Town area). Do note souvenirs here are sold a bit more expensive than those sold in the Old Town.
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HALLO!! I bought Russian dolls from Prague! I bought one set with the smallest doll like the size of a red bean hehehe! Still find the dolls fascinating!
Also, once I saw a 3D postcard with a little peeping hole that can see naked women inside, selling at 4Euro. But I thought of buying it for my bro at the end of the day but it was already closed and we had to leave the next morning. Unfortunately! LOL
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Hi Eunice, we saw that 3D postcard too. I wanted to buy and keep as souvenir as well till ZQ made a comment that it is probably someone’s grandma’s that we are looking at now… LOL… which definitely is not a good idea in the end.
Thanks much for that nice post.
Thanks for the tip on cheap souvenir shopping in the old town and outlying areas of Prague. Will bear that in mind when i visit Prague next month.
Better yet, don’t even go. Prague sucks. There are three kinds of people there: tourists, Czechs who legally rip off the tourists, and Czechs who illegally rip off the tourists. There are no Romas; they were all ripped off so badly by the Czechs that they left for Rome. Castle is so-so. Famous bridge is crap. Castle is so-so. Famous bridge is crap. I have been in hundreds of cities all around the world; Heart and Kabul in Afghanistan are better tourist spots, even today. All this just IMHO of course.
I agree that Prague is very touristy, and you can definately get ripped off here (I am writing from Prague on the last day of my vacation). I would not agree that the castle is so-so. The castle is magnificent. The bridge, however, is so-so. Prague, if you can see past all the touristy schlock, is pure eye-candy, and a photographer’s delight. It will leave you footsore, and yearning for more melodic voices, but I do not regret visiting, and will most likely return in a year with my wife and daughter.
I have heard Prague being over priced but also that is one of the best cities to go to. Prague Christmas markets is something I want to go and visit, which I think is also held in the old town square there. So much history to that place.