Praha 4 Prague – All our local tips

U Bansethů is a well-know restaurant. Famous writer Jaroslav Hašek is a regular (he still has a reserved place, although he rarely shows up) and also a microbrewery at once. Both parts are separated and what is quite unique: it is forbidden to smoke in the microbrewery. They prepare several types of beer, light, half-dark and sometimes also weizen (a Bavarian kind of beer).

In the restaurant they also serve great Pilsner Urquell and they have a wide offering of traditional Czech meals. For very reasonable prices you can choose from a wide range of fat, unhealthy & delicious meals. You can also order (one day in advance) a whole duck, a goose or quails.

Bašta U Bansethů has the family like staff who treat the guests well and keeps the beer coming. It is recommended to make a reservation for the evening if you are a bigger company.

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Bašta U Bansethů | Restaurants (czech, microbrewery) | Goulash CZK 77
Táborská 389/49 | Praha 4 | +420724582721
11:00 – 00:00 daily

Just by the river, some six kilometres south of Podolska vodarna lays the local’s very favourite cyclo-road. Of course you will not find only bikes there but also a bunch of in-line skaters as well as pedestrians.

It is not only its length which makes it so attractive. It is also the position at the outskirts of the city, in the green area. It is a great place for a picnic or various outdoor sports. By the road, there are several ‘refreshing’ spots where you can get a cheap cold beer or a Kofola – the popular Czech coke drink (which I really recommend trying, we, locals, love it – what about you? ).

A trip there makes for some sort of cultural event, too. That is thanks to the number of great graffitis placed at the so called ‘legals’ – concrete spots by the river on which it is completely legal to spray.

If you own a bike or feel like a long walk, you can go even further than the previously stated 6 km and reach the ‘real’ nature near Zbraslav (where there’s even a small zoo and a former Celtic settlement). Enjoy!

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Modřanská cyklostezka | Relaxing | Free
From Podolí to Komořany | Praha 4
24 hours daily

I would love to go to Vietnam. But before I would go there and strike off another destination from my travel to-do list, I can always go to a closer place – the so-called little Hanoi aka Sapa, in Prague.

TTTM Sapa, located in the south surround of Prague called Písnice, is a wholesale market where you can buy a lot of stuff (the majority of the items sold comes from Asia of course). Actually it’s like a town in a town with different amenities for the Vietnamese community: restaurants, beauty salons, a school, a temple etc.

I´m a big fan of Sapa especially because of the food. I like the Vietnamese groceries, where you can buy different ingredients for Asian cuisine that you can not buy anywhere else (or they are way to expensive) – various vegetables and fruits, herbs, sauces, frozen prawns, alive crabs, strange looking meat, tea, rice, tofu and much more…

Besides checking the shops you should definitely eat there. The criteria of a good place to eat is simple: eat where local people eat. Places which are oriented in one type of food are usually the strike home. My favourite place is a tiny place named Hai Há – the have the best bún chả- it is rich and savoury.

If you would like to have an extraordinary experience and don’t mind traveling a bit from the town center, Sapa is definitely worth a visit.

P.S. Check out the Anthony Bourdain´s No Reservations episode from Czech republic, he´s been to Sapa as well

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Sapa | Shopping, Snacks, Restaurants (Vietnamese) | bún chả CZK 80.00
Libušská 319/126 | Praha 4
09:00 – 20:00 daily