Secret Prague - Martin Stejskal

Let Secret Prague guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Prague guide book and let local expert Martin Stejskal, share these well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in this guide are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track.Inside Secret Prague:A totally overlooked Art Nouveau masterpieceSecrets of the castle alchemistsThe message in the hidden palindrome on Charles BridgeKabbalistic mysteries of the Jewish ghettoA thief ’s shrivelled forearm hanging in a churchA statue revealing its intestinesThe largest wind tunnel in the Czech RepublicA fragment of the Great Pyramid of Cheops in a pet cemeteryA clock that runs backwardsA house/museum painted blue to meet the needs of the partially blind musician ownerUnmissable for lovers of architecture, from Baroque to Art Nouveau via Cubism, and the European capital of alchemy and esotericism in the 17th century, Prague offers a myriad of little-known marvels. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Prague well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city