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To go to Prague on my own?

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Chelsea26 · 08/02/2019 23:51

Booked a weekend in Prague with my boyfriend. He’s just stormed out and I’m done with his moods.

However I really want to go to Prague, I have a weekend without the kids, two days booked off work - could I go on my own or will I spend the weekend in a hotel on my own feeling like a dickhead?

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Longdistance · 09/02/2019 04:21

I used to walk around Prague on my own.
Pop to the Imperial cafe, it’s worth a visit. Also, just off the square is a shop called Dr Botanics. You can buy beeswax candles, natural soaps with herbs and spices.
Obviously visit Charles bridge and Wenslylas square.

Spanglyprincess1 · 09/02/2019 05:25

Do it! I had a horrible break up and went away alone and it was making of me. I booked something g for each day and did that eg walking tour etc. Bring books for the evening and money for a nice treat.
The honey cake (very dry) in Prague is delicious and the dumplings are awesome. Enjoy!!

MardAsSnails · 09/02/2019 06:08

City breaks alone are fantastic. There’s always people wandering around on their own and eating on their own, so you don’t feel out of place. Do a bit of googling and find a decent bar near your hotel, and sit and people-watch whilst drinking a bottle of whichever cour wine your knobache boyfriend would have hated.

You can go where you want and do what you want. If that is reading the books, then it’s reading the books. If that’s wandering around all day, then awesome.

Prague is a fabulous city. DH isn’t keen on going, so I may have to do a solo trip there soon.

Have fun!

kalinkafoxtrot45 · 09/02/2019 06:17

You‘ll have lots of fun on your own. Go on a boat trip along the Vltava! And drink lots of excellent Czech beer!

ZaraW · 09/02/2019 06:27

You have total freedom to do what you like without taking anyone else's preferences into account. I love travelling by myself and Prague is so beautiful.

HDready · 09/02/2019 06:39

Just watch out for taxis as they’re unregulated and so a minefield for getting ripped off. I second Cafe Savoy/Petrin Tower. Entry to the castle is expensive compared to everything else in Prague, so unless you have a particularly burning desire to go inside you can might want to stick the free external parts. Have an amazing time!

Justanotheruser01 · 09/02/2019 07:03

Research how to get from the airport to the hotel and then off you go even if you do decide not to do everything when your there your doing it in a nice relaxing hotel but don't let it stop u do anything!

baywatchfanatic · 09/02/2019 07:05

If you get stuck PM me..I live in Prague 😊

crumpet · 09/02/2019 07:06

I’ve had to travel quite a bit for work and stayed in many hotels abroad on my own. Go, and have a lovely time. Prague is so beautiful.

GottenGottenGotten · 09/02/2019 07:07

Oh, I'm thinking of doing exactly that, do let us know how you got on!

HappyPunky · 09/02/2019 07:08

Prague is amazing you'll have a great time. Try to get tickets for the black light theatre if you can.

MsTSwift · 09/02/2019 07:12

I lived there for a month in a hotel with work on my own was great.

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Chelsea26 · 09/02/2019 08:51

Thank you for all the kind advice guys (particularly @baywatchfanatic) I didn’t go in the end, I’m sorry.

I was driving to the airport but started thinking about the sunken cost fallacy. I’ve alteady paid for the holiday but had I gone I would have spent another couple of hundred quid, I’d also have used up two days holiday allowance that could be better put to use elsewhere and I can have a nice day out with DS and my mum today. Perhaps if it was just two days then I’d have felt differently but 4 days seemed a long time to be on my own... especially as it wasn’t planned that way.

However - he’s a bellend, at least I know that now and maybe, after all the success stories in here, I will use the two days allowance to go somewhere on my own sometime soon...

Thanks again everyone though

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lottiegarbanzo · 09/02/2019 09:02

Obviously visit the the castle and sit in cafes.

I found the Jewish Museum really interesting and beautiful, from a cultural and historical perspective (though obviously the fact it is a museum, not the heart of a living community, is extremely sobering).

There was a Museum of Communism, set up by an American, that was interesting. Don't know if that's still going.

There was a lovely Art Deco cinema - in fact I went there for a drink and a film alone one evening, lots of English language films with subtitles.

I ate some good pizza.

lottiegarbanzo · 09/02/2019 09:04

Oh, cross post.

Well, have a lovely day and good luck to you

whiteroseredrose · 09/02/2019 09:11

Have a lovely day OP.

Sounds like Prague needs to stay on your list for another time though.

Clinque · 09/02/2019 09:19

But...I don't understand. You had already intended, planned, orchestrated things such that you could spend that time in Prague anyway! Nothing was any different, save for the fact that you were now going to be going alone, and you had Amy's already paid for it, anyway. I mean, say that your boyfriend had been coming with you after all, do you reckon you still would have turned 'round halfway to the aeroporte because of the sunken cost fallacy?

ZaraW · 09/02/2019 15:52

It's bad you didn't go Prague is an amazing place and travelling solo is great.

ZaraW · 09/02/2019 15:52

Should have said it's too bad you didn't go....

Fiddie · 09/02/2019 16:03

What a shame.

I hope you've had a nice day anyway

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