Day trips - Prague and the Czech Republic - page 163

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Pivnice Dačický has made a theme of its namesake, a popular
17th-century author who once lived in the house. Solid wooden
tables rest under perky illustrations of medieval town life, and a
local brew, also named after Dačický, flows from the tap. They
serve standard Czech fare, as well as excellent game and fish, to an
increasingly international crowd (daily 11:00-23:00, Rakova 8, tel.
327-512-248, mobile [phone]).
Dobrá Čajovna Teahouse also offers the chance to escape—
not to medieval times, but to a Thai paradise. Filled with tea cases,
water pipes, and character, this place is an ideal spot to dawdle
away the time that this ageless town has reclaimed for you (daily
14:00-22:00, Jungmannovo Náměstí 16, mobile [phone]).
Restaurace Donna features the fastest and tastiest ready-to-
serve Czech dishes in town. If the weather's nice, sit in the court-
yard behind the restaurant, shaded by chestnut trees (open daily,
lunch specials until 15:00, on Havlíčkovo Náměstí, right above
Hotel Garni).
Cuisines evolve. Today, the chicken roasted in paprika at the
New Pek ing restaurant (next to the Stone House) and the spa-
ghetti swimming in a sea of Czech ketchup and klobasa at Piazza
Navona (daily, on the main square) are as Czech as the pork and
sauerkraut.
tranSportation ConneCtionS
Getting to Kutná Hora: The town is 40 miles east of Prague.
Direct trains from Prague's Masaryk Station (7/day, 2 hrs, more
departing from Main Station but requiring change in Kolín) stop
near Kutná Hora, two miles from the town center. From there,
local trains shuttle visitors to the central Kutná Hora Město sta-
tion. You can also get to Kutná Hora by bus from Prague's Florenc
Station (less frequent but somewhat faster).
Terezín Concentration Camp
Terezín (TEH-reh-zeen), an hour by bus from Prague, was
originally a fortified town named after Habsburg empress Maria
Theresa (it's called “Theresienstadt” in German). It was built in the
1780s with state-of-the-art star-shaped walls designed to keep out
the Prussians. In 1941, the Nazis removed its 7,000 inhabitants and
brought in 60,000 Jews, creating Terezín Concentration Camp.
Ironically, the town's medieval walls, originally meant to keep