The New Town - Prague and the Czech Republic - page 81

from the '70s, '80s, and '90s, 100 Kč, nightly from 21:00—see
page 149).
Directly across busy Vodičkova street (with a handy tram
stop) is the Světozor mall. Inside, you'll find the World of Fruit
Bar Světozor; it's every local's favorite ice-cream joint. True to its
name, the bar tops its ice cream with every variety of fruit. They
sell cakes and milkshakes, too. Ask at the counter for an English
menu.
• Farther down the mall on the left is the entrance to the peaceful...
Franciscan Garden (Františkánská Zahrada)
Its white benches and spreading rosebushes are a universe away
from the fast beat of the city, which throbs behind the buildings
that surround the garden.
Back on Wenceslas Square, if you're in the mood for a mel-
low hippie teahouse, consider a break at Dobrá Čajovna (“Good
Teahouse”) near the bottom of the square (#14—see page 136).
Or, if you'd like an old-time wine bar, pop into the plain Šenk
Vrbovec (nearby at #10); it comes with a whiff of the communist
days, embracing the faintest bits of genteel culture from an age
when refinement was sacrificed for the good of the working class.
They serve traditional drinks, Czech keg wine, Moravian wines
(listed on blackboard outside), becherovka (the 13-herb liqueur),
and—only in autumn— burčák (this young wine tastes like grape
juice turned halfway into wine).
The bottom of Wenceslas Square is called Můstek, which
means “Bridge”; a bridge used to cross a moat here, allowing
entrance into the Old Town (you can still see the original Old
Town entrance down in the Metro station).
• Running to the right from the bottom of Wenceslas Square is the street
called Na Příkopě.
Na Příkopě: Art Nouveau Prague
Meaning “On the Moat,” this busy boulevard follows the line
of the Old Town wall, leading to one of the wall's former gates,
the Powder Tower. Along the way, it passes the Museum of
Communism (see page 85) and a couple of Art Nouveau sights (see
below). City tour buses (see page 49) leave from along this street,
which offers plenty of shopping temptations (such as these malls:
Slovanský Dům at Na Příkopě 22, and Černá Růže at Na Příkopě
12, next door to Mosers, which has a crystal showroom upstairs).
Stroll up Na Příkopě to take in two of Prague's best Art
Nouveau sights: the Mucha Museum and the Municipal House.
The first is on the street called Panská (turn right up the first street
you reach as you walk up Na Příkopě from Wenceslas Square);