Dining near the National Marionette Theatre

My wife and I are seeing %26#39;Don Giovanni%26#39; at the National Marionette Theatre over Christmas. We%26#39;re staying at the Renaissance Hotel and was hoping for some dining locations either close to the hotel or the theatre.

Thanks!

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many people say kogo in slovansky dum very near the Renaissance is good for dining - I don%26#39;t personally subscribe to that view having been poisoned in both of my last two visits. The Czech pub in the Renaissance is also good and open late.

National Marionette theatre is very touristy - you may feel that you have wasted money after about 5 minutes and wished you had gone to see the real opera

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We went to the Marionette theater and thought it was fun entertainment....went to the Opera too...cannot even compare the two events...I would do both if you can. There were so many resturants around that area that you can won%26#39;t have a problem.

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You already have one of Pragues top restaurants at the hotel (called Seven). Ask your hotel to direct you to Dlouha which has 3 or 4 quite nice places to eat for dinner. I%26#39;d go for Dahab or Lary Fary.

Jason

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Hi

If you haven%26#39;t paid for the tickets yet then I would give this show a swerve. Like black light theatre it really is touristy rubbish.

The real opera is fantastic, we%26#39;ve been to two in Prague and they were both absolutely wonderful.

We%26#39;ve also been to the marionette theatre and watching puppets and their handlers, you can see the puppeteers, joggle about to poorly recorded tracks is not worth the money.

Jackie

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Sure the Marionette Theater and Black Light are touristy but we still enjoyed them. There was something very unique and charming about sitting on those benches watching the marionettes with several local little children in the audience laughing...it wasn%26#39;t expensive and something I have not seen at home. The Opera was in a different class ...and was so well done...if you can only do one event go to the Opera.

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Hi all, we have already paid for the tickets... However, they were an incredible bargain and giving the way most all are panning the theatre, would the Praha Mozart Concerts at the Municipal Hall be a decent substitute?? %26#39;Rusalska%26#39; is playing at the State Opera and %26#39;La clemenza de tito%26#39; is at the The Theatre of the Estates while we are there. We are going to the Vienna symphony a few nights later for Beethoven...

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Hi, I booked the tickets of %26#39;The Nutcracker%26#39; Ballet on 28th December at National Theatre. It%26#39;s different from National Marionette Theatre, I suppose.I regret I don%26#39;t book it earlier. All %26#39;The Nutcracker%26#39; shows are full in December and January and some tickets at %26#39;galerie%26#39; , %26#39;balkón%26#39; can be so cheap and of good value. Now I purchase the tickets of 830kc, still not very expensive for a first class ballet performance.

I am with my husband and a 7 year old boy who is a musician. He learns many classic paino pieces , Nutcracker, Carmen, Blue Danube.I want to enlight him with something he knows. Carmen the opera may be boring and we don%26#39;t uderstand czech and French.Any suggestion, puppet show, black shadow...... etc

Also we will have an early dinner before watching The Nutcracker.Any suggestions for some dining locations, we will stay in Old Town, the Karlova apartment.

Thanks.

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you may find the mozart concerts a bit touristy. Any concert which has period dress should be avoided.

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Hi Creamy

My son is also a classical musician, when he was about 9 he went to an opera with another family and was completely bowled over. He demanded to know why I had never introduced him to opera before.

He%26#39;s almost 22 now, part of an award winning string quartet and piano trio, and he still loves classical music.

So I would happily recomend taking a small child who is interested to the opera, at least you wont be accused of not introducing him early enough.

Jackie

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peb7,

Thanks.

Jackie,

Thanks. The opera performed at our period of stay are sold out. But I will certainly take your advice and introduce my son to the show when we return home.