Where to stay · Local feel

Most local neighbourhoods in Prague

Where to stay in Prague to feel like a resident — the neighbourhoods with genuine local life, independent restaurants, and the fewest tourists.

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Top pick for local feel

Žižkov

Prague's most local neighbourhood — the TV Tower, working-class bars, and the cheapest beds in the city.

Žižkov Prague — the Television Tower with David Černý's crawling baby sculptures rising above the neighbourhood

Žižkov

Top pick

Prague's most local neighbourhood — the TV Tower, working-class bars, and the cheapest beds in the city.

7/10

Walk

8/10

Price

10/10

Local

5/10

Central

Vinohrady Prague — art nouveau apartment facades lining a tree-lined boulevard in Prague's finest residential neighbourhood

Vinohrady

Good

Prague's most liveable neighbourhood — art nouveau streets, the best restaurant scene, and real local life.

8/10

Walk

6/10

Price

9/10

Local

6/10

Central

Wenceslas Square Prague — the wide commercial boulevard with the National Museum at the upper end

New Town & Wenceslas Square

Trade-off

Prague's transit hub — Wenceslas Square, the National Theatre, and the widest hotel choice in the city.

9/10

Walk

5/10

Price

5/10

Local

8/10

Central

Malá Strana Prague — cobbled baroque street with Prague Castle visible above the Lesser Town rooftops

Malá Strana

Trade-off

Baroque cobblestones beneath the castle — Prague's most romantic neighbourhood.

8/10

Walk

3/10

Price

6/10

Local

7/10

Central

Old Town Prague — the medieval Astronomical Clock on the Old Town Hall tower surrounded by Gothic architecture

Old Town & Josefov

Avoid

The historic core — Charles Bridge, the Astronomical Clock, and the Jewish Quarter at your doorstep.

9/10

Walk

2/10

Price

3/10

Local

10/10

Central

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