Christmas markets and traditional festivals against a backdrop of medieval splendour makes Prague the perfect place to get into the Christmas spirit.

Nov 23, 2008 - Natasha Sheldon

Celebrate Valentine Day 2012 in Prague. What is more romantic than buying a ring studded with garnets and strolling across Charles Bridge at sunset?

Jan 11, 2011 - Marianne Crone

If you like to be scared, you can find plenty of eerie tales and ghost stories about Prague, especially around Charles Bridge: Guest writer Bridget Lux reports.

Nov 9, 2006 - Amanda Kendle

Everyone who visits Eastern Europe's jewel city Prague will stroll over Charles Bridge - probably with hundreds of other Czech-obsessed tourists.

Oct 9, 2006 - Amanda Kendle

Prague's Charles Bridge, its founding, and its history.

Dec 1, 2010 - Erin Naillon

A look at the mythic beauty of Prague, set apart on its own between Eastern and Western Europe.

May 19, 2010 - Ellysia Francovitch

This capital of the Czech Republic has a wealth of history, beautiful buildings, friendly people, and an excellent exchange rate.

Aug 26, 2010 - Ethel Brodie

For those seeking a romantic getaway, Prague, lyrically dubbed the "City of a Hundred Spires" for its many multi-spired churches, is the perfect destination.

Nov 2, 2009 - Melody Moser

Prague is full of museums, shops, restaurants, and concert venues, but there are five natural and architectural aspects of Prague that every visitor must see.

Aug 30, 2008 - Chris Amisano

This list of official 2011 public holidays in the Czech Republic and Prague helps to plan your vacation

Jan 12, 2011 - Marianne Crone

St. Neumann came from Europe to America as a missionary. His achievements had a lasting effect not only in Philadelphia, where he was bishop, but throughout America.

Oct 12, 2009 - Jennifer Becker Landsberger

Learn about the lives and deeds of August's most popular saints as well as their feast days and the legends surrounding them.

Jul 23, 2010 - Melissa Roberts

Every year hundreds of people sing the popular Christmas Carol "Good King Wenceslas", but was he a real person or is the carol about some fictitious King?

Oct 20, 2010 - Amanda Wilkins

In the early Middle Ages, rich deposits of silver were discovered in Kutna Hora, a fairytale Czech town about 65 km. east of Prague..

Jul 2, 2011 - Susan Hallett

Who is the American Santa Claus? What is his relation to Saint Nick? And why are many Europeans demanding he "go home"?

Dec 3, 2006 - Katrien Vander Straeten

Sacred art at Sedlec Ossuary, known as the Bone Church, is sculpted from human bones. The macabre and sacred are bizarrely combined in the Czech Republic.

Aug 30, 2010 - Corinne Shibley

From the 13th to the 16th centuries, the UNESCO World Heritage city of Kutna Hora rivaled Prague as the cultural, political, and economic center of Bohemia.

Aug 17, 2008 - Angela D. Stancar

St. Luke was fortunate to have lived and composed during the time when eyewitness testimony to the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was available.

Dec 9, 2009 - Jeannie Delahunt

Low-cost airlines have cheap tickets on flights to Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) in France's Rhône-Alpes region. Many North African cities are also easily reached.

Sep 17, 2008 - Henk Bekker

More than just relativism, Europe's secular trend is rooted in post-World War attitudes, prosperity, a rejection of Catholic moral teachings, and a multicultural society.

May 26, 2009 - Michael Streich