Secret Prague (Jonglez Guide Style)

Prague hides a genuinely unusual set of marvels behind its well known Baroque and Art Nouveau streetscapes, and this guide sets out to find them. It uncovers a completely overlooked Art Nouveau masterpiece, the alchemical secrets once pursued within the castle walls, and the hidden palindrome quietly encoded into Charles Bridge itself.

Elsewhere it explores the Kabbalistic mysteries woven through the old Jewish ghetto, a thief's shrivelled forearm still hanging inside a church, and a statue unexpectedly revealing its own intestines. There's the largest wind tunnel in the Czech Republic, a fragment of the Great Pyramid of Cheops resting in a pet cemetery, a clock that runs backwards, and a house turned museum painted blue to suit the needs of its partially blind musician owner.

Given Prague's standing as a European capital of architecture, spanning Baroque through to Cubism and Art Nouveau, as well as its history as a 17th century centre of alchemy and esotericism, this guide is essential reading for architecture lovers and curious wanderers alike. An indispensable companion for anyone who thought they already knew Prague, or who wants to discover the city's hidden face.

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