Prague

Breakfast in an art nouveau coffee house, the 600-year-old astronomical clock, the Jewish Quarter synagogues, a Czech pub lunch, the ruined hilltop fortress south of town, and a butchery dinner of slow-roasted beef.

Prague Castle before the crowds, St. Vitus Cathedral, Golden Lane, a descent through Nerudova Street, lunch at a 16th-century beer hall, Petřín Hill, and dinner in Kampa by the river.