WENCESLAS SQUARE, Tour

Starting out from Mustek on the left side of Wenceslas Square, at number 11 you’ll find the former shopping center Darex, where the party leaders were able to buy Western products during the Communist regime. At number 19 is the Neo-Baroque building of the Assicurazioni Generali insurance company, where Franz Kafka worked as a simple clerk.

This is followed at number 21 by the Druzba shopping center in the Koruna building, dating to 1911 and flanked by an exotic tower that is a superb example of “Secese”, or Art Nouveau architecture.

Further ahead, located next to one another are the Europa and Meran hotels, built between 1903 and 1905, and offering fine examples of a fascinatingly eclectic style and exuberant decoration....