The best fashion and gift stores Prague

Tired of souvenir shops selling the same manufactured items of questionable quality, who knows where? Prague drinking team T-shirts? Kittish crystal? Visit one of the many Manufaktura shops that offer authentic Czech quality items made in the country. Originally a spa and thermal bath shop, today we find all kinds of objects, especially in wood or other durable materials, that can represent perfect original souvenirs when you return!

Bookstore specialising in maps from all over the world, very practical if you are in Prague as part of a road trip to Central Europe. Even if your trip is limited to the Czech Republic, you will find here all the road maps you need to complete your trip. Most of the maps are in Czech, but some are dubbed or translated into English. You will also find many travel guides (in Czech and English) from major international publishing houses as well as smaller local editions.

On the shelves of this bookstall, especially used books. In particular, books on philosophy, fine arts and crafts. A small part of the shop is devoted to books in French, and the French who live long in Prague often come here to try to find interesting works. Behind the door next door, a showroom.

Inspired by the Parisian English-language bookshop Shakespeare & Company, Shakespeare & Sons offers one of the largest ranges of English-language books in the Czech Republic. The very pleasant store, a stone's throw from the Charles Bridge, is frequented by all Prague's English-speaking students, but also has a few books in French, Spanish and German. Ideal if you want to replenish your stock of books during your trip. You can order online or follow the news of the bookshop via the website.

It is an English-language bookstore frequented mainly by tourists and foreigners living in Prague. English to English books by authors and translated Czech classics. We also buy news newspapers and international magazines. If you are in Prague for a long time, check the notice board in front of the room. Proposals for small jobs, rentals for apartments and dates for upcoming cultural events. In any case, a good place to read your newspaper while sipping coffee.

Huge bookshop all in length and on several floors located on the prestigious Wenceslas Square. Many books in Czech and English, but also some tourist books in French and a fairly well-stocked pocket book section in French. The shelves are very well supplied whatever the subject of your research, and you will of course find books that are not available anywhere else. The difficulty will be to find a translation, as most of the thematic books are only available in Czech.

Unhappy smokers in France will be delighted to walk through the door of this establishment where everything that is inhaled via cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chichas, etc. is still celebrated. Many styles of pipes (wooden, horn, ceramic) are displayed and sold and various types of tobacco are also sold in bulk, including flavored tobaccos for narghiles, as well as of course all the necessary accessories: pins, lighters, gasoline or gas, stones... In short, without doing too much advertising, a nice store for smokers!

Tobacco has obviously become significantly out of fashion in Western Europe and is about to suffer the same fate in the Czech Republic, where establishments are now non-smoking. Nevertheless, this cigar house remains specialized in the sale of Havana cigars, tobacco, accessories and smoking items. All products are of a very high quality: lighters, cigar cutters, cigarette cases... Note that it is also the distributor of MontBlanc, Dupont and Porsche Design. A real club where enthusiasts of great vitolas can now meet.

If you've been told you're a pain in the ass, now's your chance to change. The store offers you everything you need to break your head. Nearly a thousand puzzles and board games are on sale here, from the simplest to the most complicated. Natural, varnished or painted wood is often used and gives the games a decorative look. There is truly something for every taste and every pocketbook. You will also find specialized literature. Chess lovers will find everything they need.

All possible toys, made of wood as in the Czech countryside or straight from the imagination of the Japanese. You can find everything, at all prices and for all ages. The brand is present in all the major shopping centers in Prague (Flora, Novy Smichov...) as well as at the airport. Note: Sparkys stores always have a large section dedicated to Little Mole: stuffed animals, DVDs, T-shirts, books and other products related to the Czech star. The best stores are those located in the city center.

Open the door and you're entering a nursery rhyme. There's a wicked witch above your head, and her broom and big nose, big enough to hang a picture on, are impressive. Monsters and famous characters abound on the shelves of this beautiful boutique, one of the best in the business this side of town. Beautifully crafted and unique pieces, quality materials. You can even have your own puppet made from a photo, or take part in introductory workshops (booking required).

A store very offbeat in time since it only offers objects inspired by the cubist movement. If you have seen the few houses that reflect the credo of this architectural style in the Vysehrad district, you can complete your culture on the subject here with a good bibliography and especially the sale of everyday objects of very fine workmanship. Teapots and cups are a great success! If in doubt, visit the museum of cubism and its reconstructed interiors to see what it could look like for you..

It is becoming very difficult to find good quality crystal in Prague. But if you don't have the chance to visit a factory in the provinces, this beautiful store will do the trick. It offers expensive products, but more affordable than at Moser, for example, and of honourable quality. Glasses sold by the unit or in sets of six and twelve, and beautiful handmade decanters. Also some jewellery, but on this side, it will not be difficult to find better elsewhere. In addition to crystal, there is also a fine selection of porcelain items.

In 1974, it was the first department store in the city. The shelves were then much less stocked than today and met basic needs rather than leisure activities. Today you can find a lot of everything: clothes, especially imported from China and rather expensive, but also many Czech everyday objects in a rather bazaar atmosphere. Even without buying, you can get an idea of what the Czechs like. Unfortunately, the setting is not very cheerful but reflects in a certain way of its time.

How can you shop in Prague without visiting Bata? This family-owned company, founded in 1894 in Zlín, is now one of the largest shoe manufacturers in the world. The headquarters have moved to Switzerland, but the Czech company still has hundreds of stores in the country and more than 5,000 worldwide. You might as well treat yourself and go straight to one of the most beautiful stores: the one on Wenceslas Square, which occupies a building inaugurated in 1929, in the purest functionalist style.

A newcomer to the Prague clothing scene opens a tiny boutique on the corner of Beneditská Street. Beware, it's also a little trip back in time: here the seventies are in the spotlight! Jackets, pants, streetwear, but also a lot of accessories and decorative elements that evoke the fashion, very Americanized, taken by the youth half a century ago. Don't panic, it's not a question of bringing out the "bell-bottoms" and the sheepskins: all this has been brought up to date, and it's quite successful.

Nostalgic for handwriting, welcome home! Here, everything related to paper is highlighted: notebooks, notepads, sketchbooks... Choose the formats, the covers, the thickness of the paper, white, ivory or checked... On the commissary side, you will also find a wide range of pens, erasers, pencils, etc., as well as a host of accessories to complete or improve your kit, all in excellent quality and for non-prohibitive prices. A good idea to store your travel souvenirs!

Welcome to small car collectors' paradise! Of all makes, they are lined up here by the dozens in the shelves of this small historical store in the city center. Fans will find model cars of the great legends, but the more specialized collectors will of course be interested in the reproductions of vehicles dating from the Cold War and not to be found anywhere else: Škoda and Tatra in particular are represented with very beautiful models, like the ill-fated Tatra 603 or the elegant Škoda Monte Carlo.

In the heart of the Old City, we find here all the creations of Klára Nademlýnská, one of Prague's most prominent fashion designers in recent years, who made her mark in the 1990s in Paris. It has had its own line since 1998 and has since then followed collections that have seduced many stars around the world. The clothing and jewellery collections are displayed in a very pleasant shop where regular meetings with stylists, creators or designers are also organised.