Prague is one of the least "Eastern" European cities you could imagine. Architecturally it is a revelation: few other cities, anywhere in Europe, look so good - and no other European capital can present six hundred years of architecture so completely untouched by natural disaster or war.
One of Prague's most appealing characteristics is that its artistic wealth is not hidden away inside grand museums and galleries, but displayed in the streets and squares. Its town planning took place in Medieval times, its palaces and churches were decorated with a rich mantle of Baroque, and the whole lot has escaped the vanities and excesses of postwar redevelopment.
(c) The Rough Guide: Czech & Slovak Republics