Prague-Centric: Start of the Season

This is my third March in Prague, and about this time every year one question is on everyone's mind: Are the beer gardens open?

I can't speak for Riegrovy Sady, possibly the biggest beer garden in Prague. But possibly the loveliest beer garden, in Letná, has started selling beer to anyone who wants to spend the afternoon and evening in its shade.

Letná is everything Riegrovy is not. There is no big screen playing house music countdowns on MTV. The beer glasses are plastic, most every table is shaded and at night the majority of the lighting comes from twinkling Old Town Prague across the river. The view is soothing and expansive and makes your buzz that much greater.

I'd suggest you try it out today. The weather isn't supposed to hold this weekend, or even for the foreseeable future.