Botanicus

Staré Město


Around since the mid-90s, this now-international Czech chain produces natural health and beauty products made using herbs and plants grown on an organic farm at Ostrá, east of Prague. The scented soaps, herbal bath oils and shampoos, fruit cordials and handmade paper products make original souvenirs. Has branches in Český Krumlov and Karlovy Vary as well as 14 other countries.


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Nearby Staré Město attractions

1. Týn Courtyard

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This pretty courtyard tucked behind the Church of Our Lady Before Týn was originally a sort of medieval caravanserai – a fortified hotel, trading centre…

2. Granovsky Palace

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In the northwestern corner of the Týn Courtyard is the 16th-century Granovsky Palace, with an elegant Renaissance loggia and sgraffito and painted…

3. House at the Black Bear

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The baroque facade of this building is adorned with a statue of St John of Nepomuk above the door and a bear in chains on the corner, a reminder of the…

4. Church of St James

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The great Gothic mass of the Church of St James began in the 14th century as a Minorite monastery church, and was given a beautiful baroque facelift in…

5. Church of Our Lady Before Týn

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Its distinctive twin Gothic spires make the Týn Church an unmistakable Old Town landmark. Like something out of a 15th-century – and probably slightly…

6. House at the Stone Bell

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During restoration in the 1980s a baroque stucco facade was stripped away from this elegant medieval building to reveal the original 14th-century Gothic…

7. Kinský Palace

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The late-baroque Kinský Palace sports Prague’s finest rococo facade, completed in 1765 by the redoubtable Kilian Dientzenhofer. Today the palace is home…

8. DSC Gallery

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One of Prague's leading independent art galleries, the DSC specialises in promoting modern art of international importance from the United States, Britain…