Should you genuflect, do the sign of the cross or say a little prayer when you enter U Pinkasu? Or, should you simply order a Pilsner Urquell?

Any and all of the above is appropriate given this historic beer garden in the Czech capital of Prague is serendipitously located among ruins of the original Church of Our Lady of the Snows, a Catholic church dating back to 1347.

The roof is long gone, but two of the old walls form part of the courtyard, the empty arched windows give off an ecclesiastical aura and the beer garden abuts the back wall of the current Lady of the Snows. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

My wife, Kerry, and I arrived at U Pinkasu because it was the immediate recommendation for a unique bar given to us by the concierge

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