Prague Castle’s Golden Lane closes for renovation

Prague Castle’s famous Golden Lane will be closed to the public for a year due to renovations which started on Monday. The Golden Lane’s upcoming renovation is its most extensive yet, its cost estimated at approximately 40 million Czech crowns. The lane is one of Prague Castle’s main attractions and Prague Castle Administration stands to lose about 12 million crowns in the year that the Golden Lane will be closed. Visitors have to pay admission to enter it. Some of the souvenir vendors who work in the Golden Lane suspect that Prague Castle Administration is trying to push them out of the attractive location permanently by closing it down for a year. Castle officials previously said that about a third of the vendors will not be able to return to the popular tourist site when it re-opens.

Author: Sarah Borufka