{"id":535,"date":"2012-08-29T10:59:52","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T09:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/?p=535"},"modified":"2016-01-24T12:50:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T10:50:37","slug":"adrenaline-sports-in-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2012\/08\/29\/adrenaline-sports-in-prague\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrenaline Sports in Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prague is well known for its old world charms such as its architecture, Christmas markets and beer.\u00a0 <\/span>Now it is making a name for itself in the modern world of adrenaline sports.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>As any large city it has its share of paintball arenas and skateboard parks; balloon flights, paragliding, and bungee-jumping can all be found as well.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>On any nice day you will see a tethered balloon flying over old town for those whose adrenaline is easily stimulated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"free<\/a>What most people don’t know is that Prague is home to the only wind tunnel with a circular glass flight chamber in the world.\u00a0 <\/span>The Skydive Arena has made sky diving available at the Letany Shopping Center, Prague 9.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Their flight chamber is 4.3 meters in diameter and 14 meters high with wind speeds up to 160 mph allowing for feeling free fall and acrobatics.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Generally speaking any healthy person over 5 years old and not visibly pregnant can participate.\u00a0 <\/span>The instructors say everyone learns to control their body in free fall after a few tries.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Prices start at\u00a01,500 Kc\u00a0($75) for 3 minutes in the chamber and can be reduced per minute with various packages.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>You can memorialize your gracefulness with a DVD for extra charge.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>More details at <\/span><\/span>Skydive Arena<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"full<\/a>A completely different flight and adrenaline opportunity can be found at iPILOT flight simulator for only 999 Kc ($50) for 15 minutes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Near the Ujezd tram stop in the down town area (Mala Strana) you can experience your choice of 24,000 airports around the world at the control of a realistic Airbus 320 passenger jet simulator like pilots use for training.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Hong Kong Kai Tak and London Heathrow are the popular favorites.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I am glad to see they also have a Fear of Flying course as\u00a0Karin conquered her fear of flying years ago when a pilot friend explained how airplanes work and what all the noises during flight are.\u00a0 <\/span>iPilot has refined all that and include actually taking control of the aircraft to demystify the whole experience of flying commercially–w<\/span>ell worth it for any nervous flyer.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>More at <\/span><\/span>Fly iPilot\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prague is such a great combination of the old and the new!\u00a0 <\/span>I love it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prague is well known for its old world charms such as its architecture, Christmas markets and beer.\u00a0 Now it is making a name for itself in the modern world of adrenaline sports.\u00a0 As any large city it has its share … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[13],"tags":[149,152,153,5,151,150],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MK34-8D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":404,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/11\/12\/october\/","url_meta":{"origin":535,"position":0},"title":"October Miscellany","author":"Michael","date":"November 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"We are often asked what is the best month to visit.\u00a0 For Paros, Greece we say September or June; for Ireland it is June or July; for Prague, we are still learning.\u00a0 We have heard that July and August are bad because of the crowds at Charles Bridge and other\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Travel Planning"","block_context":{"text":"Travel Planning","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/travel-planning\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":856,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2013\/01\/09\/prague-yesteryear-now-virtual-real\/","url_meta":{"origin":535,"position":1},"title":"Prague: Yesteryear & Now — Virtual & Real","author":"Michael","date":"January 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"By Karin I admit to having a\u00a0fascination with the city of Prague. 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