FOR a European city tailor-made for the perfect budget winter getaway — it has to be Prague. Its gothic-style fairytale ...

This city is no lager hoppy go lucky. Prague has banned organized nighttime pub crawls, as the popular after-hours pastime raked in cash for bars but wreaked havoc for residents and local authorities.

When Britons Jean Mallock and Kathryn Newbould planned their trip to Prague, friends regaled them with tales of great beer and food way below prices at home. On arrival, they were stunned by how much ...