After lunch at the Hotel Jalta, Ian and I went on the Cold War Museum tour in a bunker within the foundations of the Hotel Jalta.
In 1989 a fallout shelter was discovered under Jalta`s basement. It is spread over two floors with a capacity to accommodate 150 people. Intended to be used as a headquarters for the Warsaw Pact countries, it is believed that the Jalta hotel was purposefully built as a disguise to hide the bunker. The shelter was later used by the Secret Police to spy on hotel guests and foreign dignitaries. Now converted into a Cold War Museum.Read more
Czech RepublicCapital City of Prague50°4’52” N 14°25’43” E
Czech RepublicCapital City of Prague50°4’52” N 14°25’43” E