Tours of Prague

For those who don’t yet know Prague and wish first and foremost to see its most famous sights, we offer a tour which includes the Prague castle (at the customer’s request the tour can be prolonged by purchasing tickets to visit the historic part of the St. Vitus Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace, St. George's Basilica and the Golden Lane), the Church of St. Nicholas in Lesser town, Charles Bridge and the Old Town Square with its world famous Astronomical Clock. Throughout the walk you will get to see even more interesting places in the Czech capital and learn a lot about Czech history.

This tour gives you the oportunity to get to know the most important sights in Prague during any time of the year. We get to walk along the road that Czech kings walked on the day of their coronation. Visitors will get to explore Prague castle (at the customer’s request the tour can be prolonged by purchasing tickets to visit the historic part of the St. Vitus Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace, St. George's Basilica and the Golden Lane), the Church of St. Nicholas in Lesser town, Charles Bridge and the Old Town Square with its world famous Astronomical Clock. Save for the famous Prague landmarks, visitors will get to explore many other historical buildings. The stories about these sights will reveal a lot of interesting facts regarding Prague’s history, the Czech lands as well as the whole of Central Europe.

For visitors who wish to take a guided tour, we offer an extended version of the main tour. In addition to the above-mentioned sights in the previous two variants, they will have the opportunity, for example, to explore the Church of Our Lady Victorious in Prague and see the famous John Lennon Wall. The tour begins near the Strahov Monastery. The monastery’s balcony reveals a magnificent view of the center of Prague. From there we will move towards Loreta Square and if the guests so choose we can also visit the Loreta complex of religious buildings, after whom the square was named. It’s in this complex that the chapel of the Virgin Mary is located, which is the most famous copy of the Santa Casa from the Italian settlement of Loreto. From the Hradčany Square, depending on the season, we will either continue through the Royal Route or we will follow the tour, which includes a visit to the Wallenstein Garden. After we see the Astronomical Clock, we will continue on through the Tyn Courtyard and Celetna Street towards the Powder Tower. We will talk about the Municipal House and here we will conclude our tour.

For the tourists who know a bit about Prague and wish to learn more about specific places, we can offer an extensive narration about the sights in the Prague castle. The purchased tickets for the Circuit B allows the opportunity to explore the whole of St. Vitus Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace, St. George's Basilica and the Golden Lane, at the end of which in the Daliborka Tower (which takes its name after its first prisoner, the Knight Dalibor of Kozojedy). Visitors will see the prison and torture equipment from the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance.

This tour gives you the opportunity to get to know some interesting places away from the main tourist routes. We won’t miss Old Town Square with its Astronomical Clock, but on top of that we will also explore the Jewish Quarter, the Tyn Courtyard, the Powder Tower and Municipal House. From Republic Square we will get to see the street, under which once laid a trench around the fortress walls of the Old Town. We will also visit the Estates Theater where Mozart the premiere of Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni was held. We will see the famous Wenceslas Square on which many important events occurred in Czech history, as well as the tallest church in Prague - the Church of Our Lady of the Snows, and the Franciscan Garden, the existence of which most people newly visiting Prague are unlikely to know about. Some of the stopping points on this route are also Charles Square, the Dancing House (the most famous modern building in Prague), the National Theatre, the Art Nouveau buildings on the Boulevard Národní, the Bethlehem Chapel in the Old Town and many others.

For those who wish to avoid the streets crowded with tourists, and prefer the greenery and atmosphere of Prague’s parks, but simultaneously also wish to immerse themselves in the distant past, we recommend a tour of Prague’s Vyšehrad. Many legends revolve around this location, as well as significant moments from Czech history. We will visit the Minor Basilica, named after St. Peter and St. Paul. We will pass through the Vyšehrad cemetery where many famous Czech personalities are laid to rest. The fortress walls reveal the panorama of Prague and Prague Castle as was perhaps seen by the legendary princess Libuse in her prophecy.

Apart from the above-mentioned landmarks, Prague is also famous for its Jewish Quarter, which until the end of the 19th century was separated from the Old Town by walls. In the former medieval ghetto, despite the redevelopment at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, many remarkable sights have been preserved to this day. During the walk, we will visit the Pinkas Synagogue where the names of the Jewish victims of World War II are written on the walls. We will look at a collection of paintings created by children in the Terezín concentration camp. We then continue through the Jewish cemetery, the Klausen Synagogue, the Ceremonial Hall of the Prague Jewish Burial Society, the Maisel and the Spanish Synagogues. Here we will see the oldest synagogue in Europe, the Old New Synagogue, where we will recall the legend of the Golem and the life of his creator, Rabbi Loew. We will also have a chance to see artefacts that introduce the religious traditions and daily life of the Jews.

Preserved Romanesque landmarks are a rarity and thus are also highly prized. With the easy use of the public transport we can visit the three preserved rotundas, St. George's Basilica and the Black Tower of Prague Castle, as well as the crypts of the Old Town Hall. This excursion includes a visit to Vyšehrad.

Prague is rich with gothic landmarks. They encompass all stages of the style’s development. Those who adore the gothic style will enjoy the view, and students will have the opportunity to learn the characteristics of the style.

Our route, named Gothic Prague, includes sights found in the historical center of the city where not only architecture represents the style, but also all forms of art . We will head towards the historic part of St. Vitus Cathedral; explore murals, mosaics and sculptures of the late Middle Ages. We will see the marvelous vaults of the Old Royal Palace, observe the fortress walls and towers representing the style. The world famous Charles Bridge is the epitome of gothic architecture. The Bethlehem Chapel is in the Old Town, in which the famous church reformer Jan Hus preached, as well as sights from the early gothic period, created when the Přemyslid dynasty reigned, such as the Church of St. Martin in the Wall and the preserved complex of the Convent of Saint Agnes. On the way we will also encounter homes of ordinary citizens, the Old Town Hall with its Astronomical Clock, the Church of Our Lady before Týn, the Old New Synagogue and a number of other churches not only in the Old, but in the New Town as well.

10 centuries of constantly evolving architectural styles have left their mark on Prague. It is then inevitable that the Italian Renaissance should permeate that time period and leave its trail in history. As a style from the time of humanism, it didn’t significantly impact the sacral buildings, but managed instead to influence secular construction. It gained favor with aristocrats, who invited Italian architects, as well as with the common townsfolk. We will show you the beautiful sgraffito ornamentation on houses and palaces. We will also pass by the few Renaissance churches that still exist.

The development of construction in the 17th and 18th century heavily influences the tours through Prague’s streets and the overall impression of the city. We can find sights from this period in most parts of the city, and the most important ones are gathered in the historical center. The tour somewhat overlaps the grand tour of Prague, intended for visitors who are visiting Prague for the first time. The narration leans on the most prominent characteristics of the Baroque, Rococo and Classicism, as well as the very essence of these styles. We will present to you the most famous architects, painters, and sculptors who have created their works in Prague at that time period, while framing the information in its historical context.

We will show you the Strahov Monastery, Loreta Square, the Tuscany and the Archbishop's Palaces on Hradčany Square, the Titan sculptures found in front of the first courtyard of Prague Castle, and the Matthias Gate, through which the Baroque style permeates Prague Castle. We will talk about the changes made to the fortress at the time of Maria Theresa. From 1st April until 31st October we will have the chance to visit the Wallenstein Garden, while in the winter months we will get to visit the Baroque buildings on Nerudova Street. The tour includes both churches named after St. Nicholas - one located on the Lesser Town Square and the other on the Old Town Square. We also visit the oldest Baroque building in Prague, that is the Church of Our Lady Victorious, which houses the Infant Jesus of Prague. On Charles Bridge awaits a display of sculptures mainly from the time of the Baroque style. The churches of Old and New Town won’t go unnoticed either.

No new architectural styles emerged during the 19th century. Despite that, the so called “pseudo-“ or “neo-“ styles, ones that incorporate a lot of elements from past styles, strongly affect Prague’s appearance. At this point in time the National Theatre, Rudolfinum and Zofin Palace (Neo-Renaissance) were built, the construction of the Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert, and construction changes to the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul at Vyšehrad (Neo-gothic) were finished, the buildings of the Ceremonial Hall of the Prague Jewish Burial Society, the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius on Karlin Square (Neo-Romanesque), as well as today's seat of government, the so-called Straka Academy (Neo-Baroque) emerged. Seeking a way out of the repeating past results of mixing elements of different styles. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, separation from historicism and academism brought about the Art Nouveau. Thanks to that fact magnificent buildings have emerged in Prague, among which is the impressive Municipal House.

For those who value the arts of the 20th century we offer a tour that includes sights of the Art Nouveau, Cubism, Functionalism and Constructivism style, most notable of which is the Dancing House. We will point out the specific characteristics of the aforementioned styles. We will talk about World War I and the end of the decorative arts.

We can tailor the tour to the interests of the tourists, which will then determine it’s length (between 2 and 5 hours). It’s possible to include a visit to the Alfons Mucha Museum.

Prague is the city that influenced the German speaking writer Franz Kafka the most and therefore became one of the main inspirations for his works. Framing the tour in the context of his time, the Jewish-Czech and German-Czech social difficulties, and the topics concerning the German literary figures’ community at the turn of the 19th and the 20th century makes it interesting to people who appreciate expressionism. Depending on the visitor’s interest, the tour can take 2, 4 or 6 hours. We offer a visit to the Kafka Museum that includes a more detailed talk.

The famous composer visited Prague several times. On three occasions he stayed there for a longer period of time. He was flattered by the appreciation coming from Prague’s citizens, whom he entertained at balls and impressed with his musical talent as he played the organ in churches. It is here that Mozart completed his opera Don Giovanni, the world premiere of which took place in the Estates Theater in Prague. The tour of the places associated with the composer largely overlaps with the Grand Prague tour.