Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Prague, Czechia
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Experience Prague in Czechia in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in PragueIndividual Sights in PragueSight 1: Kafka Museum
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The Franz Kafka Museum in Prague is dedicated to the author Franz Kafka. The museum hosts a number of first edition Kafka books.
Sight 2: Lužický seminář
The Lusatian Seminary is a historical building and cultural monument in Prague's Lesser Town, with the addresses U Lužického seminare 90/13, Míšeňská 90/1. The building houses the Society of Friends of Lusatia and the Hórnik Sorbian Library.
Sight 3: Karel Zeman Museum
The Karel Zeman Museum is a permanent exhibition of the life's work of the world-renowned filmmaker Karel Zeman, who made Czech cinematography of the 20th century famous for his film tricks. The museum was opened on October 6, 2012 in the Lesser Town, near the Charles Bridge. The museum premises provide a behind-the-scenes look at Karel Zeman's work, from his first animations and puppet films to his work from the author's last creative period. A substantial part of the exhibition is devoted to the most important films, i.e. Journey to the Beginning of Time, Invention for Destruction and Baron Munchausen.
Sight 4: Saints John of Matha, Felix of Valois, and Ivan
The statues of John of Matha, Felix of Valois and Saint Ivan are outdoor sculptures by Ferdinand Brokoff, installed on the south side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.
Wikipedia: Statues of John of Matha, Felix of Valois and Saint Ivan, Charles Bridge (EN)
Sight 5: Lesser Town Bridge Tower
The Lesser Town Bridge Towers are two Prague towers of different styles, of unequal height, forming the entrance from Charles Bridge to the Lesser Town on the Royal Route at the beginning of Mostecká Street. Medieval bridges were usually equipped with a tower at each end. However, Charles Bridge has two towers on the Lesser Town bank, connected by a large Gothic gate. The lower tower is called Judith's Tower and is older than the Charles Bridge, the higher tower was built after its completion. The towers with the gate formed an important part of the Lesser Town fortifications at the time when the Lesser Town of Prague - today's Lesser Town - was an independent territory. In the event of an invasion of foreign troops, an armed garrison could take refuge in the towers, which prevented the enemy from crossing the bridge. But even in peaceful times, armed guards made it clear to those entering that they would not tolerate any riots.
Sight 6: Panna Maria pod Řetězem
The Church of Our Lady under the Chain is a Roman Catholic monastery church attached to the Commandery of the Order of St. John. It is the torso of an unfinished larger medieval Maltese church, begun in the Romanesque style. The current church is only the chancel of the intended temple. Together with the neighbouring buildings of the Lesser Town Maltese Commandery, it is protected as a cultural monument. It is located in Lázeňská Street in Prague 1 in the Lesser Town.
Wikipedia: Kostel Panny Marie pod řetězem (CS), Heritage Website
Sight 7: Grand Priory Square
The Grand Priory Square is a small public space in the Lesser Town in Prague 1.
Sight 8: Hrzánský palác
The Palace of the Met(t)ychs of Čečov is a historic building with an entrance at Velkopřevorské náměstí No. 490/1 in Prague's Lesser Town. It has been a cultural monument since 1964.
Sight 9: Lennon Wall
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The Lennon Wall or John Lennon Wall, located at Velkopřevorské náměstí, Malá Strana, is a historic legal graffiti wall in Prague, Czechia. After the 1980 murder of John Lennon a mural of Lennon was painted by an unknown artist onto the wall and as more people expanded upon it, the wall slowly became a place for free expression of then communist Czechoslovakia. It has historically been used for demonstrations and carries a central theme of John Lennon, but it also features designs relating to local and global causes such as global warming. The wall has also inspired other walls across the globe, such as the Hong Kong Lennon wall.
Sight 10: Nosticova zahrada
Nostic Garden is a small garden near Maltézské náměstí, in the vicinity of Kampa in Prague 1. Together with the Nostic Palace, it is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
Sight 11: Saint Jude
The statue of Jude the Apostle is an outdoor sculpture by Jan Oldřich Mayer, installed on the north side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 12: Saint Lutgardis
A statue of Saint Lutgardis by Matthias Braun is installed on the south side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 13: Bruncvík
The statue of Bruncvík is an outdoor sculpture by Ludvík Šimek in 1884, installed on the south side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 14: Saint Francis of Assisi
A statue of Francis of Assisi by Emanuel Max is installed on the south side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 15: Saint John of Nepomuk
The statue of John of Nepomuk is an outdoor sculpture, installed in 1683 on the north side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. It was the first of the many Baroque images of saints to be installed on the bridge.
Sight 16: Saint Christopher
The statue of Saint Christopher is an outdoor sculpture by Emanuel Max, installed on the south side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 17: Saint Anne
The statue of Saint Anne is an outdoor sculpture which was developed by Matěj Václav Jäckel in 1707. It was installed on the north side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 18: Madonna with Saint Dominic and Thomas Aquinas
The statues of Madonna, Saint Dominic and Thomas Aquinas are outdoor sculptures by Matěj Václav Jäckel, installed on the north side of the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. Later, these statues were moved to the Lapidarium of the National Museum of the Czech Republic.
Wikipedia: Statues of Madonna, Saint Dominic and Thomas Aquinas, Charles Bridge (EN)
Sight 19: Old Town Bridge Tower
Old Town Bridge Tower is a gothic monument located in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction began in 1357 AD, during the rule of the Emperor Charles IV. It was designed by the architect Petr Parléř.
Sight 20: Bradáč
The Bradáč is a stone bas-relief of the head of a bearded man, which is located in the wall of the navigation under Křižovnické Square in Prague's Old Town. According to legend, it depicts the first Italian builder of the Judith Bridge from the 12th century, of which the bas-relief was originally a part. This relief has served the people of Prague for centuries as a water meter marker - a sign of the arrival of high water. If the surface of the Vltava touches his beard, it is time to start evacuating the Old Town.
Sight 21: Saint Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia
The Wine Column on Křižovnické Square is an early Baroque sandstone column with a statue of St. Wenceslas, the work of Jan Jiří Bendl from 1676. It stands at the corner of the Church of St. Francis Seraphim in the Old Town of Prague and under the column there are remnants of the Judith Bridge from the 12th century. The column with the statue and the pavement have been a cultural monument since 1964.
Sight 22: Muzeum Bedřicha Smetany
The Bedřich Smetana Museum in Prague is a museum which is dedicated to the life and works of famous Czech composer Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884). It is situated in the centre of Prague in a small block of buildings right next to Charles Bridge on the right bank of the river Vltava in the Old Town.
Sight 23: Holy Saviour
St. Salvator Church is a Catholic church in the Klementinum in Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 24: Divadlo Disk
DISK Theatre is a theatre in Prague, Czech Republic. It constitutes part of the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Performers are students of the Department of Dramatic Theatre (KCD) and of the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre.
Sight 25: Saint Giles
The Church of Saint Giles is a church in Prague, Czech Republic. This monumental three-aisled church was built on the foundations of a Romanesque church. Subsequently, numerous reconstructions took place during the 12th to 14th century. The Church of St. Giles in Prague was consecrated on 4 May 1371. In 1625, the church was donated to the Dominican order, which has served here and in the adjacent monastery ever since. The church was remodeled in Baroque style.
Sight 26: Terezka
The fountain with an allegorical statue of the Vltava River, also called the Terezka Fountain, is a fountain with a statue of a young girl by sculptor Václav Prachner, made according to a design by Josef Bergler. Since 1812, it has been located on the south side of Mariánské Square in the wall of the Clam-Gallas Palace in Prague's Old Town. Until 1791, the Church of Our Lady at the Pool stood in its place.
Sight 27: National Marionette Theatre
The National Marionette Theatre is a theatre company devoted to puppetry performances, located in the Old Town neighborhood of Prague, Czech Republic. The company has been active since June 1991, but uses a historical puppetry space called Říše loutek that dates to at least 1929, when it hosted the founding of the Union Internationale de la Marionnette
Sight 28: Maisel Synagogue
The Maisel Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the former Jewish quarter of Prague, in the Czech Republic. The synagogue was built at the end of the 16th century in the Gothic Revival style. Since then its appearance has changed several times. The synagogue belongs to the Jewish Community of Prague and is administered by the Jewish Museum in Prague as a part of its exhibitions.
Sight 29: Saint Nicholas
The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Late-Gothic and Baroque church in the Old Town of Prague. It was built between 1732-1737 on the site of a Gothic church from the 13th century which was also dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
Wikipedia: St. Nicholas Church (Staré Město) (EN), Heritage Website
Sight 30: Monument to 27 noblemen executed after the Battle of White Mountain
Old Town Square execution was the execution of 27 Bohemian leaders of the Bohemian Revolt by the Austrian House of Habsburg that took place on 21 June 1621 at the Old Town Square in Prague.
Sight 31: Astronomical Clock
The Prague astronomical clock or Prague Orloj is a medieval astronomical clock attached to the Old Town Hall in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
Sight 32: U Zlatého rohu
The House at the Golden Horn is house No. 4/I in the Old Town of Prague. It stands on the corner between the Old Town Square and the Small Square between the houses U Minut and the house U Zlaté dvojky. Since 1958, it has been protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
Sight 33: U Žluté sochy
The House at the Yellow Statue, sometimes also called At the Blue Column or At the Ridge, is house No. 8 in the Old Town of Prague, Malé náměstí No. 6. It stands between the houses At the Three Lime Trees and At the Three Chimney Sweeps. It is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
Sight 34: U Bílého lva
The House at the White Lion is a burgher house rebuilt in the late Baroque style after 1769, which stands on Malé náměstí No. 143 / No. 2 in the Old Town of Prague.
Wikipedia: Dům U Bílého lva (Malé náměstí) (CS), Heritage Website
Sight 35: svatý Michael archanděl
Church of Saint Michael the Archangel is a church situated in Prague, Czech Republic. It was built in Romanesque and Gothic style and later rebuilt in Baroque style. The priest and church reformer Jan Hus celebrated masses in the church. The church and adjacent monastery were disestablished during the reforms of the Emperor Joseph II in the 18th century. Later, the buildings served as a warehouse. In the crypt, there are buried rectors of the Prague's University.
Wikipedia: Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Prague (EN), Heritage Website
Sight 36: U Bílého jednorožce
The House at the White Unicorn, also called the Trčkovský House, is originally a Renaissance burgher house in Prague 1 in the Old Town on Old Town Square 15, modified in 1770 in the late Baroque style. The three-storey house No. 603/I with an arcade has been protected as a cultural monument since 1964.
Sight 37: Týnská škola
The Týn school was a parish secondary school at the Týn Church and a residential house. Two of its buildings, joined into one, No. 604/I, have been preserved at 14 Old Town Square, on the corner of 2 Týnská Street, in front of the Church of Our Lady before Týn.
Sight 38: Divadlo Ungelt
The Ungelt Theatre is a private theatre in Prague's Old Town in Týn with an auditorium for less than a hundred spectators.
Sight 39: Seebergovský palác
The Palace of the Pachta of Rájov, or the Pachtov Palace, also called the Seeberg Palace or the Langer House, is a high Baroque, partly Classicist palace located at Celetná 585/31, Králodvorská 585/2 in the Old Town in the Prague 1 district. It has been protected since 1964 as a cultural monument.
Sight 40: Celetná
Celetná is a street in the Old Town, Prague, connecting the Old Town Square with the Powder Gate. It is one of the oldest streets in Prague and is part of the Royal Route. The street is approximately 400 meters long and trams once ran on it, today most of the street has the status of a pedestrian zone.
Sight 41: Powder Gate Tower
The Powder Tower or Powder Gate is a Gothic tower in Prague, Czech Republic. It is one of the original city gates. It separates the Old Town from the New Town.
Sight 42: Municipal House
Municipal House is a civic building that houses Smetana Hall, a celebrated concert venue, in Prague, Czech Republic. It is located on Náměstí Republiky next to the Powder Gate in the centre of the city.
Sight 43: Smetana Hall
The Smetana Hall of the Municipal House of the Capital City of Prague on Republic Square is an Art Nouveau concert hall for 1200 spectators, which is also the main concert hall of the Prague Symphony Orchestra.
Sight 44: Hotel Paris Prague
Hotel Paris Prague is a 5-star luxury hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. It is located in the centre of Prague in Old Town. It was built in 1904 according to plans of Jan Vejrych. Its architectural style is a mixture of Art Nouveau and Gothic Revival. It featured as a location in Bohumil Hrabal's book I Served the King of England. In 1984 it was declared as a historical monument.
Wikipedia: Hotel Paris (Prague) (EN), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 45: svatý Haštal
St. Castulus church is a Gothic church with Romanesque and Baroque elements. It is located on the Castulus square, in Old town near Convent of Saint Agnes. It is the only church in the Czech Republic consecrated to Saint Castulus.
Wikipedia: Saint Castulus Church, Prague (EN), Heritage Website
Sight 46: Divadlo V Dlouhé
Theatre in Dlouha Street is a repertoire theatre established in 1996 with financing from the Municipality of Prague.
Sight 47: New Mill Water Tower
At the beginning of the Middle Ages, Prague was supplied with water from private and public wells, which, however, were often clogged with waste from sumps. Water was also distributed through open troughs or water mains made of wood, stone, clay or lead, but these water mains were intended only for church, aristocratic and royal buildings. Together with the foundation of the New Town of Prague in 1348, the first water tower was built, which pumped Vltava water and distributed it to the public fountains of the New Town. Gradually, four municipal waterworks were established: the Old Town waterworks for the Old Town of Prague, the Petržilkovská Waterworks for the Lesser Town, the Šítkovská Waterworks for the upper part of the New Town and the Novomlýnská Waterworks for the lower New Town of Prague.
Sight 48: svatý Petr na Poříčí
Church of St. Peter on Poříčí is a Roman Catholic church in Prague, New Town, in Biskupská Street, it is dedicated to the Apostle Peter.
Sight 49: Karlínská synagoga
The Karlín Synagogue is a former Jewish prayer room in Prague 8-Karlín. It was built in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1861. It is located in Vítkova Street.
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