Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #14 in Prague, Czechia

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Number of sights 23 sights
Distance 7 km
Ascend 189 m
Descend 134 m

Experience Prague in Czechia in a whole new way with our 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 Prague

Sight 1: Historic Centre of Prague

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Historic Centre of PragueMoyan Brenn from Italy / CC BY 2.0

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated on the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.4 million people.

Wikipedia: Prague (EN)

441 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Saints Cyril and Methodius

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The Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Nové Město, Prague, the Czech Republic, is the principal Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church.

Wikipedia: Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (EN)

270 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Eliška Krásnohorská

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The monument to Eliška Krásnohorská from 1931 stands in the western part of Charles Square in Prague's New Town opposite the buildings of the Czech Technical University. The author of the white marble statue is Karla Vobišová-Žáková.

Wikipedia: Pomník Elišky Krásnohorské (CS)

134 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Saint Ignatius

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Saint Ignatius

St. Ignatius Church is a Roman Catholic church, located in Charles Square, Prague, in the Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: St. Ignatius Church, Prague (EN)

131 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Karolina Světlá

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The monument to Karolina Světlá stands on Charles Square in Prague 2.

Wikipedia: Pomník Karoliny Světlé (CS)

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Jan Evangelista Purkyně

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The monument to Jan Evangelista Purkyně stands in the southern part of Charles Square in Prague's New Town.

Wikipedia: Pomník J. E. Purkyně (CS)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Benedikt Roezl

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The monument to Benedikt Roezl on Charles Square in Prague dates back to 1898.

Wikipedia: Pomník Benedikta Roezla (CS)

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Faust house

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Faust House is a mysterious house located in Charles Square, Prague, Czech Republic. It is a Baroque mansion from the 14th century.

Wikipedia: Faust House (Prague) (EN)

204 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: svatý Jan Nepomucký na Skalce

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The Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Skalka is a Roman Catholic church in Prague's New Town, Vyšehradská Street. The church was built in the 30s of the 18th century by the Prague architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer and is an important monument of the Czech dynamic Baroque. Since May 3, 1958, the church has been a registered cultural monument under number 40104/1-1224.

Wikipedia: Kostel svatého Jana Nepomuckého na Skalce (CS)

284 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Panna Marie na Slovanech

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The Church of Our Lady, St. Jerome, St. Cyril and Methodius, Adalbert and Procopius is a church of the Emmaus Monastery in Vyšehradská Street in Prague 2, at the southern edge of Prague's New Town. The three-nave hall church in the Gothic style was built by Charles IV for the community of Benedictines of the Slavonic liturgy. The façade of the church is now characterized by an original concrete tower-like ending, which replaced the western twin towers destroyed during the bombing in 1945. The church is part of the listed area of the Gothic monastery, which was declared a national cultural monument in 1978.

Wikipedia: Kostel Panny Marie na Slovanech (CS), Website

36 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: svatý Kosma a Damián

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The Chapel of Saints Cosmas and Damian is an early Baroque church in the area of the Emmaus Monastery, today serving as a Greek Catholic church. Originally a Roman Catholic sanctuary, it served as a parish church of the former independent village of Podskalí. The address of the building is Vyšehradská 49, Prague 2-Nové Město, sometimes the address Na Slovanech is also given.

Wikipedia: Kostel svatého Kosmy a Damiána (Emauzy) (CS)

379 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: František Palacký

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František Palacký I would appreciate being notified if you use my work outside Wikimedia. More of my work can be found in my personal gallery. / CC BY 3.0

The František Palacký Monument is an outdoor monument commemorating František Palacký by Stanislav Sucharda, installed in New Town, Prague, Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: František Palacký Monument, Prague (EN)

432 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Nejsvětější Trojice

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The Church of the Holy Trinity in Podskalí is a Roman Catholic parish church in the middle of the former Prague village of Podskalí, in the New Town of Prague 2, Trojická Street. It is a simple, originally Gothic, Baroque rebuilt building with a tower from 1782. It is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: Kostel Nejsvětější Trojice (Praha, Trojická ulice) (CS)

723 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 14: Saint Apollinaire

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Saint Apollinaire

The Church of St Apollinaire is located in New Town in Prague in the street Apolinarska on the hill called Vetrov. This Gothic church was built approximately between years 1360–1390. The church was established by Charles IV in 1362. Nowadays Roman Catholic Church is located here but it was administrated also by the Chemin Neuf community. The church is protected as a cultural heritage since 1958.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Apollinaire, Prague (EN), Website

236 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: svatý Kříž

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The Chapel of the Holy Cross at Apollinaire is located inside the premises of the Royal Provincial Maternity Hospital at St. Apollinaire in Prague 2-New Town as its organic part.

Wikipedia: Kaple svatého Kříže u Apolináře (CS)

346 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Antonín Dvořák Museum

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The Antonín Dvořák Museum is a museum in Prague in the Czech Republic dedicated to the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.

Wikipedia: Antonín Dvořák Museum (EN), Website

558 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 17: Saint Stephen

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The St. Stephen's Church is located in Štěpánská street in Prague 2, New Town. It is a church from the second half of the 14th century, which was built near the Romanesque St. Stephen rotunda. The church was dedicated to St. Stephen, traditionally regarded as the first martyr of Christianity, who was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who aroused the enmity of members of various synagogues by his teachings. And then rotunda was dedicated to St. Longin.

Wikipedia: St. Stephen's Church, Prague (EN)

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: svatý Longin

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svatý Longin

St. Longin's Rotunda is one of the few preserved romanesque rotundas in Prague, in the Czech Republic. It was founded in the 12th century as a parish church for a village called "Rybníček" which was there before the founding of the Prague New Town in the middle of the 14th century.

Wikipedia: St. Longin's Rotunda (EN), Website

939 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 19: Prague State Opera

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The State Opera is an opera house in Prague, Czech Republic. It is part of the National Theatre of the Czech Republic, founded by Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic in 1992. The theatre itself originally opened in 1888 as the New German Theatre and from 1949 to 1989 it was known as the Smetana Theatre. More recently it was renamed the Prague State Opera. Currently it is home to approximately 300 performances a year.

Wikipedia: State Opera (Prague) (EN), Website

790 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 20: Vinohrady Theatre

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Vinohrady Theatre is a theatre in Vinohrady, Prague.

Wikipedia: Vinohrady Theatre (EN), Website

176 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Dívka s holubicí

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The Allegory of Peace, also called Peace, Joyful Life, or Joyful Life, is a bronze sculpture at the Church of St. Ludmila on Náměstí Míru in the Vinohrady district of Prague 2.

Wikipedia: Alegorie Míru (CS)

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Saint Ludmila

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The Basilica of St. Ludmila is a Roman Catholic parish church on Náměstí Míru in Vinohrady, Prague 2. A typical neo-Gothic building was built at the end of the 19th century in honour of St. Princess Ludmila. It is one of the youngest churches in Prague 2 and one of the largest.

Wikipedia: Kostel svaté Ludmily (Vinohrady) (CS), Website

273 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Divadlo U Hasičů

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The U Hasičů Theatre is a theatre in Prague, Czech Republic. It is located on the ground floor of the house U Hasičů in Římská Street No. 2135/45 in Prague 2-Vinohrady. The building, which housed several operetta and theatre companies in the past, is located in the vicinity of the Vinohrady Theatre.

Wikipedia: Divadlo U Hasičů (CS), Website

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