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Prague Castle and Castle District Walking Tour
3 h
By walk
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Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Palach Square, 625 00 Brno-Starý Lískovec, Czechia
Meet your guide in central Prague and set out on your 3-hour walking tour of Prague’s Castle and Castle District. Perched above the Vltava River, this vast complex is the world’s largest ancient castle and was once the seat of Bohemia’s kings, Holy Roman Emperors and Czechoslovakia’s presidents.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Vltava River, Melnik Czech Republic
Meet your guide in central Prague and set out on your 3-hour walking tour of Prague’s Castle and Castle District. Perched above the Vltava River, this vast complex is the world’s largest ancient castle and was once the seat of Bohemia’s kings, Holy Roman Emperors and Czechoslovakia’s presidents.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: St Nicholas Church, Malostranske Namesti, Prague 118 00 Czech Republic
Across the river, make your way into Malá Strana, the Baroque district set below the castle walls. Amble down the cobbled streets and stop for photos at Malá’s 18th-century St Nicholas Church and World War II memorial.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Hradcany, Prague Czech Republic
Next, ride a tram up to the castle and enter via the North Gate, crossing the Royal Gardens and Powder Bridge into stately Hradčany Square.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Schwarzenberg Palace, Hradcanske Namesti, 2, Prague Czech Republic
Admire the Schwarzenberg Palace and statue to Czechoslovakia’s first president, Tomas Masaryks, in the square, and then walk into the Second Courtyard. Feel the power of the former Hapsburg Empire in this neoclassical courtyard, and then enter the stunning Third Courtyard, home to the mighty St Vitus Cathedral.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: St. Vitus Cathedral, III. nádvoří 48/2, 119 01 Praha 1-Hradčany, Czechia
Head inside with your guide to see the majestic interior of the cathedral, one of Europe’s largest.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: St. George's Basilica, Prazsky hrad, Prague 119 08 Czech Republic
Continue past the Golden Gate, Vladislav Hall and St George’s Basilica to Golden Lane, a cobbled street of cottages that once housed castle archers, artisans and goldsmiths.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Golden Lane, Daliborky 30/38, Prague 119 00 Czech Republic
Dip inside some of the 11 cottages, some converted into tiny boutique shops, and some styled to recreate medieval life, and hear how Czech writer Franz Kafka lived here between 1916 and 1917.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Prague Castle, Hradcany, Prague 11908 Czech Republic
Leave the castle near the Eastern Black Tower and admire the city views from the hillside.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Charles Bridge, Karluv Most, Prague 11000 Czech Republic
Your tour then ends here or at Charles Bridge when you bid farewell to your guide.
Duration: 5 minutes
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This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Palach Square, 625 00 Brno-Starý Lískovec, Czechia
Meet your guide in central Prague and set out on your 3-hour walking tour of Prague’s Castle and Castle District. Perched above the Vltava River, this vast complex is the world’s largest ancient castle and was once the seat of Bohemia’s kings, Holy Roman Emperors and Czechoslovakia’s presidents.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Vltava River, Melnik Czech Republic
Meet your guide in central Prague and set out on your 3-hour walking tour of Prague’s Castle and Castle District. Perched above the Vltava River, this vast complex is the world’s largest ancient castle and was once the seat of Bohemia’s kings, Holy Roman Emperors and Czechoslovakia’s presidents.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: St Nicholas Church, Malostranske Namesti, Prague 118 00 Czech Republic
Across the river, make your way into Malá Strana, the Baroque district set below the castle walls. Amble down the cobbled streets and stop for photos at Malá’s 18th-century St Nicholas Church and World War II memorial.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Hradcany, Prague Czech Republic
Next, ride a tram up to the castle and enter via the North Gate, crossing the Royal Gardens and Powder Bridge into stately Hradčany Square.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Schwarzenberg Palace, Hradcanske Namesti, 2, Prague Czech Republic
Admire the Schwarzenberg Palace and statue to Czechoslovakia’s first president, Tomas Masaryks, in the square, and then walk into the Second Courtyard. Feel the power of the former Hapsburg Empire in this neoclassical courtyard, and then enter the stunning Third Courtyard, home to the mighty St Vitus Cathedral.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: St. Vitus Cathedral, III. nádvoří 48/2, 119 01 Praha 1-Hradčany, Czechia
Head inside with your guide to see the majestic interior of the cathedral, one of Europe’s largest.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: St. George's Basilica, Prazsky hrad, Prague 119 08 Czech Republic
Continue past the Golden Gate, Vladislav Hall and St George’s Basilica to Golden Lane, a cobbled street of cottages that once housed castle archers, artisans and goldsmiths.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Golden Lane, Daliborky 30/38, Prague 119 00 Czech Republic
Dip inside some of the 11 cottages, some converted into tiny boutique shops, and some styled to recreate medieval life, and hear how Czech writer Franz Kafka lived here between 1916 and 1917.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Prague Castle, Hradcany, Prague 11908 Czech Republic
Leave the castle near the Eastern Black Tower and admire the city views from the hillside.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Charles Bridge, Karluv Most, Prague 11000 Czech Republic
Your tour then ends here or at Charles Bridge when you bid farewell to your guide.
Duration: 5 minutes
Included
- Local guide
Not included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- One-way tram ticket (approx. 24 CZK)
- Food and drinks
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Children up to 13 years old are welcome to join this tour for free but they will also need a transportation ticket. We reserve the right to ask for a valid ID for children joining our tours.
- It is necessary to purchase a one-way tram ticket (approx. 24 CZK). We kindly ask you to purchase it in advance to ensure that the tour runs smoothly. Tickets are sold through yellow vending machines at metro stations, at ticket offices located at some metro stations, at some newsstands and at tourist information centres.
- The independent guides who employ us to market their tours have your best interests in mind; while the tour usually includes the sites & stories mentioned and lasts about 3 hours, your tour may vary depending on what your guide thinks is best for your group.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers
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Tourism
95%
Cultural
80%
Sport
20%
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Let me start by saying the guide, Pavel, was awesome. He was extremely knowledgeable and friendly and I learned a lot of things I wouldn’t have if I had not gone on the tour. HOWEVER, this is not a full tour in the sense that you got to go to the pay to access areas and skip the line, etc. Rather, Pavel told us which tickets to buy and which to skip. This was an enormous disappointment to me because I wanted to see everything and I didn’t get to do that on this tour. Therefore, I had to go back the next morning to see the the whole cathedral and the rest of the sights on my own using my guidebook. I would recommend this tour to you if you don’t care much about getting into the pay to access areas (which I found extremely worth paying for the next day) or if you want to hear things from a native’s perspective, which is what I enjoyed most about this tour.
A very nice tour up into the castle grounds to see some great architecture and learn a lot of history about the city. Great views of the rest of Prague below. Our tour guide Filip did a great job, you can tell he really knows his stuff and enjoys his job.
Lyle (an American in Prague :-) ) gave us a lot of information during this tour. He perfectly scheduled his time so we were able to see the changing of the guards and could have a peep into the cathedral before closing time. Well done !
Our guide, Katerina was very knowledgeable and entertaining. She had a lot of stories about the Croatia and interesting history events. She was able to get us to the best view points to see all the events. Eg changing of the guards
Really enjoyed the tour with Ian
This tour was amazing. Our tour guide was a local, and she was so passionate about sharing her knowledge of the castle. I would highly recommend this tour, you learn so much more going with a guide than exploring on your own.
There were so many people that I had a hard time hearing the information. I also felt the tour was a bit rushed because of the Castle's closing hours.
Ryan was our tour guide and he was absolutely amazing! He was full of all kinds of facts and trivia making it one of the best tours we booked in Europe!!!
This was a fantastic tour, very informative
I went to this tour starting off at the Rudolfinum and right off the bat I thought that it was disorganized people was running around and changing tour languages left and right including myself. Our tour guide was Klara a young woman that spoke so rapidly that I couldn't keep up with her and she was talking in my native language. After a few blocks everybody was making comments about how fast she was going. Finally we stopped at the beginning of Charles Bridge and she said the bridge is packed I' m putting up my umbrella and we all starting walking and suddenly she disappeared I told my wife stay here and I rushed looking for her to no avail walked the bridge up and down with no luck whatsoever. Ladies and gents this took place in a heart beat. I neve saw her again, We still don't believed what had happened. So we lost that tour