Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #10 in Prague, Czechia

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 11.5 km
Ascend 271 m
Descend 219 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: Kingdom of Railways

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The Kingdom of Railways is primarily a set of several model railroads in a scale of 1:87. Particularly noteworthy is the exposition, located on the 2nd floor, presenting a simplified railway model of the Czech Republic. The trackage contains models of important buildings in the Czech Republic as well as several moving cars. In addition, some locomotives have cameras in the front, which broadcast live footage of the train's journey to the cinema hall, which is located near the tracks. On the track, the periods of day and night alternate in regular cycles.

Wikipedia: Království železnic (CS), Website

108 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Smíchovská synagoga

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The Smíchov Synagogue is a former Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Stroupežnického 32, Smíchov, in Prague, in the Czech Republic. Completed in 1863, the former synagogue was remodelled in 1931 in the Functionalist style. After the World War II, the building was used for secular purposes because the Smíchov Jewish community ceased to exist in the Shoah. Since 1998, the building has been used as an archive of the Jewish Museum in Prague.

Wikipedia: Smíchov Synagogue (EN)

271 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Saint Wenceslas

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The Church of St. Wenceslas in Smíchov is a Roman Catholic parish church on 14th October Square in Smíchov, Prague. The Neo-Renaissance three-nave basilica with two fifty-meter towers is consecrated to the Czech patron saint St. Wenceslas. It was built between 1881 and 1885 according to the plans of architect Antonín Viktor Barvitius. Ludvík Šimek and Stanislav Sucharda participated in the sculptural decoration, the paintings, mosaics and stained glass windows were designed by František Sequens, Josef Matyáš Trenkwald, Maxmilián Pirner and Zikmund Rudl. The exterior of the building is one of the most important examples of Czech Neo-Renaissance architecture, the interior is conceived in the style of an early Christian Roman basilica.

Wikipedia: Kostel svatého Václava (Smíchov) (CS)

97 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Portheimka

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Portheimka or Dientzenhofer Palace or Bukvojka is a Baroque summer palace located in the Smíchov district of Prague. It is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. At present, Portheimka is used as a gallery. The summer palace is connected to the Portheimka garden.

Wikipedia: Portheimka (CS)

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Park Portheimka

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The Portheimka Garden is located at the Portheimka homestead in Smíchov, Štefánkova 68/12, in Smíchov in Prague. It is located between Matoušova Street and 14. října Square. It has an area of 0.69 hectares and lies at an altitude of 192 to 194 m above sea level. Together with the Portheimka summer palace and the fountain, the garden is protected as a cultural monument.

Wikipedia: Zahrada Portheimka (CS)

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Medvědí kašna

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The Bear Fountain in Smíchov is an early Baroque stone fountain in Prague 5-Smíchov, standing since 1945 in the park on 14th October Square, situated in the east-west axis between the Church of St. Michael. Wenceslas and the foreground of the Jirásek Bridge, south of the National House and east of the Smíchov Market. The fountain is the work of sculptor Jeroným Kohl and has been protected as a cultural monument since 1964.

Wikipedia: Medvědí kašna (CS)

1098 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 7: 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. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters.

Wikipedia: Prague (EN)

436 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: 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 9: 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 10: Saint Ignatius

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Saint Ignatius

St. Ignatius Church is a church in Prague, Czech Republic. Located on Charles Square, the church was designed by Carlo Lurago in the early Baroque style, and built between 1655 and 1677. The church was built as part of the new Nove Mesto residence of the city's Jesuits, the third largest Jesuit complex in Europe, and dedicated to their patron saint and founder of the Jesuit Order, St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Wikipedia: St. Ignatius Church, Prague (EN)

131 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Karolina Světlá

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

Wikipedia: Pomník Karoliny Světlé (CS)

218 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: 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 13: Faust house

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The Mladotov Palace, or Faust House, is a Baroque palace building located in Prague's Charles Square. It has been a cultural monument since 1964.

Wikipedia: Faustův dům (CS)

202 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Panna Marie na Slovanech

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The Church of Our Lady, St. Jerome, St. Cyril and Methodius, St. Adalbert and St. 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 Benedictine community of the Slavic liturgy. Today, the façade of the church is characterized by its 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 15: 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 mentioned.

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

320 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: 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, 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)

288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: 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 in 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 18: 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 19: 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 of St. Apollinaire in Prague 2-New Town as its organic part.

Wikipedia: Kaple svatého Kříže u Apolináře (CS)

346 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: 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 21: 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)

1081 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 22: 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 23: Vinohrady Theatre

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Vinohrady Theatre is a theatre in Vinohrady, Prague.

Wikipedia: Vinohrady Theatre (EN), Website

110 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: Saint Ludmila

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The Basilica of St. Ludmila is a Roman Catholic parish church on Náměstí Míru in Vinohrady in Prague 2. The 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

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: Dívka s holubicí

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

Wikipedia: Alegorie Míru (CS)

283 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 26: Divadlo U Hasičů

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The U Hasičů Theatre is a theatre stage 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 used to house several operetta and theatre companies, is located in the vicinity of the Vinohrady Theatre.

Wikipedia: Divadlo U Hasičů (CS), Website

1013 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 27: Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord

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The Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord in Prague's Vinohrady district is a Roman Catholic parish church built in the modernist style between 1928 and 1932. It is located on Jiřího z Poděbrad Square in Prague near the metro station of the same name.

Wikipedia: Kostel Nejsvětějšího Srdce Páně (Vinohrady) (CS)

725 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 28: Žižkov Television Tower

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Žižkov Television TowerBengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden / CC BY 2.0

The Žižkov Television Tower is a transmitter tower built in Prague between 1985 and 1992. Designed by the architect Václav Aulický and the structural engineer Jiří Kozák, it stands high above the city's traditional skyline from its position on top of a hill in the district of Žižkov, from which it takes its name. The tower is an example of high-tech architecture.

Wikipedia: Žižkov Television Tower (EN)

595 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 29: Saint Procopius

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Saint Procopius

St. Procopius Church is the parish church of the district of Žižkov in Prague, Czech Republic. Dedicated to the patron saint of Bohemia, Procopius of Sázava, the three-aisled Neo-Gothic church, located at Sladkovského Square on Seifertova Street, was designed by Bohemian architects Josef Mocker and František Mikš. Its steeple dominates the skyline of Žižkov.

Wikipedia: Church of Saint Procopius, Žižkov (EN), Website

846 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 30: Saint Roch

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Saint Roch

The Church of Saint Roch, located on Olšany Square, is the oldest church in present-day Žižkov, a cadastral district of Prague, Czech Republic. The Baroque structure was built between 1680 and 1682 by Jan Hainric, probably according to plans by the renowned French architect Jean Baptiste Mathey.

Wikipedia: Church of Saint Roch, Žižkov (EN)

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