Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #18 in Prague, Czechia
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12.8 km
344 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 PragueSight 1: Modlitebna CASD
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Malvazinky, Prague, is a building built between 1982 and 1985 according to the design of Brno architect Václav Tříska. It is located at Peroutkova 2482/57 in the Prague 5-Smíchov district, in the immediate vicinity of the New Jewish Cemetery.
Wikipedia: Modlitebna Církve adventistů sedmého dne (Smíchov) (CS)
Sight 2: svatý Filip a Jakub
The Church of Saints Philip and Jacob in Malvazinky is a Roman Catholic branch church in the Malvazinky cemetery in Prague 5-Smíchov. The church belongs to the spiritual administration of the parish at the Church of St. Wenceslas.
Sight 3: svatý Jan Nepomucký
The Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk in Prague Radlice is a simple Baroque chapel from 1722. The chapel is located at Radlická 150/333, Prague 5-Radlice, next to a new office building near a tram stop and a loop near the Radlická metro station (line B).
Sight 4: Obětem náletu 14.2.1945
Prague, the capital and largest city of the German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, was bombed several times by the Allies during World War II. The first Allied aircraft to fly over Prague was a single bomber of the French Air Force in April 1940, but it dropped propaganda leaflets, not bombs. The first bombing mission was flown by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in October 1941. Prague was then bombed three times by the United States Army Air Forces between the fall of 1944 and spring of 1945. During the Prague uprising of 5–9 May 1945, the Luftwaffe made use of bombers against the rebels.
Sight 5: Paví vrch
Paví vrch (281 m above sea level) is a hill in Prague-Smíchov, above the bend of Radlická Street. The southern slope forms the slope of the valley of the Radlický brook. On the north side is Santoška Park. Nad Santoškou Street leads to the top of the hill, followed by the serpentine Na Pavím vrchu Street and an unnamed purpose-built road. For pedestrians, the hill is accessible from several sides.
Sight 6: sbor Československé církve husitské
The Church of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church in Smíchov is a functionalist building from 1935. Its address is in Na Václavce Street No. 117/1, but it also dominates the upper end of U Santošky Street in Prague 5-Smíchov. There is also a memorial to Dr. Karel Farský.
Sight 7: Českobratrská modlitebna
The Evangelical Church at the Parish Congregation of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren is a sacral building built between 1930 and 1931 in Prague's Smíchov, in Na Doubkových Street. The author of its ideological design was Filip Křížek, whose son Jaroslav designed the building. However, the congregation did not have enough funds for the construction of the church, so it decided to issue lottery tickets, the proceeds of which helped to cover part of the costs. Nevertheless, the congregation went into debt and paid off the installments until the Second World War. The ceremonial opening of the new church took place on September 28, 1931 and the first sermon was delivered by university professor František Bednář. At the beginning of the 21st century, the members of the congregation considered a major reconstruction of the interior of the house. Although the representatives of the choir initially chose the design by architect Hana Seho, it did not gain the support of the other members of the choir and was therefore abandoned. Another tender resulted in a proposal from the MCA studio, which is finally implemented.
Sight 8: Podskalí Custom House at Výtoň
The Museum in the Podskalí Customs House at Výtoň is a two-storey stone building of the former Podskalí Customs House in the part of the Vltava embankment called Výtoň in Prague 2, at Rašínovo nábřeží 412. It currently serves as a thematic museum.
Wikipedia: Muzeum v podskalské celnici na Výtoni (CS), Website
Sight 9: Zvěstování Přesvaté Bohorodice
The Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary on the grass, or the Orthodox Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, is a small Gothic building built at the Servite monastery. It is located below Vyšehrad in the valley of the Prague Botič Stream, in Prague's New Town. The church is consecrated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and, together with the monastery, has been a monument since 1958. It was founded by Charles IV on 24/03/1360 and built between 1360 and 1375. Its current appearance is mainly in the neo-Gothic style. Since 1995 it has been used by the Orthodox Church.
Sight 10: Panna Marie Bolestná
The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows at the Elizabethan Sisters is a single-nave high Baroque church with a turret in the front from 1724-1725. It was designed by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer as part of the neighbouring Elizabethan convent with the St. Elisabeth Na Slupi Hospital. Together with the monastery grounds, it is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. It is located in Na Slupi Street at the southern edge of Prague's New Town, south of the Charles University Botanical Garden.
Sight 11: Nejsvětější Trojice
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)
Sight 12: svatý Jan Nepomucký na Skalce
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.
Sight 13: Faust house
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.
Sight 14: Benedikt Roezl
The monument to Benedikt Roezl on Charles Square in Prague dates back to 1898.
Sight 15: Panna Marie na Slovanech
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.
Sight 16: svatý Kosma a Damián
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.
Sight 17: Historic Centre of Prague
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.
Sight 18: Antonín Dvořák Museum
The Antonín Dvořák Museum is a museum in Prague in the Czech Republic dedicated to the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.
Sight 19: svatý Kříž
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.
Sight 20: 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.
Sight 21: Panna Maria a svatý Karel Veliký
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Charles the Great is located in the Karlov area of Prague. The originally Gothic church was rebuilt and augmented in baroque style. The church is a part of the former convent of the Augustinian Order in Prague's Karlov.
Wikipedia: Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Charles the Great, Prague (EN), Heritage Website
Sight 22: Czech Police Museum
Czech Police Museum – is a museum located in the historical centre of Prague dedicated to the history of law enforcement on the territory of the Czech Republic and former Czechoslovakia. The museum is located on the grounds of the former Augustinian monastery, in the Karlov neighbourhood in the New Town of Prague, which was founded in 1350 by Charles IV. The monastery was previously the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Charles the Great. When monastery was abolished by Emperor Joseph II, it passed into the possession of the state, and served at first as a warehouse, later as hospital for the treatment of infectious diseases, almshouse and during World War I a centre for army convalescents.
Sight 23: vila Osvěta
Vila Osvěta is a building at 165/22 Jana Masaryka Street in Prague's Vinohrady. From 1886 to 1889, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and his wife Charlotte lived here, and on 14 September 1886 their son Jan, later Czechoslovak Minister of Foreign Affairs, was born here.
Sight 24: Divadlo D21
The D21 Theatre is a professional independent theatre scene and authorial theatre based in Prague's Vinohrady district.
Sight 25: Dívka s holubicí
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.
Sight 26: Saint Ludmila
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.
Sight 27: Vinohradská vodárenská věž
Vinohrady Water Tower is a building in Vinohrady in Prague 10 which was originally built as a water tower. Today its architecture is recognized as culturally important although it is now converted to accommodate offices and apartments. The viewing platform at the top is 40 metres above the street level. Its tourism helps pay for over 20,000 dollars worth of repairs and maintenance a year.
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