Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Prague, Czechia
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10.9 km
268 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: Malostranská vodárenská věž
The Lesser Town Water Tower, also known as the Petržilkov Tower, is the smallest historical water tower in Prague, the only one of the historic water towers on the left bank of the Vltava River. It is located in Smíchov on Petržilkovský Island, near the Janáček Embankment and the southern tip of Children's Island.
Sight 2: Šítkovská vodárenská věž
The Šítkovská Water Tower, also known as the Upper New Town Water Tower, is a water tower from the end of the 15th century on the right bank of the Vltava River in Prague's New Town, in the immediate vicinity of today's building of the Mánes Association of Fine Artists, not far from Jirásek Square in the area of the former Šítkovské mills.
Sight 3: 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 4: svatý Michal
St. Michael's Church in Jircháře, Prague - New Town near the National Theatre, specifically the New Town street, which is called v Jirchářích. It is the seat of Czech, Slovak and English congregation of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Czech Republic. Its architectural style is not uniform due to alterations in different periods and styles. It is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
Wikipedia: St. Michael's Church in Jircháře, Prague (EN), Heritage Website
Sight 5: Studio Ypsilon
Studio Ypsilon, often referred to as Ypsilonka, was founded in 1963 in Liberec as an experimental workshop of several artistic professions, most of which were puppeteers. In 1978 the theatre was moved to Prague. The theatre was not always an independent theatre, it was not until 1990 that it became an independent stage.
Sight 6: Nejsvětější Trojice
The Church of the Holy Trinity in Spalena Street in Prague's New Town is a Baroque three-nave building with a tower from 1713 built according to the project of Octavio Broggio as part of the later abolished monastery of the Trinitarian Order, or the Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, a Catholic order whose mission at that time was primarily to ransom Christians from Turkish captivity. The church is protected as a cultural monument and is located in the immediate vicinity of the Faculty of Education of Charles University. At the end of 2005, the local Roman Catholic parish was abolished and the church was given to the use of Slovak Greek Catholics.
Wikipedia: Kostel Nejsvětější Trojice (Praha, Spálená ulice) (CS), Diocese, Heritage Website
Sight 7: Vítězslav Hálek
The Vítězslav Hálek Memorial is an outdoor monument to Vítězslav Hálek, located at the Charles Square in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 8: Saint Joseph
The statue of Saint Joseph is located in front of New Town Hall on Charles Square, in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 9: Saints Cyril and Methodius
The Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Nové Město, Prague, the Czech Republic, is the principal Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church.
Sight 10: Eliška Krásnohorská
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.
Sight 11: Saint Stephen
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.
Sight 12: 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.
Sight 13: Divadlo v Řeznické
The Řeznická Theatre is a small theatre stage in Prague's New Town.
Sight 14: Divadlo Minor
The Minor Theatre is a theatre with a focus on children and youth. It is located in Vodičkova Street in New Town in Prague 1, in the former premises of the Scout cinema.
Sight 15: MacNevenův palác
MacNeven's Palace, also known as MacNaven's Palace, also known as Palacký Palace, is a historic building at 719/II Palackého Street in Prague's 1st New Town, which connects Vodičkova and Jungmannova Streets, near Wenceslas Square. The building is protected as a cultural monument.
Sight 16: Divadlo ABC
The ABC Theatre is a drama theatre belonging to the Municipal Theatres of Prague. It is located in Prague 1 in New Town in Palác U Nováků.
Sight 17: Činoherní klub
The Drama Club is a theatre located in Prague.
Sight 18: Statue of Saint Wenceslas
The statue of Saint Wenceslas in Prague, Czech Republic depicts Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. It is installed at Wenceslas Square.
Sight 19: Otýlie Sklenářová-Malá
The monument to Otilie Sklenářová-Malá from 1933 is located in Prague's Čelakovského sady near the National Museum building. The author of the white marble statue is Ladislav Šaloun.
Sight 20: Prague State Opera
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.
Sight 21: Jan Svatopluk Presl
The monument to Jan Svatopluk Presl in Vrchlického sady in Prague was ceremonially unveiled on 1.7.1910.
Sight 22: Woodrow Wilson
The Woodrow Wilson Monument, created by Czech-American sculptor Albin Polasek, is installed outside Praha hlavní nádraží in Prague, Czech Republic. It was unveiled in October 2011, and honors the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson.
Sight 23: Ptačí obelisk
The Triangular Obelisk, also called the Triangular Obelisk, the Bird Obelisk, the Brigitte Canal Column-Obelisk or the Obelisk in Rieger Gardens, is a sandstone statue and obelisk in the northeastern part of the Rieger Gardens park in the Vinohrady district of Prague 2.
Sight 24: 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.
Sight 25: Žižkovské divadlo Járy Cimrmana
The Jára Cimrman Theatre is a Prague theatre company operating since the late 1960s. His repertoire consists of comic plays by Ladislav Smoljak and Zdeněk Svěrák on the theme of the fictional Czech genius Jára Cimrman, who is claimed to be the original author of these plays. Traditionally, only men play in the theatre, without any acting education – the only exception being the professional reinforcements Miroslav Táborský, Vojtěch Kotek, Josef Čepelka and Ondřej Vetchý, who were cast after a series of deaths of several core actors of the ensemble. It is one of the most successful and popular Czech authorial theatres and Czech post-war theatres in general.
Sight 26: Jaroslav Hašek
The statue of Jaroslav Hašek is an outdoor monument and equestrian statue by Karel Nepraš and Karolína Neprašová, installed at Prokopovo náměstí in the Žižkov district of Prague, Czech Republic. The sculpture was installed in 2005, having been completed by Nepraš's daughter Karolína after his death. It is located in an area where Hašek lived during writing of his famous novel The Good Soldier Švejk.
Sight 27: Betlémská kaple
The Bethlehem Chapel in Žižkov is a Cubist building serving as a parish church of the Žižkov congregation of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. It is located in Prokopova Street inside a block of apartment buildings.
Sight 28: Karel Havlíček Borovský
The statue of Karel Havlíček Borovský is an outdoor sculpture in Žižkov, Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 29: svatá Anna
St. Anne's Church in Prague 3-Žižkov is a Roman Catholic branch church from 1911. It was built in the style of the so-called Beuron Art Nouveau according to the project of architect Eduard Sochor. Church of st. St. Anne's Church is a branch church of the Žižkov parish at the Church of St. Procopius.
Sight 30: 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.
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