As Far from the Madding Crowd as Possible (Prague)

As Far from the Madding Crowd as Possible (Prague)

Would you be interested in a guided walk (something like 7 km) around Prague with a local guy and evade the crowds as much as possible?

Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, the Jewish Museum, the Old-Town and Wenceslas Squares – these are Prague musts that people and tourist groups flock to.

Why don’t you see these places on your own and at your pace and do an alternative guided tour that will take you through the historical Prague on both banks of the Vltava river and add something special to the notoriously known?

The contents of the tour (almost exclusively down the hill or horizontal) can be adjusted but the guide suggests it should comprise the following:
- doing an itinerary that is in no guide
- seeing great places and hearing their stories
- having an occasional beer along the way
- learning something about the history and present of Prague and the Czech lands (including Jewish and German populations)

Kids don't pay (except for the ticket to the Prague Municipal Museum).

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Strahov Monastery, Strahovske Nadvori 1/132, Prague 11800 Czech Republic

We'll see the monastery with a great view of Prague.

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: Kampa Park, Na Kampe, Mala Strana 8b Na Kampe, Mala Strana, Prague Czech Republic

We'll get there through the alleys of the Lesser Town. A former island with an important modern art museum and a walk along the Vltava river.

Pass By: National Theater, Narodni 223/2, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

An interesting Neo-reneissance building.

Stop At: Klementinum, Marianske namesti 5, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

A former Jesuit convent, today the seat ot the National Library. Its reading room (ex refectory) is fascinating.

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Rudolfinum, Alsovo Nabrezi, 12, Prague 11000 Czech Republic

An interesting concert hall with a great view of Prague castle. (We are already in the former Jewish ghetto.)

Pass By: Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, 17. listopadu 2, Praha 1, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

Another interesting building erected after the Jewish ghetto was (unfortunately) torn down.

Pass By: The Old-New Synagogue, Maiselova 18, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

It's a beauty.

Pass By: Church of the Holy Ghost, Elisky Krasnohorske 3-5 Siroka, Prague Czech Republic

It, together with a couple of other buildings, constituted a divide between two parts of the Jewish ghetto.

Pass By: Spanish Synagogue, Jewish Museum in Prague, Vezenska 141/1, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

One of some six buildings left standing during the demolition of the former Jewish ghetto. There is an interesting bronze statue of Franz Kafka standing in front of the synagogue.

Stop At: The City of Prague Museum, Na Porici 52/1554, Prague 180 00 Czech Republic

It hosts an icredible eighteenth-century model of Prague (with the Jewish ghetto before it was torn down). A real treat (and also the end of the tour).

Duration: 30 minutes