Prague

ABOUT PRAGUE

Prague offers a unique combination of history, culture, and easy accessibility. The city’s compact historic center allows groups to explore major sights comfortably on foot. Highlights include Prague Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square with the Astronomical Clock, and the Jewish Quarter. Along the Vltava River, visitors can enjoy beautiful city views and photo opportunities. Groups can choose from guided walking or coach tours, Vltava river cruises, museum and cultural visits, and traditional Czech dinners with live music. For a more interactive experience, Prague also offers team activities, city games, workshops, and brewery visits. With excellent infrastructure, a wide range of accommodation, and memorable experiences, Prague is a perfect city for group travel of all kinds.

THE OLD TOWN AND JEWISH TOWN

Old Town is full of important monuments, shops and restaurants and contains one of the most popular tourist routes. The centre of this part is called The Old Town Square and offers numerous prominent landmarks. The most popular is the unique Old Town Hall with the Astronomical Clock, St. Nicholas Church, the Church of Our Lady before Tyn, Kinsky Palace, House at the Stone Bell and the Jan Hus monument in the heart of the square. There are many significant buildings around the square including Klementinum, The Municipal Hall and The Powder Tower. The Old Town also takes in the Jewish Quarter, which currently manages five synagogues: the Maisel Synagogue, the Pinkas Synagogue, Spanish Synagogue, the Klausen Synagogue and the Ceremonial Hall of the Burial Society; and the Old Jewish Cemetery.

THE PRAGUE CASTLE

The Prague Castle was most likely founded in about 880. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Prague Castle - originally the seat of the rulers and later the President of The Czech Republic - is the largest coherent castle complex in the world, with an area of almost 70,000 m². A UNESCO World Heritage site consists of a large-scale composition of palaces and ecclesiastical buildings of various architectural styles - Strahov Library from 1146, with more than 200 000 volumes, The Loretto with the second most valuable church treasury in the Czech Republic , and The Cathedral of St. Vitus, an excellent example of Gothic architecture, containing tombs of many Bohemian Kings and Holy Roman Emperors. The Old Royal Palace, The Basilique of St. George, Rosenberg, Lobkowicz and Schwarzenberg Palaces, Royal Summer Palace, Daliborka Tower, The Golden Lane - formed by small houses with beautiful colourful facades associated with alchemists who served to emperor Rudolph II trying to find a method of gold production, can all be found in the complex of Prague Castle, together with 6 beautiful gardens.

LESSER TOWN

Lesser Town was founded in 1257. Nowadays many old palaces and ancient burgher houses can be found there, each with its typical home sign. The most extensive and unforgettable building is the Wallenstein Palace with five courtyards and the garden, which is set in a French Park. There are also many interesting churches in the Lesser Town. The finest one is St. Nicolas Church, masterpiece of Christoph and Kilian Dientzenhofer, with the painting of an apotheosis of St. Nicolas. The famous statue of the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague is in the Church of Our Lady Victorious. The Lesser Town is connected to The Old Town by Charles Bridge, founded in 1357 by emperor Charles IV. The bridge is 516 meters long and 9.5 meters wide, built of sandstone blocks and decorated with 30 statues, most of which come from the period 1706-1714.

THEATRES AND MUSIC
There are three significant stages for ballet and opera lovers in Prague - The National Theatre, The Estate Theatre and The State Opera House. Another form of theatre with a long tradition is the Black Theatre, which uses striking combinations of lighting effects, music and actors’ performances. . If you long for an extraordinary experience a visit to a puppet performance, which has a very long tradition in the Czech Republic, would not disappoint you. Many seasonal festivals are held in Prague throughout the year such as The Summer Shakespeare Festival. Prague classical concerts are staged in stunning concert halls, such Smetana´s Hall or in Rudolfinum and churches located in the heart of the city and there are regular classic music festivals - The Prague Spring and Strings of Autumn. And you must certainly not forget O2 Arena (formerly known as the Sazka Arena) to watch a concert of one of your favourite contemporary bands.

GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
The National Gallery has many branches in several places. Permanent exhibitions feature Medieval Art in Bohemia and Central Europe, 19th-century art from classicism to romanticism, European Art from the Classical Era to the Baroque, Baroque in Bohemia, The Art of Asia and the Ancient World, and 20th- and 21st-century art. The privately owned Lobkowicz Palace is home to the Lobkowicz Collection, with masterworks by f.e.Canaletto, Cranach and Velázquez, musical instruments, and original manuscripts by Beethoven and Mozart. Other galleries include the Kampa Museum with Modern Art, Rudolfinum, and the DOX Gallery. More than a hundred museums call Prague home, offering something for everyone, Among the most popular are the Museum of the Capital of Prague with the Langweil model, the National Museum, Technical Museum, Alfons Mucha Museum, Franz Kafka Museum, Kingdom of Railways, Petřín Hill with its mirror maze, Museum of Public Transport History, Planetarium, Czech Museum of Music, Dvořák Museum, Smetana Museum, the Lapidary exhibition of stone monuments, and the Military History Institute.

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