The meeting point is directly at the “Pražský hrad” (Prague Castle) tram stop (tram lines 22 or 23, direction “Bílá hora”). Your guide, Mr. Robert Procházka, will be waiting for you at the “Pražský hrad” (Prague Castle) stop.
Over the course of a 3-hour tour in German, you will visit St. Vitus Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace, the Basilica of St. George, and the Golden Lane, accompanied by the historian Mr. Procházka.
The guided tour ends in the Golden Lane.
The grounds of the breathtaking Prague Castle, from which you can enjoy magnificent views of the entire city, are even listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest enclosed castle grounds in the world.
St. Vitus Cathedral is the burial and coronation site of the kings of Bohemia. Its oldest predecessor, a Romanesque rotunda, was built as early as around 925. The cathedral is the burial place of the country's most important patron saints, such as St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert. The cathedral is a masterpiece of 14th-century Gothic architecture. From the Wenceslas Chapel, decorated with semi-precious stones and housing the remains of St. Wenceslas in a Gothic shrine, a spiral staircase leads to the Crown Chamber, where the coronation regalia are kept. Wenceslas rest in a Gothic shrine, a spiral staircase leads to the Crown Chamber, where the coronation regalia are kept.
In the Royal Palace, you can see the replica of the Bohemian Crown Jewels, visit the largest late Gothic throne room in Central Europe, and see the site of the Third Defenestration of Prague (State Chancellery), which marked the start of the Thirty Years' War.
St. George's Basilica, dating from the 10th century, houses, among other things, the tomb of St. Ludmila, the grandmother of St. Wenceslas, who was strangled by Viking warriors at the behest of her daughter-in-law. Wenceslas, who was strangled by Viking warriors at the behest of her daughter-in-law.
On the picturesque Golden Lane, you will be transported back to the 16th century. Emperor Rudolph II's alchemists were there in search of an elixir of life and tried to make gold from lead. The famous Prague writer Franz Kafka also lived in one of these small houses.
