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Tours of the City Walking Tours A Guide to the Capital ‘The Silver Line Through Golden Prague’ guidebook, part of the Silver Line orientation system project (tel: (02) 7400 6565 or 06363; e-mail: info@admen.cz; website: www.silver-line.cz), is now available for Kc159 from Information Service Prague Offices (see Tourist Information) and bookshops. Relevant to the book are numerous silver arrows, placed on curbs throughout the tourist sections of the city, enabling tourists to plan an individual walking tour program, which is also linked to the metro stations, when in operation. A number of companies offer excellent walking tours of Prague, some with themes such as ghosts, Kafka and legends. Most charge approximately Kc300 for a two-hour tour. Leaflets are available at all tourist information service locations (see Tourist Information). Most tours start from beneath the Astrological Clock in the Old Town Square. Guides will hold up an umbrella of some colour so that people joining the tour can locate them. Prague Walks, Nezamyslova 7, Prague 2 (tel: (02) 612 14603; e-mail: pwalks@comp.cz; website: www.praguewalks.cz), offers scheduled themed walks, including the one-and-a-half hour Velvet Revolution Walk (Kc300), the one-hour Ghost Tour (Kc300) and the three-hour Zizkov Pub Walk (Kc250). Departure points vary depending on the tour but is usually underneath the Astronomical Clock in the Old Town Square or a nearby tram or metro station. Guides speak English, French, German, Russian and Spanish. The company also arranges personal guides for individual tours. Pragotur Guides Centre, Staromestké námestí 1, Prague 1 (tel: (02) 2448 2562, fax: (02) 2448 2380; e-mail: guides.pis@volny.cz) also provides qualified guides who speak all European languages. City Walks (tel: (02) 2224 4531; website: www.praguewalkingtours.com) provides a number of walks, including bicycle and boat tours. Entertaining Walks of Prague (tel: (02) 7378 84745) offers a number of walks, as does Daily Walks of Prague (tel: (02) 8191 7642; website: www.walks.cz) and Prague Travel Ltd (tel: (02) 2251 6064; website: www.praguetravel.cz). Wittmann Tours (tel: (02) 2225 2472; website: www.wittmann-tours.com) specialises in tours of Jewish interest, both in the city and further afield. Bus Tours Prague Sightseeing Tours (tel: (02) 2231 4661 or 14655; e-mail: pstours@pstours.cz; website: www.pstours.cz) depart from námestí Republicky (Republic Square) and terminate in the city centre – free pick up from most four-star hotels can also be arranged. The Grand City Tour, which takes in all the major sights and includes a walking tour, takes three and a half hours and costs Kc590. The Getting Acquainted By Bus tour whips tourists around all the major sites – such as the National Museum, Wenceslas Square and the Hradcany Castle district – in two hours, for Kc280. All tours are in English and other major European languages on request. Bus tours of Prague and other tourist locations are also available through Best Tour (tel: (02) 2087 8947; website: www.besttour.cz) and Bohemia Travel Service (tel: (02) 2482 6262; website: www.citytours.cz). Numerous tours of the nearby castles, such as Karlstejn and Konopiste, are also available through Cedok, Na príkope 18, Prague 1 (tel: (02) 2419 7637; fax: (02) 2421 3786; website: www.cedok.cz), travel agencies and booths and kiosks throughout the city. Other Tours Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy (tel/fax: (02) 312 3349 or 9612 4900; website: www.dp-praha.cz) offers tours around the city centre on the Historic Tram 91. The circular route runs from Výstaviste, through Malá Strana, across the Vltava to the National Theatre, through Wenceslas Square and returns to Výstaniste via námestí Republicky. The tram runs hourly 1300-2000 on Saturday, Sunday and holidays, from April to October. A ticket costs Kc25 (concessions available) and travellers can board at any stop en route – an entire round trip takes an hour. Prague Sightseeing Tours (tel: (02) 2231 4661 or 14655; e-mail: pstours@pstours.cz; website: www.pstours.cz) offers three special boat tours. A cruise on the Vltava River with lunch and music costs Kc750, taking passengers under the Charles Bridge on this two-and-a-half-hour trip. The two-hour cruise on the Vltava River with coffee and cake is cheaper, at Kc490, travelling past the Prague Castle District and Lesser Town. The Prague by Night tour, costing Kc1290, is three hours of onboard dining and cruising, before a one-hour coach trip to Prague’s most beautiful squares. All tours depart by coach from Republic Square. Fiacre tours of the centre of the Old Town are available in these horse-drawn taxis of the pre-car era. Fiacres are found along the west side of the Old Town Square and tours of 20 minutes cost approximately Kc600. Oldtimers (tel: (0737) 412 498; website: www.3oldtimers.com) offer the newest tours in Prague, in beautifully restored cars from the great age of Czech motoring, which took place between the two world wars. Drivers are suitably attired in 1930s costumes. A 20-minute tour costs Kc800 for one or two passengers or Kc1200 for three or four passengers. |
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