Overview:

Plots, Assassinations & Fatal Mistakes. Forget ghost stories, medieval cosplay, and sanitized legends. Prague’s real history was far stranger. The city was built on executions, religious fanaticism, dynastic feuds and the occasional defenestration. Led by a professional historian with an alarming level of enthusiasm for historical catastrophe, this walking tour explores the darker and far more absurd side of old Prague - through Old Town, Charles Bridge, and Prague Castle.

What’s Included

• Licensed tour guide with an academic degree in history

• Guided walking tour

• Historical commentary and discussion

•   Interiors are not included

Meeting and pickup

Meeting Point

Old Town Square, John Huss Monument, Prague

End Point:

Prague Castle

Duration

2.5 to 3 hours

Group Size

Maximum 15 travellers

Language

English or Czech

Additional Info

• Moderate walking required

• Comfortable shoes recommended

• Tour operates in all weather conditions

• Please dress appropriately for changing weather

• Not suitable for: young children, travellers looking for ghost-story experiences, visitors seeking a theatrical or costume-based tour format

Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.

Itinerary:

• Old Town Square – Jan Hus and religious myth vs reality, 1621 execution of 27 rebels,

• Charles Bridge – martyred saints (Vitus, John of Nepomuk), Charles IV and his father issues, Slavic apostles and their expulsion

• Lesser Town Square – St. Nicholas Church and its wannabe Jesuite founder, the missing Field Marshal Radecky monument

• Tram to Prague Castle

• Prague Castle Complex

• Mihulka / Powder Tower – prison and Edward Kelley, alchemist and fraudster

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  St. Vitus Cathedral – Saint Adalbert and his family demise, royal dynastic history

• Old Royal Palace – Defenestrations, Battle of White Mountain myths

• St. George’s Basilica – early Bohemian rulers, assassinations and torture in the family, Ludmila, Jaromír, Václav