The Old Town Square is the center of Prague's eventful history, dating back to the 12th century when it started out as the central marketplace

  Loading
Relevance Price Price Rating

Showing 1 to 18 of 277 Offers

The Prague Underground 1-Hour Tour

  3788 Reviews

 80.0 minute

$24

See the Czech capital from a different perspective. On this 1-hour guided tour you'll have the chance to see what's unde...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague: Old Town Hall & Astronomical Clock Entrance Ticket

  3685 Reviews

$17

See Prague's oldest town hall on a guided tour with entry tickets. Visit the Gothic chapel and state...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague: tour of Old & Prague Castle

  2418 Reviews

 3.0 hour

$28

Go on a 3-hour guided walking tour through Prague's old town, visit the Jewish quarter and discover ...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague: 3-Hour Walking Tour of Old Town & Prague Castle

  1986 Reviews

 3.0 hour

$27

Discover Prague's Astronomical Clock, Old Town Square, Charles Bridge, Prague Castle, and the Church...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague Ghost Tour: Ghosts and Legends of the Old Town

  1810 Reviews

 1.5 hour

$18

Take a guided ghost tour through the historic old town of Prague and get seriously spooked. Explore ...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague Old Town and Jewish Quarter 1.5-hour Guided Tour

  1528 Reviews

 1.5 hour

$17

Explore Prague’s historical Jewish Quarter and its synagogues and visit the city’s Old Town on a gui...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague Old Town and Jewish Quarter: 2-Hour Guided Tour

  1457 Reviews

 2.0 hour

$22

Enjoy a 2-hour guided walking tour in Prague's Old Town and Jewish Quarter. Travel back in time and ...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague Old Town and Jewish Quarter: 2.5-Hour Walking Tour

  403 Reviews

 2.5 hour

$19

Discover Prague's Old Town and former Jewish Ghetto on a walking tour. Hear about historic Wenceslas...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague: Astronomical Clock & Charles Bridge Underground Tour

  310 Reviews

 3.0 hour

$61

Join a guided walking tour of UNESCO's Old Town Prague, with a hidden 12th-century underground. Rece...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague: Old Town and Jewish Quarter Tour

  261 Reviews

 1.5 hour

$21

Learn the timeless history of Prague Old Town and the Jewish Quarter on a 1.5-hour tour of the capit...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague: 3-Course Czech Meal at Municipal House

  208 Reviews

 2 hour

$35

Enjoy a traditional Czech 3-course lunch or dinner menu in the magnificent surrounding of Municipal ...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

1-Hour Prague Underground City Tour

  113 Reviews

 1 hour

$20

Enjoy a walk through the beautiful architecture of Prague's Old Town. Then slip below street level t...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague: Private Old Town tour by Vintage Car - 60 minutes

  77 Reviews

 1.0 hour

$131

Explore the beauty of Prague's Old Town from the backseat of a convertible Mercedes 770K replica on ...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague: Medieval Old Town Hall Underground Guided Tour

  71 Reviews

 2.0 hour

$23

Discover what lies beneath the historic city of Prague. Join your guide on an underground tour of th...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague: Old Town Tour & National Museum Skip-the-Line Ticket

  68 Reviews

 1.5 hour

$26

Explore Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square with your expert guide on this 1.5-hour walking tour. A...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Introduction to Prague Old Town & Jewish Ghetto

  52 Reviews

 2.0 hour

$19

Learn the history of Prague and its Jewish community on a 2-hour walking tour of the Old Town and fo...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague Old Town, Underground and Dungeon Tour After Dark

  49 Reviews

 1 hour

$20

Take a journey into the past and discover the secrets of Old Town Prague. Visit places hidden beneat...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Prague Castle and Old Town 1.5-Hour Group Segway Tour

  39 Reviews

 1.5 hour

$51

Mobile Voucher Accepted

See the sights of Prague from a unique perspective on a 1.5-hour sightseeing tour by Segway. Glide o...

SEE IT

Offered by Get Your Guide

Jump to Page

Old Town Square, Prague

The Old Town Square is the center of Prague's eventful history, dating back to the 12th century when it started out as the central marketplace.

The Old Town Square is the center of Prague's eventful history, dating back to the 12th century when it started out as the central marketplace. The Historical Centre includes most of the city’s major attractions and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Take a tour of the Old Town to understand the history of the city and its notable sights.

The Staromestske Namesti, as it is known in Czech, is steeped in beauty and culture. Step back 700 years in time as you walk past the beautiful Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque buildings preserved for centuries. Highlights of the Town Square are the Old Town Hall and the famous Astronomical Clock, the Tyn Church, St Nicholas Church and Golz-Kinsky Palace.

The Old Town Hall Staromestska Radnice complex was partially destroyed in World War II, but the remaining Gothic and Renaissance style buildings are striking. Take a tour of the interior to see the council chamber and assembly room with beautiful mosaics dating to the 1930s, the Gothic chapel and the Romanesque and Gothic cellars. The most fascinating and famous feature is the 15th century Horologue or Astronomical Clock, which is the oldest working one of its kind. It has a dramatic chime on the hour - the skeletal Grim Reaper with an hour-glass representing inevitable fate sets in motion the procession of the Twelve Apostles, with each appearing in the window. It ends with the rooster crowing, which symbolizes life.

The 14th century Church of Our Lady Before Tyn is a landmark Gothic church with distinctive twin spires that stand out in the skyline of the City of a Thousand Spires. The Baroque interiors hold the tomb of celebrated Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.

As you explore more of the Old Town, you can see the House of the Black Madonna - the first Cubist building, the Barcelo Hotel with a gilded angel at the entrance where Mozart supposedly stayed during his visits, Estates Theatre where he premiered the Prague Symphony and Don Giovanni, Franz Kafka's Birthplace, and the Charles Bridge across the Vltava.


Hours

Sun

NA

Mon

NA

Tue

NA

Wed

NA

Thu

NA

Fri

NA

Sat

NA

About Old Town Square

 Old Town Square, Praha 1, Czech Republic

 +420 221 714 444

 www.praguewelcome.cz

Old Town Square and Nearby Sights on Map

Jan Hus monument

That striking man standing atop a patina-green metal mountain in the center of Old Town Square is not Jesus, though he resembles him

Astronomical Clock

The Astronomical Clock located on a side tower of the Old Town Hall (reasonably enough, on Old Town Square) is easy to find - just wait until a few minutes before the hour and look for a large group of tourists standing around waiting for something to happen! It also one of the most popular gathering places in Prague

Prague Jewish Museum

The Spanish Synagogue

The Spanish Synagogue, so-called because Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain at the end of the 15th century built a previous synagogue on this site, is a wild combination of neo-Renaissance and Moorish-Spain style

Pariska Street

Church of the Holy Ghost

Clementinum

Historic complex of Baroque buildings, including the Library Hall, Mirror Chapel and Astronomical Tower

Museum of Czech Cubism

The Museum of Czech Cubism is in the recently renovated House of the Black Madonna

Old-New Synagogue

The name sounds strange for a building from the 13th century but it was originally just 'New' to distinguish it from an even older synagogue

Josefov

Jewish quarter of Prague