Prague in black and gold
With her tiled roofs and gilded towers, her painted baroque ceilings and sculpted saints, Prague has long been known as the Golden City. But she is also a city of dark corners, of precipitous politics, of scheming and secrets. And besides — as Rudolf II’s alchemists knew full well — ‘all that glitters is not gold’. Embrace the mysteries on this fascinating tour.
Duration
Three hours
What’s included
This tour takes in the glittering jewels of Prague—the baroque library of the Strahov monastery, the Prague Loreto, and the ‘Golden Gate’ of Saint Vitus’s cathedral—before descending to the National Theatre, Wenceslas Square and the Art Nouveau splendour of the Municipal House.
The tour includes a ticket for the Strahov monastery library. There is also an optional paid visit (260 CZK) to the Loreto chapel itself and its collection of diamond-studded monstrances.
Meet at
Pohořelec tram stop, near the statue of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler.