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Private Prague Cold War Walking Tour

5.07 reviewsWenceslas Square (Václavské Námesti)

  • 3 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • Guided in English
  • Private tour

Highlights

Explore the National Memorial which includes the Hall of the Red Army and visit the mausoleum that displayed the mummy of Klement Gottwald, first chairman of the KSC, the adjoining laboratory and temperature control center, and numerous sites that show the life of Prague under totalitarianism on this private 3-hour walking tour in Prague with an historian guide.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Tram tickets
  • Historian guide

What's not

  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Itinerary

  1. Walk through the pedestrian tunnel and observe the locked doors leading to nuclear bomb-shelter corridors build in the Cold War era and still maintained.

    10 min

  2. National Monument commemorating the Czech and Slovak warriors of WWI. The Hall of the Soviet Soldier. The former mausoleum of the General Secretary and the Chairman of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Klement Gottwald. The monument to Jan Zizka -- the third largest bronze equestrian statue in the world.

    30 min

  3. Best view of the Brutalist style Zizkov Television Tower.

    5 min

  4. Walk through and consider the history of the square from its founding in the 14th century through it's tumultuous history of military parades of occupying powers to the tragic events of Prague Spring to the ecstatic gathering of the Velvet Revolution.

    20 min

  5. Admire the ironic sculpture of King Wenceslas and consider it's relevance to contemporary Central European political atmosphere.

    5 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

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Know before you go

Meeting point
Please meet your guide outside Kostel Svaty Josef, Náměstí Republiky 1077/2, 110 00 Praha 1.
Pickup
Pickup is offered, or you can meet at the starting point.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by
Insight Cities
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • This tour involves a steep climb of 20 minutes up Vitkov Hill. If you have mobility issues, we suggest letting us know so that we can leave out Vitkov Hill and focus on other sites related to the Cold War in Prague.
  • This tour involves a steep climb of 20 minutes up Vitkov Hill. If you have mobility issues, we suggest letting us know so that we can leave out Vitkov Hill and focus on other sites related to the Cold War in Prague.

How it compares in Prague

  • Its from-price is 179% above the median of the 343 city tours we list in Prague.
  • Its length is typical for the group.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 133 of 343.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Prague

Prague's skyline of spires rises over the Vltava, with a hilltop castle, statue-lined bridge and a medieval old town that survived largely intact.

Prague Castle, one of the largest castle complexes anywhere, crowns the hill of Hradčany, with St Vitus Cathedral at its centre and the tiny houses of Golden Lane tucked behind. Below, the Lesser Town's Baroque palaces and terraced gardens lead down to the Charles Bridge, lined with statues of saints and busy from dawn.

Top-ranked sights in Prague: Charles Bridge (Karluv Most), Prague Castle (Pražský Hrad), Prague Old Town Square (Staromestské Námestí).

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