Budget · 3-hour walk · Prague
The Old Town and Charles Bridge in three hours
Wenceslas Square through the Old Town and Josefov, finishing on the bridge as the light goes.
Flat, two kilometres, and free apart from the Jewish Quarter's combined ticket. The route runs west across the Old Town so that it ends on Charles Bridge rather than starting there, which matters more than it sounds: the bridge at six in the evening and the bridge at eleven in the morning are different places, and only one of them is worth standing still on. The Astronomical Clock performs on the hour and is, honestly, a two-minute event — stand at the back.
The route, stop by stop
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Wenceslas Square
A boulevard rather than a square, and the place modern Czech history happened twice. The National Museum closes the top end.
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Old Town Square & the Astronomical Clock
The clock performs on the hour. The tower behind it has a lift and the view down onto the square.
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Jewish Quarter (Josefov)
Six sites on one ticket. The Old Jewish Cemetery has twelve thousand stones in a plot the size of a tennis court.
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Charles Bridge
Thirty statues, all copies — the originals are in the Lapidarium. Come back at dawn if you want it without anyone on it.
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