Eleven Centuries of Prague Architecture
From Romanesque Rotondas to Dancing House
Highlights of the Tour:
- Vysehrad Castle, Cubistic Houses, Dancing House, St. Agnes Monastery, Tyn Church, St. Nicolas Church, Wallenstein Palace, Neruda street, St. Vitus Cathedral, Basilique of Saint George.
Included in the Tour:
- We started from the hotel and go by subway to Vysehrad Castle with oldest Prague Romanesque Rotonda of St.Martin and Gothic church of St.Peter and Paul. On the way down we will see famous houses in the style of Czech Cubism. On Charles square we visit Jezuit New Town College with church of St. Ignatius and New Town Townhall with Gothic tower and Renaissance gables. Down at the river we walk along the Dancing House (by architects Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic) and continue along Art Noveau Hlahol house and neorenaissance National Theatre to National street and visit the Gothic Church of Virgin Mary of Snow. Through tranquil Franciscan Garden we reached bustling Wenceslas Square with Art Noveau buildings of hotel Europe, hotel Meran and Peterka House. Tour continues to classical building of Nostiz Theatre (Mozart was conducting there premiere of don Giovanni in 1787) and continue via Gothic Powder Tower to Art Noveau Municipal House. After lunch we will walk to St. Agnes monastery to see interiors of 13th cewntury churches and after visit to Old Town Square we will cross Vltava River to the Castle side. After Renaissance treasures of Summerhouse of Queen Anne and Imperial Ballroom, we will visit St. Vitus Cathedral, Old Royal Palace And Basilique of St.George. Walking down from the Castle via Baroque Neruda Street, we will visit St. Nicolas Church and finish the tour in Early Baroque Wallenstein Palace and garden.
Not included: Admission fees
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