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Prague Jewish Quarter: In-depth Synagogue Walking Tour with Admission Tickets
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Immerse yourself in Prague’s Jewish heritage on this 2.5-hour walking tour. Explore the Jewish Quarter, visit synagogues and the cemetery, and learn from an expert guide.
Immerse yourself in Prague’s Jewish heritage on this 2.5-hour walking tour. Explore the Jewish Quarter, visit synagogues and the cemetery, and learn from an expert guide.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Get Prague Guide - Explore the Jewish Quarter of Prague for an overview of the area’s history and modern life, starting at the office Get Prague Guide at Maiselova 5, just a few steps from the Maisel Synagogue.
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Josefov - Walk to the Jewish Quarter, known as Josefov. Hear stories about the Jewish community and its most famous people.
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- Get Prague Guide - Explore the Jewish Quarter of Prague for an overview of the area’s history and modern life, starting at the office Get Prague Guide at Maiselova 5, just a few steps from the Maisel Synagogue.
- Josefov - Walk to the Jewish Quarter, known as Josefov. Hear stories about the Jewish community and its most famous people.
- Pinkas Synagogue, Jewish Museum in Prague - You will walk with your guide to the Pinkas synagogue. There is also located the entrance to the Jewish cemetery.
- Stary zidovsky Hrbitov - The Old Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Prague, which is one of the biggest of its kind in Europe. Did you know there are about 12,000 tombstones in the cemetery?
- Maisel Synagogue - Visite the Maisel Synagogue. Your guide is an expert in the Jewish history of Prague and its people and will tell stories that bring the history of the Jewish Quarter and its Synagogues to life.
- Spanish Synagogue, Jewish Museum in Prague - You will also get a chance to see the impressive interior of the Spanish Synagogue. Where is also located permanent exhibition: Jews in the Bohemian Lands, 19th-20th Centuries. This exhibition deals with the history of the Jews in the Bohemian lands from the reforms of Joseph II in the 1780s to the period after the Second World War.
- The Old-New Synagogue - During the walking tour, you will also visit the Old Synagogue.
This is one of the oldest synagogues in Europe, which is still used for religious ceremonies. It is also one of the oldest surviving synagogue buildings in Europe and the oldest surviving building in Josefov.
What's Included
- Local licensed tour guide
- Entrance tickets (Pinkas, Maisel, Spanish and Old-New Synagogue, Jewish Cemetery)
- Local licensed tour guide
- Entrance tickets (Pinkas, Maisel, Spanish and Old-New Synagogue, Jewish Cemetery)
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Embark on a 2.5-hour stroll and gain insights into Prague’s Jewish history and the Jewish community in the Czech Republic. Traverse the Jewish Quarter with a guide, discover synagogues and visit the Jewish burial ground. Our guide possesses extensive knowledge about Prague’s Jewish heritage and individuals and will narrate tales that animate the history…
Embark on a 2.5-hour stroll and gain insights into Prague’s Jewish history and the Jewish community in the Czech Republic. Traverse the Jewish Quarter with a guide, discover synagogues and visit the Jewish burial ground. Our guide possesses extensive knowledge about Prague’s Jewish heritage and individuals and will narrate tales that animate the history of the Jewish Quarter and its Synagogues.
- Dress code is smart casual
- Please, note that entering the Jewish Synagogues premises inappropriately dressed is prohibited (e.g. without outer clothing, with exposed arms, shoulders and abdomen, in a swimsuit, without shoes).
Location
Get Prague Guide
Maiselova
Meet your guide at the office GET PRAGUE GUIDE at Maiselova 5, 110 00, Prague 1. Look for the blue and white umbrella!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Lynne_c
Jan 7, 2025
Fascinating and informative trip - Very interesting guided trip to the Jewish quarter of Prague. Our guide Martina was very knowledgable and informative as we knew very little about the Czech Republic Jewish history. Fascinating to see the synagogues, and the museums. We would recommend if trip if you’re visiting Prague.
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Bruce_l
Dec 29, 2024
Peter the Jewish guide - Our guide Peter was excellent, being Jewish himself and having such a long family history in Prague he brought the excursion to life. He talked with knowledge and passion and a good degree of humour, tailoring the information to the mix of individuals we had within our tour group.
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Rodney_c
Dec 21, 2024
Prague was Cold, but Martina Was Warm and Friendly - Martina was a great guide, full of knowledge and anecdotes, and she wanted us to understand the importance of the information. I especially liked that we had an all-inclusive ticket for the sites and didn’t have to waste time while our group of ten bought tickets each place.
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Deborah_f
Dec 21, 2024
Great way to see all the sites! - We had a great tour and covered all the sites quickly and she was very informative. We enjoyed the local stories.
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Ross_l
Dec 20, 2024
recommend for history buffs - a great informative tour with lots of information that i would have missed, a lot of beautiful architecture and some facts that need to be remembered
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Ben_t
Dec 15, 2024
Very good guide, explains... - Very good guide, explains the story of the town extremely well and connected to personal stories. We where shown many Jewish heritage locations throughout the old Jewish district hitting fun detailed stories about each on the way.
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Xygb7dklt
Dec 29, 2024
Informative and reflective - Our bus dropped us off near the river and we trekked up streets to the Old-New Synagogue, the oldest functioning synagogue in Europe, went inside and down some steps. Our guide gave a brief explanation then we walked out and along some more streets to the Pinkas Synagogue with 80,000 names written on the walls. They all belong to Czech Jews who never returned from the concentration camps after WWII.
On exiting, we walked up some steps to the Old Jewish Cemetery, one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Exiting by the gate, we walked to the Jerusalem Synagogue and entered its large interior which has a high circular rosette window with the Star of David. As you exit there is a gift shop.
Beside this synagogue is a small park with a bronze statue of novelist Franz Kafka. The monument depicts him sitting on the shoulders of a headless figure, in reference to the author's 1912 story “Depiction of a Struggle” (wherein the narrator leaps onto his acquaintance's back and rides him like a horse). People stop to have their photo taken holding the statue’s dangling feet which are rubbed shiny as opposed to the dark metallic figure. From here our tour group walked back towards the river and took our bus to the hotel through Prague's congested early evening traffic.
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Keith_o
Dec 5, 2024
Jewish quarter - Leo, the tour guide, was very informative and obviously knew loads about a very interesting part of of Prague's history.
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Stacey_k
Jan 1, 2025
Not for everyone - I was really interested in learning about the Jewish Quarter, but it seemed daunting with all the different admissions and wasn’t sure I would get as much without a tour guide and so went with this one which included the admission tickets. To be fair, much of the reason I wouldn’t do this tour again has nothing to do with the tour, but that we did not enjoy the incredible crowds at each location. It was the most crowded, “touristy” feeling thing we have done in Prague (and this is our third trip). It was very difficult to hear our tour guide because of the crowds and because of the layout which would not allow everyone close enough to hear her. It was also difficult to get close enough to read the exhibits. If you are really interested in learning about the Jewish Quarter I would recommend one with audio supplements.
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Michele_p
Dec 10, 2024
Cut short - Our guide was very quiet which I appreciate in the synagogues but headsets are cheap and should be used. She was informative. We got to the Spanish synagogue and the line was an hour long.
She told us to come back in a few hours so the line would be shorter by ourselves and the line was still long. Paid 60 dollars without seeing the Spanish synagogue. Worth seeing the Jewish sights and history, just not this tour.
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