The city of 100 Spires or The Golden City, in the heart of Europe you will find a city with a unique character: Prague. With its centuries-old history still visible everywhere, it is like walking through an open-air museum. Did you know that the entire historic center has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List? This historic center is great to explore by foot, which is ideal for an audio tour. Discover during this walking tour through the city beautiful sights, such as the old town square with the Tyn church, the astronomical clock, the powder tower and the Rudolfinum. Will you walk through the narrowest street in Prague where you have to wait for the traffic lights? Or would you rather take a unique photo for Instagram or Facebook at the colorful John Lennon wall? Discover Prague by foot and be surprised by this beautiful city.
Why Visit: Those 80-meter Gothic spires aren't twins - one's thicker to represent masculine Adam, the other's Eve.
Built 1365-1511, it holds astronomer Tycho Brahe's tomb. He died from a burst bladder after being too polite to leave a banquet. The 1673 organ is Prague's oldest still playing.
Ever Wondered: why white crosses mark the cobblestones? 27 Protestant leaders lost their heads here in 1621.
Hitler proclaimed the Protectorate from that balcony in 1939. The pastel facades hide 11th-century cellars - the square sits 2 meters higher than medieval times. Jan Hus's monument (1915) enraged Catholics who still controlled the city. This audio guide Prague reveals how the square survived both World Wars intact while newer neighborhoods burned.
The Story Behind: This 1410 clock tracks sun, moon, zodiac signs, and Babylonian time simultaneously.
Every hour, Death flips his hourglass while 12 apostles parade. Legend says the clockmaker was blinded to prevent copies - pure fiction. The skeleton was added in the 17th century when plague killed half the city.
Local Secret: The Nazis tried removing the Jewish Mendelssohn statue but accidentally toppled Wagner - Hitler's favorite composer.
This 1885 concert hall became parliament when Czechoslovakia gained independence. Dvořák premiered his Slavonic Dances here. The Dvořák Hall's acoustics let you hear a whisper from stage to back row. This walking tour Prague shows where the Czech Philharmonic survived communism by playing Smetana instead of Soviet composers.
What You'll Find: 516 meters of Gothic stone, 30 Baroque saints, and thousands of lovers' padlocks despite the ban.
Charles IV laid the first stone on July 9, 1357 at 5:31 AM - creating palindrome 1-3-5-7-9-7-5-3-1. Touch the St. John Nepomuk plaque for luck.
Back in 1850: 15,000 Jews lived in 93,000 square meters - Europe's densest population.
Six synagogues survived because Hitler planned a "Museum of an Extinct Race" here. The cemetery has 12 layers of graves. This self guided tour shows Europe's oldest active synagogue (1270) still holding services.
