Prague Ghost and Legend of Old Town Walking Tour

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The dark side of the city — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Guided tour of Prague's legends — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Join this 90-minute ghost and legends tour in Old Town and take a walk through Prague’s dark past. Your guide will take you through narrow, cobbled streets and winding lanes where once murderers, alchemists, monsters and other spirits walked. You will be taken to several locations connected to local legends and mysteries passed down from generation to generation. This tour includes a brief introduction to the paranormal, possibly helping you to capture a precious and unexplainable memory from this curious and exciting walk.

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At a glance

Duration: 1 h 30 min
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 30 people
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: German, English
Operated by: McGee's Trips & Tickets

Ages: Youth (7–18 years) · Adults (19–64 years) · Seniors (65–100 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Professional guide
Included: Small-group walking tour

Not included

Not included: Hotel pickup and drop-off

Itinerary

Mcgee's Trips & Tickets

Passing by

The tour begins in front of the building Tynska 627/7, Prague 1
Stop 2

5 min

Hear the legend of a desperate female ghost whose son was kidnapped, then found and eventually executed.
Stop 3

5 min

The ghost of the painter Manes, who worked on the Astronomical Clock can be still seen in a window of this house.
Stop 4

5 min

The church where the famous Prague's executioner was buried in the parish cemetery before it was abolished
Stop 5

2 min

See the poorest streets of medieval Prague where even hopeless beggers refused to spend nights.
National Gallery Prague - Convent of St. Agnes

10 min

The ghost of unhappy daughter, killed by his own father, is still wandering around.
Stop 7

5 min

Amputations without anesthetics - welcome to medieval hospitals.
Spanish Synagogue, Jewish Museum in Prague

5 min

Listen to the legend of famous Rabbi Loew and his ability to keep the Death away until of his 96 years.
Franz Kafka Statue

Passing by

Passing by a monument of the writer. It depicts Franz Kafka riding on the shoulders of a headless figure, in reference to the author's 1912 story "Description of a Struggle"
St. Salvator Church

5 min

Mystery of 12 sculls of executed nobelmen that were lost and never recovered and their ghosts who have never found peace.
Jan Hus Monument

Passing by

Enjoy the view of one of the key points in Old Town
Church of Our Lady before Tyn

5 min

The church that inspired Disney´s Cinderella. Ghost of a maid who was killed by a rich noblewoman.
Staromestske namesti

3 min

The end of the tour