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Things to do in Prague
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Sightlore has 80 places to explore in Prague, and 78 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Prague's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Loreta
Loreta is a pilgrimage destination in Hradčany, a district of Prague, Czech Republic. It consists of a cloister, the church of the Lord's Birth, the Santa Casa and a clock tower with a famous chime.
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Old New Synagogue
The Old New Synagogue, also called the Altneuschul, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Josefov, Prague, in the Czech Republic. The synagogue is Europe's oldest active synagogue.
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Strahov Monastery
Strahov Monastery is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 by Jindřich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia. It is located in Strahov, Prague, Czech Republic.
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National Theatre
The National Theatre is a historic opera house in Prague, Czech Republic. It is known as the alma mater of Czech opera, and as the national monument of Czech history and art.
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Café Slavia
Café Slavia is a café in Prague, Czech Republic, located on the corner of Národní street and Smetanovo nábřeží, next to the Vltava river and opposite the National Theatre.
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Old Town Hall
The Old Town Hall in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is one of the city's most visited monuments. It is located in Old Town Square.
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Letná Park
Letná Park is a park in Prague, Czech Republic. It is located on Letná hill, on a plateau above steep embankments along the Vltava River. Letná's elevation and location afford commanding views of the Prague Old Town (Staré Město).
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Schwarzenberg Palace
Schwarzenberg Palace is a Renaissance building in Prague, Czech Republic. It currently serves as a gallery of the National Gallery Prague and is a cultural monument.
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Wenceslas Square
Wenceslas Square is one of the main city squares and the centre of the business and cultural communities in the New Town of Prague, Czech Republic.
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New Town Hall
The New Town Hall is the administrative centre of Prague's (medieval) New Town Quarter, or "Nové Město". In 1419 it was the site of the first of the three defenestrations of Prague.
Discovery routes in Prague
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Prague: The Castle and Hradčany
From the palaces of Hradčany Square into Prague Castle, St. Vitus Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace, St. George's Basilica and Golden Lane, then on to the Royal Garden and Queen Anne's Summer Palace.
Prague: Strahov, Loreto and Petřín
From Strahov Monastery and its library to the Loreto and Czernin Palace, then to the Petřín Lookout Tower and the parks of Petřín Hill.
Prague: Malá Strana to Charles Bridge
Down Nerudova Street to Lesser Town Square and St. Nicholas Church, past Wallenstein Palace, the Kafka Museum, the church of the Infant Jesus, the Vrtba Garden, the Lennon Wall and Kampa, then across Charles Bridge to the Old Town.
Prague: The Old Town and the Royal Route
From the Powder Tower and Municipal House past the House of the Black Madonna, St. James's Basilica and the Týn Church to Old Town Square; from the Astronomical Clock to the Estates Theatre, the Karolinum, the Bethlehem Chapel and the Clementinum.
Prague: The Jewish Town (Josefov)
From the Rudolfinum to the Pinkas Synagogue and the Old Jewish Cemetery, then the Klausen, Old-New, Maisel and Spanish synagogues, ending at the Convent of St Agnes.
Prague: The New Town and Wenceslas Square
From the National Museum down Wenceslas Square to the Jubilee Synagogue, the Mucha Museum and Lucerna Palace; through the Franciscan Garden to the New Town Hall and Charles Square, Emmaus Monastery, the Dancing House and the National Theatre.
Prague: Vyšehrad
From the Rotunda of St. Martin to the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, the Vyšehrad Cemetery where famous Czechs rest, and the fortress walls above the Vltava.
Prague: Letná and Holešovice
From Letná Park with its views over the Old Town to the Prague Metronome, the National Technical Museum and the National Gallery's Trade Fair Palace.
Prague: Vítkov, Žižkov and Vinohrady
From the National Monument on Vítkov Hill to the Žižkov Television Tower and the Basilica of St. Ludmila in Vinohrady.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Hradčany Square
Hradčany Square is a square near Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic.
Prague Castle
Prague Castle is a castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic serving as the official residence and workplace of the president of the Czech Republic.
Golden Lane
Golden Lane is a street situated in Prague Castle, Czech Republic. Originally built in the 16th century to house Rudolf II's castle guards, it takes its name from the goldsmiths that lived there in the 17th century.
Nerudova
Street in Malá Strana climbing from Lesser Town Square up to Prague Castle, part of the old Royal Route.
Malostranské náměstí
Malostranské náměstí (Lesser Town Square) is the main square of Prague's Malá Strana (Lesser Town) at the foot of Prague Castle.
Malá Strana Bridge Tower
The Malá Strana Bridge Tower is located in Prague, Czech Republic. The tower serves as the entrance to Malá Strana from the Charles Bridge.
Charles Bridge
Charles Bridge is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the early 15th century.
Old Town Bridge Tower
Old Town Bridge Tower is a gothic monument located in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction began in 1357 AD, during the rule of the Emperor Charles IV. It was designed by the architect Petr Parléř.
Old Town Square
Old Town Square is a historic square in the Old Town quarter of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. It is located between Wenceslas Square and Charles Bridge.
Prague Astronomical Clock
The Prague astronomical clock, or Prague Orloj, is a medieval astronomical clock attached to the Old Town Hall in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
Estates Theatre
The Estates Theatre is a historic theatre in Prague, Czech Republic.
Old Jewish Cemetery
The Old Jewish Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic, which is one of the largest of its kind in Europe and one of the most important Jewish historical monuments in Prague.
Wenceslas Square
Wenceslas Square is one of the main city squares and the centre of the business and cultural communities in the New Town of Prague, Czech Republic.
Vyšehrad cemetery
Vyšehrad Cemetery is a graveyard in Prague, Czech Republic. It was established on the grounds of Vyšehrad Castle.
Vyšehrad
Vyšehrad is a historic fort in Prague, Czech Republic, just over 3 km southeast of Prague Castle, on the east bank of the Vltava River. It was likely founded in the 10th century. Inside the fort are the Basilica of St.
National Monument in Vitkov
The National Monument at Vítkov on top of Vítkov Hill in Prague's Žižkov district is one of the most important buildings commemorating the Czech statehood.
Museums
Schwarzenberg Palace
Schwarzenberg Palace is a Renaissance building in Prague, Czech Republic. It currently serves as a gallery of the National Gallery Prague and is a cultural monument.
Sternberg Palace
Sternberg Palace is a Baroque building in Prague, Czech Republic. It currently serves as a gallery of the National Gallery Prague and is a cultural monument.
Queen Anne's Summer Palace
Queen Anne's Summer Palace, sometimes called Belvedere, is a Renaissance building located in the Royal Garden of Prague Castle in the Czech Republic.
Franz Kafka Museum
The Franz Kafka Museum in Prague is dedicated to the author Franz Kafka. The museum hosts a number of first edition Kafka books.
Powder Tower
The Powder Tower or Powder Gate is a Gothic tower in Prague, Czech Republic. It is one of the original city gates. It separates the Old Town from the New Town.
Old Town Hall
The Old Town Hall in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is one of the city's most visited monuments. It is located in Old Town Square.
National Museum in Prague
The National Museum is a public museum dedicated to natural scientific and historical collections of the Czech Republic, its history, culture and people, among others. The museum was founded in 1818 by Kašpar Maria Šternberg.
Mucha Museum
The Mucha Museum is a museum in Prague, Czech Republic, housing a collection of works by Alphonse Mucha since 1998. It currently houses the largest part of the Ivan Lendl collection of Mucha artworks.
National Technical Museum
The National Technical Museum (NTM) in Prague is the largest institution dedicated to preserving information and artifacts related to the history of technology in the Czech Republic.
Trade Fair Palace
The Trade Fair Palace is a functionalist building in Prague-Holešovice, Czech Republic. It currently serves as the largest gallery site of the National Gallery Prague.
Places of worship
St. Vitus Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert is a Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague.
St. George's Basilica
St. George's Basilica is the oldest surviving church building within Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic.
Strahov Monastery
Strahov Monastery is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 by Jindřich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia. It is located in Strahov, Prague, Czech Republic.
Loreta
Loreta is a pilgrimage destination in Hradčany, a district of Prague, Czech Republic. It consists of a cloister, the church of the Lord's Birth, the Santa Casa and a clock tower with a famous chime.
St. Nicholas Church
The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Baroque church in the Lesser Town of Prague. It was built between 1704 and 1755 on the site where formerly a Gothic church from the 13th century stood, which was also dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
Church of Our Lady of Victories
The Church of Our Lady of Victories, also referred as the Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague, in Malá Strana, the "Lesser Quarter" of Prague, is a church governed and administered by the Discalced Carmelites.
Church of St. James the Greater
The Basilica of St. James in the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic. The church is home to the Madonna Pietatis and the tomb of Count Vratislav of Mitrovice.
Church of Our Lady before Týn
The Church of the Mother of God before Týn (in Czech Kostel Matky Boží před Týnem, also Týnský chrám ("Týn Church") or just Týn), or Church of Our Lady before Týn, is a Gothic church and a dominant feature of the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic.
Church of Saint Nicholas
The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Late-Gothic and Baroque church in the Old Town of Prague. It was built between 1732-1737 on the site of a Gothic church from the 13th century which was also dedicated to Saint Nicholas.
Bethlehem Chapel
The Bethlehem Chapel is a medieval religious building in the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic. It is notable for its connection with the origins of the Bohemian Reformation, especially with the Czech reformer Jan Hus.
Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia
The convent of Saint Agnes is situated on the right bank of Vltava, in Prague Old Town area called „Na Františku“.
Emmaus Monastery
The Emmaus Monastery, called Na Slovanech in the Middle Ages, is a Benedictine abbey established in 1347 in Prague.
Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral
The Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Nové Město, Prague, the Czech Republic, is the principal Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church.
Rotunda of Saint Martin
Rotunda on the Vyšehrad fortress, its only monument preserved in its original form and the oldest surviving rotunda in Prague.
Basilica of St Peter and St Paul
The Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul is a neo-Gothic collegiate and parish church in Vyšehrad fortress in Prague, Czech Republic.
Basilika of St. Ludmila
The Basilica of St. Ludmila is a Catholic church at the square Náměstí Míru in Vinohrady district of Prague, Czech Republic.
Nature
Royal Garden of Prague Castle
The Royal Garden is an Italian Renaissance garden situated in Prague Castle, Czech Republic. The garden was created in 1534 based on designs by Emperor Ferdinand I of Habsburg.
Petřín
Petřín is a hill in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic. It rises 327 m above sea level and some 130 m above the left bank of the Vltava River.
Kampa Island
Kampa (also Na Kampě) is an island in the Vltava river in central Prague on the side of Malá Strana. Charles Bridge crosses its northern tip and is connected to the island by the street ulice Na Kampě.
Franciscan Garden
The Franciscan Garden is a historic park in New Town district of Prague in the Czech Republic.
Charles Square
Charles Square is a city square in the New Town of Prague, Czech Republic. At roughly 80,550 m² it is one of the largest squares in the world and was the largest town square of the medieval Europe.
Letná Park
Letná Park is a park in Prague, Czech Republic. It is located on Letná hill, on a plateau above steep embankments along the Vltava River. Letná's elevation and location afford commanding views of the Prague Old Town (Staré Město).
Prague Zoo
Prague Zoological Garden is a zoo in Prague, Czech Republic. It was opened in 1931 with the goal to "advance the study of zoology, protect wildlife, and educate the public" in the district of Troja in the north of Prague.
Other
Archbishop Palace
Baroque residence of the Archbishops of Prague on Hradčany Square, next to the main gate of Prague Castle.
Old Royal Palace
The Old Royal Palace is part of the Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic. Its history dates back to the 12th century and it is designed in the Gothic and Renaissance styles.
Lobkowicz Palace
The Lobkowicz Palace is a part of the Prague Castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the only privately owned building in the Prague Castle complex and houses the Lobkowicz Collections and Museum.
Strahov Library
Historic library of the Premonstratensian Strahov Monastery, holding over 200,000 volumes.
Černín Palace
The Czernin Palace is the largest of the baroque palaces of Prague, which has served as the offices of the Czechoslovak and later Czech foreign ministry since the 1930s.
Petřín Lookout Tower
The Petřín Lookout Tower is a steel-framework tower 63.5 metres (208 ft) tall on Petřín Hill in Prague, built in 1891. It resembles the Eiffel Tower and was used as an observation tower as well as a transmission tower.
Wallenstein Palace
Waldstein Palace is a Baroque palace in Malá Strana, Prague, that served as a residence for Imperial Generalissimo Albrecht von Waldstein and now houses the Senate of the Czech Republic.
Vrtba Garden
The Vrtba Garden in Prague is one of several fine High Baroque gardens in the Czech capital.
Lennon Wall
The Lennon Wall or John Lennon Wall, located at Velkopřevorské náměstí (Grand Priory Square), Malá Strana, is a historic legal graffiti wall in Prague, Czechia.
Municipal House
Municipal House is a civic building that houses Smetana Hall, a celebrated concert venue, in Prague, Czech Republic. It is located on Náměstí Republiky next to the Powder Gate in the centre of the city.
House of the Black Madonna
The House of the Black Madonna is a cubist building in the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic. It was designed by Josef Gočár. The first floor houses a café, the Grand Café Orient, with a balcony which overlooks Celetná street.
Kinsky Palace
Kinský Palace is a former palace and now an art museum in Prague, Czech Republic. It is located on the Old Town Square in the Old Town quarter of Prague. The palace's name refers to its former ownership by the Kinsky noble family.
Jan Hus Memorial
The Jan Hus Memorial stands at one end of Old Town Square, Prague in the Czech Republic.
Karolinum
Karolinum is a complex of buildings located in the Old Town of Prague. Karolinum, the seat of the Charles University, is one of the oldest dormitories situated in Central Europe.
Clementinum
The Clementinum is a historic complex of buildings in Prague which houses the National Library of the Czech Republic.
Rudolfinum
The Rudolfinum is a building in Prague, Czech Republic. It is designed in the neo-Renaissance style and is situated on Jan Palach Square on the bank of the river Vltava. Since its opening in 1885, it has been associated with music and art.
Pinkas Synagogue
The Pinkas Synagogue is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Široká 3, in the Jewish Town of Prague, in the Czech Republic.
Klausen Synagogue
The Klausen Synagogue is a former Jewish synagogue located in Prague, in the Czech Republic.
Old New Synagogue
The Old New Synagogue, also called the Altneuschul, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Josefov, Prague, in the Czech Republic. The synagogue is Europe's oldest active synagogue.
Maisel Synagogue
The Maisel Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the former Jewish quarter of Prague, in the Czech Republic. The synagogue was built at the end of the 16th century in the Gothic Revival style.
Spanish Synagogue
The Spanish Synagogue is a former Reform Jewish synagogue, located in the area of the so-called Jewish Town, Prague, in the Czech Republic.
Jubilee Synagogue
The Jubilee Synagogue, also known as the Jerusalem Synagogue, is an active Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located on Jerusalem Street in the Nové Město district of Prague, in the Czech Republic.
Palác Lucerna
Lucerna Palace is an entertainment and shopping complex in the New Town quarter of Prague, Czech Republic. In 2017, it was named a national cultural monument.
New Town Hall
The New Town Hall is the administrative centre of Prague's (medieval) New Town Quarter, or "Nové Město". In 1419 it was the site of the first of the three defenestrations of Prague.
Faust House
Mladota Palace better known as the Faust House is a mysterious house located in Charles Square, Prague, Czech Republic. It is a Baroque mansion from the 14th century.
Dancing House
The Dancing House, or Ginger and Fred, is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building on the Rašínovo nábřeží (Rašín Embankment) in Prague, Czech Republic.
National Theatre
The National Theatre is a historic opera house in Prague, Czech Republic. It is known as the alma mater of Czech opera, and as the national monument of Czech history and art.
Café Slavia
Café Slavia is a café in Prague, Czech Republic, located on the corner of Národní street and Smetanovo nábřeží, next to the Vltava river and opposite the National Theatre.
Prague Metronome
The Prague Metronome, titled Stroj času ("Time Machine"), is a kinetic sculpture by Czech sculptor Vratislav Karel Novák installed in 1991 in Letná Park, Prague.
Žižkov Television Tower
The Žižkov Television Tower is a transmitter tower built in Prague between 1985 and 1992. Designed by the architect Václav Aulický and the structural engineer Jiří Kozák, it stands high above the city's traditional skyline from its position on top of a hill in the district of…
Troja Palace
Troja Palace is a Baroque palace located in Troja, Prague's north-west borough (Czech Republic).
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