Free New Town Tour: WW2 & Communism Free Tour
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Free New Town Tour: WW2 & Communism

4.96 (454 Reviews) 813 Travellers
11AM

This tour guides you through the beautiful New Town – a UNESCO World Heritage district built in the 14th century (so not so new!).</br> </br> During Communism and the Nazi era, events happened in this district that struck the globe. Now is your chance to learn about them. Marvel at the architecture as you learn of Prague’s tumultuous 20th Century.

Tour Description

A tour for architectural fanatics and history buffs alike! Explore Prague’s New Town and learn more about the fascinating history that shaped Prague’s 1900s.

From the Rudolfinum building, we walk to the New Town, learning about the German-Czech conflicts which dominated the early 1900s.

We come to the famous Wenceslas Sq (or Vaclavske Namesti) and stunning National Museum. Stand on the site of Prague’s most famous events in history: the Prague Spring, Velvet Revolution, invasion of 1939.

Continuing on, we see more of New Town’s hidden gems: Art Deco passageways, David Cerny’s modern sculptures, and a secret garden! Our tour then takes us along the river, past the famous National Theater and Art Nouveau riverbank, towards the architectural masterpiece that is the ‘Dancing House’.

Our final stop is perhaps the most dramatic of all: the site where the assassins of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich hid after the famous Anthropoid operation – the Crypt of St Cyril and Methodius. (After the tour, you can see the memorial for the soldiers.)

Join our expert guides to find out why Prague was the epicenter of such turmoil, and how Czech culture prevailed regardless.

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Amblard
21 Jun 2024
Jeremy has been a wonderful guide. His knowledge, his passion and his humour are precious for talking about the XX century in Prague. He's a real storyteller with a solid knowledge. I have only one regret... It wasn't possible to invite him to share a beer !
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Dan
18 Jun 2024
A good tour with a spectacular restaurant recommendation. Laura did a fine job.
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Marie-Christine
27 Mar 2024
The best free Walking tour ever - Scott knew everything and i will never forget how he explained Prague to us.
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Haya
17 Mar 2024
Enjoyed the tour with Gabriela. It was very good. We learned a lot about the history of this country
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Megan
13 Mar 2024
Gaby was an amazing tour guide! Cannot recommend her enough. Mom and I loved spending time getting to know more about the new town and history behind it.
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Angelo
08 Mar 2024
There are some details that are addressed in the tour as a pre WWII and pre and post communist era. It was lear and dinamic. Recommended as a second walking tour.
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Angelo
07 Mar 2024
The minimun participants was not met and ended up doing the Castle. Was great though.
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Neevashnee
02 Mar 2024
Jirka was a great tour guide. Funny and relatable. He also took the time to learn where each of us came from and had multiple conversations outside of the ‘tour’ about us and our lives. Really nice person.
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Nicole
27 Feb 2024
Dylan was an amazing tour guide. We came for this of his tours. The New Town 20th Century Prague was our favorite, but old town/jewish quarter and the castle tours were also incredible.
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David
26 Feb 2024
Such a great tour to learn about the history in the last century. We were from UK and to be honest we knew little of your history .Aris was our guide and we really enjoyed the tour , his take on the history, and very impressive stops en route for this tour. Thanks for making our stay memorable. David and Lesley.
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Jacqueline
24 Feb 2024
We did the New Town tour with Aris and it was amazing! Learned so much about Prague‘s history and he showed us so many things we would‘ve otherwise just walked straight past! Thanks Aris!
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William
14 Feb 2024
Scott has a fantastic knowledge and excellent delivery. A tour packed full of information
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Andrea
20 Jan 2024
Buen guía, vale mucho la pena el tour. Sobre todo si te interesa la segunda guerra mundial. El guía muy amable, paciente y ameno. Debería recibir mayor gratificación
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Konstantin
04 Jan 2024
Aris was an amazing guide and very informative. We would love to join one of his tours in the future. While the joke density is not the same as with Scott, it was still a lot of fun and he had no trouble at all keeping out attention.
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David
02 Jan 2024
Exceptional tour. Scott our guide was brilliant.

Meeting Point

Address
Rudolfinum
How to find us
Look for our WHITE and GREEN umbrellas in front of the Rudolfinum building, home of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know before your visit.

No, the monument has been made accessible for free to all people who want to visit as it is viewed as very important to Czech history.
Yes, the guides accept all major forms of currencies (EUR, USD, GBP & more). And most guides also have a card reader, in case you don’t have cash.
Yes, we will not be using any stairs or complicated terrain.

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