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The Old Town

The square, the clock, the two towers and the cubist corner, all within ten minutes of each other.

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Old Town Square
Photograph: A.Savin / FAL

Day 1

Starts from Old Town Square · 5h 35m at the sights, 24m travelling · 1.9 km

Areas: Staré Město

  1. Old Town Square — The medieval square the city turns around, ringed by gabled houses (45m)
  2. Prague astronomical clock — The 1410 clock on the Old Town Hall, with the apostles on the hour (30m)
  3. Church of Our Lady before Týn — The twin black spires over the Old Town Square (40m)
  4. Church of St. James the Greater — A baroque basilica with the best organ in the city, and a mummified arm (40m)
  5. Powder Tower — The Gothic gate where the coronation route began (30m)
  6. Municipal House — Art nouveau at full volume, with a concert hall inside (1h)
  7. House of the Black Madonna — The only cubist department store in the world, with a cubist cafe upstairs (50m)
  8. Bethlehem Chapel — Where Jan Hus preached in Czech, rebuilt from the foundations in the 1950s (40m)