A compact loop through the former Jewish Town: Europe's oldest active synagogue, the Jewish Museum synagogues around the Old Jewish Cemetery, the Rudolfinum on the river and the medieval Convent of St. Agnes.
Best time: Morning on a weekday. The Jewish Museum sites follow their own opening days, so check them before you go.
Moorish Revival interior; Kafka statue outside. 30 min
A former Reform synagogue finished in 1868 in the Moorish Revival style, on the site of what was probably Prague's oldest synagogue. Since 1955 it has been part of the Jewish…
Built at the end of the 16th century and later rebuilt in the Gothic Revival style. It belongs to the Jewish Community and is used by the Jewish Museum for its exhibitions.
Holocaust memorial walls and children's drawings. 25 min
Completed in 1535, it is Prague's second-oldest surviving synagogue. Today it is a memorial to about 80,000 Czech Jewish victims of the Holocaust and part of the Jewish Museum.
One of the largest Jewish cemeteries of its kind in Europe, used from the early 15th century until 1786. Rabbi Judah Loew (the Maharal) and Mordecai Meisel are buried here, among…
The congregation was founded in the 1570s. The synagogue replaced an earlier Baroque building, and the Jewish Museum has run it as a museum since 1984.
Europe's oldest active synagogue, completed in 1270. It is one of the earliest Gothic buildings in Prague and the oldest surviving medieval twin-nave synagogue.
Decorative arts museum, or just the façade. 10 min
Founded in 1885, in a neo-Renaissance building of 1897-1899 by Josef Schulz. Its permanent "Stories of Materials" exhibition covers Bohemian glass, ceramics, jewellery, clocks…
Neo-Renaissance concert hall on Jan Palach Square. 10 min
A neo-Renaissance hall on Jan Palach Square, opened in 1885. It is home to the Czech Philharmonic and Galerie Rudolfinum, and its Dvořák Hall, known for its acoustics, is a main…
A convent of the Poor Clares founded in 1231 by Agnes of Bohemia in the quiet Na Františku corner of the Old Town. Today it holds the National Gallery's medieval art.
