Staré Město (Old Town)

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Where it sits

The circle is Staré Město and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Wenceslas Square10 min walk873 m
• Kampa Island & the Lennon Wall12 min walk981 m
• The Dancing House17 min walk1.4 km
• Prague Castle & St Vitus18 min walk1.5 km
• Petřín Hill & tower23 min walk1.9 km
• A Czech beer hall24 min walk2.0 km
• Strahov Monastery Library28 min walk2.3 km
• Vyšehrad fortress8 min taxi2.6 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 1.Charles Bridge — The 14th-century stone bridge lined with blackened baroque saints, linking the old town to the castle over the Vltava. Unbearable by day — so go at dawn or after midnight, when it's just you, the statues and the spires in the mist.
• 3.Old Town Square & the Astronomical Clock — The medieval heart — pastel facades, the twin Gothic towers of the Týn Church, and the 600-year-old astronomical clock whose figures parade on the hour. The single most beautiful square in Central Europe.
• 4.The Jewish Quarter (Josefov) — The old Jewish town — a handful of ancient synagogues and the extraordinary Old Jewish Cemetery, its headstones stacked twelve deep, a moving record of one of Europe's oldest Jewish communities. One combined ticket covers them.
• 12.A classical concert — This is Mozart's and Dvořák's city, and music pours out of it — a candlelit recital in a baroque church, or a night at the ornate Estates Theatre where Don Giovanni premiered. Cheap tickets, sublime settings; an easy, magical evening.
• 16.Municipal House — Prague's Art Nouveau showpiece — a concert hall dripping with mosaics and stained glass, best seen over coffee in its glorious café. Right by the Powder Tower.
• 20.Letná Park — The local's terrace above the river — a beer garden under the trees, the bridges laid out below, skateboarders and sunsets. Walk up, stay for hours.