The House Signs of the Old Town and the Stories They Tell
The Two Golden Bears, The Five Crowns, The Bulbs …
Description
What stories are told by the signs of Europe’s best preserved system of identifying buildings from a time when houses were not yet numbered? Is the white unicorn really a unicorn, or did the ram simply lose one of its horns? Unravel the riddles of the Old Town’s most remarkable house signs, which tell the stories of the people who once lived there.
Toure route: Old Town Hall (1) - Old Town Square (2) - Ungelt (3) - Celetná Street (4) - Železná Street - Kožná Street (5) - Michalská Street (6) - Jilská Street (7) - Karlova Street (8)
Before you go on the tour:
- Duration: 2 hours
- Meeting point: Guides&Tours office in the Old Town Hall – Old Town Square 1 (Staroměstské náměstí 1)
- End of the road: Clementinum (Karlova Street)
- Please note: The tour includes only the walk; entrance fees to individual sites are not included. The route is suitable in any weather, as well as after dark.
Price list:
| Number of persons/ price per group |
Czech language | European languages | Other languages |
| 1-2 | 2 500,00 CZK | 3 000,00 CZK | 3 500,00 CZK |
| 3—5 | 3 000,00 CZK | 3 700,00 CZK | 4 400,00 CZK |
| 6—10 | 3 600,00 CZK | 4 600,00 CZK | 5 500,00 CZK |
| 11—15 | 4 400,00 CZK | 5 700,00 CZK | 6 900,00 CZK |
| 16—20 | 5 300,00 CZK | 7 100,00 CZK | 8 600,00 CZK |
| 21—25 | 6 400,00 CZK | 8 900,00 CZK | 10 700,00 CZK |
| 26—30 | 7 700,00 CZK | 11 100,00 CZK | 13 300,00 CZK |
| Family ticket | 2 500,00 CZK | 3 000,00 CZK | 3 500,00 CZK |
- family ticket: 2 adults with 3 children under the age of 15 y. o.
- children under the age of 6 are free of charge
- sales close 48 hours prior to start of tour