Prague Historical and Architectural Sights
The capital city of the Czech Republic prides itself in having one of the largest and most significant conservation areas in the world. There are about 1,300 unique sights over an area of 860 hectares.
From a historical point of view, the most valuable parts of Prague can be found in today’s Prague 1, which is where the medieval city core was situated. Since 1992, the historical core of the city is listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here you can find almost all major tourist places of interest – Prague Castle and the Castle District Hradčany, the Lesser Town together with the Charles Bridge, the Old Town and Josefov (a unique preserved part of the Jewish Town), the New Town and Vyšehrad.
Prague is often called the ‘City of a Hundred Spires’. The reason is that if you have a look at Prague from above (e.g. from the Petřín Lookout Tower), you will see that the centre is full of spires and domes of churches and other historical buildings.
A lot of tourist agencies offer their services in Prague but some of them may be fraudulent or overpriced. If you wish to get information FOR FREE, see the contact points of Prague visitor centres (Turistická informační centra), which fall within the Prague Information Service of the Capital City of Prague. They also sell tickets for some cultural events.