The History Of Prague: Prague Castle & Castle District Private Tour

Absolutely incredible tour with Steven! Amazing history, intelligent discourse on local culture, and wonderful explanations of everything we saw. Five stars!!!

We really appreciated this tour when we got a lot of insides of the history of this old city and many magnificent views. The Cathedral is very imposing but even more fascinating was the old basilica that got a not so nice facade. We also liked the Castle and the Golden alley with its historic and modern craft shops. The monastery was another hight. An experience of a different type was the fantastic view over this very beautiful city from the hill and during the walk down. I really appreciate that they have preserved the most part of the buildings and not teared them down for ugly modern buildings. However, what we enjoyed most of this experience was our guide Jarmilla. She is very knowledgeable and gave us a lot of the history of the Prague and also of today Czechoslovakia and the daily life of its citizen. She is very personal, and we got stories from her family history that further increased our understand of the country, its resent history and its people. She is very good of taking care of and informing all the people in the group so no one felt neglected which easily is the case. I really loved her and I will remember her.

Excellent tour though to be clear we covered the castle hill but did not tour inside the St Vilus cathedrsl or castle just outside the buildings. Our guide Mikhaul was extremely knowledgeable and interesting. We highly recommend this tour of the Prague castle complex.

Ivana is a lovely, interesting and well informed guide, with a fabulous sense of humor. She took us on a 2.5hr tour of the Prague Castle area. The best thing about this kind of tour is that if you notice something you can ask and get an answer. You can't do that on a big tour. She gave us a real insight into Bohemian life in the middle ages and beyond. Her pride in her country shone through. I would mention that tickets to the castle, cathedral etc have to be purchased separately.

Tomas was friendly and informative. He pitched the level of detail and timing just right for us, and really brought the Castle Complex to life.

A wonderful tour with Tomas, our guide. We highly recommend because there is so much we would have missed without him.

From beginning to end, our tour with Mesh was terrific. He met us on time and asked what we'd seen in Prague so far so he wouldn't repeat places we'd already been to. His knowledge and passion for the city was obvious and we learned so much about it's history, architecture, and culture. We enjoyed his sense of humor as well. It was a great tour that we can highly recommend. (April 2019 tour)

great person to chat around with while the walk on a whole host of subjects regarding the city and the country. He was also extremely helpful with the directions to reach. We did this tour with him in Aug 2018.

Mesh proved to be a personable and knowledgeable host during our wonderful visit to Prague in November 2018. He was a mine of practical information who took us to some unexpectedly interesting areas of Prague. Mesh could provide background information about this great city that rendered it much more accessible and meaningful to us as tourists. We especially loved the chocolate and gingerbread shops, Mesh. Thank you and see you next time! Chris and Sue, Melbourne, Australia

I booked a tour with Hana and didn't realise what a treat the day would be. Right the start we clicked and from there it was like two friends sharing time together. I learnt so much about Prague, but we learnt a lot about each other and shared this wonderful time together. Thank you Hana. I hope to keep in touch. Karen

Mesh was great! His 3 1/2 tour was informative, fun and never boring. My 70 year old in-laws, my husband, my 17yr old son and I all loved the tour. Mesh gave us lots of background information and details about politics, history and culture. I highly recommend Withlocals private tours (no more following everyone in a group and trying to hear the guide) and Mesh!

What an enthusiastic, fun, knowledgeable guide Hana is. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in her company. Without giving too much of the tour away it included all the relevant sites, and more. All my questions were answered well. If I ever visit Prague again I hope Hana is free to brush up my knowledge ! (My trip took place in July 2018).

Sometimes decisions are based on instinct or just luck, and that was how we made the best decision of our trip; we booked a tour with Mesh. Not only did we feel like we had the inside track on all the other tourist in Prague, Mesh made us feel like we were old friends. We saw a side of the city most other tourist would never see. Mesh took his time with us, made sure to answer all our questions and knew what we needed to know for the rest of our stay in Prague and in Český Krumlov. I highly recommend Mesh and WithLocals!

Our time with Hana was a truly great experience - fun, interesting and informative. In addition to her being very knowledgeable, she was a wonderful conversationalist. My sister and I felt that gave us a lot of insight into the history of Prague and daily life in Prague. Anyone who spends time with her is very fortunate!

Fantastic time with Mesh ! We really went through some amazing places you don't see in regular tours. Mesh was 100% easy and always sharing and even taking family fotos for us. Thanks a lot Mesh for such a great evening !

Note: Our visit was in 2019 but TripAdvisor won’t allow selecting a date prior to 2020 We found Jo's walking tour of Prague to be a very helpful introduction to the city. We asked her lots of questions on the way, and Jo was happy and able to give us much useful information about subjects from history to restaurant recommendations. We adjusted some of the itinerary to suit our group of 4. A trip up the Petrin tower (Prague's Eiffel tower) provided the best view of the city below. We all enjoyed and learned much from our Prague experience with Jo.

Our tour guide Hana was wonderful! Honestly she was just great, like meeting up with an old friend. She was so nice and very accommodating. She has a wealth of knowledge about the area. She had many wonderful suggestions for us and made sure to steer us clear of tourist traps. She adjusted the tour to our pace, and allowed us to rest without worry to time when needed. She gave my husband great suggestions for beer, and treated us to a delicious chimney cake! It was a fantastic day that we will always remember. I wholeheartedly recommend Hana to anyone looking for a great day touring Prague. She offered a well thought out tour with options and supplied us with interesting facts and stories along the way. If we ever find ourselves in Prague again (and I hope we do!), I would sign up with Hana for another tour again in an instant!

Mesh gave us a fantastic tour, he is a lovely man and went out of his way to make our experience of the tour perfect, we had 2 adults and 3 young teenagers, he was very informative and included the teens in every aspect of the tour, I would definitely recommend Mesh for you Prague experience, thank you

Hana was absolutely wonderful in her knowledge and help and friendliness. She has a fantastic knowledge if the city and extended that to us in a warm caring way. We really appreciated her outstanding ability to make us welcome and treated us with so much help. Peter and Helena

We met Ivana on a cold, drizzly and windy Prague day. She arrived at the meeting point very promptly and we were then taken to the former Gestapo Headquarters where she clearly explained all the story boards (written in Czech). It was so obvious Ivana is a keen student of events that happened 78+ years ago and had us spellbound with the stories she had. I had read Laurent Binet's excellent novel HHhH and she was able to add even more detail to this tragic tale. Suggest you first read the book and/or see the movie "The Man with the Iron Heart" about Reinhard Heydrich - the so called Butcher of Prague. Our time flew by and we would have to sit and chat to Ivana over a hot coffee but she had another appointment. My wife initially wasn't as interested in the tour as I was - however she really enjoyed the content and experience of being present where history had taken place. Thank you Ivana