Prague, narrated as you walk it
Self-guided audio walks through Prague — hand-crafted stop by stop, told in your ear as you reach each one. Start free, in your browser.
Pianta di Prague
A narrator in your ear, not a group to follow
Start the free walk
Open Trove in your browser, put your earphones in. No booking, no card, no group to meet.
Walk stop to stop
At each stop the narrator tells you the story of the thing in front of you — right as you look at it.
Ask for more
Every stop goes deeper if you want it to, and moves on if you don't. You set the pace.
8 stops, plotted for you
A hand-curated line through Prague — 2.8 km, 44 minutes of walking, one to two hours with the stories. Tap a stop to find it on the plan.
- 01
Old Town Square
The wide medieval heart of the old city — a cobbled plaza ringed by gothic and baroque facades, with a bronze memorial group at its centre.
- 02
Church of Our Lady before Týn
Two tall dark gothic towers crowned with clusters of pointed spires, rising behind a row of gabled townhouses on the square's eastern side.
- 03
Prague Astronomical Clock
A medieval astronomical dial set into the Old Town Hall tower — concentric rings of gold and blue, with carved figures standing to either side.
- 04
Charles Bridge
A long medieval stone bridge across the Vltava, lined with rows of weathered statues and guarded by a tall gothic gate-tower.
- 05
Lennon Wall
A quiet side-lane wall layered end to end with overlapping graffiti — swirling colour, lettering and faces, painted over and over.
- 06
Vrtba Garden
A steep baroque garden climbing the hillside behind a plain doorway — balustraded stairways, clipped hedges and stone statues, red rooftops below.
- 07
Prague Castle
A vast hilltop complex of palaces and walls above the city, its skyline pierced by the soaring spires of a great gothic cathedral.
- 08
St Vitus Cathedral
A towering gothic cathedral within the castle walls — twin spired towers, a huge circular rose window, and rows of pinnacled buttresses.
Prague rewards walking more than almost any city — a medieval old town of cobbled squares and gothic towers, a river crossed by a statue-lined bridge, a castle on the hill above. What's easy to miss on foot is the story of what you're passing. That's what Trove is for: put your earphones in and walk, and at each stop a narrator tells you about the place in front of you, right as you stand there. When something catches you, ask for more; when it doesn't, walk on.
Start with the free walk: eight stops from Old Town Square, across the Vltava on Charles Bridge, and up to Prague Castle and St Vitus Cathedral — about 2.8 kilometres and a couple of unhurried hours with the stories. There's no group and no set time, so go early before the bridge fills, or in the evening once the crowds have gone. It's completely free, full narration included, no card required.
The walk's shape is the city's shape. It starts under the Týn church's twin spires and the Astronomical Clock's hourly theatre, crosses the Vltava between the statues of Charles Bridge, detours to the Lennon Wall and the terraced Vrtba Garden, then climbs to the castle district and finishes beneath the gothic bulk of St Vitus. Old Town, river, Lesser Town, castle: one line, the whole argument.
And when standing in front of the set-pieces isn't enough, the three great ones — Charles Bridge, Prague Castle and St Vitus Cathedral — each carry their own full Trove tour. The free walk introduces them; the deep tours take you through them stone by stone.
Two banks, one bridge between them
Prague sorts itself into a story with unusual clarity. On the right bank: Staré Město, the Old Town, a knot of lanes around its square, with Josefov — the Jewish Quarter — folded into its northern edge. On the left: Malá Strana, the Lesser Town, baroque and terraced, with the castle ridge above it. Charles Bridge is the hinge, which is why the free walk crosses it in the middle rather than saving it for the end.
Wenceslas Square and the New Town sit south-east of the old core — 'new' meaning founded in 1348 — and are where the city stops performing and starts working. With one full day, the walk's line from Old Town Square to the castle is the day; add Josefov's synagogues or the New Town with a second.
Distances stay friendly — the full 2.8 km line is the longest walk Trove asks of you in any city so far — but respect the finale: the climb to the castle is real, cobbled, and worth every step of the view back.
Beat the bridge, keep the evening
Charles Bridge is the whole timing question. At dawn it's statues, swans and photographers; from mid-morning to sunset in season it's a slow procession. Start the walk early and you cross in the first category — or walk the route in reverse from the castle down in the evening, and get the emptying bridge with the city lighting up behind it.
Prague is one of Europe's genuinely great winter cities: snow flatters the gothic, the markets fill the squares at either end of the walk in December, and the cold hands you the castle courtyards nearly alone. Summer asks the opposite — walk early, take gardens and interiors through the heat, and come back out for the long evening light.
The Astronomical Clock performs on the hour. Time your first stops loosely around it if you want the show — the narration will tell you why six hundred years of visitors have.
The interiors, each with its own tour
Every walk we've written by hand is free — and so is every interior along it. Step inside, press play, no unlock needed.
St Vitus CathedralInterior · freeThe far end of this cathedral is younger than the aeroplane — the church simply stopped for four centuries.
Prague CastleInterior · freeTwo stone giants have stood over this gateway, weapons raised, since the 1760s.
Charles BridgeInterior · freeThe first of the bridge's baroque saints, and the only one cast in bronze.Every Prague tour is free.
All 8 stops of the walk, complete narration, no card and no subscription — the whole walk, not a teaser, and the interiors along it cost nothing either. More Prague tours are on the way.
Prague questions, answered
Is the Prague walking tour really free?
Yes. All eight stops with complete narration, no card and no catch. It's how Trove introduces a city — the whole walk, not a sample.
Do I need to book a time or join a group?
No. It's self-guided, so you start whenever you like and set your own pace. Go early to have Charles Bridge almost to yourself, or later in the evening when the day-trippers have thinned out.
Do I need mobile data?
Only to load the tour the first time. Once it's downloaded, the audio and text work offline, so the smart move is to grab it over hotel wifi and head out with roaming off. Trove isn't a navigation app, so if you want Google Maps between stops, that part may still use data.
How long does the walk take?
About 2.8 km from Old Town Square up to Prague Castle, with a climb at the end. The walking itself is around three-quarters of an hour; with the stories, the views and the bridge, budget two hours.
Which stops does the walk cover?
Eight: Old Town Square, the Church of Our Lady before Týn, the Astronomical Clock, Charles Bridge, the Lennon Wall, the Vrtba Garden, Prague Castle and St Vitus Cathedral — from the old town, across the river, up to the castle.
Is the Prague walk hilly?
One real climb: the final stretch up to the castle district. Everything before Charles Bridge is flat old-town lanes; after it, the route rises through Malá Strana to the castle gates. Take it slowly — the story keeps pace with you, not the other way round.
Is Prague walkable?
As walkable as European capitals get: the entire historic core — Old Town, Charles Bridge, Lesser Town, castle — fits inside the walk's 2.8 km. Trams exist for tired legs on the way back down.
Is Prague good to walk in winter?
Genuinely, yes. Snow suits the gothic skyline, December fills Old Town Square with market stalls, and the castle courtyards are at their emptiest. Dress for the cold and the walk gives you its least crowded self.
