Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Look for the guide holding a blue umbrella.
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Not recommended for claustrophobic travellers
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Become our Lokal Curator
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Step by step, you’ll explore the rich and complex history of former Czechoslovakia—clearly laid out along a historical timeline.
There are two options:
2-hour option includes walking tour of communist-era Czechoslovakia. Does not include the 70s canteen or bunker.
4-hour option includes the 2-hour walking tour, 30 mins break in a 70s canteen and nuclear bunker (admission to Cold War Museum is included in price).
Explore life under communism—from the 1948 coup and 1950s oppression, through the Prague Spring, Normalization, and the Velvet Revolution.
Hear vivid stories and personal insights from your local guide about daily life behind the Iron Curtain.
For the 4-hour option: You’ll en...
Highlights
3 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Local guide
Max 10 ppl in a group
Cold War Museum fee 10 EUR is included
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
Prašná brána
We meet at the Powder Tower for both 4-hrs and 2-hrs tours.
For a visit of the Nuclear Bunker we meet in front of Hotel Jalta, Vaclavske Square 45.
Return
Wenceslas Square
Concludes in the upper part of Vaclavske namesti
Itinerary
1
Republic Square
Learn how Czechoslovakia declared independency in 1918 and why Hitler was so interested in taking this state as first.
Get to know some historical facts from the WW2 which had impact on the post-war development of the state.
Find out why the communist party of Czechoslovakia won the elections in 1946.
15 minutes
2
Staromestske namesti
In 1948 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia celebrated their victory in the Old Town Square.
Learn about the 50s - Era of Fear. Working camps, manipulated trials, collectivisation, secret police, life behind the Iron Curtain.
See where the biggest monument of Stalin used to stand.
20 minutes
3
Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske namEsti)
In August 1968 the Prague Spring occupation took place mainly here and in Vinohradska street. Learn the truth about this Soviet peaceful help.
In November 1989 people protested against the Communist Regime. This act is known as the Velvet Revolution. Learn about Vaclav Havel and other important figures of the modern Czech history.
30 minutes
4
Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske namEsti)
Enjoy a lunch break with your local guide in an authentic canteen from the 70s. You can taste Kofola or have propper working-class lunch.
30 minutes
5
Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske namEsti)
We finish the Communism & Bunker Tour in a nuclear shelter located in the upper part of Vaclavske Square. The entrance fee 10 EUR is included in the price.
