Josefov's synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery sit a few streets from Old Town Square, every interior is on one Jewish Museum ticket, and all of it closes on Saturdays. Prague Jewish Quarter tours differ on one thing first: whether that ticket is inside the price.
Prague Jewish Quarter tours start at $21.74 for a 2.5-hour small group walk without tickets, the pick with four synagogues and the cemetery is $74, and the museum ticket alone is $51. The streets of Josefov are free to walk, but every interior sits on one Jewish Museum ticket, so a tour earns its price either through the admissions inside it or through the explaining. The whole complex closes on Saturdays and Jewish holidays.
Key takeaways
Each "from" price is the lowest adult rate on the listing. The Private Synagogues and Jewish Quarter Tour is one price for a group of up to 2, not per person. The Jewish Quarter Tour with Tickets covers the Maisel, Pinkas, Spanish and Old-New synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery, the Private Jewish Quarter Tour includes the Jewish Museum and Old-New entrance fee, the Jewish Quarter and Museum Tour includes a €25 entrance fee, the Private Synagogues and Jewish Quarter Tour lists admission of about €14-€20 per person, and the Jewish Quarter Ticket is the admission itself. The other walks cover the guide only, or exteriors, and leave you to buy the ticket separately. The Jewish Quarter Ticket is not a guided walk at all, just entry with a short introduction. The booking platform handles payment, and free cancellation runs to 24 hours before departure on every listing here.
A 2.5-hour guided walk through Josefov with entry to four synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery built into the price. It is the only tour on this page that lists all five admissions and a skip-the-line entry.
A 3-hour walk through Josefov's synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery with testimonies about the Nazi era. It meets at the Old Town Hall, and the listing does not say synagogue admission is included.
A 90-minute walk past the Jewish Quarter's synagogues and the Old Town's landmarks, all from the outside. It is the cheapest Get Prague Guide option and the one to pick if you do not want to go inside.
A 2.5-hour walk through the Old Town and the Jewish Quarter in a group of up to 8, led by a licensed British expat guide. It is the cheapest Viator tour on this page and holds a 5.0 rating from 250 reviews.
A private 3-hour walk through nine Josefov stops with a guide certified by the Jewish Museum, priced from $81 per person with a 25 euro entrance fee included. It has the longest itinerary on this page.
A 3-hour morning walk from Wenceslas Square through the New Town, Old Town and Jewish Quarter in groups of up to 20. It has the most Viator reviews on this page at 871 and a 4.9 rating.
A self-guided ticket for the Jewish Quarter's four synagogues, the Old Jewish Cemetery and the Robert Guttmann Gallery, with a 20-minute introduction in English and an optional audio guide. It is valid for 1 day and skips the ticket line.
A 2-hour walk from the Old Town Hall through Old Town Square and the Jewish Town, with the Golem legend and the community's history. It is wheelchair accessible and has 504 reviews at 4.9.
A private 2.5-hour walk through the Jewish Museum's synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery, priced per group of up to 2 with admission and hotel pick-up included. Reviewers praise the pace for older travelers and children.
A private 3-hour tour of the Jewish Museum's sights, the Old New Synagogue and the Old Jewish Cemetery, with the entrance fee included in the price. The guide meets you at Maiselova 15.
A 4.5-hour coach trip from the Rudolfinum to the Terezin Small Fortress with admission, a 1-hour guided tour and an online audio guide. It is the most reviewed Terezin option here at 2,518.
A 6-7 hour in-depth Terezin tour led by a historian, covering both the ghetto and the camp, with private transportation from Old Town Square in a group of up to 8. It holds a 5.0 rating from 186 reviews.
Each Prague Jewish Quarter tour side by side, with the price as the listing quotes it, the duration, whether synagogue admission is inside the price and where the tour starts. Figures come from the listings themselves.
| Tour | Price | Hours | Synagogue entry | Starts | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Quarter Tour with Tickets | $74 | 2.5 hours | Included | Maiselova 5 | Check Availability Details |
| Inside Jewish Prague Tour | $68.64 | 3 hours | Not stated | Old Town Hall | Check Availability Details |
| Old Town and Jewish Quarter Walking Tour | $22 | 1.5 hours | Exteriors only | Maiselova 5 | Check Availability Details |
| Small Group Jewish Quarter Walk | $21.74 | 2.5 hours | Not included | Old Town Square | Check Availability Details |
| Jewish Quarter and Museum Tour | $81 | 3 hours | Included | Pařížská 28 | Check Availability Details |
| Old Town, New Town and Jewish Quarter Tour | $30.89 | 3 hours | Not included | Wenceslas Square | Check Availability Details |
| Jewish Quarter Ticket | $51 | Valid 1 day | Ticket only | Maiselova 5 | Check Availability Details |
| 2-Hour Jewish Quarter Tour | $28.60 | 2 hours | Not included | Old Town Hall | Check Availability Details |
| Private Synagogues and Jewish Quarter Tour | $189 per group of 2 | 2.5 hours | Included | Hotel pickup | Check Availability Details |
| Private Jewish Quarter Tour | $165.89 | 3 hours | Included | Maiselova 15 | Check Availability Details |
| Terezin Tour from Prague | $62 | 4.5 hours | Small Fortress | Rudolfinum | Check Availability Details |
| Terezin Ghetto and Camp Tour | $148.73 | 6-7 hours | Not stated | Kaprova street | Check Availability Details |
The walks without tickets cost least, and the ticket tours and private guides add the interiors. Cancellation terms are on each card. Figures current in Q4 2026.
The Jewish Quarter Tour with Tickets does not run on Saturdays or Jewish holidays, matching the museum closures. Check availability for starting times on your date.
Looking at one of the others? 3-hour synagogues and cemetery tour · 90-minute walk, exteriors only · Small group led by a British expat guide · Private group with a museum-certified guide · 3-hour morning walk from Wenceslas Square · Self-guided ticket with a 20-minute introduction · 2-hour walk from the Old Town Hall · Private walk with hotel pickup · Private 3-hour tour with museum entry · 4.5-hour Terezin trip by coach with audio guide · 6-7 hour in-depth Terezin tour with a historian
The group walks cover the Jewish Quarter on foot, with very different prices and very different access to the interiors.
These listings all walk you through Josefov with a live guide, and the figures come straight from the listings. The price gap comes mostly from what is inside the price: entry to the synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery, or the guide alone.
| Tour | Price | Hours | Group | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Quarter Tour with Tickets | $74 | 2.5 hours | Group | Four synagogues and cemetery |
| Inside Jewish Prague Tour | $68.64 | 3 hours | Up to 5 | Not stated |
| Small Group Jewish Quarter Walk | $21.74 | 2.5 hours | Up to 8 | Not included |
| 2-Hour Jewish Quarter Tour | $28.60 | 2 hours | Up to 5 | Not included |
| Old Town and Jewish Quarter Walking Tour | $22 | 1.5 hours | Group | Exteriors only |
| Old Town, New Town and Jewish Quarter Tour | $30.89 | 3 hours | Up to 20 | Not included |
The walls of the Pinkas Synagogue carry nearly 80,000 names by the museum's count (77,297 in another published count) of Bohemian and Moravian Jewish victims of the Shoah, written by hand between 1955 and 1960, and upstairs hang 4,387 drawings made by children in Theresienstadt. The Old Jewish Cemetery holds more than 12,000 gravestones stacked in up to twelve burial layers, and Rabbi Loew's grave from 1609 is the most visited, tied to the Golem legend. In the Old-New Synagogue, in use for over 700 years, a guide can tell the Golem story and point out Rabbi Loew's seat, empty since his death. The 1893-1913 slum clearance flattened most of the ghetto and left Pařížská, the avenue of luxury shops you walk past today, with only six synagogues, the cemetery and the Town Hall surviving.
The ticketless walks show the buildings from the outside only. The Old Town and Jewish Quarter Walking Tour states plainly that the whole 90 minutes takes place outside with no entrance to the synagogues or the cemetery. The Small Group Jewish Quarter Walk, the 2-Hour Jewish Quarter Tour and the Old Town, New Town and Jewish Quarter Tour list a licensed guide as the only inclusion, so budget for the museum ticket on top if you want the interiors. Since 1 January 2024 the Old-New Synagogue has no separate ticket either, it sits inside the unified Jewish Town circuit.
Guides on every Prague Jewish Quarter tour tell the same story in front of the same buildings, so it helps to know the dates before you go. The table gives the turning points in the history of the quarter, with the figures from the Wikipedia articles on Josefov, the Jewish Town Hall and the history of the Jews in Prague.
What you see today is mostly what the clearance left. Pařížská and the apartment blocks around it went up on the cleared ground, and the old lanes survive only in the line of the cemetery wall and the six synagogues. About 977 people lived in Josefov in 2021. The lower clock on the Jewish Town Hall has Hebrew numerals and runs counterclockwise, and the hall itself is closed to the public, so it is a stop you see from Maiselova.
| Year | What happened | What you see |
|---|---|---|
| 1262 | The community receives a charter of self-governance | The Old-New Synagogue, built in the same century |
| 1389 | An estimated 3,000 Jews murdered in a Passover pogrom | Graves from the next century in the Old Jewish Cemetery, used from 1439 |
| 1586 | The Jewish Town Hall built under Mordechai Maisel | The clock tower and the Hebrew clock on Maiselova |
| 1850 | The quarter renamed Josefov in honour of Joseph II | The name on every street sign |
| 1893-1913 | Most buildings demolished in the slum clearance | Pařížská and its apartment blocks |
| 1939 | Over 92,000 Jews in Prague, nearly 20% of residents | The names on the Pinkas Synagogue walls |
If you would rather go at your own pace, the ticket alone costs $51 with a short introduction. If you want a guide to yourself, the private listings cover the same ground.
The Jewish Quarter Ticket costs $51 and is entry, not a walking tour. You collect it at Maiselova 5, get a 20-minute guided introduction in English, then visit the Old-New, Spanish, Maisel and Pinkas synagogues, the Old Jewish Cemetery and the Robert Guttmann Gallery exhibitions on your own. It is valid 1 day on this listing and skips the ticket line.
The ticket does not name the Klausen Synagogue, the Ceremonial Hall or the Jerusalem Synagogue, so none of those are covered. Bags over 30 litres are refused at the entrance and the museum has no luggage storage, so travel light. The whole complex is closed every Saturday and on Jewish holidays.
The private listings give you a guide to yourself, and the pricing works differently on each. The Private Jewish Quarter Tour costs $165.89 per person with the Jewish Museum and Old-New entrance fee included over 3 hours. The Private Synagogues and Jewish Quarter Tour is $189 per group of up to 2 for 2.5 hours, with hotel pick-up, drop-off and admission of roughly €14-€20 per person included, which works out as the roomier private option for a couple.
The Jewish Quarter and Museum Tour is a private group at $81 per person for 3 hours with a €25 entrance fee included and a guide certified by the Jewish Museum.
| Private tour | Price | Hours | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private Jewish Quarter Tour | $165.89 per person | 3 hours | Jewish Museum and Old-New included |
| Jewish Quarter and Museum Tour | $81 per person | 3 hours | €25 entrance fee included |
| Private Synagogues and Jewish Quarter Tour | $189 per group of up to 2 | 2.5 hours | Admission about €14-€20 per person included |
Terezin is a separate trip about 70 km north of Prague, and the Terezin day tours below go from Prague. The memorial itself is covered on Terezin concentration camp.
Both listings run from Prague and neither enters the Prague Jewish Quarter, so treat them as a second day rather than an add-on to a Josefov walk. Figures come from the listings.
| Tour | Price | Hours | Covers | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terezin Tour from Prague | $62 | 4.5 hours | Small Fortress admission and 1-hour guided tour | Rudolfinum |
| Terezin Ghetto and Camp Tour | $148.73 | 6-7 hours | Historian guide and private transport | Hotel pickup |
The Terezin fortress town was founded in 1784 and named after Maria Theresa. The ghetto operated there from 24 November 1941 to 8 May 1945. About 40,000 arrivals came from Prague, 33,521 people died in the ghetto before 20 April 1945 and 88,196 were deported onward to extermination camps. The Small Fortress opens 9:00-17:00 from April to October and 9:00-16:00 from November to March, and the Ghetto Museum opens 9:00-17:00 year-round. The memorial itself suggests 4-6 hours for both parts.
Can you visit Terezin from Prague in a day? Yes, but choose carefully. A 4.5-hour trip such as the Terezin Tour from Prague gives you a 1-hour guided tour of the Small Fortress, and its review summary says some travelers wanted more time at the Ghetto Museum. A 6-7 hour trip such as the Terezin Ghetto and Camp Tour is closer to what the memorial suggests for both parts. On your own, bus 413 from Letňany metro takes about an hour and costs CZK 100, or the train to Bohušovice nad Ohří takes about 1.5 hours with 4 km left to the town.
Five of the six sites below sit on the single Jewish Museum ticket: the Pinkas, Spanish, Maisel and Old-New synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery. The Jerusalem Synagogue stands outside the circuit and sells its own entry at the door. Each has its own guide: the Old-New Synagogue, the Pinkas Synagogue, the Old Jewish Cemetery, the Spanish Synagogue and the Jerusalem Synagogue.
Museum ticket · mornings quiet Europe's oldest working synagogue dates from the last third of the 13th century and has held services for over 700 years, apart from 1942 to 1945. Rabbi Loew's seat to the right of the altar has stayed empty since his death in 1609. To see it with the ghetto's other interiors on one booking, check Jewish Quarter Tour with Tickets.
Museum ticket · quiet inside Built in 1535 in late Gothic style, the Pinkas Synagogue carries nearly 80,000 written names by the museum's count of Bohemian and Moravian Shoah victims on its walls. Upstairs hang 4,387 drawings made by children in Theresienstadt between 1942 and 1944. Loud commentary is banned inside, so guides cover it outside, as on Jewish Quarter Tour with Tickets.
Museum ticket · men cover heads In use from 1439 to 1787, the cemetery packs more than 12,000 tombstones into a small plot, with graves stacked in up to twelve layers in places. The most visited stone belongs to Rabbi Loew, tied to the Golem legend. Men cover their heads on entry. The cemetery is on the ticket sold with Jewish Quarter Ticket and on every interior tour here.
Museum ticket · afternoon light Built in 1868 over the demolished Old Shul, the Spanish Synagogue has a Moorish interior inspired by the Alhambra, finished in 1882-1883 with a Torah ark styled as a mihrab. From 1939 to 1945 it served as a warehouse for confiscated property. It is the last stop of the Jewish Quarter Tour with Tickets, which finishes there.
Museum ticket · about 30 minutes Built in 1590-1592 for mayor Mordecai Maisel and rebuilt after the 1689 fire with 14 pillars instead of 20, the Maisel Synagogue holds the exhibition on Jewish history in Bohemia and Moravia from the 10th to the 18th century. It is the opening stop of the walk that starts at Maiselova 5, Jewish Quarter Tour with Tickets.
CZK 150 · Sun-Fri The Jerusalem Synagogue at Jeruzalémská 7, built in 1905-1906 by Wilhelm Stiassny, sits outside the museum circuit and is not part of any Josefov walk. Adults pay CZK 150, or CZK 100 with a valid Jewish Town ticket, and it opens Sunday to Friday. Its nearest tram stop is Jindřišská. Pair it with a Josefov visit booked as Jewish Quarter Ticket.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Old-New Synagogue, Dtobias, CC BY-SA 3.0; Pinkas Synagogue, Øyvind Holmstad, CC BY-SA 3.0; Old Jewish Cemetery, Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0; Spanish Synagogue, Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0; Maisel Synagogue, Mattsjc, CC BY-SA 4.0; Jerusalem Synagogue, Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0
The streets between Old Town Square and the Vltava cost nothing to walk, so you can set your own order and pace. The table below lines up the stops, the streets and what each one costs to enter. Every stop is on the Jewish Quarter map, and the museum rules are on the Jewish Museum in Prague page.
The Kafka monument on Dušní street. Photo: Paul Korecky, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Start from Staroměstská, the metro A stop a 3-minute walk from the museum, also served by trams 17 and 18 and buses 194 and 207. The museum puts a complete circuit of its five open sites at roughly 2-3 hours. The Jerusalem Synagogue is a separate walk towards the main station, with tram stop Jindřišska nearby.
All figures come from the Jewish Museum visitor pages.
| Stop | Street | What to see | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staroměstská metro | Metro A, trams 17 and 18 | 3-minute walk to the museum sites | Free |
| Maisel Synagogue | Maiselova 10 | Jewish history in Bohemia and Moravia, 10th-18th century | Museum ticket |
| Pinkas Synagogue | Široká 3 | Memorial wall with about 77,297 names, children's drawings | Museum ticket |
| Old Jewish Cemetery | Široká 3 | More than 12,000 tombstones, up to twelve layers | Museum ticket |
| Ceremonial Hall | U Starého hřbitova 3 | Neo-Romanesque facade of 1906-1908, reopening planned | Free from outside |
| Old-New Synagogue and Jewish Town Hall | Maiselova area | 13th-century synagogue, 1586 Town Hall with Hebrew clock | Museum ticket |
| Spanish Synagogue and the Kafka statue | Vězeňská 1, Dušní street | Moorish interior, Kafka monument by Jaroslav Róna, 2003 | Museum ticket |
| Jerusalem Synagogue | Jeruzalémská 7 | Moorish and Art Nouveau synagogue of 1905-1906 | CZK 150 |
Plan 2-3 hours for the museum circuit, more if you take the Jerusalem Synagogue as an extra. The museum advises avoiding the 11:00-15:00 peak, when mornings and late afternoons are much quieter. Bags over 30 litres are refused at the entrance and there is no luggage storage, so travel light. Exposed arms, shoulders or midriff are not allowed, and men cover their heads in the Old Jewish Cemetery with their own cap or a borrowed one.
This is the self-guided walking tour of the Jewish Quarter in its cheapest form: the streets are free, and the interiors need the ticket. The paid version is Jewish Quarter Ticket, $51 with a 20-minute English introduction, valid 1 day. There is no free walking tour that goes inside, because every interior sits behind the ticket, so a listing marked free covers only exteriors such as Old Town and Jewish Quarter Walking Tour at $22.
Sources: Jewish Museum in Prague, admission, visitor regulations, tips for visitors, getting here, Jerusalem Synagogue
The museum sites keep seasonal hours but never open on Shabbat. Build your day around the table below and check the museum calendar for holiday dates.
The Jewish Museum publishes one set of seasonal hours for its sites. Ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing and entry is guaranteed up to 30 minutes before closing. The figures below come from the museum's opening hours page.
| Season | Museum sites open | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2 January to 31 March | 9:00-16:30 | Old-New Synagogue opens 9:00-17:00 |
| April | 9:00-18:00 | Pesach closures in early April |
| 1 May to 31 August | 9:00-19:00 | Longest days, biggest crowds |
| 1 September to 17 October | 9:00-18:00 | Autumn holiday closures cluster here |
| 18 October to 31 December | 9:00-16:30 | No published holiday closures after early October |
The whole complex is closed every Saturday and on Jewish holidays. The museum publishes the specific dates on its own calendar, and one reviewer on a Jewish holiday on the private museum tour Jewish Quarter and Museum Tour could not enter anywhere. Temporary changes other than holidays are announced at least 24 hours ahead on the museum website.
The Jerusalem Synagogue runs Sunday to Friday 10:00-17:00, also closed Saturdays and Jewish holidays. One source lists it open to 18:00 on weekdays, so check the door if you arrive late.
This hits the tours directly. Jewish Quarter Tour with Tickets does not run on Saturdays or Jewish holidays, and the self-guided Jewish Quarter Ticket is unusable on those days. The exterior-only walks still run, so if your only free day is a Saturday, pair Small Group Jewish Quarter Walk with the facades. Check the date on each tour card before booking.
Sources: Jewish Museum opening hours, visitor regulations, Jerusalem Synagogue
Three short films before you book: the sites in brief, the history of the ghetto and its clearance, and a quiet walk through the streets.
The synagogues, the Pinkas names and the cemetery, in a few minutes.
Video: Rick Steves' EuropeThe ghetto, the slum clearance and why only a few buildings survived.
Video: Real Prague GuidesAn unnarrated walk through Josefov's streets, to see the distances before you go.
Video: Perception PhilosophyThird-party videos, embedded from YouTube. This site did not shoot them and has no relationship with the creators.
The streets cost nothing and the ticket alone opens every door, so a tour has to earn its price through the explaining and the logistics.
Who it's NOT for: Anyone who wants a free day inside the synagogues, since no free option opens a single door.
If You want the ticket and the explaining in one booking
Take Jewish Quarter Tour with Tickets, the pick, $74 for 2.5 hours with five entries.
If You only want through the doors at your own pace
Buy Jewish Quarter Ticket, $51 valid 1 day with a 20-minute introduction.
If You are watching the budget
Start with Small Group Jewish Quarter Walk at $21.74 and add the ticket separately.
If You want a private guide and no queueing
Compare Private Jewish Quarter Tour at $165.89 per person with the entrance fee included.
If You have only 90 minutes and no interest in interiors
Book Old Town and Jewish Quarter Walking Tour, $22, exteriors only.
If You want a second day out from Prague
Look at Terezin Tour from Prague, $62 for 4.5 hours with the Small Fortress admission and a 1-hour guided tour.
The tour was intensive, interesting and well organized. Our local guide gave us a very in-depth, personal and knowledgeable overview guiding us through the queues and security quickly to see what we came for.
Our guide was very knowledgeable and engaging.Tour was the right amount of time and very informative.
Fabulous tour- full of interesting history of the Jewish people here framed by all that has happened in the world. Max was awesome. He is a talented presenter and thoughtfully revealed so much about the topic without overwhelming us. He has perfect command of English and could write his own book on the topic- a gem. It was a lovely experience.
Marketa was friendly and had so much history to share. She really took the time to help me appreciate what I would be seeing. HIgjky recommend.
Hana was so knowledgeable and very easy going. she took the time to explain in the right amount of detail all about the Jewish Quarter. would definitely recommend 👌
I loved our tour guide she was so attentive and knowledgeable. Elle loved sharing the history of Terezin.
Yes. Josefov holds Europe's oldest working synagogue, a cemetery with more than 12,000 tombstones and the Pinkas memorial to about 80,000 victims, and it sits a few minutes' walk from Old Town Square. The guided option that bundles entries and explaining is Jewish Quarter Tour with Tickets.
You need a ticket for every interior: the Maisel, Pinkas, Spanish and Old-New synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery all sit on one Jewish Museum ticket. Walking the streets is free. The ticket is sold standalone as Jewish Quarter Ticket at $51.
Yes. The route from Staroměstská metro past the Maisel and Pinkas synagogues to the cemetery and the Spanish Synagogue takes about 2-3 hours on the museum's own estimate, and the full plan is in A Self-Guided Route Through Josefov.
The Old-New Synagogue from the 13th century is the headline, but the Pinkas Synagogue's memorial wall of nearly 80,000 names is the most moving room, and the Spanish Synagogue has the Moorish interior. All are compared in The Synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery.
The museum sites are closed every Saturday and on Jewish holidays, with the dates published on the museum calendar. Seasonal hours and the holiday pattern are laid out in Hours, Saturdays and Jewish Holidays.
Yes, it works as a half day. The fortress town lies about 70 km north and Terezin Tour from Prague runs 4.5 hours from the Rudolfinum with Small Fortress admission and a 1-hour guided tour included, while the in-depth option is Terezin Ghetto and Camp Tour at 6-7 hours.
Before you book
The synagogues one by one, the cemetery, the museum and its rules, the Golem and Kafka, Terezin, and every place on one map.
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