Prague, Czech Republic
Prague's historic core is one of the most intact in Europe - which means the most remarkable places are also the easiest to walk past. Cairn quietly alerts you to what's worth stopping for, as you move through the city at your own pace.
Get early accessMost visitors to Prague follow the same path: Old Town Square, the Astronomical Clock, Charles Bridge, the Castle. It's a good path. But Prague is a city of layers - Baroque gardens behind closed walls, cobblestone lanes that haven't changed in three centuries, libraries that look like stage sets for operas. Cairn surfaces those layers as you walk.
Curated for Prague
Two Baroque library halls - the Theological and Philosophical - containing 200,000 volumes, painted ceiling frescoes and gilded shelving. One of the most beautiful interiors in Central Europe. Worth the climb up to Hradčany.
A tiny cobblestone lane in Hradčany where the low, pastel-colored houses have barely changed since the 17th century. The astronomer Tycho Brahe once lived at the end of it. Almost no one visits.
A clifftop fortress south of the Old Town with panoramic views of the Vltava, a Romanesque rotunda, and a cemetery where Dvořák and Mucha are buried. The antidote to crowds - and a better view of the city than anywhere else.
The only museum in the world dedicated to Czech Cubism - a short-lived but remarkable design movement that applied Cubist principles to furniture, ceramics, graphics and buildings. Housed in one of Prague's great Cubist buildings.
A Baroque pilgrimage complex in Hradčany, built around a replica of the Holy House of Loreto. A carillon of 27 bells plays on the hour. The treasury holds one of the most elaborate monstrances in Europe.
One of the oldest surviving Jewish cemeteries in Europe, active from the early 15th to late 18th centuries. Twelve thousand gravestones are layered up to 12 deep - the density of the stones is unlike anything else in the city.
A formal Baroque garden hidden behind high walls in Malá Strana - with bronze statues, a grotto, a sala terrena with frescoes, and peacocks roaming freely. Entrance is free and the gate is easy to miss.
History, architecture, hidden gems, beautiful places - select what draws you before you start walking.
No route to follow. Prague is best explored without a plan - Cairn works quietly in the background.
A gentle notification when something genuinely worth seeing is nearby. No noise. No tourist traps.
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