Walking Tours
A number of companies offer excellent walking tours of Prague, some with themes such as ghosts, Kafka and legends. Most last about two hours. Leaflets are available at all tourist information service locations (see Tourist Information). Most tours start from beneath the Astrological Clock in the Old Town Square. Guides will hold up an umbrella of some colour so that people joining the tour can locate them.

Walks of Prague, Dobraticka 523, Prague 18 (tel: 7378 84745; website: www.walksofprague.cz), offers scheduled themed walks, including the four-hour (with a tram trip) Grand Walk, as well as tours of Jewish Prague and the Castle District. Guides speak English, French, German, Russian and Spanish. The company also arranges personal guides for individual tours.

Prague Tours (website: www.praguer.com) provides a number of walking tours, as well as bicycle and boat tours. Daily Walks of Prague (tel: 2819 17642; website: www.walks.cz) and Prague Travel Ltd (tel: 2225 16064; website: www.praguetravel.cz) both offer a number of walks. Wittmann Tours (tel: 2222 52472; website: www.wittmann-tours.com) specialises in tours of Jewish interest, both in the city and further afield.

Bus Tours
Prague Sightseeing Tours (tel: 2223 14661; website: www.pstours.cz) depart from Námìstí Republiky and terminate in the city centre - free pick up from most 4-star hotels can also be arranged. The ‘Grand City Tour', which takes in all the major sights and includes a walking tour, takes three-and-a-half-hours. All tours are in English and other major European languages on request.

Bus tours of Prague and other tourist locations are also available through Best Tour (tel: 2848 14141; website: www.besttour.cz) and Bohemia Travel Service (tel: 2248 26262; website: www.citytours.cz).

Boat Tours
Prague Sightseeing Tours (tel: 2223 14661/5; website: www.pstours.cz) offers three special boat tours. A cruise on the Vltava River with lunch and music takes passengers under the Charles Bridge on this two-and-a-half-hour trip. The two-hour cruise on the Vltava River with coffee and cake is cheaper and travels past the Prague Castle District and Lesser Town. The ‘Prague by Night Tour' is three hours of onboard dining and cruising, before a one-hour coach trip to Prague's most beautiful squares. All tours depart by coach from Námìstí Republiky.

Other Tours
Dopravní podnik Prahy (tel: 8001 91817; website: www.dp-praha.cz) offers tours around the city centre on the Historic Tram 91 at weekends March-November. The circular route runs from Výstaviste, through Malá Strana, across the Vltava to the National Theatre, through Wenceslas Square and returns to Výstaniste via Námìstí Republiky. Travellers can board at any stop en route - an entire round trip takes an hour.

Fiacres (horse-drawn taxis) offer tours of the centre of the Old Town. Fiacres are found along the west side of the Old Town Square.

Old Timer History Trip (tel: 7768 29897; website: www.historytrip.cz) offers unique tours in Prague, in beautifully restored cars from the great age of Czech motoring, which took place between the two World Wars. Drivers are suitably attired in 1930s costumes. There are a number of set tours.