Prague Jewish Quarter tickets: one 600 CZK ticket covers every open site, and the museum is closed on Saturdays

💡 The Short Version: One 600 CZK ticket (about £20.80) covers every open site of the Jewish Museum: the Maisel, Pinkas, Klausen, Spanish and Old-New synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery. It is valid for three opening days, each site once. The museum is closed on Saturdays and on Jewish holidays, and closes at 16:30 from 18 October. Sales stop 30 minutes before closing. GetYourGuide’s “Jewish Quarter Ticket” costs about 1,120 CZK because it adds a guided introduction: it is not a cheaper way in. Or book a tour: the museum’s own guided tour with admission is 1,000 CZK, and GetYourGuide’s Jewish Quarter walking tour with admission ticketsad (from £56.23) is the independent version.

The tickets, compared

Official prices from the museum’s admission page, converted at about CZK 28.8 to the pound. GetYourGuide prices are its lowest “from” prices. The museum sells its tickets online, at its own ticket offices and at the Visitor Centre.

• The Old-New Synagogue is in the ticket. It is run by the Prague Jewish Community, and since 1 January 2024 it has been part of the museum’s standard ticket and cannot be bought separately.
• The ticket covers the sites that are open. The Klausen Synagogue and the Ceremonial Hall have been closed to their old permanent exhibition since 1 July 2024.
• Bonus and Visitor Pass tickets are issued only at the Visitor Centre, Maiselova 15. The Prague Visitor Pass is accepted once per site.
• Cards that give free entry: AMG, ICOM, UHS and Union of Museums in Slovakia cards, one free ticket per card, on presentation.

The Old-New Synagogue and its stepped brick gable. Photo: Jorge Royan, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

How to buy

• Online: the museum’s e-shop sells the standard tickets, and the museum recommends buying them in advance.
• In person: at the ticket offices of the Spanish, Klausen, Pinkas and Maisel synagogues, or at the Visitor Centre at Maiselova 15. Ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing.
• A guided tour is bought from the museum’s guided tours page, and meets at the Visitor Centre. In October and November the English tour leaves at 10:30 from Monday to Thursday, and at 10:30 and 14:00 on Friday and Sunday. It does not run on Saturdays. French, Spanish and Italian tours leave on set dates.
• Audio guides are available at every ticket office.

Tours worth paying for

The museum’s own tour is the cheapest way to have a guide with admission included. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person, and the museum’s own.

The museum’s own tour

1,000 CZK adult, admission included · 2.5 hours · English, French, Spanish, Italian

The Jewish Museum’s guided tour is led by the museum’s own guides, or by Prague City Tourism’s, and covers every site open to visitors. One ticket includes admission and the tour. It meets at the Visitor Centre, Maiselova 15, so check the type of walk and its starting point when you book.

A walking tour with admission

From £56.23 · 4.7 stars from 4,447 reviews · 2.5 hours

Prague: Jewish Quarter Walking Tour with Admission Ticketsad is run by Get Prague Guide, in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. It meets at Maiselova 5, spends about 25 minutes at each of the Maisel, Pinkas, Old-New and Spanish synagogues and the cemetery, and includes all five entries. It does not run on Saturdays or Jewish holidays, and it is not suitable for visitors with mobility impairments. It costs about 620 CZK more than the museum’s own tour. Free cancellation.

The ticket with a 20-minute introduction

From £38.85 to £40.90 · 4.5 stars from 1,239 reviews · valid for one day

Prague: Jewish Quarter Ticket with optional Audio Guidead is also from Get Prague Guide. You meet a guide at the office, take a short walk with an introduction in English, collect the admission ticket and visit the Maisel, Pinkas, Spanish and Old-New synagogues and the cemetery at your own pace. An optional audio guide runs on your phone. It costs about 520 CZK more than the museum’s ticket for the introduction. Free cancellation.

A walk that stays outside

From £16.95 · 4.6 stars from 3,207 reviews · 1.5 hours

Prague: Old Town and Jewish Quarter Guided Walking Tourad covers the Jewish Quarter and the Old Town from the outside, including the cemetery. It includes no entry, so add the 600 CZK ticket for the interiors. Free cancellation.

What to see

The museum says a tour of the whole Jewish Town takes two to three hours. All the sites are within a few minutes’ walk of each other. Go in this order:

1. The Maisel Synagogue (Maiselova 10). The museum calls it the starting point. It holds an exhibition on the Jewish history of Bohemia and Moravia from the 10th to the 18th century, with a projection of the former Jewish Town. Allow about 30 minutes. It was built in 1590 to 1592 for Mordecai Maisel, the Jewish Town’s mayor.
2. The Spanish Synagogue (Vězeňská 1). Built in 1868 on the site of the Old Shul, with a Moorish-style interior inspired by the Alhambra: gilding, stained glass and stucco arabesques. It houses the exhibition on the Jews of the Bohemian lands in the 19th and 20th centuries.
3. The Old-New Synagogue (Červená). Built in the last third of the 13th century, which the museum calls the oldest surviving synagogue in Europe. A legend says the Golem lies in its attic.
4. The Pinkas Synagogue and the Old Jewish Cemetery (Široká 3, the entrance to both). The Pinkas walls are inscribed with the names of about 80,000 Jewish victims from Bohemia and Moravia, and the upper floor shows drawings by children in the Terezín ghetto. The cemetery was in use from 1439 to 1787 and has more than 12,000 tombstones, with burials stacked up to ten layers deep. Allow about 30 minutes for the cemetery.

Tombstones in the Old Jewish Cemetery. Photo: Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What to skip: the Klausen Synagogue, unless its temporary exhibition interests you. Its permanent exhibition closed on 1 July 2024, and the museum plans to reopen it with a new one in 2028 at the latest.

The dome of the Spanish Synagogue. Photo: Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hours, rules and getting there

• Closed every Saturday and on Jewish holidays. The museum lists the holiday closures on its opening hours page. The Old-New Synagogue usually closes an hour before Shabbat begins on Friday.
• 1 January 2027: the museum’s sites open at 11:00 and close at 16:30.
• Quietest times: the museum says 11:00 to 15:00 is the busiest, so go in the morning or later in the afternoon. The winter closing time is 16:30, so the late afternoon is short.
• Dress: shoulders must be covered, and the sites ask for respect.
• Bags: luggage over 30 litres is not allowed, and there is no left-luggage office. Everyone goes through a security frame and bags can be searched.
• Photos: allowed for personal use, without flash, lights or a tripod.
• Getting there: the sites are in Josefov. Staroměstská, on metro line A and trams 17 and 18, is a three-minute walk to the museum. Old Town Square is five minutes away and Charles Bridge ten. Prague public transport has the fares.

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