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💡 The Short Version: For a dinner and show, book the medieval dinner at U Pavouka: shows every day at 16:30 and 20:00, a 2½-hour performance, with unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks, from £54.53 on GetYourGuide (22,454 reviews). For a walk, a ghost tour is 75 minutes to 2 hours from £16.19. Guided tours must end by 22:00: Prague has allowed them only between 06:00 and 22:00 since 14 October 2024. For a real medieval cellar, the Old Town Hall’s underground is a 2-hour tour run by Prague City Tourism, from £21.30. Or book a dinner: the medieval dinner with unlimited drinksad is from £54.53 (4.5 stars from 22,454 reviews).
The options, compared
| Option | Provider | Length | From | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medieval dinner | U Pavouka | 2½-hour show | £54.53 | Dinner and a show in the Old Town |
| Folklore dinner show | Fun in Prague | 2½ hours | £48.56 | Czech and Moravian folk music, outside the centre |
| Ghost walk from Charles Bridge | Fun in Prague | 1½ hours | £19.60 | The clock, the bridge and the Clementinum |
| Ghost walk from Týnská | McGee’s Ghost Tours | 1½ hours | £17.04 | Stories, not stunts |
| Nighttime walk | Mysterium Tours | 100 minutes to 2 hours | £16.19 | Týn Church and the Old-New Synagogue |
| Ghost tour from the Old Town Hall | Prague Articulate | 1½ hours | £18.74 | Josefov and the Old Jewish Cemetery |
| The Nightwatchman | The Nightwatchman of Prague | 1½ hours | £20.45 | Powder Gate to Charles Bridge |
| Ghosts, underground and dungeon | Prague Tours | 75 minutes | £23.00 | A ghost walk with two entries |
| Old Town, underground and dungeon | Prague Tours | 85 minutes | £23.00 | The history version |
| Old Town Hall underground | Prague City Tourism | 2 hours | £21.30 | The tourist board’s own tour |
The medieval dinner at U Pavouka
Celetná 17 · shows daily at 16:30 and 20:00 · a 2½-hour performance · from £54.53
U Pavouka is a tavern in the Old Town that runs a historical fantasy show every day at 16:30 or 20:00, with swordsmen, jugglers, belly dancers and period music. You eat in the spirit of the times, with your hands, at shared tables (U Pavouka). The set menu is an appetizer, soup, two meals and a dessert, with no-pork and vegetarian options, and the all-you-can-drink option covers beer.
Celetná, the Old Town street that runs to the Powder Tower. Photo: Txllxt TxllxT, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
GetYourGuide sells it as a 3-course afternoon dinner or a 5-course evening dinner, with unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks, from six menus (pork, poultry, fish, vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free, depending on the option). The Medieval Dinner with Unlimited Drinksad is from £54.53 (4.5 stars from 22,454 reviews, 2 to 4 hours), and it is U Pavouka’s own listing on GetYourGuide. Children from 4 to 12 are served a 3-course chicken menu. U Pavouka also sells direct at booking.upavouka.com, with e-tickets refundable up to 24 hours before the show, and serves goulash, pork knuckle and duck à la carte from 11:00 to 23:30 without the show.
The folklore dinner show
Na Zlíchově 18, Hlubočepy · 4-course dinner · from £48.56
A dinner with a Czech and Moravian folk show, in the Folklore Garden in Prague 5, outside the centre. Guests get a welcome mead toast, a four-course dinner with unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks, a choice of nine menus, and a lesson in dances such as the mazurka. Without the transfer it is 20 to 25 minutes by public transport to the Hlubočepy stop; with the transfer, pick-up is between 18:30 and 19:00, and the show runs from 19:30 to 22:00. The Folkloric Dinner Show with Unlimited Drinksad is from £48.56 (4.6 stars from 1,672 reviews, 2½ hours).
Ghost walks
Starts in the Old Town · 1½ hours · from £16.19
A ghost walk is a guided walk through the Old Town telling its legends and executions. Each of these five has a different route and manner.
Karlova, the lane that runs from Charles Bridge towards Old Town Square. Photo: Brandreth Hearn, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
Fun in Prague: from Charles Bridge to Old Town Square
Starts at Křižovnické náměstí · 1½ hours · from £19.60 · 4.5 stars from 5,669 reviews
The Ghost Walking Tour Where Legends Come To Lifead starts at Křižovnické náměstí by Charles Bridge, passes the Clementinum and Mariánské náměstí, and finishes on Old Town Square, with the story of the skeleton on the Astronomical Clock. Its guides speak English, French, Russian, Spanish, Italian and German.
McGee’s Ghost Tours: stories, not stunts
Meets at Týnská 7 · 1½ hours · from £17.04 · 4.5 stars from 3,419 reviews
The Ghosts and Legends of the Old Town Evening Tourad goes by Dlouhá, St Castulus Church, the Convent of St Agnes, the Na Františku hospital, the Spanish Synagogue, the Salvator Church and Týn Church, in English or German. The operator says the focus is on storytelling, not special effects, and that every story is true. It is not suitable for children under 10, it is wheelchair accessible, and a private group is possible.
Mysterium Tours: the nighttime walk
100 minutes to 2 hours · from £16.19 · 4.7 stars from 1,766 reviews
The Ghosts and Legends Nighttime Guided Walking Tourad is a ghost walk with a costumed storyteller guide, in English, German or Italian, from Old Town Square past Týn Church and the Ungelt courtyard to the Old-New Synagogue. It is the longest of the walks, so check its start time for your date against the 22:00 limit below.
Prague Articulate: from the Old Town Hall to Josefov
Starts at the Old Town Hall · 1½ hours · from £18.74 · 4.7 stars from 484 reviews
The Ghost Tourad is led in English and starts at the Old Town Hall. It goes by Old Town Square, St Castulus Church and the Convent of St Agnes to Josefov, the Old-New Synagogue and the Old Jewish Cemetery, and ends at the Astronomical Clock. It runs rain or shine, and is listed as wheelchair accessible and likely to sell out.
The Nightwatchman of Prague: Powder Gate to Charles Bridge
Starts at the Powder Gate · 1½ hours · from £20.45 · 4.9 stars from 432 reviews
The Nightwatchman of Prague Walking Tourad is led by a guide in a 17th-century nightwatchman’s costume over about 1.5 to 2 km, from the Powder Gate to Charles Bridge, in English or German. It stops at Old Town Square for the 27 executions of June 1621, at the Estates Theatre, where Mozart’s Don Giovanni had its world premiere, and ends with a group photo on the bridge. The company is family-owned, founded in 2016, and says families are welcome, with stories that are dark in places but theatrical, not graphic.
Underground tours
The Old Town · from £21.30
Two kinds of tour go underground: a ghost-and-history walk with a costumed guide and a stop in a dungeon, and the tourist board’s own tour of the Old Town Hall’s cellars.
Prague Tours: ghosts, underground and dungeon
75 minutes · from £23.00 · 4.3 stars from 7,288 reviews
The Ghosts, Legends, Medieval Underground and Dungeon Tourad is led by a guide in costume by lantern light through the Old Town and the former Jewish ghetto, with entry to the Medieval Underground, where a hidden alchemy laboratory and the Golem story are shown, and to the Dungeon, where the executioner Jan Mydlář and torture instruments are the subject. Entry through a separate door skips the line, and there are no toilets in the underground. It is not suitable for children under 8.
Prague Tours: Old Town, underground and dungeon
85 minutes · from £23.00 · 4.4 stars from 11,681 reviews
The Old Town, Medieval Underground and Dungeon History Tourad is the history version of the same route, in English or German, with the same two entries and Rudolf II’s alchemy laboratory. Parts of the underground are up to two floors below the street, and it is not suitable for children under 8.
Prague City Tourism: the Old Town Hall underground
2 hours · from £21.30 · 4.5 stars from 319 reviews
The Medieval Underground Guided Tourad is run by Prague City Tourism, the city’s tourist board and the operator of the Old Town Hall. A licensed guide leads you through the Romanesque and Gothic houses, halls and original street level under the Old Town Hall, and into the underground of the Angels College, in English, French or Italian. It has two meeting points, which depend on the option you choose, and it is not for wheelchair users or people with mobility impairments. Luggage and large bags are not allowed. At the Old Town Hall itself, the underground circuit is CZK 100 extra on a tower ticket, on announced times only (Prague City Tourism).
Why the walks end by 22:00
On 14 October 2024 Prague amended its market order to ban organised pub crawls and to allow guided tours of groups or individuals only between 06:00 and 22:00 (Pražský deník). So no guided ghost walk can finish after 22:00: a 1½-hour tour must start by 20:30 at the latest. The dinner shows are indoors and are not affected. The start time of each walk shows when you pick a date on GetYourGuide.
Before you book
- Cancel: every walk and dinner above has free cancellation up to 24 hours before on GetYourGuide.
- Children: the minimum age differs: under 10 not suitable on the McGee’s walk, under 8 on the Medieval Underground and Dungeon tours.
- Sleep nearby: the Old Town hotels are on hotels near Old Town Square, and where to stay in Prague compares the other areas.
For an evening of music instead, classical concerts in Prague lists the venues and prices. For the rest of the day, see 3 days in Prague and Prague in one day, and for tables to book, where to eat in Prague. By day, Prague food tours compared and Prague beer tours cover the tastings, and Prague public transport has the fares to the meeting points. The Old Town Hall and clock guide has the tower tickets, and what to book before you go in Prague lists everything else.
Common questions
When are the shows at the U Pavouka medieval dinner?
Every day at 16:30 and 20:00, in a tavern at Celetná 17 in the Old Town, with a 2½-hour performance by swordsmen, jugglers and belly dancers. GetYourGuide sells the dinner from £54.53 with unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks, a 3-course menu at the earlier sitting and a 5-course menu in the evening.
What time do ghost tours in Prague end?
By 22:00. Since an amendment to its market order on 14 October 2024, Prague allows guided tours only between 06:00 and 22:00. The walks here last 1½ hours, apart from one of 100 minutes to 2 hours, so check the start time for your date.
Which Prague tour goes underground?
The Old Town Hall's Romanesque and Gothic underground, on a 2-hour tour run by Prague City Tourism from £21.30, and the Medieval Underground and Dungeon tours of 75 and 85 minutes from £23.00. There are no toilets in the underground on the second.
Are Prague ghost tours suitable for children?
It depends on the tour. McGee's evening tour says it is not suitable for children under 10, and the Medieval Underground and Dungeon tours say under 8. The Nightwatchman of Prague says families are welcome, with dark but theatrical stories.
