Daily 9 am to 6 pm; entrance fee: 40 CZK; metro: Staromestska (A)

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The most-photographed boy-group since the Beatles! A Prague newspaper thus nicknamed the twelve Figures of the Apostles, who look down every hour from two inconspicuous openings in the Town Hall Tower.

Ovocn trh 5; Metro: Mustek (A, B)

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The name of the educational establishment still has a certain ring to it even after 650 years. Charles IV founded the first Central European University in April, 1348.

Daily, except Mon 9 am to 4.30 pm; 90 CZK; Loretánské náměstí 7; Metro: Hradčans

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When they see the Loreta, Italian visitors are generally surprised to discover an uncanny resemblance t the shrine outside Ancona. Rightly so. The Prague ensemble, built between 1626 and 1631, is a copy. Originally, the “Casa Santa” was said to be the home of the Virgin Mary in Nazareth.

Metro: Hradcanska (A); tram: 22, stop: Pohorelec

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Close by the Loretto Shrineis this picturesque New World quarter, founded in the 16th century. The houses, as they appear today, date from the 18th century and serve as ateliers to a number of artists.

This quarter in the really heart of Prague contains the remains of Prague's former Jewish ghetto.There are two figures synonymous with this part of the city, the writer Franz Kafka (1883 -€“ 1924) and the mystical Golem created by Rabi Löw.The sities we speak about are:The Rudolfinum ,St Agnes's Convent ,Spanish Synagogue ,Church of the Holy Ghost ,Maisel Synagogue ,Jewish Town Hall, High Synagogue ,Klausen Synagogue, Jewish muzeum ,Old-New Synagogue ,Jeruzalem's synagogue, Pinkas Synagogue and Old Jewish cementery .