Guided tour

Prague: Communism History and Nuclear Bunker Guided Tour

Activity provider: Prague Special Tours
Guided tour

Prague: Communism History and Nuclear Bunker Guided Tour

Activity provider: Prague Special Tours

From US$ 34.70 per person

Experience the awe and dread of what life was like during Prague’s cold war period. Learn about the history of communism in Czechoslovakia, hear stories from this time and visit a real nuclear bunker hidden under the city with the Nuclear Bunker Museum.

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Duration 2.5 hours
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Skip the line through a separate entrance
Live tour guide
English

Experience

Highlights
  • Visit a real nuclear bunker from the 1950´s (50 feet underground), with cold war time expositions, genuine equipment and a gasmask workshop.
  • Get a feel for how life used to be in the communism and cold war period in Czechoslovakia.
  • Your expert guide will recount tales about the lives of spies, political prisoners, cold war refugees, dissidents and other authentic stories
Full description
Step back in time to a dark period in Czechoslovakia’s history. With an expert guide leading the way, you will discover what it was like to live in country under communist rule – an age of paranoia, spying, fear and violence. You will learn about the history of communism, hear cold war stories and about the biggest statue of Stalin ever built and the former headquarters of the former communist secret police. Afterwards the tour will lead you for a visit to Prague’s largest nuclear bunker. Built in the 1950’s, this bunker was designed to accommodate up to 5000 people. The tour will conclude with a trip to the nuclear bunker museum which will include cold war expositions and a special gasmask workshop.
Includes
  • English speaking guide
  • Transport fees to and from the bunker
  • Entrance to the nuclear bunker museum and expositions.
  • Pick-up from your hotel is not included
Not suitable for
  • Wheelchair users
  • People with mobility impairments

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Meeting point

Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the tour start to check in with your voucher at the Prague Tours Ticket Office which is located 'INSIDE the Art Passage," to the right side of the Hotel U Prince, Address: Male Namesti 459/11, Praha 1. The GPS coordinates are N 50.086350, E 14.419815.

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Important information

Know before you go

  • This not suitable for people mobility issues, wheelchair users, or strollers
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.7 /5

based on 314 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.8/5
  • Value for money
    4.5/5
  • Service
    4.4/5
  • Organization
    4.4/5

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Very interesting tour about Czech communism and the Velvet Revolution. The guide was very passionate about telling the story about political oppression and how the Czech people fought for their rights/lives. The bunker was a shock and full of very interesting stuff. The displays need some better organising. We enjoyed the tour but they need to limit the numbers to about 15 (we had 27) for a better experience.

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March 28, 2023

The tour guide was AMAZING. The bunkers were cool. The tour started off strong with lots of great Prague history that helped me understand the city I was visiting on a deeper level. However, the tour of the bunker itself wasn't as exciting. It was a lot of dragged on detail about the specifics of a bunker that was never used. I would have preferred to hear the history of Prague while at the bunker (versus while standing waiting for the tour to start), especially with the visuals they had in the bunker relating to that information. And hearing more about why the bunkers were built or what threat they were against. The tour could have been an hour shorter without the unnecessary details about the building and logistics of the unused bunker

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March 28, 2023

The best part of this tour is the guide who was so fun and knowledgeable.. would have liked a bit more on the history and a little less on the actual nuclear bunker which was just ok... The tour needs to reduce the time in the bunker and increase the communism history content but we had a very enjoyable afternoon...

March 28, 2023

Product ID: 15368