The Naked Tour Guide

Heartfelt thanks to everyone who purchased tickets for our Tour of Nowhere yesterday. We were really buoyed by the amount of support that we received. Your generosity will help our guides pay their bills during the months ahead. Thanks again, and we look forward to welcoming you to Prague in happier times.

P.S. Postcards will go into the post as soon the Czech Post starts accepting international mail once more.

Here's some insight into how the Calamity has affected our business in Prague, along with some thoughts about the future of tourism in the city.

Reader story: "Border closures have wiped out my tour business" - Prague, Czech Republic A Prague tour guide reacts to the pandemic's devastating effects on the tourism industry and the future of tourism in the Czech capital

NIC2020 (Festival of Nothing 2020) is a festival that doesn’t exist. It’s an initiative that was launched in Prague this week to help cultural endeavours who do not receive any state support. You can buy Tickets for Nothing to help support galleries, theatres, performance venues, cinemas, and art spaces. This has inspired us to create our own Tour of Nowhere.

The Tour of Nowhere is a tour that cannot take place. We cannot give you the experience of a real tour of Prague at the moment, but you can show us your support nonetheless. The proceeds from the Tour of Nowhere will provide an income for our guides to enable them to live through this shutdown and to allow Naked Tour Guide to bounce back to life once the pandemic has passed. The symbolic tour of Nowhere will take place at 11am on 1 May, the Czech Day of Love.

Each ticket is valid for one place on the tour. The capacity of this Tour of Nowhere is unlimited, so everyone can join in. We’ll even send you a postcard from Nowhere!

Please consider supporting us today: www.nakedtourguideprague.com

Photo: Amos Chapple, Radio Free Europe

Look down into the waters of the River Vltava today and there is a surprising sight – not just a clear view of the sandy bed, but you might even catch a glimpse of the giant freshwater whales which have reportedly returned to their old feeding grounds in the lower reaches of the Bohemian waterway.

The Czech government declared a State of Emergency on March 13 and closed the borders to all foreign visitors. This has resulted in the complete collapse of the local tourism industry, but it has allowed nature to reclaim some of Prague's historic city centre.

“The water is blue and clear,” said Jara Cimrman, who owns the celebrated Grand Hotel Prague, just a few steps from the Old Town Square and has a splendid view over the Charles Bridge. "I never thought I'd see whales back in these waters in my lifetime. I'm really delighted to have them back."

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Marcus is going to be speaking on the Moncrieff radio show today about on Newstalk about the coronavirus situation in Prague, the Czech government's response, and the effect of the State of Emergency on the tourism sector. Tune in online from 2pm:

MONCRIEFF | Newstalk Join Sean Moncrieff for a lively mix of phone-ins, insightful text messages and stories from around the world and down your street. Every weekday from 2pm - ...

Czech Republic: State of Emergency

A State of Emergency currently exists in the territory of the Czech Republic. As of midnight this evening, our borders will be closed and foreigners will not be admitted into the Czech Republic.

Accordingly, there will be no tours operating between March 15, 2020 and April 12, 2020.

If you have purchased a ticket for a tour scheduled to take place during this time, then you will have the option of a full refund or rescheduling the tour for a later date.

As a small, independent business, we value the support of our customers, and we look forward to welcoming visitors to Prague, once the danger has passed and daily life resumes as normal.

Until then, stay safe.

Airbnb is in the news again in Prague, for all the wrong reasons...

Stop Airbnb: Activists Protest in the Center of Prague Share & Comment!

It's so nice to read nice feedback about our tours. Thank you!

Perfect start to weekend | Naked Tour Guide Customer review of a small-group Prague history tour by the Naked Tour Guide walking tour company. Imogen was the guide on the day.

Unsurprisingly, a Prague district has just featured on a list of the "10 coolest neighbourhoods in Europe". It's not the touristy Old Town though, but rather the Holešovice district (although the Žižkov, Vinohrady or Vršovice districts are also strong contenders).

Make sure that you take some time to get out of the medieval centre during your next trip to Prague.

10 of the coolest neighbourhoods in Europe There are must-sees, of course, but to really get under the skin of Europe’s great cities go for our pick of less-touristy districts

We believe in responsible tourism which is why we agree with the major of Prague that Airbnb must be regulated and the city of Prague must be given the power to do it.

‘I’m a stranger in my own city’: Prague takes on Airbnb to dam flood of tourists Joining a battle already being waged by many other cities, the Czech capital’s mayor wants new laws to limit the lettings website

Radio Prague International has just compiled a list of great books by Czech authors, that have been translated into other languages and that are widely available at bookshops around the world. First up, of course, is the Good Soldier Švejk, by Jaroslav Hašek, which holds the title of the most translated piece of Czech literature in the world today.

The Czech Books You Must Read | Radio Prague International Kafka, Čapek, Kundera and Havel, these are all world renowned names, but what about all the others? How well are Czech authors actually known abroad? Can you find a bookshop in Berlin, Madrid, Moscow, Paris or New York that aside from classics such as The Good Soldier Švejk also sell the works of ...

It's January, so it's cold and dark in Prague at the moment. John and Suzanne are from Scotland, so they are familiar with cold and dark.

Accordingly, they were perfectly dressed (lots of lots of LAYERS) for a sub-zero Prague Castle at Night Tour on Friday. It was cold and dark, but the Castle as deserted, and we really enjoyed having it to ourselves in the quiet of a January evening.