Hotels near Wenceslas Square

Wenceslas Square is less a square and more a 750-metre boulevard, stretching from the National Museum at the top to the Na Prikope shopping street at the bottom. Named after the patron saint of Bohemia, whose equestrian statue stands at the museum end, the square has been the stage for defining moments in Czech history - the declaration of Czechoslovak independence in 1918, the Prague Spring protests of 1968, and the Velvet Revolution rallies of 1989 that ended communist rule.

Today the square is a commercial strip with shops, cinemas, and restaurants. The National Museum at the upper end reopened in 2019 after an eight-year renovation - the Neo-Renaissance building itself is worth seeing even from the outside. Entry to the main building is 260 CZK (EUR 10). The square is also a useful transit hub - Mustek metro station (A and B lines) sits at the bottom, and Muzeum station (A and C lines) is at the top.

Pro Tip: Walk the square from the National Museum downhill toward Mustek, ending in the Na Prikope and Old Town area. This direction keeps the architectural landmark (the museum) as your backdrop rather than walking away from it. The Lucerna Passage, halfway down on the left, hides an Art Nouveau arcade with a cinema and David Cerny's satirical inverted horse sculpture.