Nina Prague Guide

Jewish Route in the Plzen (Pilsen) Region

We will drive west from Prague and visit the third largest synagogue in the world, which is located on one of the main streets in Plzen (Pilsen). After the visit to the Great Synagogue we will walk to the Old Synagogue in Pilsen and then the Garden of Memory – the Holocaust memorial.

Then we have two possibilities, the first being that we can go on a tour of the world famous brewery in Pilsen and learn about how the Pilsner Urquell beer is produced. Pilsen is the heart of the beer country. After that we will drive back to Prague.

The second option is that from Pilsen we can drive to visit the synagogue in the small Bohemian town of Radnice, where Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the founder of American Reform Judaism studied the Talmud.


 General informations


The tour takes about 5-6 hours (1 hour drive there + 3-4 hours there + 1 hour drive back).

 Notes


It is possible to combine the visit to Pilsen with a visit to the Karlstejn or Krivoklat castles or with the visit of the glass factories at Nizbor or Nenacovice. Then tour would take about 9 hours. If you are interested in a combined visit to Pilsen and the Karlstejn or Krivoklat castles as well, please, let me know.