We highly recommend guides from Private-Prague-Guide and Personal Prague Guide. In May 2009: Veronika Velková from www.Private-Prague-Guide.com gave us a “Best of Prague Tour” and Helena Sedlmajerová from www.personalpragueguide.com showed us around Kutná Hora with a mine tour. Customer Service provided by Jay Pesta and Sarka Kacabová was exemplary from response to initial inquiry to finalization of tour reservation, confirmation upon arrival, and follow up after tour. It was the little things that set them apart. They provided excellent restaurant recommendations, maps with proposed destinations and walking tours that we could do on our own, noted timing to avoid crowds, and suggested photo opportunities. Veronika and Helena were energetic, articulate speaking English very well, and were knowledgeable about history, architecture, and legends. They tailored our itineraries after learning about our specific interests and presented information in a way that we retained it (i.e. not a lecture or a recording).

I agree with calpoly about Private Pague Guide. I'm just back from a great trip to Prague with my extended family -- 10 people in all with an age range from 7 to 80. Jaroslav from Prague Private Guide was very helpful in getting everything arranged in advance, including hotel, restaurants for the first couple of nights, and itineraries for the days. Since we were such a large group, we wanted to make a lot of the decisions in advance and Jarolsav was very helpful.

Best of all...Jaroslav arranged for us to have Ivana as a private guide for the full three days. She was truly a great blend of deep knowledge of Czech history/culture, easy-going personality, and sensitivity to needs of our group. She really made our trip to Prague a great one!

For a big group like ours, hiring a guide was essential for a smooth trip. I'd highly recommend Jaroslav and Ivana.