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Psychiatric Hospital & Abandoned Cemetery
Psychiatric Hospital & Abandoned Cemetery
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Psychiatric Hospital & Abandoned Cemetery

By McGee's Trips & Tickets
6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is €28 per adult
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Overview

Take a walk through the famous Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital and towards its historic abandoned graveyard, where you will be introduced to the intense and at times dark history of the field of psychiatry. Your guide will lead you through a maze of buildings rich in both history and controversy from ancient times to the present day. Learn of the torments of 19th and 20th century psychiatric treatments and the agonizing lives of the hospital’s inmates. And at last, we will lead you on a path to the cemetery wherein seemingly calm fellowship many souls lay at rest; history tells of a different storey.

Tour highlights:
Introduction to the history of Psychiatry in Europe from Medieval times to modern days
Learn about various methods used to cure mental illnesses
Rosenheim experiment
Discover more about life in the Bohnice Psychiatric Clinic and hear of stories of some past and current infamous patients
A promenade around the abandoned cemetery which has attracted many lovers of mystics

Activity location

  • Psychiatric hospital Bohnice
    • Ustavni 91
    • 181 00, Prague, Czech Republic

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ústavní 7
    • 7 Ústavní
    • 181 00, Praha 8, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic

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Psychiatric Hospital & Abandoned Cemetery
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 14:00
Price details
€28.00 x 1 Adult€28.00

Total
Price is €28.00
Until Sat, 28 Jun

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedKnowledgeable tour guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • The tour includes historical facts connected the dark history of the field of psychiatry so it is not recommended for small children
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Psychiatric hospital Bohnice
  • 1h 40m
We meet in front of the gate of the Psychiatric Hospital. You will be introduced to the intense and at times dark history of the field of psychiatry. You will be led through a maze of buildings rich in both history and controversy. Be prepared to enter a whole new different world stained with torturous and deadly treatments.
Bohnicky cemetery of fools
  • 40m
The surroundings of the abandoned Hospital Cemetery - after a short walk we will visit a hospital's cemetery, one of the most mysterious, desperately lonely and dark places in Prague.
Bohnické údolí
  • 20m
Viewpoint overlooking the Valley nearby - a beautiful view of the whole valley and Vltava River.
Psychiatric hospital Bohnice
  • 20m
Tour will end in front of the Psychiatric Hospital but the tour guide will be heading to the metro, so you can join him.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESPsychiatric hospital Bohnice
    • Ustavni 91
    • 181 00, Prague, Czech Republic

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEÚstavní 7
    • 7 Ústavní
    • 181 00, Praha 8, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic

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