Psychiatric Hospital & Abandoned Cemetery Tour
3 hours | Prague Ballet Program and Tickets | Available
| Area: | Psychiatric Hospital Bohnice |
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| Duration: | 3 hours |
| Status: | Available |
Group discount 10+ people
Ticket in your mobile device accepted
Insightful and hair-rising guided tour through the grounds of the psychiatric clinic and nearby graveyard
On this tour, your guide will walk you to the still functioning Bohnice Psychiatric Clinic on the outskirts of the centre of Prague. You will be provided with a unique and detailed insight into the establishment’s history and of the methods used on patients suffering from mental disorders which may be seen today as both shocking and incomprehensible.
Be prepared to enter a whole new different world stained with torturous and deadly treatments inflicted on the most unfortunate patients who occupied these wards for centuries. Learn of the torments of 19th and 20th century psychiatric treatments and the agonizing lives of the hospital’s inmates. And at last a guide will lead you on a path to the cemetery where in seemingly calm fellowship many souls lay at rest; history tells of a different story.
This will also include a reflexion on treatments influenced by the financial interests of the pharmaceutical industry which at times only further enhanced the harm done to patients and their loved ones. This breathtaking walk through the institution’s grounds will allow every enthusiast to be closer to the tragic past of many of Bohemia’s stigmatised patients.
This promenade will also lead you to the Asylum’s famous abandonned graveyard where patients, criminals and many other lost souls were once laid to rest. As you walk along its wall, various burial rites will be explored as well as stories of criminals and patients buried next to the Asylum; before ending the tour with an incredible view of the Drahan Valley with its breathtaking sceneries – a rewarding end to an emotionally packed historical tour.
Highlights:
- Wander around a maze of buildings rich in both history and controversy from an antient times to present day
- Get introduced to the history of Psychiatry in Europe from Medieval times to modern days
- Learn about various methods used to cure mental illnesses and of the famous Rosenham experiment
- Learn of past burial rituals in the Bohemian Lands
- Discover more about life in the Bohnice Psychiatric Clinic and hear of stories of some past and current infamous patients occupying these wards
- See an eerie promenade around the abandoned cemetery which has attracted many lovers of mystics
What you'll see:
- The vast grounds of the Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital
- Various buildings part of the complex such as newly reconstructed Pavillion 26, Pavillions for patients with protective treatment, the Church of St. Wenceslas, the Sanatorium, the Central Crisis Centre and the Central Patient Admission Office
- The surroundings of the abandonned Hospital Graveyard
- Viewpoint overlooking the Valley nearby
Included:
- English speaking tour guide
Meeting point:
See the meeting point on the map (Ústavní 91, in front of the main building)
Important:
- Kindly note you have to purchase at least two tickets. The purchase of one ticket won't be accepted by the organizer.
- We do not enter any interiors
- Wear comfortable shoes
- Not recommended for small children
Venue photo gallery
Psychiatric Hospital Bohnice
| Address: | Ústavní 91 , Praha 8 |
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| Wheelchair access: | No |
The beautiful grounds of the Psychiatric Hospital are the venue for various events
The premises of the Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital are open to public and you are free to wander around. The large park is open not only to the visits of the patients, but to anyone who has the opportunity to visit the local calming environment.
From the area between the main building of the Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital and the Church of St. Wenceslas, the routes to more than thirty pavilions, in which health care is provided to individual groups of patients, are rapidly moving. Psychiatric illnesses for adults, children, the elderly and people with addiction are treated here.
How to get there:
- Accessibility by Prague public transport:
- metro B (yellow line) - Vysočanská stop, get off in the exit E1 and from Vysočanská bus stop take a bus to Katovická stop
- metro C (red line) - Kobylisy stop, get off the metro in Kobylisy stop and take a bus to Katovická stop
- Nearest car parking:
in front of the building
