Credential — pilgrim’s passport We are happy to welcome all pilgrims setting out on their journey at the tourist information centre in the Old Town Hall and at Prague Castle. This is where you can pick up your credential and begin your pilgrimage, blessed with your first stamp and a quiet decision to set forth. The credential will accompany you as a pilgrim’s guide on your journey to Compostela. Don’t forget to bring along a small stone, which many pilgrims bring from home as a symbol of their worries, sins or intentions. This small stone, carried with a prayer and an open heart, is left at sacred sites during the pilgrimage — most often at Cruz de Ferro — as a sign of devotion, trust and inner purification. Pilgrimage trails page St Ludmila Trail If you decide to embark on the St Ludmila Trail, you will visit locations where the early medieval Czech nation was founded more than a thousand years ago. You will see the fortress where the Přemyslids determined the political organisation of the country, where Prince Wenceslas learned Latin and where Princess Ludmila passed away. You will wander through a landscape in the very footprints of Czech history. What could be more tempting? page St Gunther’s Way St Gunther’s Way, winding through the Czech-German borderlands, has finally been extended. Hikers can now follow the historical paths all the way to the Břevnov Monastery, where the former diplomat, saint and first inhabitant of Šumava – St Gunther – is buried. page Cyril and Methodius Route The Cyril and Methodius Route is an international trail that is part of the Council of Europe Cultural Routes network. The trail connects places associated with the legacy of St Cyril and Methodius, the apostles of the Slavs. In the Czech Republic, it currently consists of five main routes – known as rays – which lead to Velehrad in Moravia. Places of pilgrimage Loreto Hradčany Svatý Jan pod Skalou pilgrimage site Svatý Jan pod Skalou Sázava Monastery, St. Procopius pilgrimage site Sázava Svatá Hora (Holy Mount) with the Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Příbram Příbram II Stará Boleslav pilgrimage site Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav Church of St. Clement in Levý Hradec Žalov In the footsteps of Alphonse Mucha: Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Hradčany Church of Our Lady Victorious (Church of the Infant Jesus) Malá Strana The Shrine of Our Lady Victorious at White Mountain Řepy Loreto Hradčany view Svatý Jan pod Skalou pilgrimage site Svatý Jan pod Skalou view Sázava Monastery, St. Procopius pilgrimage site Sázava view Svatá Hora (Holy Mount) with the Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Příbram Příbram II view Stará Boleslav pilgrimage site Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav view Church of St. Clement in Levý Hradec Žalov view In the footsteps of Alphonse Mucha: Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Hradčany view Church of Our Lady Victorious (Church of the Infant Jesus) Malá Strana view The Shrine of Our Lady Victorious at White Mountain Řepy view load the map