Great time with Vadim, the books and the beer - Vadim was an excellent guide and we had a great time on our tour! The libraries at Strahov are breathtaking, well worth the trip out there. I felt quite special being able to walk around the room, walk right up to the books and look at them while guests without the special access could only take pictures from either end. Vadim’s commentary made it come alive even more, he really did a wonderful job of explaining the context of the library’s creation. Even my father, who claims to know everything, admitted he learned a few new things - a true miracle. And the beer was excellent! The conversation flowed freely between the three of us and it was overall an enjoyable experience.

Absolutely fantastic - Matous was an amazing guide. The private library tour was incredible! He was so personable and informative we really enjoyed our time with him!

Great tour for baroque and beer lovers. - An absolutely wonderful tour! Vadim was a great tour guide. He is very knowledgeable and fun. Highly recommend this tour for lovers of baroque and great beer! We definitely enjoyed the library tour as well as the beer. My wife and I had a fabulous time!! And a big thank you to Vadim for showing us a great little spot for beers and snacks.

Very interesting and knowledgeable guide - This is a great tour. With his tour you get to enter and e library (with an additional entry fee). Everyone else gets to look at the rough an open door. It is amazing that this books were maintained through the years.

Awesome tour, do this one - Awesome tour, if you want to go inside the library at the monastery, then this is the tour for you. Normal ticket at monastery only let's you peek inside via a doorway. Our guide Vadim was incredible, he explained many details about the monastery and the library that other tours just don't provide. Vadim explained many fine points about baroque architecture. We also had beer at two different monasteries and he provided some good insights into monastery beer and its importance to the monastery and the surrounding towns in the middle ages. Vadim and his wife have unique degrees in history, art, and literature. They have the best tour guides who all have degrees in history or are in graduate programs. This means it isn't just a canned script. They actually interact with you to provide a personal experience based on your desires. Should note they also have tours in many other cities. Finally, Vadim was are really bright and entertaining host. I would give him 6 stars.

Unmissable - Talking with Vad is the kind of experience that reminds you why it is that we need great historians. He was so knowledgable, so effusive in his love of the spaces that we ended up talking to him far after the tour was over (generously he lent us some of his own time). And of course, we got to get a much closer view of perhaps one of the most stunning monuments to the pursuit of knowledge that I have ever been in. Cannot recommend this enough.

Amazing tour & guide ! - Had an amazing experience with Vad exploring some very old breweries and monasteries. The beer and history were amazing and the Strahov Monastery was beautiful. He will tailor the tour to what you want it to be. It was only two of us, so you’re not walking around with a large group of people, which was so nice. I would highly recommend this tour and also Vad’s company InsightCities! We wish we would’ve had more time in Prague to take another one of his tours. We absolutely loved it!

History and Beer - This tour is great! Our guide Vadim was extremely knowledgeable on the history and culture of every location we visited.. The library is very cool and the beer tastings were great. Vadim was very friendly and we really enjoyed our time on this tour. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Prague!

4 fun hours with a lot of information! - The Tour was great, very informative and Vadim was a very knowledgeable guide through the Monasteries. Also we had a really good time testing and trying different beers brewed at the locations. A great experience!

Beer over books - Library at the monestary is not worth the price. You can only look into the library from behind a barrier. Beer is good, caution the pub fills up early.