PRAGUE · CZECH REPUBLIC
Old spires, cobbled lanes, the slow Vltava.
Old Town walking tours and the astronomical clock, the castle above the river, cruises under Charles Bridge, beer halls, and the day trips out into Bohemia.
Only here
Three things that are Prague's alone.
Castles, old squares and river cruises turn up in every European capital. The largest castle on earth, the oldest astronomical clock still keeping time, and a beer-hall culture no country can match belong to this one.
The largest on earth
Prague Castle
Prague Castle is the biggest coherent castle complex in the world, a walled hilltop the size of a small town. Inside rise the Gothic spires of St. Vitus Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace and the painted cottages of Golden Lane. A thousand years of Bohemian kings ruled from this one ridge above the river.
- 1 Prague: Castle Tour with Local Guide and Entry Ticket
- 2 Prague Castle 2.5-Hour Tour Including Admission Ticket
- 3 Prague: 3-Hour Walking Tour of Old Town & Prague Castle
Six centuries of clockwork
The Astronomical Clock
The Orloj has hung on the Old Town Hall since 1410, the oldest astronomical clock still keeping time anywhere. On the hour the dial turns, the twelve apostles file past two little windows, and a skeleton tips its glass. The crowd in the square below has gathered to watch it for six hundred years.
- 1 Prague: Oldtown, Medieval Underground & Dungeon History Tour
- 2 Prague: Old Town Hall Tower Entry Ticket
- 3 Prague: 3-Hour Walking Tour of Old Town & Prague Castle
The thirstiest nation
The Czech Beer Hall
No country on earth drinks more beer a head than the Czechs, and the crisp golden lager the whole world now calls pilsner was first brewed here in Bohemia. The old halls still pour it by the half-litre under vaulted ceilings, the tankards landing on your table almost before you ask.
- 1 Prague: Bernard Beer Spa with Beer and Massage Option
- 2 Prague: Pilsner Urquell Experience & Beer Tasting
- 3 Prague: Pub Crawl with Unlimited Drinks & 5-floor Club Entry
Start with the standout
The one experience nearly everyone books.
More travellers begin a Prague trip with this than anything else on the list.
The classics
Prague's Most Popular Tours
Old Town walks, the castle, river cruises and the medieval underground. The days most visitors come to Prague for.
Where to begin
The Prague a first trip is built around.
The old town and its clock, the castle on the hill, the river by boat, the beer halls and the food. The handful of experiences most trips are planned around, and the best of each.
Beyond the city
Which day trip out of Prague?
Prague is the easiest base in Central Europe. Three very different days sit an easy train or coach ride away, depending on whether you want the storybook, the strange, or the wild.
Mozart's Prague
The city that loved Mozart first.
Vienna kept turning him down; Prague never did. Mozart premiered Don Giovanni at the Estates Theatre in 1787 and the city has played him ever since. Most nights you can still hear him, alongside Dvorak and Smetana, in a Baroque hall, a mirrored chapel or a riverside palace.
- 1 Prague: Entry Ticket Classical Concert at the Mirror Chapel
- 2 Prague: Concert at Reduta Jazz Club
- 3 Prague: A. Vivaldi Four Seasons at St. Salvator Church
The hundred spires
A skyline six hundred years in the making.
They call it the city of a hundred spires, and from the river the count feels modest. Gothic towers, Baroque domes and the long stone arc of Charles Bridge have stacked up over the Vltava since 1357, lit gold after dark. The oldest way to take it in is still the best: from the water.
Vltava river cruises →Josefov
Europe's best-preserved Jewish quarter.
When the old ghetto was cleared, six synagogues, the town hall and Europe's most haunting Jewish cemetery were left standing. The Old-New Synagogue has held services since 1270, the oldest still in use anywhere on the continent. In the cemetery the gravestones lean twelve deep, stacked where there was never room to spread.
- 1 Prague: Jewish Quarter Walking Tour with Admission Tickets
- 2 Prague: Old Town and Jewish Quarter Guided Tour in German
- 3 Prague: Old Town and Jewish Quarter Guided Walking Tour
By experience
Pick how to spend the day.
Walk the Old Town for the history. Climb to the castle for the view. Take to the river for the skyline. Beer, concerts, museums and the medieval underground for the rest.
Plan it
Three perfect days.
First time in Prague? A long weekend that hits the essentials without a wasted hour.
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