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3 Days in Prague: Old Town, Castle and Vyšehrad
Day 1 in the Old Town and the Jewish Quarter, Day 2 at Prague Castle, Strahov and Malá Strana, Day 3 at Vyšehrad and along the river to a sunset in Vinohrady: 24 stops, each checked against its own hours and prices for mid-October 2026.
Three days is enough to see Prague’s essentials without rushing, as long as you give each day one part of the city. Spend Day 1 in the Old Town and the Jewish Quarter, Day 2 at Prague Castle, the Strahov monastery and Malá Strana, and Day 3 at the Vyšehrad fortress, along the river and in Vinohrady. That’s how the plan below is built, and we ran it through Bilbo, the trip planner we make, which checked every stop against its opening days.
Day 1 starts with breakfast under the tiles of a 1914 café and sees the Astronomical Clock before the crowds, then its tower at half price. The rest of the day goes to the synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov, Alfons Mucha’s hall in the Municipal House and Charles Bridge at sunset. Day 2 takes the tram up to Prague Castle for St Vitus at opening and the noon changing of the guard, has lunch at the Strahov monastery’s brewery and comes down past the Petřín tower into Malá Strana. Day 3 opens at the Saturday farmers’ market on the riverbank, visits the crypt where the Heydrich assassins made their last stand, goes underground at Vyšehrad to see the original Charles Bridge statues, and ends with the castle on the skyline from Riegrovy sady.
Two things are new this autumn that older guides won’t mention. The Petřín funicular reopened on 22 September 2026 after two years, with new cars, and the Old-New Synagogue, the oldest active synagogue in Europe, is now on the Jewish Museum’s standard ticket. A third is easy to miss: the towers run by Prague City Tourism, the Old Town Hall’s included, are half price in the first hour after opening, which is why Day 1 starts the way it does.
The stops come from official and local sources and a small set of Prague TikToks, and we checked every one against its own website for 15 to 17 October 2026. If Prague is one stop on a longer trip, our 3-day Amsterdam and 3-day Rome plans are built the same way.
How to use it. Each day stays in one area and is built to be walked, with two short rides: tram 22 or 23 up to the castle on Day 2, and two stops on metro line C on Day 3. Measured stop to stop in a straight line, the walking adds up to about 4, 3.5 and 4.5 km, but Prague’s hills, stairs and cobbles, and the walking inside the castle and the museums, add plenty, so wear good shoes. The plan is written for a Thursday to Saturday, when everything on it is open, and the practical section at the end says what to swap on other days.
Three days: the Old Town, the castle, then Vyšehrad
Day 1 stays in the Old Town and Josefov, Day 2 climbs to Prague Castle and comes down past Petřín to Malá Strana, and Day 3 follows the river south to Vyšehrad and ends in Vinohrady. The numbered pins on each map match the stops below.
- Day 1 · Thursday The Old Town and the Jewish Quarter Staré Město · Josefov · 8 stops
- Day 2 · Friday Prague Castle, Strahov and Malá Strana Hradčany · Petřín · Malá Strana · 8 stops
- Day 3 · Saturday Vyšehrad, the river and Vinohrady Nové Město · Vyšehrad · Vinohrady · 8 stops
Best days: Thursday to Saturday as written. Other days need a swap or two, covered under The practical bits.
The Old Town and the Jewish Quarter
Breakfast under the tiles of a 1914 café, the Astronomical Clock before the crowds and its tower at half price, then the synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov. Tank beer at Lokál, Mucha’s hall in the Municipal House, the Old Town Bridge Tower in the late light, Charles Bridge at sunset and dinner in a beer hall that dates its founding to 1466.
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· Breakfast · Nové Město
Café Imperial
Café Imperial has been open since 1914, and the room is the reason to come: walls of ceramic tiles under the original mosaic ceilings, in a café that Franz Kafka and the composer Leoš Janáček both used. The breakfast buffet runs from 7:00 to 10:30, with juice, tea and coffee included, or order from the à la carte list.
Local tip From here the Astronomical Clock is about 900 metres away, a 12-minute walk past the Powder Tower and down Celetná street, so you’ll reach it before the 9:00 opening.
- Cost
- Breakfast buffet 425 CZK; croissant 87 CZK
- Hours
- Daily 7:00 to 23:00; breakfast buffet 7:00 to 10:30
- Booking
- Not needed for breakfast; tables can be booked on its website or by phone
Checked: Café Imperial, Café Imperial: breakfast menu, Café Imperial: contact
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· Icon · Old Town Square
The Astronomical Clock and the Old Town Hall tower
Photo: Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 Prague City Tourism calls the Orloj the oldest working astronomical clock in the world: Mikuláš of Kadaň built it in 1410, and every hour from 8:00 to 23:00 the twelve apostles file past its two little windows. A Prague tips account’s advice is to skip the hourly crowd, because the show lasts about 45 seconds, and instead see the clock early while the square is empty, then go up the tower. That’s this plan: the tower opens at 9:00, and every ticket is half price in the first hour after opening.
Local tip The basic ticket covers the tower, whose gallery is 42 metres up (the lift is 100 CZK extra), and the Knights’ Hall with a digital 3D model of the clock. The chapel, state rooms and underground are shown on guided tours for a surcharge of 150 CZK, paid on the spot.
- Cost
- 350 CZK (youth 16 to 26: 280 CZK); 175 CZK in the first hour after opening
- Hours
- Tower daily 9:00 to 20:00 (April to December); apostles every hour 8:00 to 23:00
- Booking
- Not needed. Buy at the ticket office; online skip-the-line tickets (450 CZK) are sold only by Prague City Tourism
On TikTok: @hiprague_ Checked: Prague City Tourism: Old Town Hall, Prague City Tourism (Czech)
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· History · Josefov
The Jewish Museum in Prague
Photo: Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0 The museum isn’t one building but a walk through Josefov, the former Jewish Town. The Pinkas Synagogue carries the names of about 80,000 Jewish victims of the Shoah from Bohemia and Moravia on its walls, with children’s drawings from the Terezín ghetto upstairs. The Old Jewish Cemetery, in use from 1439 to 1787, holds more than 12,000 tombstones, and the Spanish Synagogue of 1868 glows with Moorish-style gilding. The Old-New Synagogue, the oldest active synagogue in Europe, is now on the same ticket. Allow two to three hours.
Local tip The Old-New Synagogue is run by the Prague Jewish Community and is still a working synagogue; on Fridays it usually closes about an hour before the Sabbath begins. Tickets stay valid for three opening days, and photos without flash are allowed for personal use.
- Cost
- 600 CZK (students under 26: 400 CZK; children 7 to 15: 200 CZK)
- Hours
- Sun to Fri 9:00 to 18:00 until 17 October, then 9:00 to 16:30; closed Saturdays and Jewish holidays
- Booking
- Optional: online or at any of the museum's ticket offices; sales end 30 minutes before closing
Checked: Jewish Museum: admission, Jewish Museum: opening hours, Jewish Museum: Old-New Synagogue, Jewish Museum: Pinkas Synagogue, Jewish Museum: Old Jewish Cemetery
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· Lunch · Staré Město
Lokál Dlouhááá
The first Lokál is also literally the longest, at 69.78 metres, and serves beer from 12 tanks to as many as 1,300 guests a day. The food is the Czech pub canon. On its menu for 4 October 2026, soups were 69 CZK, beef shin goulash with dumplings 239 CZK, fried Edam with tartar sauce 315 CZK and a pork schnitzel fried in butter 355 CZK. A creator who ate here in December 2025 had the fried cheese and the schnitzel and calls it a chaotic but iconic Prague meal.
Local tip Book through Lokál’s reservation app if you can. Without a booking, the same creator found no host at the door: put your name on the list at the bar and wait to be called. The Municipal House is a five-minute walk away.
- Cost
- Soups 69 CZK; mains 215 to 365 CZK (menu of 4 October 2026)
- Hours
- Mon to Sat 11:00 to 24:00; Sun 11:00 to 22:00
- Booking
- Recommended at lunchtime: Lokál's reservation app
- Where
- Dlouhá 33, Praha 1
On TikTok: @eatinwithella Checked: Lokál Dlouhááá, Prague City Tourism: Lokál Dlouhááá
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· Art Nouveau · Staré Město
The Municipal House, inside
Photo: Jorge Royan / royan.com.ar, CC BY-SA 3.0 Prague’s Art Nouveau showpiece was built between 1905 and 1911, and its upper halls are shown on a one-hour guided tour that runs from the Smetana Hall concert room to the Mayor’s Hall, decorated by Alfons Mucha from the ceiling paintings to the benches. Czechoslovakia began here, too: on 28 October 1918 the republic was proclaimed from the balcony in front of the Mayor’s Hall. On Thursday 15 October 2026 there are English tours at 13:00, 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00.
Local tip Afterwards, the café on the ground floor keeps its original tiles, mahogany booths and fountain, and serves its own cakes until 22:00. Tours run on set dates only: there are none on Friday 16 October, so check the program for your day.
- Cost
- Guided tour 320 CZK (reduced 270 CZK; family 660 CZK; under 10 free)
- Hours
- Box office daily 10:00 to 19:00; café daily 8:00 to 22:00
- Booking
- Buy at the historic box office or online on obecnidum.cz
Checked: Municipal House: tours, Prague City Tourism: Municipal House, Kavárna Obecní dům
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· View · Staré Město
The Old Town Bridge Tower
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 4.0 Petr Parléř designed this Gothic gate for Charles IV in the mid-14th century, at the Old Town end of the new bridge, as a symbolic arch for the coronation processions of Czech kings. Climb the 138 steps to the gallery for the view straight down the bridge to Malá Strana and the castle, in the late-afternoon light.
Local tip In October and November the gallery closes at 18:00, before sunset, so be up by about 17:00 and then walk out onto the bridge for the sunset itself.
- Cost
- 250 CZK (youth 16 to 26: 200 CZK; family 500 CZK); half price in the first hour after opening
- Hours
- Daily 10:00 to 18:00 in October and November
- Booking
- Not needed; online tickets are sold only by Prague City Tourism
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· Sunset · Charles Bridge
Charles Bridge at sunset
Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) Charles IV laid the foundation stone on 9 July 1357, and the bridge was finished in 1402: 515.76 metres of sandstone on 16 arches, lined with 30 statues and groups of saints added between 1683 and 1928. The bronze St John of Nepomuk, from 1683, is the oldest still in its original form. A Prague tour guide explains why millions touch the plaque beneath it: legend says a wish made there comes true within a year. The sun sets at 6:11 PM on 15 October.
Local tip Many of the statues you pass are copies. The originals of damaged ones went to the National Museum’s lapidarium or underground at Vyšehrad, where you’ll see six of them on Day 3.
- Cost
- Free
- Hours
- Open at all hours; sunset 6:11 PM on 15 October
- Where
- Karlův most, Praha 1
On TikTok: @timeforprague Checked: Prague City Tourism: Charles Bridge, timeanddate: Prague sunset
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· Dinner · Staré Město
U Medvídků
Photo: Kawon Kez Sel, CC0 (cropped) U Medvídků dates its founding to 1466. Its old brewery later held Prague’s first cabaret and one of the city’s biggest beer halls, and in 2005 a small brewery came back to the former malthouse. Its beers include a 14.66-degree lager called 1466, after the founding date, and the X-Beer 33, which the house bills as the strongest beer in the world. The kitchen does the Czech classics: svíčková, beef in cream sauce with bread dumplings and cranberries, is 295 CZK and the goulash 280 CZK.
Local tip Book online on its website. It’s about a 10-minute walk from Charles Bridge.
- Cost
- Svíčková 295 CZK; goulash 280 CZK
- Hours
- Thu to Sat 11:30 to 23:30; Mon to Wed 11:30 to 23:00; Sun 12:00 to 22:00
- Booking
- Recommended: online on umedvidku.cz
Checked: U Medvídků: restaurant, U Medvídků: menu, U Medvídků: our beer, U Medvídků
Prague Castle, Strahov and Malá Strana
Breakfast at a Malá Strana grand café, then the tram up to Prague Castle for St Vitus at opening and the noon changing of the guard. Lunch at the Strahov monastery’s brewery and a look into its two library halls, then down past the Petřín tower to the church where Mozart played the organ, the millrace on Kampa at dusk and dinner in a house that a Czech folk society bought in 1926.
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· Breakfast · Malá Strana
Café Savoy
A grand café at the southern edge of Malá Strana that runs like a Viennese café by day, with pastries baked together with the Myšák pastry shop. Weekday breakfast is served from 8:00 to 11:30, from a continental plate at 228 CZK to the full Savoy breakfast at 455 CZK. A Czech-American food creator who lives in Czechia rates its fruit dumplings among the best in Prague; they’re on the dessert list at 148 CZK.
Local tip The Újezd tram stop is around the corner. Tram 22 climbs from there to the Pražský hrad stop, five stops up the hill, so you’re at the castle for its 9:00 opening.
- Cost
- Breakfast 228 to 535 CZK; fruit dumpling with quark 148 CZK
- Hours
- Mon to Fri 8:00 to 22:00; Sat and Sun 9:00 to 22:00; weekday breakfast until 11:30
- Booking
- Optional: reserve on the café's website
- Where
- Vítězná 5, Praha 5
On TikTok: @undiscoveredpathhome Checked: Café Savoy, Café Savoy: menu, PID: tram 22
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· Icon · Hradčany
Prague Castle and St Vitus Cathedral
Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) The castle is a whole district of courtyards and palaces, free to walk from 6:00. The Main Circuit ticket covers the four interiors that matter: St Vitus Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace, St George’s Basilica and the Golden Lane, where Franz Kafka lived and worked at No. 22 in 1916 and 1917. Start with the cathedral. It took 585 years to finish, from the foundation stone in 1344 to its consecration in 1929, and the stained glass in the western end, a window by Alfons Mucha among it, dates from that last stage.
Local tip A Prague tour guide’s rule: take tram 22 or 23 up rather than the stairs, and be in the First Courtyard before noon for a good spot at the changing of the guard, which comes with a fanfare and the changing of the flag. Large bags aren’t allowed, and there are security checks at the entrances.
- Cost
- Main Circuit 450 CZK (reduced 300 CZK; family 950 CZK), valid for two days with one entry per building
- Hours
- Grounds 6:00 to 22:00; buildings 9:00 to 17:00 until 31 October, then 9:00 to 16:00; St Vitus Mon to Sat 9:00 to 17:00, Sun from 12:00
- Booking
- Tickets at the castle's information centres, or online through the GetYourGuide link on hrad.cz
On TikTok: @timeforprague Checked: Prague Castle: opening hours, Prague Castle: price list, Prague Castle: tickets, Prague City Tourism: Prague Castle, St Vitus Cathedral: history, St Vitus Cathedral: works of art, Prague City Tourism: Golden Lane
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· Lunch · Hradčany
Strahov Monastic Brewery
About a 12-minute walk west of the castle, this brewery sits inside the Strahov monastery, founded in 1142. It brews three unfiltered, unpasteurised beers all year, an Amber Lager, a Dark Lager and an IPA, plus seasonal specials, and about 95 percent of its roughly 1,800 hectolitres a year is drunk on the spot. The Amber Lager is 89 CZK for 0.4 litres.
Local tip It’s open every day from 10:00, and the Strahov Library is across the same courtyard.
- Cost
- Amber Lager 89 CZK for 0.4 l
- Hours
- Daily 10:00 to 22:00
- Booking
- Reservations by email, Monday to Friday
Checked: Pivovar Strahov: contact, Pivovar Strahov: our beer
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· Library · Hradčany
Strahov Library
Photo: Jorge Royan / royan.com.ar, CC BY-SA 3.0 The monastery says its two halls are considered among the most beautiful library halls in the world: the Theological Hall, built in the early 1670s and painted with frescoes in the 1720s, and the larger Philosophical Hall, built between 1782 and 1797 under a ceiling by Franz Anton Maulbertsch. On the standard visit you look into both from their doorways, because the monastery limits entry to protect the books from humidity, then walk past its cabinet of curiosities. A September 2025 video with more than 350,000 plays sold it on value: two beautiful halls on one modest ticket.
Local tip Allow about 40 minutes. In October 2026 the ticket is 220 CZK, against 380 CZK for the Clementinum’s library tour in the Old Town. Walking inside the halls takes a special tour, booked ahead, and their numbers are limited.
- Cost
- 220 CZK (reduced 110 CZK; family 460 CZK)
- Hours
- Library and gallery daily 9:00 to 17:00
- Booking
- Not needed; online tickets on strahovskyklaster.cz
On TikTok: @raphaelaaristidou Checked: Strahov Monastery: tours, Strahov Monastery: the library, Strahov Monastery: what you can visit, Prague City Tourism: Clementinum
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· View · Petřín
Petřín Lookout Tower
Photo: Suisant7, CC BY-SA 4.0 Built for the Jubilee Exhibition of 1891 as a loose copy of the Eiffel Tower, at a ratio of 1:5, the 58.7-metre tower stands on Petřín hill, so its top is at the same altitude as the real one in Paris. Climb the 299 steps, or pay 150 CZK for the lift, for a view over the whole city and, on a clear day, much of Bohemia.
Local tip It’s a short walk along the ridge from Strahov. For the way down, the Petřín funicular reopened on 22 September 2026 after two years, with new cars, in trial service every 10 minutes to Újezd: 100 CZK one way, 90 CZK in the PID Lítačka app, and included in 24- and 72-hour transit tickets.
- Cost
- 250 CZK (youth 16 to 26: 200 CZK; family 500 CZK); lift 150 CZK
- Hours
- Daily 9:00 to 18:00 in October; 10:00 to 18:00 in November and December
- Booking
- Not needed; online skip-the-line tickets cost 320 CZK
- Where
- Petřín hill, Praha 1
Checked: Prague City Tourism: Petřín Tower, DPP: the Petřín funicular returns, PID: tickets and fares
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· Baroque · Malá Strana
St Nicholas Church, Malá Strana
Photo: Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) The church that dominates Malostranské náměstí calls itself the most famous Baroque church in Prague, and the interior makes the case: columns of artificial marble, larger-than-life saints and a dome fresco by František Xaver Palko. Its main organ, built between 1745 and 1747 with more than 4,000 pipes, is the one W. A. Mozart played while staying in Prague.
Local tip On Fridays and Saturdays in October it closes at 17:00 (18:00 on other days), so don’t linger at Petřín. Tickets are sold only at the church’s own box office, for cash or card, and tourist cards aren’t accepted.
- Cost
- 150 CZK (students 10 to 26 and seniors 90 CZK; under 10 free)
- Hours
- October: Sun to Thu 9:00 to 18:00; Fri and Sat 9:00 to 17:00
- Booking
- Box office only
Checked: St Nicholas Church: opening hours, St Nicholas Church: tickets, St Nicholas Church: about
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· Wander · Malá Strana
Kampa and the Čertovka at dusk
Photo: Øyvind Holmstad, CC BY-SA 3.0 Kampa is the island between the Vltava and the Čertovka, the Devil’s Stream, an artificial channel first recorded in 1585 as the Rosenberg Race. Find the big wheel of the former Grand Priory Mill, from the 15th century, then cross the park to the river side as the light goes, with Charles Bridge passing over the island’s northern end. Prague City Tourism notes the nickname for this corner: Prague’s Venice.
Local tip The sun sets at 6:09 PM on 16 October. Dinner is about a 10-minute walk away, up in Malá Strana.
- Cost
- Free
- Hours
- Public park; sunset 6:09 PM on 16 October
Checked: Prague City Tourism: Kampa, timeanddate: Prague sunset
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· Dinner · Malá Strana
Baráčnická rychta
The Baráčníci, a society that keeps Czech folk customs alive, bought this house in 1926 and rebuilt it in interwar style in the 1930s. Today it’s a Czech restaurant again, recently reopened with a modern take on the classics and draught beer from the Vinohrady Brewery you’ll visit tomorrow. On its current menu, svíčková is 360 CZK, beef goulash with potato pancakes 310 CZK and confit duck with dumplings and red cabbage 410 CZK.
Local tip Book a table on its website or by phone. Leave room for the ducat buns in vanilla cream sauce, 160 CZK.
- Cost
- Mains 260 to 410 CZK
- Hours
- Daily 11:30 to 22:30
- Booking
- Recommended: online or +420 277 015 522
- Where
- Tržiště 23, Praha 1
Checked: Baráčnická rychta, Baráčnická rychta: menu
Vyšehrad, the river and Vinohrady
Breakfast at the Saturday farmers’ market on the riverbank and the crypt where the Heydrich assassins made their last stand, then Vyšehrad: the original Charles Bridge statues underground, the basilica and the national cemetery. Lunch below the ramparts, the National Museum at the top of Wenceslas Square, sunset over the castle from Riegrovy sady and dinner at a Vinohrady brewery.
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· Breakfast · Nové Město
Náplavka farmers' market
Photo: ŠJů, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped) Every Saturday from 8:00 to 14:00, more than 90 stalls fill the stone embankment of the Vltava, with a view of Prague Castle: seasonal fruit and vegetables, pastries, mushrooms, fish, cheeses and free-range eggs, plus coffee and food to eat on the spot. It’s one of the first farmers’ markets in Prague and is now in its 17th season.
Local tip If a big event takes over the embankment, the market moves up to Palackého náměstí. Trams 2, 3, 5, 7, 17 and 21 stop at Palackého náměstí and Výtoň.
- Cost
- Free to browse
- Hours
- Saturdays 8:00 to 14:00 (the 2026 dates include 17 October)
Checked: Farmářské tržiště Náplavka, Prague City Tourism: Náplavka market
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· History · Nové Město
National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror
Photo: ŠJů, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped) After Jan Kubiš and Josef Gabčík attacked Reinhard Heydrich on 27 May 1942, seven Czechoslovak paratroopers, both of them included, hid for 21 nights in the crypt of the Orthodox Church of Sts Cyril and Methodius, and fought their last battle here on 18 June 1942. The Military History Institute’s exhibition, installed in 2022 in Czech and English, traces the story from the Munich Agreement to that day and ends in the crypt itself, with busts of all seven by the sculptor Milan Benda.
Local tip Entry is free. It’s a place of remembrance, so keep your voice down. The Brick Gate at Vyšehrad, where the next tour starts, is about a 20-minute walk south.
- Cost
- Free
- Hours
- Tue to Sun 9:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30); closed Mondays
- Where
- Resslova 9a, Praha 2
Checked: Military History Institute: the memorial, Military History Institute (Czech)
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· Underground · Vyšehrad
Vyšehrad's casemates and Gorlice
Photo: MONUDET, CC BY-SA 4.0 Remember the copies on Charles Bridge? Six of the original Baroque statues stand here, in Gorlice, the largest underground hall in historic Prague, dug by mistake by the fortress builders and later used as a food store and an underground factory. The tour of 45 to 60 minutes starts at the Brick Gate and passes through the oldest casemates, and the ticket also covers the Rise and Fall of Vyšehrad exhibition.
Local tip On Saturday 17 October the casemates tours start at 10:00, 11:00, 13:00 and 14:00, and buying online saves 35 CZK. They’re guided in Czech and English, with a free digital guide for other languages.
- Cost
- 330 CZK, or 295 CZK online (students 16 to 26 and over-65s 250 CZK; children 6 to 15: 165 CZK)
- Hours
- Timed tours; on 17 October at 10:00, 11:00, 13:00 and 14:00
- Booking
- Recommended: timed tickets on Vyšehrad's own ticket site
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· Viewpoint · Vyšehrad
Vyšehrad's basilica, cemetery and ramparts
Photo: Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) The neo-Gothic towers of the Basilica of Sts Peter and Paul, 58 metres high and added only in the early 20th century, are Vyšehrad’s landmark, and their carillon plays every day from 11:00 to 21:00; inside, Art Nouveau paintings cover the walls. Beside it, the Vyšehrad Cemetery is where the nation buries its greats, Antonín Dvořák, Bedřich Smetana, Alfons Mucha and Karel Čapek among them. A Prague-based creator puts the fortress on an autumn to-do list. Finish on the ramparts, where the spot called Šemík’s Jump looks out over the Vltava and the city.
Local tip The fortress grounds and the cemetery are free; the basilica closes to visitors during services, weddings and concerts, which its website lists in advance.
- Cost
- Grounds and cemetery free; basilica and treasury 180 CZK (children 6 to 15: 90 CZK)
- Hours
- Basilica Mon to Sat 10:00 to 17:00, Sun 11:00 to 17:00; cemetery 8:00 to 18:00 in October
- Where
- Vyšehrad, Praha 2
On TikTok: @thetravellingfrenchy Checked: Basilica of Sts Peter and Paul, Vyšehrad: the basilica, Vyšehrad: parks, Prague Cemeteries: Vyšehrad Cemetery, Wikipedia: Vyšehrad Cemetery
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· Lunch · Vyšehrad
U Kroka
Down the hill from the Brick Gate, U Kroka is a small family-run restaurant cooking mostly Czech food, signed off on its website by Yvet, Tomáš and Bára. After a morning on your feet, it’s a proper sit-down lunch.
Local tip The kitchen closes between 16:00 and 17:00, and the room is small, so book. Afterwards, Vyšehrad station on metro line C is about 15 minutes’ walk east, and Muzeum is two stops north.
- Hours
- Daily 11:30 to 23:00; kitchen closed 16:00 to 17:00
- Booking
- Recommended: the reservation link on ukroka.cz or +420 775 905 022
Checked: U Kroka, PID: metro line C
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· Museum · Wenceslas Square
The National Museum
Photo: Diego Delso, delso.photo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) The Historical Building that closes off the top of Wenceslas Square reopened on 28 October 2018, the centenary of Czechoslovakia, after a major reconstruction, and since 2019 an underground passage links it to the New Building next door. One ticket covers the whole complex and its current and long-term exhibitions. Don’t miss the Pantheon, which the museum calls one of the most beautiful halls in the country. The same creator’s autumn list includes the museum too.
Local tip At weekends the building can fill up around noon, with waits of 30 to 45 minutes, which is why it comes mid-afternoon here. With an e-ticket you go straight to the turnstiles.
- Cost
- 360 CZK (reduced 260 CZK; under 15 free)
- Hours
- Daily 10:00 to 18:00
- Booking
- Optional: e-tickets on nm.cz, valid for 30 days
On TikTok: @thetravellingfrenchy Checked: National Museum: Historical Building
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· Sunset · Vinohrady
Sunset in Riegrovy sady
Photo: Václav Jiroušek, CC BY-SA 4.0 Laid out between 1904 and 1908 on old vineyards, this 11-hectare park has open lawns and long views across the city, with Prague Castle on the skyline as the sun goes down (6:07 PM on 17 October). The team behind a Prague walking-guide account counts it among four free viewpoints they never tire of, and calls it perfect for sunset.
Local tip The park’s beer garden is open all year, from noon at weekends, so you can watch with a drink. Bring a layer. Dinner is about 15 minutes’ walk away.
- Cost
- Free
- Hours
- Park open all day; beer garden Mon to Fri 14:00 to 22:00, Sat and Sun 12:00 to 22:00; sunset 6:07 PM on 17 October
On TikTok: @prague_unwalked Checked: Prague City Tourism: Rieger Gardens, Prague City Tourism: Restaurant Park Riegrovy sady, Wikimedia Commons: the view from Riegrovy sady, timeanddate: Prague sunset
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· Dinner · Vinohrady
Vinohradský pivovar
The Vinohrady Brewery stands on the site of the original Vinohrady brewery, founded in 1893, and brews in a 25-hectolitre copper kettle made in Ulm as a replica of one from 1912. Its own Vinohradská 11, a Pilsner-style lager, is 75 CZK for half a litre. The kitchen’s weekday menus lean Czech: in the week of 5 October, roast pork belly with sauerkraut and dumplings and a venison goulash were 195 CZK each.
Local tip Book by phone or email. It’s open until midnight from Monday to Saturday.
- Cost
- Vinohradská 11 lager 59 CZK (0.3 l) or 75 CZK (0.5 l)
- Hours
- Mon to Sat 11:00 to 24:00; Sun 11:00 to 22:00
- Booking
- Recommended: +420 602 549 557 or rezervace@vinohradskypivovar.cz
Checked: Vinohradský pivovar: Korunní, Vinohradský pivovar: contacts
The practical bits
Which days does this work on?
It’s written for Thursday 15 to Saturday 17 October 2026. Day 1 can’t fall on a Saturday, when the Jewish Museum is closed, and the Municipal House only runs tours on set dates (none on Friday 16 October), so check its program for your day. Don’t start Day 2 on a Sunday, when St Vitus opens only at noon, and remember that St Nicholas closes at 17:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Day 3 needs a Saturday for the Náplavka market; on another day, have breakfast at Café Savoy or Café Imperial instead, and avoid Mondays, when the Heydrich memorial is shut.
How do you get around Prague?
Each day is built to be walked, with two short rides: tram 22 or 23 up to the castle on Day 2, and two stops on metro line C from Vyšehrad to Muzeum on Day 3. A PID ticket for 30 minutes costs 39 CZK on paper or 36 CZK in the PID Lítačka app, 90 minutes 50 or 46 CZK, 24 hours 150 or 140 CZK and 72 hours 350 or 340 CZK; the 24- and 72-hour tickets also cover the Petřín funicular. Validate a paper ticket once, when you first board. Tickets from the contactless terminals on trams are valid straight away, while an app ticket only becomes valid one minute after you activate it, so activate it before the tram arrives (PID).
How do you get from the airport to the city?
Bus 59 runs from the airport to Nádraží Veleslavín on metro line A in about 35 minutes, and bus 100 to Zličín on line B in about 45; both take an ordinary PID ticket (50 CZK on paper, 46 CZK in the app). The Airport Express (AE) runs from Terminal 1 to the main railway station for 200 CZK, and 24- and 72-hour tickets aren’t valid on it (PID: airport).
What should you book ahead?
Book the Municipal House tour (box office or obecnidum.cz), the 11:00 Gorlice tour at Vyšehrad (295 CZK online) and tables at U Medvídků, Baráčnická rychta, U Kroka and Vinohradský pivovar. Prague Castle, the Jewish Museum, Strahov and the National Museum all sell tickets online, but you can buy on the day. The towers run by Prague City Tourism are half price in the first hour after opening, which is why the Old Town Hall tower comes at 9:00; buy those at the door or from Prague City Tourism only.
Do you need cash, and should you tip?
The currency is the Czech crown (CZK), and cards, contactless payments and Apple Pay or Google Pay are widely accepted. Tips of up to 10% are customary in restaurants (VisitCzechia). If you do change cash, the Czech National Bank’s rules protect you: exchange offices may not charge commission, they must give you a receipt, and you can cancel an exchange of up to the equivalent of 1,000 euros within three hours (CNB).
What changes later in the autumn?
Hours shorten after these dates. From 18 October the Jewish Museum closes at 16:30. From 1 November the castle’s buildings close at 16:00, Petřín Tower opens at 10:00, St Nicholas closes at 17:00 every day and the Vyšehrad cemetery at 17:00. The sun sets earlier every day too, so move the Day 1 and Day 2 evening stops forward if you’re coming later in the season.
Three videos worth watching first
How we made this
We looked through about 200 Prague TikToks on TikTok's topic pages (things to do in Prague, Prague Castle, the Astronomical Clock, Strahov, Vyšehrad, Czech food, Lokál and sunset spots), read the captions and, where TikTok has them, the transcripts of about 30, and kept the eight that changed the plan: when to see the Astronomical Clock, how to get a table at Lokál, the legend on Charles Bridge, Café Savoy's fruit dumplings, the tram to the castle and the noon guard, Strahov's two halls, an autumn list with Vyšehrad and the National Museum, and Riegrovy sady for sunset. Each is cited on the stop it informed. Everything else comes from the venues' own websites and official sources: Prague Castle, Prague City Tourism, the Jewish Museum in Prague, Strahov Monastery, Vyšehrad, the National Museum, the Military History Institute, the transport authorities PID and DPP, the Czech National Bank and CzechTourism.
On 4 October 2026 we checked every stop's opening days, hours and prices for 15 to 17 October against its own website, and read the Municipal House and Vyšehrad tour calendars for those exact dates. A few things are new this autumn: the Petřín funicular reopened on 22 September with new cars after two years, the Old-New Synagogue is now on the Jewish Museum's standard ticket, and the museum's hours drop to 16:30 from 18 October. We couldn't open U Kroka's online menu, so we haven't given its prices. Sunset times are from timeanddate.com. Hours and prices change, so check before you go.
Then we ran the plan through Bilbo, the trip planner we make. It checked each day's timings and every stop against its closing days, with nothing clashing and nothing scheduled on a day it's shut. The maps are screenshots of that plan in Bilbo.
Photos come from Wikimedia Commons and are credited below. Bilbo is made by Haplo, which also publishes this blog.
Photo credits
- Prague Castle and St Vitus Cathedral reflected in the Vltava at dusk, with Charles Bridge on the right · Photo: Diego Delso, delso.photo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The astronomical dial of the Prague Orloj · Photo: Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Headstones in the Old Jewish Cemetery, Josefov · Photo: Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Alfons Mucha's paintings in the Mayor's Hall of the Municipal House · Photo: Jorge Royan / royan.com.ar, CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Old Town Bridge Tower and Charles Bridge across the Vltava · Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 4.0
- The statue of St John of Nepomuk on Charles Bridge · Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The beer hall at U Medvídků · Photo: Kawon Kez Sel, CC0 (cropped)
- The choir of St Vitus Cathedral · Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The Theological Hall of the Strahov Library · Photo: Jorge Royan / royan.com.ar, CC BY-SA 3.0
- The top of the Petřín Lookout Tower · Photo: Suisant7, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The dome of St Nicholas Church, Malá Strana · Photo: Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The Čertovka millrace and mill wheel on Kampa · Photo: Øyvind Holmstad, CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Náplavka embankment, Jirásek Bridge and Prague Castle · Photo: ŠJů, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- The Church of Sts Cyril and Methodius on Resslova street · Photo: ŠJů, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Original Charles Bridge statues in the Gorlice hall, Vyšehrad · Photo: MONUDET, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Basilica of Sts Peter and Paul from the Vyšehrad Cemetery · Photo: Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The Historical Building of the National Museum, Wenceslas Square · Photo: Diego Delso, delso.photo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Prague Castle from Riegrovy sady during the partial solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 · Photo: Václav Jiroušek, CC BY-SA 4.0