Český Krumlov Day Trips from Prague
Guided trips to the UNESCO-listed town in South Bohemia, about three hours from Prague: the castle and its painted tower, and the old town wrapped in a bend of the Vltava.
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Most day trips from Prague go to Český Krumlov, Kutná Hora's bone church or the Terezín memorial, all within three hours by road. Karlovy Vary and Dresden complete the classic list.
Guided trips to the UNESCO-listed town in South Bohemia, about three hours from Prague: the castle and its painted tower, and the old town wrapped in a bend of the Vltava.
Trips across the German border to Dresden, about two hours from Prague: the Zwinger, the Frauenkirche and the Elbe riverfront, one of them adding the Bastei Bridge.
Trips to the West Bohemian spa town, about two hours from Prague: the colonnades, the hot mineral springs and, on some tours, the funicular to the Diana lookout tower.
Guided visits to the Terezín memorial, about an hour north of Prague: the Small Fortress, used as a Gestapo prison, and the former ghetto town; one tour adds Litoměřice.
Trips to the UNESCO-listed silver-mining town an hour east of Prague: the Sedlec Ossuary, decorated with human bones, and the Gothic St. Barbara's Cathedral.
Trips to the Gothic castle Charles IV built for the crown jewels, 30 km southwest of Prague, by minibus, e-bike or vintage car; some add the Koněprusy Caves.
Tours of two to eight days that start in Prague: hikes in Bohemian Switzerland, a spa-and-beer loop through Karlovy Vary, or the train to Vienna and Budapest.
Evening trips to Dětenice: a tour of the Baroque castle, a tasting at its brewery and a medieval feast with live music and a fire show in the village tavern.
Guided hikes among the sandstone rock towns of Bohemian Paradise, the country's oldest protected landscape area, about an hour and a half northeast of Prague.
Visits to Bohemian glassmakers: the Rückl crystal works in Nižbor on the Berounka river, and the Museum of Glass and Jewellery with a hands-on workshop.
Two castles southeast of Prague: Konopiště, the residence of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and Lipnice nad Sázavou, the castle town where Jaroslav Hašek spent his last years.
Trips to North Bohemia: Teplice, which calls itself the oldest spa town in Central Europe, and Děčín, whose castle stands on a rock above the Elbe.
One-day trips across the border: Vienna, about four hours southeast by road, and Nuremberg in Bavaria, with its Imperial Castle and medieval walls, three hours west.
