Prague 3-day itinerary
3 days in Prague, planned the tabi way — one neighbourhood per day, gapless timing, every stop chosen from 66 human-verified places across 11 curated neighbourhoods. Open it offline and follow it street by street, or make it the starting point for your own plan.
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Staré Město & the Astronomical Clock & nearby — a sights day
Prague's most photographed square and its most crowded — the Astronomical Clock draws a scrum on the hour, every hour. Slip a block back from Staroměstské náměstí and the lanes empty out fast, leading north into Josefov's six synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery's tilted headstones, or toward Charles Bridge's Old Town tower. Eat a street away from the main square; the view comes free, the food beside it does not.
- 08:0008:30BreakfastSuggested
- 08:3008:50ChurchKostel Panny Marie před Týnem20 min
The twin Gothic spires behind Old Town Square belong to a working parish church, so tourist visiting hours are short and pause for services — roughly Tuesday to Saturday 10:00–13:00 and 15:00–17:00, closed Sundays and Mondays for sightseeing (hours shift slightly in winter). Entry is free; a small donation near the door is appreciated. The main entrance passage is from Staroměstské náměstí, but step-free wheelchair access is via the Celetná side.
Step-freechurchgothichistoricclosed this day — verify before going - 08:50~5 min walkroute
- 09:0509:35Historic siteStaronová synagoga30 min
The oldest active synagogue in Europe, still used for regular services, so it keeps synagogue hours rather than museum hours: open Sunday to Friday 09:00–17:00, closing an hour earlier on Fridays before Shabbat, and closed Saturdays and Jewish holidays. It is ticketed separately from the rest of the Jewish Museum's sites — its ticket does not combine with the Old Jewish Cemetery ticket, and vice versa. The building's medieval stepped entrance is not wheelchair accessible.
synagoguejewish quarterhistoric - 09:35~10 min walkroute
- 10:0010:30ViewpointStaroměstská mostecká věž30 min
The Old Town end of Charles Bridge, and the better-value of the bridge's two towers to climb — a steep spiral stair leads to a small museum and then the gallery, with a view straight down the bridge to the castle. Charles Bridge itself is free and always open; only the tower is ticketed. Hours run 10:00–18:00 in the colder months and extend to 20:30 in June–September, last entry 30 minutes before closing. The tower has no lift and is not wheelchair accessible.
bridgeviewpointviews - 10:30~5 min walkroute
- 10:4511:25ParkKampa40 min
A flat, willow-shaded riverside park on the island the Vltava's Čertovka mill-stream carves off from the rest of Malá Strana — the classic photo spot for the water-wheels below Charles Bridge, and a genuinely quiet green break a five-minute walk from the bridge crowds. It's free and open around the clock; the wide lawn along the river (Na Kampě) is the spot to sit. No paid attractions here beyond Museum Kampa at its northern tip.
Step-freeriversideparkisland - 11:25~5 min walkroute
- 11:4012:10
LandmarkKarlův most30 minThe view side of Charles Bridge — cross from Malá Strana's Mostecká street for the classic look back at Staré Město and the bridge's baroque saint statues. It's a free, unticketed, 24-hour pedestrian crossing; the flanking Malá Strana Bridge Towers can be climbed separately for a fee, on their own hours. Come at sunrise or after 22:00 for the bridge without the tour groups — by mid-morning it is one of the most crowded spots in the city.
Step-freebridgeunesco sitehistoric - 12:10~5 min walkroute
- 12:2513:25LunchSuggested
- 13:2514:55Museum90 min
A modern and contemporary art museum in a converted riverside mill, built around the Jan and Meda Mladek collection — the strongest single reason to see Central European abstract art (František Kupka) outside a national gallery. Open daily 10:00–18:00 with last entry at 17:30, no closed day. The riverside terrace out front has two of David Černý's giant crawling babies and a line of oversized chairs; you can see those without a ticket.
Step-freemodern artart museumsculpture garden - 14:55~15 min walkroute
- 15:1016:10ViewpointPetřínská rozhledna60 min
A 63.5-metre steel lookout tower modelled on the Eiffel Tower, built for the 1891 Jubilee Exhibition — the 299-step or lift climb rewards you with the best skyline view in Prague, castle included, without the castle's queues. Adult admission is 250 CZK, plus a separate 150 CZK if you want the lift instead of the stairs; open daily, 09:00–19:00 April–August, shorter in the off-season (check before a winter evening visit). The lift only reaches the lower 20-metre platform — the top 51-metre gallery has no wheelchair access, and the elevator's narrow door means an electric wheelchair needs to be swapped for a manual one on site. The funicular that normally runs up Petřín hill from Újezd has been under repair since September 2024, with a return targeted for summer 2026 — check dpp.cz before counting on it; trams 22/23 to Pohořelec are the reliable fallback.
viewpointtowercity view - 17:3018:45DinnerSuggested
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The largest ancient castle complex in the world, and worth a half-day at minimum. The courtyards and grounds are free and open daily 06:00–22:00; the ticketed Circuit A route through the Old Royal Palace, St Vitus Cathedral's interior and Golden Lane keeps shorter hours — roughly 09:00–17:00 April to October and 09:00–16:00 November to March. Buy tickets at the official information points inside the grounds rather than from anyone touting them at the gate. The full changing of the guard is at noon in the First Courtyard; shorter changes happen on the hour from 09:00 to 18:00 at the outer gates.
A Czech natural-cosmetics brand — soaps, oils and herbal teas made from its own farm — with a shop tucked into the Ungelt courtyard right behind Týn Church, a quieter pocket than the square out front. Open daily 10:00–19:00, making it an easy stop between the church and the Jewish Quarter.
Free, open parkland with no gates — the best free view over the Vltava and Charles Bridge from above. The giant red metronome pendulum stands on the plinth of a demolished Stalin monument; it isn't always swinging, so don't plan a visit around seeing it move. The park is a popular skateboarding spot around the plinth.
A Baroque pilgrimage cloister built around a replica of the Holy House of Nazareth (the Santa Casa), ringed by a gallery of chapels, with a carillon that plays a Marian hymn on the hour. Open daily 10:00–17:00; adult admission runs around 230 CZK. A short walk west of the castle's crowds, past Hradčanské náměstí.
The monastery's own collection runs to roughly 200,000 volumes; the two Baroque halls open to visitors — the Theological Hall and the Philosophical Hall — are the frescoed, floor-to-ceiling showpieces. You view them from the doorway rather than walking in, to protect the books from humidity, so don't expect to browse the shelves. Open daily 09:00–17:00. It's part of a working Premonstratensian monastery, so keep the noise down.
Vinohrady & Náměstí Míru & nearby — a sights day
Prague's leafiest residential quarter, and where locals actually eat and drink once the tourist-centre kitchens close. Náměstí Míru's neo-Gothic church anchors a street pattern of Art Nouveau apartment blocks, wine bars and a growing share of the city's better restaurants; Riegrovy sady's beer garden looks back at the castle skyline from the other side of the river. No single must-see — the point of a day here is the neighbourhood itself.
- 08:0008:30BreakfastSuggested
- 08:3009:30GardenHavlíčkovy sady60 min
A hillside park built over the spoil from digging the Vinohrady rail tunnel, now home to a working 1.7-hectare vineyard that still produces its own wine. Free to enter, open until midnight April to October and until 22:00 the rest of the year. The wooden vineyard gazebo hosts a wine-harvest festival every autumn.
Step-freegardenvineyardpark - 09:30~20 min walkroute
- 09:5010:50ParkRiegrovy sady60 min
A big sloping park above Vinohrady with wide views back toward the castle skyline across the river — locals come for the grass, not a single sight. The beer garden inside runs seasonally, roughly April through October, opening from around 14:00 on weekdays and 11:00 on weekends; it's closed over winter.
Step-freeparkbeerlocal favoriteclosed this day — verify before going - 10:50~15 min walkroute
- 11:0511:35
LandmarkVáclavské náměstí30 minA half-kilometre pedestrian-and-tram boulevard running from the National Museum down to the Old Town gate — the site of the 1989 Velvet Revolution protests, now lined with cinemas, chain stores and, at night, stag-party bars. The “0% commission” currency-exchange booths along it quote a bad buy rate in small print; use a bank ATM instead and always decline any “convert to home currency” offer. Eat a street back rather than at the square-front cafés.
squarehistoric squareboulevardclosed this day — verify before going - 11:35~10 min walkroute
- 12:0013:00LunchSuggested
- 13:0015:00MuseumNárodní muzeum120 min
The neo-Renaissance building crowning Wenceslas Square, open daily 10:00–18:00 with no fixed weekly closure. Tickets are sold online, by app, at a self-service machine, or at the box office. The Historical Building is wheelchair accessible via the New Building entrance and lifts, with wheelchairs available to borrow at the cloakroom, though the dome and the Children's Museum's upper floors are not reachable.
Step-freemuseumnationalhistory museum - 15:00~10 min walkroute
- 15:1515:45LandmarkPasáž Lucerna30 min
An Art Nouveau covered passage linking Štěpánská and Vodičkova, free to walk through, with a cinema, a music bar, shops, a café and one of the city's working paternoster lifts inside. Look up in the main hall for David Černý's upside-down parody of the Wenceslas statue hanging from the ceiling — the horse's rider is dead, the horse very much alive.
art nouveaucovered passagesculptureclosed this day — verify before going - 15:45~10 min walkroute
- 16:0017:00MuseumMuchovo muzeum60 min
Run by the Mucha Foundation at Savarin Palace since February 2025 — if an older guide points you to the previous Panská Street address, that location no longer holds the family-authorised collection. Open daily 10:00–18:00, closed only on 24 December; adult admission 300 CZK.
museumartart nouveau - 17:00~20 min walkroute
- 17:2017:40LandmarkTančící dům20 min
Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunić's twisting glass-and-concrete tower on the New Town embankment, free to view and photograph from outside any time. The building itself is mostly offices and a hotel; the rooftop bar and restaurant inside are open to anyone dining there, but there's no separate public viewing deck.
Step-freearchitecturemodernlandmarkclosed this day — verify before going - 17:5519:10DinnerSuggested
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A Czech natural-cosmetics brand — soaps, oils and herbal teas made from its own farm — with a shop tucked into the Ungelt courtyard right behind Týn Church, a quieter pocket than the square out front. Open daily 10:00–19:00, making it an easy stop between the church and the Jewish Quarter.
The tower and its 15th-century astronomical clock anchor Old Town Square — every hour on the hour (09:00–21:00) the clock's Apostles parade past two small windows above the dial, watched by a dense crowd below; you don't need a ticket to see this from the square. Climbing the tower is ticketed separately and gets you a lift up plus the best rooftop view over the square. The tower itself is barrier-free by lift, but the older historical rooms inside the town hall are not. Hours run later (until 20:00) from April through December and shorten to 10:00–19:00 in January–March.
A 216m Communist-era broadcast tower turned observation deck, with ten giant crawling-baby sculptures by David Černý climbing its legs — visible free from the ground, no ticket needed just to see them. The deck itself is a paid climb, roughly 350 CZK, open daily 09:00 to midnight with last entry an hour before close. There's a restaurant partway up and a one-room hotel suite near the top.
Roughly 12,000 visible tombstones packed onto uneven, centuries-layered ground, entered from Široká 3 — the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe still in its original location, in use from the 15th century until 1787. Rabbi Loew's grave, the most visited, is often covered in small paper wishes tucked between the stones. One ticket (600 CZK) covers this plus five other Jewish Museum sites, but not the separately-ticketed Old-New Synagogue. Closed Saturdays and Jewish holidays; hours run to 16:30 in winter and later into the evening from spring to autumn. The uneven historic ground means it is not wheelchair accessible.
A former military barracks turned open-air cultural courtyard — sandbox, beach volleyball, a mini lookout tower, a summer cinema and a bar, all weather-dependent. As of the 2025 reopening only the outdoor courtyard runs; the indoor halls are still closed. Open Monday–Friday from 13:00 and weekends from 10:00, both until 23:30, but it shuts early if it rains.
Vyšehrad Fortress & nearby — a sights day
A fortress park on a river-bend cliff with a fraction of the castle's crowds. The Slavín cemetery holds Dvořák, Čapek and most of the country's other cultural names under one shared monument; the ramparts beyond it give the best open view of the Vltava's curve in the city. Half a day is enough, which makes it an easy pairing with a light morning or evening elsewhere.
- 07:4008:00Check out of your stayUsually due by 10:00–12:00 — most stays hold your bags if you ask.
- 08:0008:30BreakfastSuggested
- 08:3009:45
Historic siteVyšehrad75 minThe fortified park and ramparts are free to enter year-round and give the widest open view of the Vltava's bend in the city. The grounds themselves are stated barrier-free, though the approach up the hill and the historic cobbling need extra care. The Leopold Gate infocentre, where paid tours are booked, keeps shorter hours — roughly 10:00–12:00 and 13:00–18:00.
Step-freefortressviewpointriver viewclosed this day — verify before going - 09:45~5 min walkroute
- 10:0010:20Historic siteSlavín20 min
The shared national monument holding Dvořák, Smetana and most of the country's other cultural names, free to visit as part of the fortress grounds. It's an open-air memorial cloister, not a museum — quiet contemplation rather than a ticketed stop.
cemeteryfamous graveshistoric - 10:20~5 min walkroute
- 10:3511:20Historic siteVyšehradské kasematy45 min
A 45-minute guided walk through the fortress's underground corridors to the Gorlice hall, where the original Baroque statues from Charles Bridge are kept out of the weather. Timed tours run through the day in Czech and English — book at the Leopold Gate infocentre or online rather than expecting to walk straight in.
fortresshistoricunderground - 11:20~5 min walkroute
- 11:3511:50ChurchRotunda svatého Martina15 min
Prague's oldest surviving rotunda, built in the late 11th century and still used for regular Mass. The exterior can be viewed anytime within the free grounds; going inside needs prior arrangement through the Vyšehrad Chapter rather than a walk-up ticket.
churchhistoricromanesque - 11:50~15 min walkroute
- 12:0513:05LunchSuggested
- 13:0514:20MuseumStaropramen Visitor Centre75 min
Closed Sundays and Mondays. The working Staropramen brewery, founded 1869, runs a roughly 50-minute guided multimedia tour ending with a beer tasting. Tours run in Czech and English through the day and need advance booking online — don't just show up expecting a slot.
brewerybeerlocal institution - 14:20~5 min walkroute
- 14:3514:50LandmarkZlatý anděl15 min
The curved glass office-and-retail building at Anděl junction, completed in 2000 by architect Jean Nouvel, with a large angel image serigraphed onto its corner facade — a nod to a 19th-century building of the same name that stood here until it was demolished in 1980 for the metro. It's a free exterior photo stop rather than a ticketed sight: the building itself is offices and shops, with no visitor program inside.
Step-freelandmarkart nouveaupublic art - 14:50~10 min walkroute
- 15:0515:35ViewpointHořejší nábřeží30 min
The Smíchov-side embankment where Kampa park's southern tip gives way to the Anděl district — a free, open riverside promenade with joggers, cyclists and views across the Vltava. It's the walk you'd take to reach the Dětský ostrov footbridge a little further north along the same bank.
riversideriver walkwalk - 15:35~10 min walkroute
- 15:5016:50ParkDětský ostrov60 min
A small, free, car-free island in the Vltava reached only by a footbridge from Janáčkovo nábřeží, on the Smíchov riverbank just south of Kampa. It's a genuine playground island — age-grouped play equipment, a football pitch, a basketball/volleyball court, and a restaurant on the southern end. Hours vary seasonally and aren't published consistently, so treat it as a daytime-into-evening stop rather than checking a fixed closing time.
islandplaygroundfamily friendlyclosed this day — verify before going - 17:3018:45DinnerSuggested
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The pub credited with pouring Prague's first glass of Pilsner Urquell in 1843, spread over several rooms across three floors just off Wenceslas Square. The lunch menu runs 11:30–14:00; like most pivnice it may run your order as a running tally rather than billing round by round, so keep track of what you've had.
A grand, high-ceilinged corner restaurant right on náměstí Míru serving Czech regional cooking and dumplings from mid-morning to midnight most nights. There's a vegetarian option on the menu, though it's a short list — this is a meat-and-dumplings kitchen at heart. Cards accepted.
The neo-Gothic basilica anchoring náměstí Míru, finished in 1892 and raised to basilica minor status in 2022. It's open to visitors Monday–Saturday 11:00–16:00 and Sunday 08:30–12:00 and 15:30–17:30 — outside those windows the doors are given over to Mass, so time a visit around them rather than any hour you like.
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