Prague Map and planner Guide Routes ENRU

Prague in three days

The short list, ordered so each day holds together and the river is crossed as little as possible.

Open in the planner →
Old Town Square
Photograph: A.Savin / FAL

Day 1

Starts from Old Town Square · 5h 40m at the sights, 29m travelling · 2.3 km

Areas: Staré Město

  1. Old Town Square — The medieval square the city turns around, ringed by gabled houses (45m)
  2. Prague astronomical clock — The 1410 clock on the Old Town Hall, with the apostles on the hour (30m)
  3. Church of Our Lady before Týn — The twin black spires over the Old Town Square (40m)
  4. Church of St. James the Greater — A baroque basilica with the best organ in the city, and a mummified arm (40m)
  5. Powder Tower — The Gothic gate where the coronation route began (30m)
  6. Municipal House — Art nouveau at full volume, with a concert hall inside (1h)
  7. House of the Black Madonna — The only cubist department store in the world, with a cubist cafe upstairs (50m)
  8. Charles Bridge — Thirty baroque statues on a fourteenth-century stone bridge (45m)

Day 2

Starts from Old Town Square · 6h 10m at the sights, 31m travelling · 4.1 km

Areas: Hradčany

  1. Prague Castle — The largest ancient castle complex in the world, on the ridge above the river (3h)
  2. St. Vitus Cathedral — The Gothic cathedral inside the castle, with the crown jewels and Mucha's window (1h 15m)
  3. Golden Lane — A row of tiny cottages built into the castle wall (40m)
  4. Strahov Monastery — A hilltop abbey with two of the great baroque library halls (1h 15m)

Day 3

Starts from Old Town Square · 7h 10m at the sights, 1h 05m travelling · 7.2 km

Areas: Malá Strana, Josefov, Nové Město

  1. Malá Strana — Baroque palaces and steep lanes between the bridge and the castle (1h 30m)
  2. St. Nicholas Church (Malá Strana) — The finest baroque church in the city, with a 70-metre dome (45m)
  3. Kampa Island — An island under the Charles Bridge, with a mill wheel and a park (45m)
  4. Petřín Lookout Tower — A sixty-metre iron lookout on the hill, built for the 1891 exhibition (1h)
  5. Josefov — The former Jewish quarter: six synagogues and the old cemetery (2h)
  6. Old New Synagogue — The oldest working synagogue in Europe, built around 1270 (40m)
  7. Wenceslas Square — Not a square but a boulevard, and the stage for 1968 and 1989 (30m)