{"id":1302267,"date":"2026-09-26T18:06:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302267"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:27","slug":"czech-republic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/czech-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Czech Republic country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"The best-value beer in Europe, a capital that survived the war intact, and a country most people never see beyond it. Prague deserves the crowds; Brno and Olomouc deserve more than they get.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302269","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac12 | Dorm bed, from\r\n\u20ac1.80 | A half-litre of beer\r\n142L | Beer drunk per person per year, the world record\r\n2.5h | Prague to Brno by train","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Prague, and the country it hides","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Prague was barely bombed, which is why it looks the way it does: a thousand years of architecture standing where it was built, from Romanesque cellars to Gothic spires to the art nouveau that followed. It is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and it is very busy, particularly in the old town square and on the Charles Bridge between ten and six.\r\n\r\nThe trick is timing rather than avoidance. The bridge at six in the morning is empty and worth setting an alarm for. Vinohrady, \u017di\u017ekov and Karl\u00edn are residential districts with the city's best bars and no tour groups at all.\r\n\r\nOutside the capital, the country empties out. Brno is a student city with a fraction of Prague's prices, Olomouc has a UNESCO column and almost no visitors, \u010cesk\u00fd Krumlov is a miniature Prague on a river bend, and the beer towns of Plze\u0148 and \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice are where two of the world's most copied lagers come from.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Language | Czech. English is widely spoken in Prague, less so elsewhere\r\nCurrency | Czech koruna (CZK), not the euro\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Safe throughout\r\nTipping | Round up or 10%. Tell the server the total as you pay\r\nBeer | Cheaper than water in many pubs, and that is not a joke\r\nHow long to stay | Three days for Prague, five to add Brno or \u010cesk\u00fd Krumlov\r\nBest months | May, June and September","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Trains and buses are cheap and quick, and nothing is more than four hours from Prague.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Prague | The castle, the bridge, the astronomical clock, and a bar scene that has outgrown the stag parties. |  | 1302495 | Great place to see and explore, and roam around, specially for walking and enjoying many things | \nBrno | The second city: students, functionalist architecture, and the best coffee in the country. |  | 1302496 | Lovely place! We would definitely come back. Small and chill but still enough entertainment for three nights, four days. | \n\u010cesk\u00fd Krumlov | A medieval town wrapped in a river bend, with a castle above it. Stay the night, after the day trips leave. |  | 1302497 |  | \nOlomouc | A baroque university town with a UNESCO column, cheap beer and almost no tourists. |  | 1302498 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Czechia is a city-break and beer country with more hiking than anyone expects.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"City break | blue | city | Three or four days, one city, everything walkable. | Charles Bridge at 06:00; Prague Castle grounds, which are free; A pub with no English menu | Mal\u00e1 Strana; Vinohrady; Brno centre | Prague; Brno; Olomouc | city-break\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | The cheapest drinking in Europe, and not only beer. | A traditional pub with communal tables; Brno cocktail bars; A \u017di\u017ekov crawl | \u017di\u017ekov; Vinohrady; Brno's Zeln\u00fd trh | Prague; Brno | nightlife\nCulture | purple | culture | A thousand years of architecture, and twentieth-century history. | Prague Castle and St Vitus; The Communism Museum; Villa Tugendhat in Brno | Prague Castle; Villa Tugendhat; Kutn\u00e1 Hora ossuary | Prague; Brno | culture\nBudget | teal | coin | One of the cheapest countries in the EU. | Lunch menus for \u20ac6; Beer at \u20ac1.80; Free castle grounds and viewpoints | Prague; Brno; Olomouc | Prague; Brno; Olomouc | budget-travel\nAdventure | green | backpack | Sandstone towns and forests nobody outside the country visits. | Hike Bohemian Switzerland; Cycle the Elbe route; Climb in Adr\u0161pach | Bohemian Switzerland; Adr\u0161pach rocks; \u0160umava | Prague; Brno | adventure\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Heavy, cheap, and better than its reputation in the cities. | Sv\u00ed\u010dkov\u00e1 in a pub; Trdeln\u00edk, which is not Czech but is everywhere; Brno's modern restaurants | Prague markets; Brno's food scene; Plze\u0148 brewery | Prague; Brno | food","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Prague Castle is the largest ancient castle complex in the world and the grounds are free \u2014 you only pay to enter St Vitus Cathedral and the specific buildings. Go early or late, and walk down through Mal\u00e1 Strana afterwards rather than fighting up through it.\r\n\r\nThe Charles Bridge is the postcard and is genuinely lovely at dawn, when the statues are lit and there is nobody on it. By eleven it is a slow-moving crowd. The astronomical clock's hourly show is famously underwhelming and worth seeing once anyway, from a distance.\r\n\r\nDay trips are excellent and cheap: Kutn\u00e1 Hora's bone chapel, Terez\u00edn, the fortress town used as a Nazi ghetto, and \u010cesk\u00fd Krumlov, which needs an overnight to see properly.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Castle grounds | Free. Only the cathedral and buildings are ticketed\r\nCharles Bridge | At dawn or after midnight. Any other time is a queue\r\nKutn\u00e1 Hora | An hour by train, and the ossuary is unlike anything else\r\nFree museums | Many national museums have free or discounted days monthly","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating and drinking in the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Czech beer is the cheapest good beer anywhere: \u20ac1.50 to \u20ac2.50 for a half-litre of Pilsner Urquell or Kozel in a proper pub, less outside Prague. Pubs serve it tank-fresh, and ordering is simple \u2014 hold up fingers and it keeps arriving until you put a beer mat on your glass.\r\n\r\nFood is heavy and designed for it: sv\u00ed\u010dkov\u00e1, beef in cream sauce with dumplings; goulash with bread dumplings; roast pork with cabbage. Lunch menus in pubs run \u20ac5 to \u20ac8 for soup and a main and are what office workers eat.\r\n\r\nTrdeln\u00edk, the sugared chimney cake sold all over Prague's old town, is not Czech and never was. Eat it anyway if you want, but not under the impression that it is traditional.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Beer | \u20ac1.50\u20132.50 a half-litre, less outside Prague\r\nLunch menu | \u20ac5\u20138 for soup and a main in a pub\r\nOrdering | A beer mat on your glass means stop. Otherwise they keep coming\r\nTrdeln\u00edk | Not Czech. Sold everywhere regardless","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Prague's nightlife divides sharply between the old town, which is stag parties and overpriced clubs, and the residential districts, which is where the city actually drinks. \u017di\u017ekov claims the most pubs per capita in Europe; Vinohrady and Karl\u00edn have the cocktail bars and the craft beer.\r\n\r\nBeer is so cheap that a night out costs what two drinks cost in Amsterdam, and the traditional pubs \u2014 communal tables, no music, a waiter marking your tab on a slip of paper \u2014 are the experience worth having.\r\n\r\nBrno has 90,000 students and a genuinely good cocktail scene that punches well above the city's size. Olomouc is cheaper again.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Where locals drink | \u017di\u017ekov, Vinohrady and Karl\u00edn, not the old town\r\nPrices | A beer \u20ac1.50\u20132.50, a cocktail \u20ac6\u20139\r\nTraditional pubs | Communal tables, a paper tab, no music. Do it once\r\nAvoid | Old town clubs with touts outside and unmarked drink prices","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"RegioJet and \u010cesk\u00e9 dr\u00e1hy run comfortable, cheap trains, and RegioJet's buses are often better still \u2014 Prague to Brno for around \u20ac10, with a steward and free coffee. Book online a few days ahead for the lowest fares.\r\n\r\nPrague's public transport is excellent and cheap: three metro lines, trams that run all night, and a 24-hour ticket for about \u20ac6. Tram 22 passes most of the sights and costs the same as any other ride.\r\n\r\nFor day trips, trains reach Kutn\u00e1 Hora, Plze\u0148 and Terez\u00edn easily. \u010cesk\u00fd Krumlov is better by bus, at about three hours from Prague.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Prague\u2013Brno | About \u20ac10 by RegioJet bus or train, 2.5 hours\r\nCity transport | 24-hour ticket for about \u20ac6. Validate on boarding\r\nNight trams | Run all night in Prague, roughly every 30 minutes\r\nTram 22 | Passes most of the major sights for the price of a normal fare","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What the Czech Republic costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"This is one of the cheapest countries in the EU and Prague is the cheapest major capital in central Europe after Budapest. Dorms start around \u20ac12, a pub lunch is \u20ac6, a beer is under \u20ac2, and intercity travel costs less than a taxi across a western city.\r\n\r\nPrague charges a tourist premium in the old town and almost nowhere else. Walk fifteen minutes into Vinohrady or \u017di\u017ekov and prices halve for better food.\r\n\r\nThe koruna is the currency, not the euro. Exchange booths in the old town are notorious for poor rates and hidden commissions \u2014 use a bank ATM, decline the machine's conversion, and never change money on the street.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac12, more over New Year\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac35\u201350\r\nA beer | Under \u20ac2 outside the old town\r\nMoney | Koruna, not euros. Avoid old town exchange booths entirely","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Prague is a safe city with very low violent crime. What it has is a well-developed set of tourist scams concentrated in a few hundred metres of the old town.\r\n\r\nThe main ones: exchange booths advertising rates that turn out to apply only to large sums, taxis that quote absurd fares from Wenceslas Square, and bars where touts lead you in and the bill arrives inflated. Use bank ATMs, book cars on Bolt or Uber, and ignore anyone handing out flyers.\r\n\r\nPickpocketing happens on the Charles Bridge, on tram 22 and in the metro at peak times. Beyond that, ordinary caution is enough, including at night.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112\r\nExchange booths | The commonest rip-off in the city. Use bank ATMs\r\nTaxis | Bolt or Uber. Never hail near Wenceslas Square\r\nTram 22 and the bridge | The two busiest pickpocket spots","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"The Czech Republic is in the Schengen area but not the eurozone. EU citizens need an ID card; UK, US, Canadian and Australian passport holders get 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen zone.\r\n\r\nPassports need three months' validity beyond departure and to have been issued within the last ten years. ETIAS has been delayed repeatedly \u2014 check the official EU site.\r\n\r\nPublic transport tickets must be validated when you board, and inspectors are frequent and unsympathetic. An unvalidated ticket counts as no ticket and the on-the-spot fine is substantial.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Schengen | 90 days in any 180 across the whole zone\r\nNot the euro | Koruna. Cards accepted widely, including small pubs\r\nPassport validity | Three months beyond departure, issued within ten years\r\nValidate tickets | Inspectors are frequent. Unvalidated means unticketed","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"Prague works all year and looks best in two opposite conditions: May greenery and December snow. Summer is hot, busy and the least comfortable time in the old town.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Prague. Winters are properly cold and the country is landlocked, so temperatures swing further than in coastal Europe.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 2 | 2 | Cold and cheap, and the castle in snow is worth it\r\nFebruary | 4 | 1 | The quietest month of the year\r\nMarch | 9 | 2 | Thawing, cheap, and the crowds have not returned\r\nApril | 15 | 3 | Excellent. Easter markets in the old town square\r\nMay | 20 | 4 | The best month. Beer gardens open, city green\r\nJune | 23 | 4 | Warm and busy. Long evenings on the river\r\nJuly | 25 | 5 | Peak and hot. Old town is uncomfortable at midday\r\nAugust | 25 | 5 | Still peak, and locals leave the city\r\nSeptember | 20 | 3 | Superb. Warm days, thinner crowds, beer festivals\r\nOctober | 13 | 2 | Cool and golden. Best value of the year\r\nNovember | 6 | 1 | Grey and cheap\r\nDecember | 2 | 4 | Christmas markets, mulled wine, and a New Year spike","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, at Czech prices.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Prices are in koruna locally; these are euro equivalents. Intercity buses and trains are \u20ac8\u201312 a leg.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5\r\nMiddle of the road | 20 | 22 | 5 | 12\r\nComfortable | 34 | 38 | 8 | 20","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Prague fills over Christmas and New Year. The rest of the calendar is cheap and worth timing around.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"czech-republic","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/czech-republic\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Masopust | February | Nationwide | Czech carnival: parades, masks and a great deal of pork. |  | \nPrague Spring | May and June | Prague | One of Europe's oldest classical music festivals, since 1946. |  | \nBurning of the Witches | 30 April | Nationwide | Bonfires across the country to see off winter. |  | \nColours of Ostrava | July | Ostrava | A major music festival in a former steelworks, which is a setting worth the trip. |  | \nPilsner Fest | October | Plze\u0148 | Where the beer was invented, celebrating the beer. |  | \nChristmas markets | Late November to early January | Prague \u00b7 Brno | Old Town Square under lights, and the busiest weeks of the Prague year. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Prague has the most; staying in Vinohrady or \u017di\u017ekov is cheaper and better than the old town.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in the Czech Republic","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/czech-republic\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"56","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Czech Republic travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How many days do you need in Prague? | Three is enough for the castle, the old town, the bridge and a couple of neighbourhoods. Five days lets you add Kutn\u00e1 Hora, \u010cesk\u00fd Krumlov or Brno, all cheap and easy by train or bus.\r\nIs Prague cheap? | Among the cheapest capitals in the EU. Dorms from \u20ac12, a pub lunch at \u20ac6, a beer under \u20ac2 outside the old town. A full day runs \u20ac35 to \u20ac50 without economising.\r\nWhere should I stay in Prague? | Vinohrady or \u017di\u017ekov rather than the old town. Both are ten to fifteen minutes from the centre by tram, considerably cheaper, and where the good bars and restaurants actually are.\r\nDoes the Czech Republic use the euro? | No, the koruna. Avoid exchange booths in the old town, which are notorious for poor rates and hidden commissions \u2014 use a bank ATM and decline the machine's currency conversion.\r\nIs Czech beer really that cheap? | Yes. A half-litre of Pilsner Urquell is \u20ac1.50 to \u20ac2.50 in a normal pub, and cheaper outside Prague. The country drinks more beer per person than anywhere in the world.\r\nWhen should I see the Charles Bridge? | Before seven in the morning or after midnight. Between ten and six it is a slow-moving crowd, and the statues and the castle view are wasted on it.\r\nIs there anything worth seeing outside Prague? | A great deal, and almost nobody goes. Brno for students and architecture, Olomouc for baroque and cheap beer, \u010cesk\u00fd Krumlov for a miniature medieval town, and Plze\u0148 for the brewery where pilsner was invented.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across the Czech Republic \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_country_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in the Czech Republic | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/czech-republic\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_country_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_country_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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