3 days in Prague: an itinerary built round the bookings

In this guide

💡 The Short Version: Day 1: Prague Castle at 9:00 (the Main circuit is CZK 450, valid two days), then Malá Strana, the funicular and Petřín. Day 2: the Old Town Hall at 9:00, the Jewish Quarter (CZK 600, closed Saturdays), the Clementinum and a river cruise. Day 3: Kutná Hora by train, or the Pilsner Urquell Experience and a concert. Only the Clementinum needs booking ahead: its e-tickets are released every Monday for the following two weeks. Or book a tour: the Castle tour with a local guide and entryad (from £44.30, 2½ hours) and the Jewish Quarter walking tour with admissionad (from £56.23, 2½ hours) include a guide.

Before you go: what to book

The Prague Visitor Pass does not pay back for this plan. The paid sights above, the Castle, Old Town Hall with the lift, Jewish Museum, Petřín with the Mirror Maze, Old Town Bridge Tower and Clementinum, come to about CZK 2,430, and a 72-hour transport ticket adds CZK 340, against CZK 3,300 for the 72-hour pass. The pass beats buying separately only from about nine paid entries.

Fitting the plan to your dates

• Keep Saturday for something else. The Jewish Museum is closed every Saturday and on Jewish holidays, so put Day 2 on any other day. The Old-New Synagogue usually closes an hour before Shabbat on Fridays.
• On a Sunday, St Vitus Cathedral opens at 12:00, so start Day 1 in the Old Royal Palace and the other buildings and leave the Cathedral to last.
• From 18 October the Jewish Museum closes at 16:30, and from 1 November the Castle’s buildings close at 16:00 and the Castle Gardens close for the winter: start both days early.
• Book the Clementinum first. Tickets for a tour two weeks ahead appear on a Monday and the tours are limited, with no guaranteed sale at the door.
• In December, the Christmas markets on Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square run from 28 November 2026 to 6 January 2027: see Prague Christmas markets.
• Tram and train works change some routes in October: see Prague public transport for the fares and the dates.

Day 1: Prague Castle, Malá Strana and Petřín

Prague Castle

Buildings 9:00 to 17:00 · Main circuit CZK 450 · valid two days · each building once

The Main circuit is the Old Royal Palace, St George’s Basilica, Golden Lane and St Vitus Cathedral, and each building can be entered once while the ticket lasts. The Old Royal Palace reopened to visitors on 2 October 2026 after a month shut. The grounds are open and free from 6:00 to 22:00, and only the buildings are ticketed (Prague Castle). The Castle sells its tickets in its information centres and names GetYourGuide as its online seller: the Official Entry Ticketad is from £15.68, which is CZK 450 at face value (4.4 stars from 21,784 reviews). An audio guide is CZK 350. The Castle tour with a local guide and entryad is from £44.30 (4.7 stars from 11,883 reviews, 2½ hours).

Prague Castle and St Vitus Cathedral above Malá Strana, seen across the Vltava. Photo: M.Rejha, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Malá Strana

On foot · downhill from the Castle · free

Leave by Nerudova, the street that climbs to the Castle, and walk down through Malá Strana to the river. Where to stay in Prague lists the hotels here, with the ones that have no lift.

Nerudova street, the cobbled climb between Malá Strana and the Castle. Photo: Øyvind Holmstad, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Petřín and the funicular

Funicular 07:00 to 22:15 · CZK 100 single · tower CZK 250 · tower and Mirror Maze CZK 300

The funicular from Újezd to Petřín reopened on 22 September 2026 after about two years shut. A single ride is CZK 100 (CZK 90 in the app), and it is free with a 24-hour or 72-hour ticket (DPP). The tower, built for the Jubilee Exhibition of 1891, is 58.7 m high with 299 steps; the lift to the platform is CZK 150. In October the tower is open 9:00 to 18:00, and from November 10:00 to 18:00 (Prague City Tourism). GetYourGuide’s Petřín Tower and Mirror Maze ticketad is from £10.22 (4.3 stars from 2,838 reviews), against CZK 300 (about £10.40) at the tower.

Charles Bridge

Free to walk · towers CZK 250 each, CZK 340 for both

Walking the bridge needs no ticket. The Old Town Bridge Tower is CZK 250 with 138 steps, and the combined ticket for both bridge towers is CZK 340; in October and November the towers are open 10:00 to 18:00, and the first hour is half price (Prague City Tourism). GetYourGuide’s combined ticketad is from £12.78 (4.5 stars from 805 reviews), about 9% above the official price. St Nicholas Bell Tower, in Malá Strana, is due to reopen on 6 October 2026.

Day 2: the Old Town, the Jewish Quarter and the river

The Old Town Hall and the clock

Daily 9:00 to 20:00 · CZK 350 plus CZK 100 for the lift · half price in the first hour

Be there at 9:00: the first hour after opening is half price, and the twelve apostles appear in the clock’s windows every hour. The tower is CZK 350 at the door plus CZK 100 for the lift, and the online skip-the-line ticket is CZK 450 for the tower only. A guided tour of the interiors, the chapel, state rooms and Romanesque-Gothic underground, is CZK 150 extra on the day, and a tour of the underground alone CZK 100 (Prague City Tourism). GetYourGuide’s tower ticketad is from £15.34 (4.5 stars from 7,681 reviews), the same as the online price.

Old Town Square, with the towers of the Týn Church beyond the Jan Hus Memorial. Photo: Slyronit, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Jewish Quarter

9:00 to 18:00 to 17 October, 9:00 to 16:30 from 18 October · CZK 600 · closed Saturdays

One ticket, CZK 600, covers the Maisel, Pinkas, Klausen, Spanish and Old-New synagogues and the Old Jewish Cemetery, and the museum puts a visit to all of them at 2 to 3 hours. Ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing (Jewish Museum). The GetYourGuide Jewish Quarter walking tour with admissionad is from £56.23 (4.7 stars from 4,447 reviews, 2½ hours), which is a guide for about CZK 1,000 more than the ticket alone. Its Jewish Quarter ticketad is from £40.90 (4.5 stars from 1,239 reviews), about double the museum’s CZK 600 (about £20.80), and adds a 20-minute introduction in English before you explore alone.

The Clementinum

Daily 9:00 to 20:00 · CZK 380 · a 45-minute guided tour · e-tickets only

The tour goes through the Baroque Library, which you may view but not enter, the Meridian Hall and the 68 m Astronomical Tower. Tickets are released every Monday for the following two weeks, and Prague City Tourism is the only official seller; the first two morning tours, 9:00 in English and 9:30 in Czech, are half price (Prague City Tourism).

A cruise

About 50 minutes · from £15.34

Vltava river cruises compared sets the boats side by side. GetYourGuide’s 50-minute evening cruisead is from £15.34 (4.2 stars from 43,022 reviews).

Day 3: a day trip, or beer and a concert

Kutná Hora by train

A train from Praha hlavní nádraží · 51 to 56 minutes · about CZK 332 return · entries CZK 400

Czech Railways trains run from the main station to Kutná Hora hlavní nádraží in 51 to 56 minutes. The Sedlec Ossuary is on timed tickets, with no photography, and the parish says entry cannot be guaranteed without a reservation (sedlec.info). The ossuary with Sedlec Cathedral is CZK 220 and St Barbara’s CZK 180. On a tour, GetYourGuide’s Kutná Hora tour with the Bone Chapelad is from £58.79 (4.6 stars from 2,518 reviews, 6 hours). Day trips from Prague compares the others, including Kutná Hora and Karlštejn, a half-day by train.

Or stay in town: beer, then a concert

Pilsner Urquell Experience 11:00 to 20:30 · Original Tour CZK 579 · a concert from £26.13

The Pilsner Urquell Experience, at 28. října 13, runs the Original Tour in 60 to 90 minutes and includes two more beers in the Beer Hall; it is open daily from 11:00 to 20:30, and closed on 25 December and 1 January (Pilsner Urquell Experience). GetYourGuide’s ticketad is from £18.15, usually £20.17 (4.7 stars from 4,160 reviews), against CZK 579 (about £20.10). Prague beer tours compares the rest. For the evening, classical concerts in Prague lists the venues, and the Mirror Chapel concertad is from £26.13 (4.7 stars from 6,328 reviews, 1 hour).

If you have more time

With less, Prague in one day picks the sights for one day. With more, a fourth day buys a longer trip: Český Krumlov and Karlovy Vary go by bus, Dresden and Bohemian Switzerland cross the border, and Terezín is the memorial north of the city. A spare hour on metro C goes to Vyšehrad, a free fortress above the river. For the evening on any of the days, see Prague ghost tours and the medieval dinner, and for tables worth booking, where to eat in Prague; for a food tour, Prague food tours compared. For the dates, see best time to visit Prague.

For the airport, see Prague Airport to the city centre; for the fares, Prague public transport; for where to sleep, where to stay in Prague and hotels near Old Town Square; and for every booking and how far ahead, what to book before you go in Prague.

Common questions

Is 3 days enough for Prague?

Enough for Prague Castle and Malá Strana, the Old Town with the Jewish Quarter, and either a day trip such as Kutná Hora or a day of the beer experience and a concert. A fourth day buys a second trip, such as Karlštejn by train.

What should I book for 3 days in Prague?

Only the Clementinum tour needs booking ahead: its e-tickets are released every Monday for the following two weeks. The Castle's Main circuit (CZK 450, valid two days), the Old Town Hall tower and the Jewish Museum (CZK 600) can be bought on the day, and the Jewish Museum is closed on Saturdays.

Is the Prague Visitor Pass worth it for 3 days?

Not for this plan. The paid sights in it come to about CZK 2,430, and a 72-hour public transport ticket adds CZK 340, against CZK 3,300 for the 72-hour pass. The pass needs about nine paid entries to beat buying separately.

What are the opening hours for Prague Castle in October and November?

The historical buildings are open 9:00 to 17:00 until 31 October and 9:00 to 16:00 from 1 November. St Vitus Cathedral opens at 12:00 on Sundays.