Petřín Tower and funicular tickets: the tower is 250 CZK, and the funicular is running again at 100 CZK a ride

💡 The Short Version: The funicular is running again: DPP began trial operation on 22 September 2026, after about two years closed, at 100 CZK a ride, daily from 7:00 to 22:15. It is free with a 24-hour or 72-hour PID ticket and the Prague Visitor Pass. Petřín Tower is 250 CZK, and the lift to the 51 m platform is 150 CZK extra; the tower and the Mirror Maze together are 300 CZK. The climb is 299 steps. Entry is half price in the first hour after opening, and the tower is open 10:00 to 18:00 from 1 November. Or book a tour: GetYourGuide’s Petřín Tower and Mirror Maze ticketad (from £10.22) is Prague City Tourism’s own listing.

The tickets, compared

Official prices from Prague City Tourism’s Petřín Tower page and the transport company’s funicular page, converted at about CZK 28.8 to the pound. GetYourGuide prices are its lowest “from” prices. Prague City Tourism says it is the only official seller of the tower and maze tickets.

• The funicular is free with a 24-hour or 72-hour Prague ticket, a long-term pass, free-travel status and the Prague Visitor Pass. The 30-minute and 90-minute tickets do not cover it. Prague public transport has the PID fares.
• Under 6 is free at the tower and the maze, and under-15s go in only with an adult aged 18 or over.
• The lift stops at the 51 m platform. It is free to visitors with the “9 Prague Sights in 365 Days” ticket.

The Petřín Lookout Tower. Photo: Suisant7, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

How to buy

• At the tower: Prague City Tourism sells the tower, the maze and the combined tickets at its own ticket office there.
• Online: the skip-the-line ticket is sold on prague.eu through Prague City Tourism’s ticket network, and the combined ticket is also on GetYourGuide.
• The funicular: the single fare is 100 CZK, or 90 CZK if you buy it in the PID Lítačka app. Visitors with a 24-hour or 72-hour ticket just ride.
• Go in the first hour for half price. The tower opens at 9:00 until the end of October.

Tours worth paying for

Petřín is a place to go round on your own, and the combined ticket is the product worth buying. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.

The tower and the Mirror Maze

From £10.22 · 4.3 stars from 2,838 reviews · entry on the chosen date

Prague: Petřín Tower and Mirror Maze Entry Ticketad is listed on GetYourGuide by Prague City Tourism, which runs both. It is the combined 300 CZK ticket, at about 290 CZK. You enter any time in opening hours, and the lift is not included. Free cancellation.

The Mirror Maze building on Petřín. Photo: BugWarp, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What to see

Go in this order:

1. The funicular. The line is 509 m long, with three stops (Újezd at the bottom, Nebozízek in the middle and Petřín at the top), climbs 126 m and takes 3.2 minutes. The new cars, designed by Anna Marešová’s studio, have glazed sides and a glass roof, and the line has no driver, so passengers in the front can see the track. From the Nebozízek stop there is a view of Prague Castle.
2. The tower. Built for the Jubilee Exhibition of 1891 as a loose copy of the Eiffel Tower at a ratio of 1:5, 58.70 m high, with 299 steps. Its summit is at the same altitude as the real tower’s, and the view reaches nearly all of Bohemia on a clear day.
3. The Mirror Maze. In a building like a small castle near the tower. You find your way to a diorama of the Praguers’ battle against the Swedes on Charles Bridge in 1648, then through a hall of distorting mirrors.
4. The gardens. Walk down through Petřín Gardens. The Hunger Wall, which Charles IV had built in 1360 to 1362, is crossed by the funicular line, and the Church of St Lawrence is recorded from 1135. The Rose Garden, laid out in 1932, is the youngest of the gardens.

The two cars of the Petřín funicular passing. Photo: Skot, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What to skip: the lift, unless the steps are a problem. It is a separate 150 CZK, and it goes to the 51 m platform.

Hours, rules and getting there

• Every day, the tower and the maze both.
• The funicular runs daily from 7:00 to 22:15, every 10 minutes. The Prague transport company describes this as trial operation.
• Access: the tower is partly accessible. A wheelchair can use the lift only up to the 20 m platform, and a fully accessible public toilet is near the tower.
• Getting there: the funicular’s bottom stop is Újezd, in Malá Strana. Walking up Petřín is a climb, and the funicular saves it.
• Seen from the river: the hour-long Prague Steamboats cruise in the Vltava river cruises guide points out the Petřín lookout tower above Lesser Town.

The tower is free on the Prague Visitor Pass, like the Old Town Hall and the Charles Bridge towers. Prague Castle is on the same side of the river, and Vyšehrad is the other hill with a view. Across the river, the Jewish Quarter tickets guide covers the museum’s sites. For the rest of the city’s bookings, see what to book before you go in Prague. 3 days in Prague and Prague in one day build the plan round the bookings. To stay on this side of the river, where to stay in Prague compares Malá Strana with the other areas, and where to eat in Prague lists Café Savoy and other Malá Strana restaurants.