Skip the Line: Prague Castle Ticket and Introductory Overview
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Skip the Line: Prague Castle Ticket and Introductory Overview
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Lines at Prague Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral can stretch on for a long time. With your skip-the-line admission ticket, you avoid the crowds and visit the highlights of the Prague Castle complex without a wait. Explore Old Royal Palace, St. George's Basilica, Golden Lane, and Daliborka Tower at your own pace. Plus, receive a short introduction about the Prague Castle complex that reveals info you may otherwise have missed.
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Duration: 20m
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Live guide: English
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Highlights
- Avoid the line at Prague Castle with a skip-the-line ticket
- Explore at your own pace
- Enjoy a short introduction about the the Prague Castle complex
- Admire the stained glass windows at St. Vitus Cathedral
- Skip the line for buying an admission ticket to the Prague Castle complex
- 20 minutes introduction (in English) about your admission ticket and orientation inside the castle
- Admission ticket to the Old Royal Palace, Basilic of St. George, Golden Lane and St. Vitus Cathedral
- Orientation map
- Entry/Admission - Prague Castle
What's not included- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Tour guide (except Introduction)
- Armed with your skip-the-line admission ticket, you'll avoid the long lines in Prague Castle and visit the many highlights in the 9th-century complex without a wait. Bypass the crowds to visit the grand St. Vitus Cathedral and admire the stained glass windows. Stop by the 10th-century Old Royal Palace, the seat of Bohemian kings. Explore St. George's Basilica, with its distinct red exterior and various architectural styles. Continue on to the Golden Lane, with small houses in bright colors that historically housed guards, goldsmiths, and writers. Make sure to see Daliborka Tower, a former prison.
- Wheelchair accessible
- Pushchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 9396P4- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not recommended for travellers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travellers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travellers can participate
- It is strongly advised to enter the Prague castle complex from side entrance of the tram station named (Pražský hrad). You will save a lot of time.
- IMPORTANT Prague Castle complex is a Presidential office, therefore certain buildings may be closed for operational or state-ceremonial reasons. Change of opening hours may occur due to operational or state-ceremonial reasons Refunds will not be issued during such partial closures or due to change of opening hours.
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 9396P4
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- ianfS88ZO0 contributionsVery informative way of learning about the Czech RepublicVery enjoyable way to get an informative history of the Czech Republic in the 20th century. That was the main reason for our visit, and it didn't disappoint. Only minor issue for me would be the lack of signage and the direction pamphlet. Maybe it was just me!!Written 27 January 2025
- BangorLocal0 contributionsChime chime chimeSet in the old town ornate clock. The chimes were a bit difficult to see as only the heads move on some and the Skelton pulls a rope. Lift to the top worth the money. Great views over the square and city.Written 22 January 2025
- Natasa8880 contributionsVery nice inside of museum, but more for the family with kids.It is big, but you have place to sit if you get tiredThe inside of museum is magnificent, but the exhibition is an average for me, this is more for the family with kids-kids would love it!But still nice to see everything..since I like history, that wasn't bad made, and also the exhibition of evolution of animals. I didn't like that there is no written direction where to go, so you are trying to not skip anything, and in the middle of that was one store with museum staff, they could put it at the end, like they did with the smaller one( the smaller is on good place, but too small).Written 14 January 2025
- 410ellislewis880 contributionsBrilliant tourWe had a great tour with Michea. Very informative and highly funny, was a shame when our tour of the Castle complex ended. Loved our included tram ride, two birds with one stone.Written 14 January 2025
- 85skylerg0 contributionsAwesome Tour Guide, Perfect Bite Sized information of Czech history and culture both modern and gothicThis tour was excellent! It gave a good quick overview of modern and historical Czech culture and customs without staying too long on one thing. Our tour guide Veronica was wonderful not only with historical information but also cared enough to introduce us to the tram system and made sure we used our time effectively! If this is your first trip to Prague I definitely recommend!Written 1 January 2025
- Wanderer427320130530 contributionsWonderfulLovely few hours spent here, definitely recommend if museums are your cup of tea. Beautiful inside and out with so much to learn.Written 1 January 2025
- A S0 contributionsYou WON'T skip any queues with this oneAvoid. This company has no agreement with the castle and cathedral staff so you won't be able to skip any queues. In fact on the day we went the queue was unusually long and we had to wait with the guide for an hour in the cold. We also had to wait 30 min while the guide was getting us some extra tickets because the company didn't give her enough. The guide was a very nice young woman (likely first job after highschool) and none of it was her fault. When other people started getting angry at her for having to wait so long the only thing she could do was find another guide from the same company who was in the same situation as her. Very obvious that the company that organised this trip set these guides for failure with lack of support and resources.Written 30 December 2024
- xygb7dklt0 contributionsInformative and reflectiveOur bus dropped us off near the river and we trekked up streets to the Old-New Synagogue, the oldest functioning synagogue in Europe, went inside and down some steps. Our guide gave a brief explanation then we walked out and along some more streets to the Pinkas Synagogue with 80,000 names written on the walls. They all belong to Czech Jews who never returned from the concentration camps after WWII. On exiting, we walked up some steps to the Old Jewish Cemetery, one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Exiting by the gate, we walked to the Jerusalem Synagogue and entered its large interior which has a high circular rosette window with the Star of David. As you exit there is a gift shop. Beside this synagogue is a small park with a bronze statue of novelist Franz Kafka. The monument depicts him sitting on the shoulders of a headless figure, in reference to the author's 1912 story “Depiction of a Struggle” (wherein the narrator leaps onto his acquaintance's back and rides him like a horse). People stop to have their photo taken holding the statue’s dangling feet which are rubbed shiny as opposed to the dark metallic figure. From here our tour group walked back towards the river and took our bus to the hotel through Prague's congested early evening traffic.Written 29 December 2024
- xygb7dklt0 contributionsA fast march with no interior accessThis Prague walking tour was part of a Viking Cruises extension. Our guide met us at the hotel at 8:30 AM and took off at high speed so we could ‘distance’ ourselves from another group. We stopped at Wenceslas Square then looped behind the Old Town Square coming out at the Astronomical Clock beside the Christmas Market. Then thru the cobblestone back streets to the Charles Bridge and across to the other side where we had “free time” for a bathroom break, coffee or shopping. Next came a climb down steps and along back streets coming out at a busy intersection with trams and cars. We managed to cross that in two groups then along a side street to a parking lot where we boarded a bus to Prague Castle. We walked into the Castle yard, but the tour did not include entrance to St. Vitus Cathedral, so we stood outside, and she droned on about the historical eras of the structure. Nor was there time for individuals to buy a ticket to enter the church. We hiked back out past the decorative guards on display and onto the bus back to the hotel by 1:30 PM. In a post-Covid world, I have noticed many of the excellent tour guides have found other employment and their replacements are not as good.Written 29 December 2024
- Shirleeee0 contributionsGreat Tour!The tour was very well organized with meeting place, check in, splitting into groups, etc. Our guide, Veronica, was very knowledgeable and experienced with these tours. She told us all about the castle and surrounding buildings as well as giving us tips on riding the trams and other hints about visiting Prague.Written 28 December 2024
- wyseowl830 contributionsPlenty to seeI visited with my friend and we bought tickets for the palace, cathedral and some of the other areas. It was good value for money, especially as you could use over 2 days in case you didn't get to see something. We went to the cathedral on the second day as the queue was enormous on our first day. My favourite area was the old street, it was really cute and you could get an idea of how they used to live. There was a lovely little shop, where we bought Christmas decorations that were much cheaper than at the markets. The castle is still used, and we managed to see the changing of the guards. My advice would be to get there early to avoid the queues!Written 26 December 2024
- EGT860 contributionsPrague National MuseumAmazing amazing amazing and the word is not self explanatory. The way describes by the visitors like 2 hrs is enough to cover this huge amazing museum but honestly based on my experience as museum lovers. This museum is totally different. It is 2 buildings connected internally as an adult I purchased ticket with 300 kc and also the same price online. I attended and the guide in the reception explains what is available and then direct me into a locker and coat rooms which you can keep your staff safely which is another good service so you can move and enjoy. I attended the Olympic museum and nothing much to see then moving to the 20th century museum which was wooow amazing to go through the history of the country and how things were moving till day this took most of my time as history lover beside it is huge information to be shared and processed. Moving to the next historical building which was another wooow on the building, feelings and atmosphere. It is another huge place to visit and explains the history of the building and the reason of the way build then you start moving in huge rooms each transfer you to the next and you can’t stop even if you are tired. Then there is a next level which will take you into the prehistory where a lot of animals display and explains what is it starting from the earth moving to the ocean. Then next is the stones and minerals which was another woooow. Then next level is to reach into the copala which is different thing to have an eye on whole Prague from the top walking on the glass. It is really worth visit and take your own time don’t rush because you will regret missing it. I recommend keeping 3-4 hrs for this visit.Written 26 December 2024
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Chrissy_and_Kev
Lichfield, UK207 contributions
We thought this was booked directly with Prague castle but it isn’t. The instructions were not clear and says you have to exchange your ticket and then meet the person with the umbrella, which is not the case. The ticket queue on the day we visited (1pm Monday 14th October) was very long, so finding the blue and white umbrellas did take time off. The intro was fine, but also purchased the audio guide which wasn’t great - it isn’t a separate handheld guide, it’s a download to your phone so if you have low battery and no headphones as we did, it was useless.
Written 16 October 2024
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Kim G
Vejle, Denmark145 contributions
Oct 2024 • Family
Get over the line! Or "a ticket to "next" all sights. We bought in the hope that we could "skip the line" with it you can not - actually not a single queue one can skip. You buy virtually just one ticket that is valid for most entrances at Prague Castle. The visit itself was OK, but none of us could see the benefit - In addition, the introduction started with the fact that you could "buy" an audioguide and which sights were NOT included in the price :/ A little practice experience, but then we know it.
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Written 21 October 2024
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Aniseedvan
Towcester, UK50 contributions
Bit underwhelmed to be honest. Absolutely zero queues for anything so the ticket didn’t save us any time.
The talk was ok but was a good 20-25 mins and everyone was getting cold!
The ticket is valid for two days but you only have one entrance to each of the four places you can be admitted to.
The cathedral had a portion closed for organ renovation - I suspect this will be the case for a good while yet.
The talk was ok but was a good 20-25 mins and everyone was getting cold!
The ticket is valid for two days but you only have one entrance to each of the four places you can be admitted to.
The cathedral had a portion closed for organ renovation - I suspect this will be the case for a good while yet.
Written 9 March 2024
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Shona B
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Let's get this clear this skip the line part is NOT skip the line to the cathedral, it is a skip the line for buying tickets only you do NOT skip the line at all !!!!. Sat in a cafe writing this review as everywhere is soooooooo packed you are queuing outside in the cold for AGES !!!!! I believe this should not be put down as wheelchair accessible as actually even though there is a wheel hair lift into the Palace, which is basically a rectangular room you could not possibly take a wheelchair anywhere else, people listen up even though it says the Cathederal is free of charge online the cathedral is NOT free of charge, you get to the turnstile and tou are turned away by 2 of the most grumpiest men on planet earth rude moody shouty made a 76 year old woman cry and a 80 year old man very worried indeed. Prague Castle is beautiful on the outside but not very much to read or look at inside to be honest I wouldn't bother... whereas some museums have interactive activities or dress rooms to look like olden days etc no effort made at all and this ticket does not warrant the price very very very dissapointed pushy shovey rude and grumpy people not for me thankyou
Written 20 April 2024
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rinskevdt
Amersfoort, The Netherlands3 contributions
Do not! I had doubts about this and ultimately decided against it after other reviews. We walked to the Castle today, August 2023, 11 a.m. It was and is extremely busy, the busiest time of the year and of the day!
Upon entering I saw the museum shop on the left where we bought tickets without a single row for the equivalent of 15 euros (mother and son <16 years)!! The lines to actually enter the cathedral or palace are longer ;)
Upon entering I saw the museum shop on the left where we bought tickets without a single row for the equivalent of 15 euros (mother and son <16 years)!! The lines to actually enter the cathedral or palace are longer ;)

Written 19 August 2023
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mamakabir
kolkata27 contributions
Mar 2024 • Family
It was very useful to get skip the line tickets in Florence and Prague. I Florence we also got a tour guide who was excellent. The overview / intro at Prague Castle was also good. It can be difficult to get the rhe redemption point though. Often the person with your tickets comes later than you were asked to come and this is unnerving. Other times the place is easy to find if you know the city but not that easy when you don’t. A small gripe, however
Written 21 March 2024
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celine
Verdelot, France3 contributions
I made the mistake of booking this tour twice! I therefore requested the cancellation and reimbursement of the visit and I was still charged €72!
In addition, we noticed that the skip-the-line ticket was €6 more expensive than buying it on site even though the queue was not long at all!
We had 20 minutes of explanations provided by a person on site which did not justify this extra cost at all!
A word of advice: waiting in line for a little while and reading a summary of the castle while waiting will be much better and much cheaper!
In addition, we noticed that the skip-the-line ticket was €6 more expensive than buying it on site even though the queue was not long at all!
We had 20 minutes of explanations provided by a person on site which did not justify this extra cost at all!
A word of advice: waiting in line for a little while and reading a summary of the castle while waiting will be much better and much cheaper!

Written 20 February 2024
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Kiyo_Yana
Sagamihara, Japan1 contribution
The ticket booth was crowded, so I applied for the 10:30am session on the morning of the day. Find the blue and white umbrella 30 minutes before and talk to them to get your ticket. After that, there was a brief explanation, and then you could disband and walk around Prague Castle as you like. I'm glad it went smoothly!

Written 14 August 2023
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Dina1812
Coventry, UK40 contributions
This is a bit misleading, as the ticket only allows you to skip the line at the information centre to purchase the initial ticket. You then need to join the long queues to gain entry to each area. However, it was still worth getting this ticket, as the queue at the information centre was very long!
It was very very busy when we visited and the queues snake all over the place. Why there is no queue management / barriers to organise each queue, I don’t know?!
It was very very busy when we visited and the queues snake all over the place. Why there is no queue management / barriers to organise each queue, I don’t know?!
Written 28 December 2023
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Emy W
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Jul 2023 • Couples
When we arrived we had to figure out what to do. There were several guides and many people were present. I spoke to a guide who gave us the tickets and he was able to explain to us that we first received an introduction and that the groups were split into different languages. So we walked with the guide who gave explanations in English. Then we could go our separate ways and that was fine. We went in the morning and this is especially recommended in a busy city like Prague. We were able to visit everything about the castle in one day at our leisure.

Written 18 August 2023
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On entre à 12 h 05 avec ce billet donc on ne voit pas la relève de la garde à midi svp
Written 16 August 2020
Sorry. We didn’t have a guide but I’m sure you could get a guide at the gate where you enter. We toured it ourselves using the brochure we got at checkin
Written 8 March 2020
Acquistando il circuito a cosa comprende? Esiste qualcosa per il salta fila anche per il controllo? Grazie
Written 17 November 2019
We arrived and were told tour was canceled. No notice no explanation no apology
Written 21 September 2019
Do we have to arrive at a certain time or is the timing flexible?
Written 22 August 2019
You have to meet the guide at the indicated time (ours was 12:05) to receive your tickets.
Written 22 August 2019
Het kaartje is 2 dagen geldig. Mag daar een dag tussen zitten, bijvoorbeeld maandag en woensdag?
Written 27 May 2019
Please advise the difference between purchasing Castle tour circuit A To Castle tour circuit B, besides the price?
Written 15 May 2019
I'm going in May, deciding if a Circuit ticket is worth the expense, or if Free areas are enough. Thoughts?
Written 2 May 2019
No, get the ticket. The free areas are ok to walk around, but to get insight into the Castle , you have to have the ticket
Written 2 May 2019
Very confusing... my understanding is that I bought access to the castle (itinerary B) and at 12.05 PM there is a 15 minutes guided tour, isn't it ?
Written 23 April 2019
When you meet your guide, do they walk you to the castle. I've got our tour booked to meet at the statue of rudolfinum, have to be there 15 mins before my castle arrival time. I worked it out that it takes 14 mins to walk from the statue to the castle, so does that mean the guide takes you up there ?
Written 6 April 2022
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