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Czechia is landlocked and hilly, 78,871 km² bordered by Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the southeast and Austria to the south, under...
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Czechia is landlocked and hilly, 78,871 km² bordered by Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the southeast and Austria to the south, under a mostly temperate continental climate.
Prague is the capital and the largest city, and it is the name most readers arrive with; Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec are the other urban centres. The country answers to three names — Czechia, the Czech Republic, and historically Bohemia, the duchy founded in the late 9th century that was recognised as an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became a kingdom in 1198.
Checked 2026-08-25
Every city catalogued in this country so far, ranked by how much there is to see.
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Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.
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DOX
DOX is a centre for contemporary art located in Prague, Czech Republic. It operates as a private institution focused on presenting modern visual culture across multiple disciplines.
Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum v Praze
The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague is devoted to decorative and applied arts. It considers designed and made objects through materials, craftsmanship, practical use and visual form.
Katedrála svatého Víta, Václava a Vojtěcha
St Vitus Cathedral is the largest and most important church in Prague, and its full dedication is to three saints rather than one: Vitus, Wenceslas and Adalbert.
Staroměstský orloj
The Astronomical Clock, the orloj, is mounted on the southern side of the Old Town Hall tower on Old Town Square, and it is a working machine rather than an exhibit behind glass.
Matka Boží před Týnem
The Church of Our Lady before Týn is the parish church of Prague's Old Town, and the parish that owns it says plainly what it is not: not an ordinary public space, not a market, not a square and not…
Židovské muzeum
The Jewish Museum in Prague is a significant cultural institution preserving Jewish heritage in the Czech Republic.
Španělská synagoga
The Spanish Synagogue is a historic synagogue in Prague, Czech Republic. It stands in the Jewish Quarter, known as Josefov, and forms part of the city's significant Jewish heritage sites.
Pinkasova synagoga
Pinkas Synagogue is a historic Jewish synagogue in Prague’s Josefov district and part of the Jewish Museum in Prague complex. The building dates from the late fifteenth century and combines late Gothic and early Renaissance features.
Lobkovický palác
Lobkowicz Palace is a significant Baroque palace in Prague, situated within the Prague Castle complex on Hradčany hill. It serves as the only privately owned building in the castle grounds, held by the Lobkowicz noble family.
Valdštejnský palác
Wallenstein Palace is a Baroque palace complex in Prague's Malá Strana district. Built in the 1620s for Albrecht von Wallenstein, it served as his Prague residence.
Starý královský palác
The Old Royal Palace is a historic structure within Prague Castle, the Czech Republic's most visited monument. Dating to medieval times with later Gothic and Renaissance modifications, it served as the seat of Bohemian kings and emperors.
Letohrádek královny Anny
Queen Anne's Summer Palace, known locally as Letohrádek královny Anny, is a Renaissance pleasure palace located in the Royal Garden of Prague Castle.
Staroměstská mostecká věž
Old Town Bridge Tower is the Gothic gateway at the eastern end of Charles Bridge in Prague. Built in the late fourteenth century during the reign of Charles IV, the tower combined defensive and ceremonial roles.
Malostranská mostecká věž
Malá Strana Bridge Tower, also known as Malostranská mostecká věž, marks the Lesser Town end of Charles Bridge. This late-fifteenth-century Gothic gateway replaced an earlier Romanesque structure damaged by flooding.
Kafka Museum
The Franz Kafka Museum explores the life and writing of Franz Kafka, the Prague-born author whose work is closely tied to the city.
Mucha museum
The Mucha Museum is devoted to Alphonse Mucha, the Czech painter and decorative artist associated with Prague’s Art Nouveau style. In the city centre, it introduces the artist through his theatrical posters, decorative designs and personal world.
Muzeum komunismu
Museum of Communism presents Czechoslovak life under communist rule from 1948 to 1989. The Prague museum places political history alongside the routines of ordinary life, helping visitors understand how ideology shaped work, education, shopping, media and personal choices.
Muzeum Karla Zemana
Karel Zeman Museum celebrates the Czech director and special-effects artist whose films created fantastical worlds with practical techniques, models, props and carefully staged photography.
České muzeum hudby
The Czech Museum of Music is a museum in Prague dedicated to the history and development of music in the Czech lands. It is part of the National Museum network of institutions.
Národní památník na Vítkově
The National Monument in Vitkov is a monumental memorial complex located on Vitkov Hill in Prague. It was constructed to commemorate the founding of Czechoslovakia and honors the legionnaires who fought for independence.
Břevnovský klášter
Břevnov Monastery is a Benedictine monastery in Prague 6 and one of the oldest monastic foundations in Bohemia. Its origins reach back to 993, when the monastery was founded by Saint Adalbert and Duke Boleslaus II.
svatý Petr a Pavel
The Basilica of St Peter and St Paul is a neo-Gothic church located in the Vyšehrad fortress area of Prague. It stands as a prominent landmark within the historic fortified settlement that predates the Prague Castle district.
svatá Ludmila
The Basilica of St Ludmila is a working Roman Catholic parish church on Náměstí Míru in Prague's Vinohrady district.
Bethlehem Chapel, Betlémská kaple, is a Prague Old Town site built for preaching in Czech. Its founders signed the charter on 24 May 1391, and Jan Hus preached here from 1402 until 1413.
Troja
Troja Palace is a Baroque palace located in the Troja district of Prague, Czech Republic. It stands as a significant architectural landmark on the banks of the Vltava River.
Six to eight days can divide time between Prague and one extension such as Brno, Olomouc, Český Krumlov, or Kutná Hora. Český Krumlov benefits from an overnight, whereas Kutná Hora is a practical day trip.
Czechia is in the Schengen Area, but the required documents depend on nationality. Check the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or official VisitCzechia entry guidance for the current visa and passport rule.
Václav Havel Airport is the main gateway, and a dense rail network plus intercity buses links the country. Urban tickets may require validation, while long-distance tickets can be service-specific, so treat them as separate products.
April to June and September to October are broad city-and-rail planning windows. Rural castles may follow seasonal schedules, so verify those dates before building a route around them.
Czechia uses the Czech koruna (CZK), not the euro. Keep some koruna for smaller transactions and confirm that card terminals charge CZK rather than offering an unexamined conversion.
In Czechia, 112 reaches the emergency services. The grid delivers 230 V through Type C and E sockets. Water potability has no recorded value in this guide; verify it with the local authority for the place being visited.
