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3-Day Prague Itinerary: Best Things to Do
Prague unfolds as a thousand-year layer cake of Gothic spires, Baroque domes, and Art Nouveau flourishes draped across the Vltava's seven hills. This busy three-day plan clusters the icons by neighborhood — the hilltop Castle and Lesser Town, medieval Old Town and the Jewish Quarter, then New Town and mythic Vyšehrad — so you walk more and backtrack less.
3 days21 sights + 9 food & drink stopsPrague, Czech Republic
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Castle Heights & Lesser Town
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1h 15mCafé Savoy 🍴 Food8:00 AM – 9:15 AM📍 Malá Strana, PragueA grand 1893 café beneath a protected painted ceiling, serving some of Prague's most celebrated breakfasts below Petřín Hill.
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Walk to Prague Castle ·1.2 km ·16m
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1h 30mPrague Castle 🏛️ Landmark9:30 AM – 11:00 AM📍 Hradčany, PragueThe world's largest coherent castle complex and the seat of Czech power for over a millennium. Free courtyards; ticket for interiors.
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11:00 AM – 11:05 AM· Walk to St. Vitus Cathedral ·0.2 km ·5m
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45mSt. Vitus Cathedral ⛪ Religious site11:05 AM – 11:50 AM📍 Hradčany, PragueThe soaring Gothic heart of the castle, sheltering the tomb of St. Wenceslas, the crown jewels, and a Mucha stained-glass window.
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11:55 AM – 12:00 PM· Walk to St. George's Basilica ·0.1 km ·5m
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30mSt. George's Basilica ⛪ Religious site12:00 PM – 12:30 PM📍 Hradčany, PragueBehind a Baroque red facade lies Prague's oldest church interior — a stark Romanesque nave founded in 920.
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12:40 PM – 12:45 PM· Walk to Golden Lane ·0.1 km ·5m
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40mGolden Lane 🏛️ Landmark12:45 PM – 1:25 PM📍 Hradčany, PragueA fairy-tale row of candy-colored cottages in the castle ramparts, once home to goldsmiths and briefly Franz Kafka at No. 22.
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1:53 PM – 2:00 PM· Walk to Lokál U Bílé kuželky ·0.5 km ·7m
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1h 15mLokál U Bílé kuželky 🍴 Food2:00 PM – 3:15 PM📍 Malá Strana, PragueAn Ambiente-group beer hall pouring outstanding fresh-tapped Pilsner Urquell with Czech classics like svíčková.
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3:25 PM – 3:30 PM· Walk to Wallenstein Garden ·0.3 km ·5m
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45mWallenstein Garden 🌳 Park3:30 PM – 4:15 PM📍 Malá Strana, PragueA serene Baroque hideaway where peacocks roam manicured parterres beneath a frescoed loggia — a free escape below the castle.
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4:25 PM – 4:30 PM· Walk to Church of St. Nicholas (Malá Strana) ·0.4 km ·5m
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45mChurch of St. Nicholas (Malá Strana) ⛪ Religious site4:30 PM – 5:15 PM📍 Malá Strana, PragueThe crowning masterpiece of Bohemian High Baroque — a green dome over faux marble and gilded statuary. Mozart played its organ.
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5:20 PM – 5:30 PM· Walk to Petřín Lookout Tower ·0.8 km ·10m
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1hPetřín Lookout Tower 🌄 Viewpoint5:30 PM – 6:30 PM📍 Malá Strana / Petřín, PragueA 63.5 m steel echo of the Eiffel Tower crowning Petřín hill; 299 steps reward you with Prague's finest panorama.
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7:20 PM – 7:30 PM· Walk to U Modré kachničky ·0.8 km ·10m
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1h 30mU Modré kachničky 🍴 Food7:30 PM – 9:00 PM📍 Malá Strana, PragueA candlelit hunting-lodge institution below Petřín, serving flambéed venison, roast duck and dumplings — the cozy Czech game dinner.
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Old Town & the Jewish Quarter
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45mBakeshop Praha 🍴 Food8:00 AM – 8:45 AM📍 Staré Město, PragueA family-run bakery since 1998 turning out fresh sourdough, croissants and quiches steps from Old Town Square.
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8:55 AM – 9:00 AM· Walk to Old Town Square ·0.3 km ·5m
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40mOld Town Square 🏛️ Landmark9:00 AM – 9:40 AM📍 Staré Město, PraguePrague's medieval heart, a pastel sweep of Gothic and Baroque facades with the Astronomical Clock and the Týn spires.
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9:45 AM – 9:50 AM· Walk to Astronomical Clock & Old Town Hall Tower ·0.1 km ·5m
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1hAstronomical Clock & Old Town Hall Tower 🌄 Viewpoint9:50 AM – 10:50 AM📍 Staré Město, PragueThe 1410 Orloj — the world's oldest still-operating astronomical clock — and a tower lift to the postcard rooftop panorama.
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10:55 AM – 11:00 AM· Walk to Church of Our Lady before Týn ·0.2 km ·5m
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30mChurch of Our Lady before Týn ⛪ Religious site11:00 AM – 11:30 AM📍 Staré Město, PragueThe twin black Gothic spires over Old Town Square; inside lies a soaring nave and the tomb of astronomer Tycho Brahe. Closed Mon.
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11:40 AM – 11:45 AM· Walk to Old-New Synagogue ·0.4 km ·5m
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40mOld-New Synagogue ⛪ Religious site11:45 AM – 12:25 PM📍 Josefov, PragueEurope's oldest continuously active synagogue (c.1270), steeped in the legend of the Golem of Prague. Closed Saturdays.
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12:38 PM – 12:45 PM· Walk to Lokál Dlouhááá ·0.5 km ·7m
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1h 15mLokál Dlouhááá 🍴 Food12:45 PM – 2:00 PM📍 Staré Město, PragueThe original and longest of Ambiente's Lokál pubs — tank-fresh Pilsner Urquell and hearty Czech classics in a vaulted hall.
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2:10 PM – 2:15 PM· Walk to Spanish Synagogue ·0.3 km ·5m
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1hSpanish Synagogue 🖼️ Museum2:15 PM – 3:15 PM📍 Josefov, PragueThe most dazzling of Prague's synagogues — a Moorish-Revival jewel box of gilded arabesques, part of the Jewish Museum. Closed Sat.
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3:37 PM – 3:45 PM· Walk to Klementinum (Baroque Library) ·0.6 km ·8m
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1hKlementinum (Baroque Library) 🏛️ Landmark3:45 PM – 4:45 PM📍 Staré Město, PragueA breathtaking 1720s Baroque library hall of frescoed ceilings, capped by a climb up the Astronomical Tower for 360° views.
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5:10 PM – 5:15 PM· Walk to Charles Bridge ·0.3 km ·5m
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45mCharles Bridge 🏛️ Landmark5:15 PM – 6:00 PM📍 Staré Město / Malá Strana, PraguePrague's 14th-century stone bridge, lined with 30 Baroque saints and buskers, framing fairy-tale castle views at golden hour.
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7:19 PM – 7:30 PM· Walk to V Kolkovně ·0.8 km ·11m
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1h 30mV Kolkovně 🍴 Food7:30 PM – 9:00 PM📍 Josefov, PragueA handsome flagship Pilsner Urquell restaurant on the edge of Josefov, serving roast duck, svíčková and pork knuckle.
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New Town, the River & Mythic Vyšehrad
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1hCafé Louvre 🍴 Food8:00 AM – 9:00 AM📍 Nové Město, PragueA grand café on Národní třída open since 1902, where Einstein and Kafka once sat; belle-époque rooms serve a fine breakfast.
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9:07 AM – 9:15 AM· Walk to Wenceslas Square ·0.6 km ·8m
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30mWenceslas Square 🏛️ Landmark9:15 AM – 9:45 AM📍 Nové Město, PragueA grand sloping boulevard crowned by the National Museum — stage for Czech history from 1918 to the 1989 Velvet Revolution.
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9:55 AM – 10:00 AM· Walk to National Museum ·0.4 km ·5m
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1h 30mNational Museum 🖼️ Museum10:00 AM – 11:30 AM📍 Nové Město, PragueThe neo-Renaissance grand dame of Czech museums — a monumental staircase, marble pantheon, and natural-history halls.
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11:33 AM – 11:45 AM· Walk to Mucha Museum (Savarin Palace) ·0.9 km ·12m
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1hMucha Museum (Savarin Palace) 🖼️ Museum11:45 AM – 12:45 PM📍 Nové Město, PragueThe official Mucha Foundation museum, reopened in 2025 in the Baroque Savarin Palace, showing Alphonse Mucha's Art Nouveau works.
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12:55 PM – 1:00 PM· Walk to Havelská Koruna ·0.3 km ·5m
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1hHavelská Koruna 🍴 Food1:00 PM – 2:00 PM📍 Nové Město / Staré Město, PragueA tray-in-hand Czech canteen ladling goulash, roast pork, dumplings and fried cheese from 40+ rotating homestyle dishes.
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2:14 PM – 2:30 PM· Walk to Dancing House ·1.2 km ·16m
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45mDancing House 🌄 Viewpoint2:30 PM – 3:15 PM📍 Nové Město, PragueGehry and Milunić's curvaceous 'Fred and Ginger' building; its rooftop Glass Bar sweeps in the Castle, Charles Bridge and the Vltava.
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3:27 PM – 3:45 PM· Walk to Vyšehrad Fortress ·1.3 km ·18m
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1h 15mVyšehrad Fortress 🌳 Park3:45 PM – 5:00 PM📍 Vyšehrad, PraguePrague's mythical second castle: ramparts, lawns and a spired basilica on a bluff above the Vltava, with fine crowd-free views.
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5:05 PM – 5:10 PM· Walk to Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul ·0.1 km ·5m
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30mBasilica of St. Peter and St. Paul ⛪ Religious site5:10 PM – 5:40 PM📍 Vyšehrad, PragueA twin-spired neo-Gothic basilica founded by the first Czech king, dazzling inside with Art Nouveau frescoes.
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5:45 PM – 5:50 PM· Walk to Vyšehrad Cemetery & Slavín ·0.1 km ·5m
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45mVyšehrad Cemetery & Slavín 🏛️ Landmark5:50 PM – 6:35 PM📍 Vyšehrad, PragueThe resting place of 600+ Czech luminaries — Dvořák, Smetana, Mucha, Čapek — around the monumental Slavín tomb.
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7:24 PM – 7:30 PM· Travel to Vinohradský Parlament ·1.9 km ·6m
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1h 30mVinohradský Parlament 🍴 Food7:30 PM – 9:00 PM📍 Vinohrady, PragueA handsome, bustling Vinohrady gastropub pouring tank-fresh Pilsner Urquell with svíčková, roast duck and schnitzel.
🏨 Where to stay
Real, vetted stays near your route — check the reviews, then book.
Onefam Old Town
Staré Město (Old Town)
A social, family-style budget hostel in the heart of Old Town, a short walk from the Astronomical Clock.
Hotel Josef★★★★
Staré Město (Old Town)
A sleek, design-forward boutique hotel steps from Old Town Square and the Jewish Quarter.
Jalta Boutique Hotel★★★★★
Nové Město (New Town)
A UNESCO-listed boutique hotel on Wenceslas Square with a Cold War fallout-shelter museum in its basement.
Frequently asked questions
How many days do you need in Prague?
3 days are a great amount of time to explore Prague. This itinerary covers 21 sights and 9 food & drink stops across 3 days, giving you a thorough introduction to the city.
What are the best things to do in Prague?
Some of the best things to do in Prague include Prague Castle, St. Vitus Cathedral, St. George's Basilica. Prague unfolds as a thousand-year layer cake of Gothic spires, Baroque domes, and Art Nouveau flourishes draped across the Vltava's seven hills. This busy three-day plan clusters the icons by neighborhood — the hilltop Castle and Lesser Town, medieval Old Town and the Jewish Quarter, then New Town and mythic Vyšehrad — so you walk more and backtrack less.
Where should I stay in Prague?
Popular options in Prague include Onefam Old Town and Hotel Josef. The city centre also has a range of hotels for every budget — book in advance for the best rates.
What's the best time to visit Prague?
This itinerary leans outdoors — 5 of its 21 sights are parks, viewpoints, or beaches — so Prague rewards dry, mild weather. Check the seasonal climate for Czech Republic when picking dates; shoulder months usually mean smaller crowds at the outdoor stops.