Prague Castle: frequently asked questions

No. Prague Ticket Guide is an independent visitor guide. The Castle’s own website is hrad.cz. We are not the Castle, we do not run it, and this is not the official site. The tickets and tours featured here are sold by our partner Tiqets, a third party, not by the Castle.

The Main circuit covers the Old Royal Palace, St George’s Basilica, Golden Lane and St Vitus Cathedral. The entry products on our tickets page list these four sights, with a map or a digital audio guide depending on the product, and each card says what is included and what is not, for example a live guide or headphones. According to the Castle’s site, the Great South Tower of the cathedral, the Permanent exhibitions circuit and the Picture Gallery are separate tickets, so do not assume they are included unless the card says so.

According to the Castle’s ticket information, read on 24 October 2026, the Main circuit ticket is valid for two days and each building can be entered once. The products on our tickets page have their own conditions: check the date or time slot and the terms on the card.

The grounds, courtyards and streets of the complex are free, from 6:00 to 22:00 every day, and the buildings need a ticket. St Vitus Cathedral is among the buildings that need the Main circuit ticket: the official cathedral page says that the free part has been closed since 25 October 2023 until further notice. Worshippers attending services enter without a ticket.

The historic buildings are open from 9:00 to 17:00 from 1 April to 31 October and from 9:00 to 16:00 from 1 November to 31 March, and are closed on 24 December. The cathedral’s last entry is 16:40 in summer and 15:40 in winter. The official site publishes no last-entry time for the other buildings.

According to the Castle’s ticket information, children under 6 enter free, and the Castle lists reduced rates for ages 6 to 16 and for students up to 26 and over-65s with a document. For the partner’s products, check on the card or the booking page which age categories are offered.

If you only need entry and want to explore alone, look at the entry tickets. If you want some context, choose a product with a digital audio guide or a short introduction in English. If you want a live guide, look at the guided tours and check the languages and whether the listing says the Castle entry is included: the guided introduction and the district walk explicitly exclude it, and one guided tour does not say. Combined tickets are for people who also want Lobkowicz Palace, the Old Town Hall clock tower, the National Museum or the Jewish Quarter on the same day.

Each card says how the ticket is delivered. For example, some products include meeting a representative in front of St Vitus Cathedral to receive the ticket and a map, and ask you to arrive 15 minutes early, according to Tiqets. Cancellation is stated on each card and differs: some products can be cancelled up to a set time before your date or time slot, others are marked as not refundable. We cannot change these conditions. The Castle also sells circuit tickets on site at its information centres.

Not everywhere. Photography is banned in the exhibition The Story of Prague Castle, the Cathedral Treasury, the Powder Tower and the Picture Gallery. Elsewhere the regulations ask for no flash and no tripod, and mention a purchased licence, which we could not confirm the details of.

Take tram 22 to the stop Pražský hrad, or metro line A to Malostranská or Hradčanská. The official site says it is 5 minutes on foot from the tram stop to the Second Courtyard. Check the PID site for tram notices and timetables.