Country guide
Czechia
Prague's fairy-tale centre, bone chapels and castle towns, and the beer halls of Bohemia.
Currency
CZK
Language
Czech
English
Widely spoken
Payment
Cards & cash mixed
Power
Type C / E
230 V, 50 Hz
Dialing
+420
Destinations
Brno
Moravia's capital: a Habsburg prison fortress, an ossuary second in Europe only to the Paris catacombs, and one of the buildings that invented modern architecture.
✓ best Apr-OctCesky Krumlov
A whole Renaissance town inside a river loop, under a castle with bears in the moat and one of the last working baroque theatres in Europe.
✓ best Apr-May, Jul-OctPilsen
The industrial city that invented golden lager, with the country's tallest spire on a vast medieval square and a US liberation story suppressed for forty years.
✓ best Apr-SepPrague
A thousand years of European architecture left standing in one river bend, with a castle at one end and a medieval clock still keeping time at the other.
✓ best Apr-OctClimate zones, month by month
Czechia has 4 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.
Brno Moravia →
✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb
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Cesky Krumlov South Bohemia →
✓ Best Apr-May, Jul-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb
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Pilsen →
✓ Best Apr-Sep · ✗ Avoid Nov-Feb
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Prague →
✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Nov-Feb
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