2 Days Based in Prague, Plus Side Trips
Two days, one city day and one day trip. Day 1 condenses Prague’s core into a single pass, since the Prague hidden gems guide and the Prague 2 day itinerary cover the city itself in depth. Day 2 leaves the city entirely for Kutna Hora and the Sedlec Ossuary, the shortest, cheapest, most reliable day trip on the Czech gateway list.
Book these before you go
- Kutna Hora and Sedlec Ossuary tour , if you’d rather not manage the timed-ticket booking yourself
- A timed Sedlec Ossuary entry slot , CZK 220 adult, booked for a specific morning window
- Old Town or Mala Strana hotel close to Hlavni nadrazi, so Day 2’s early train isn’t a scramble
Day 1
Land in Prague, drop your bags, and walk straight to Old Town Square before 9am, ahead of the tour groups. The Astronomical Clock’s hourly show is a minor spectacle, a few wooden figures turning past a window for under a minute, so don’t build your morning around it. Cross Charles Bridge slowly, then continue to Prague Castle for the free grounds and courtyards, or the paid circuit (from around CZK 450) if St Vitus Cathedral’s interior matters to you. Close the day in Mala Strana, where a neighborhood pub serves the same 0.5 litre pour for CZK 40 to 60 that costs double on the square you just left.
Day 2
Catch a morning train from Hlavni nadrazi toward Kutna Hora, 41 to 50 minutes, CZK 100 to 140 one way, with trains roughly every hour; check current times on cd.cz , the national rail operator’s own site. Head first to the Sedlec Ossuary, the chapel decorated with an estimated 40,000 human bones arranged into chandeliers and a coat of arms; your timed entry slot dictates the schedule here, so don’t wing it. From the ossuary, walk or take a short local bus into Kutna Hora’s old town for St Barbara’s Cathedral, a Gothic silver-mining-era landmark that earned the town its UNESCO listing, and a combined ticket with the ossuary runs around CZK 360; kutnahora.cz has current opening hours for both. Grab a late lunch in the old town before the return train; the last useful departure back to Prague leaves you a full evening free.
| Day | Focus | Travel time from Prague |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prague core: Old Town, Charles Bridge, Castle | none, city-based |
| 2 | Kutna Hora and the Sedlec Ossuary | 41-50 min train each way |
Does Cesky Krumlov work as a day trip from Prague?
Not on a 2 day trip. At roughly 2.5 hours each way, Cesky Krumlov alone would eat both days in transit. If you want it, extend to the 6 or 7 day version of this itinerary, where it gets the overnight it actually needs.
Is Kutna Hora worth doing if I only have one spare day?
Yes, it’s the default recommendation on this whole gateway list. The ossuary and St Barbara’s Cathedral both sit within a short walk of each other, the train is under an hour, and the round trip fits comfortably into an afternoon without cutting your Prague time short elsewhere.
Getting around
Buy a 24 hour DPP transit pass, around CZK 150, for Day 1’s trams and metro; it also covers the bus to Hlavni nadrazi if you’re not walking. Validate every paper ticket in the yellow machine on board, since an unstamped ticket isn’t valid even if you paid for it, and inspectors fine on the spot.
Two days is tight for one condensed city day and one clean day trip, so pick Kutna Hora over anything further and don’t try to squeeze in a second stop on Day 2.