17-day itinerary through the Czech Republic (most beautiful cities and towns)

If you have a little more than a week for your vacation trip and are interested in visit Prague, I advise you not to limit your stay to the Czech capital and take the opportunity to make a trip through the Czech Republic.

This way you will be able to see that the attractiveness and beautiful corners of this country are not limited to the very pretty, but also very touristy, Czech capital.

I was able to verify this a few summers ago when I carried out a multi-day trip through the Czech Republic, which allowed me to verify that it contains places that are really worth knowing.

Car route through the Czech Republic

In order to help you plan a trip, Next I am going to propose one car route from Prague through the Czech Republic, on the basis of what I did in its day, visiting the most beautiful cities and towns.

This route that we propose serves as a guide for you to make your own trip plan, being able to adapt it, according to your time availability, from one week to 17 days.

Before starting the route we recommend that you read this article.

• Guide to traveling to Prague with the best places to see

Days 1, 2 and 3 – Visit of Prague

After arriving in the Czech capital, on the first day you have the opportunity to make first contact with Prague and Czech Republic.

Depending on the arrival time of your flight, you will have more or less time to start visiting its main and most touristic corners, such as the Old Town Square or Charles Bridge.

For your trip, here you have extensive information about how to get from the airport to Prague.

On the two following days you will have enough time to visit the most important monuments of Prague, Since the Old City to the great fortification that makes up the Prague Castle .

You will also have time to walk through other neighborhoods of the Czech capital such as Little Country, the modern city in Nova Mesto , whose main axis is Wenceslas Square, as well as the Josefov Jewish Quarter.

When visiting Prague, here are two articles that might interest you.

• 30 Must-Sees in Prague
• Restaurants where to eat in Prague 

Day 4.- Excursion around Prague

Near the Czech capital you have several very interesting visits, with medieval castles.

It's time for you to choose which excursion to take from Prague.

This option of a day trip You can repeat it on successive days choosing other places to visit near Prague.

If you are going to do the route that we propose, the ideal is that for that day you already have the rental car, which will give you autonomy to do the excursion and will be useful for the later trip through the Czech Republic.

If you do not also have the option of signing up for some of the organized groups that offer to make these visits.

• 6 excursions to do from Prague.
• Best Castles to see near Prague

Day 5 and 6 - Terezín and the Usti Nad Labem Region

I recommend at least 2 days to get to know the region of impossible names, which has the most beautiful landscapes in the Czech Republic. Usti Nad Labem.

An area called Bohemian Switzerland. Gorges, cliffs, mind-blowing rock formations, and otherworldly landscapes. It's definitely one of my favorite parts of the country.

I'm leaving an article here so you can see how incredible this region is.

• What to see in Usti Nad Labem

Also in the same region and just one hour from Prague is Terezín, a must-see if you pass through the area.

• What to see in the former Terezin concentration camp.

Day 7.- Visit Karlovy Vary

La car route through Czech Republic you are going to start visiting it Carlsbad, a historic and very beautiful spa town located 126 kilometers west of the Czech capital.

Don't stop going up to the Diana's Tower viewpoint and to see the orthodox church of peter and paul, in addition to his famous colonnades and spas.

En Carlsbad You can complete the day enjoying dinner on the banks of the river.

• How to visit Karlovy Vary

Day 8.- Visit of Marianske Lazne

The next day your trip will take you to the also spa city of Marianske Lazne, Near Carlsbad, Also known as Marienbad, where you can walk through its beautiful gardens and its great colonnade.

From there, to head to the beautiful medieval city of Cesky Krumlov, in the south of the Czech Republic, you must pass through the city of Pilsen, which has given the name to the most famous type of beer.

• What to see in Marianke Lazne

Day 9.- Visit of Cesky Krumlov

You should dedicate this entire day to visiting the medieval town of Cesky Krumlov, which includes walking and enjoying its streets and climb to the castle.

It is a declared city Heritage awarded by the Unesco, whose Old City It is concentrated in a meander that makes the río Moldava, and whose castle stands on the hill above the Latrán neighborhood.

En Cesky Krumlov You have lovely places to dine on the banks of the river.

• What to see in Cesky Krumlov

Day 10.- En route through Trebic, Telc and Trebon

Today plays a road trip day visiting several picturesque towns, specific, Trebic, phone y Delicious.

Trebic It is a declared city Heritage, Like phone, where you will be surprised by its enormous square with Renaissance houses.

Meanwhile Delicious you find it in the Lakes Region, and you will also find its main attraction in its large and elongated main square.

From there you will reach Brno, the second city in the Czech Republic by population, where you can stay to visit it the next day.

• What to see in Trebic,
• What to see in Telc
• What to see in Trebon.

Day 11.- Visit of Brno

En Brno You should take a walk through its historic center, with the Freedom Square and Vegetable Market Square as its main axes.

You must also go up to visit the cathedral and the Spilberk Castle.

Also in Brno you will have the opportunity to visit another declared place Heritage, the Villa Tugendhat, a sample of functionalist architecture.

• What to see in Brno

Day 12.- Visit of the archbishop's palace of Kromeriz

From Brno and on the way to Olomouc, the next stage, you have the possibility of taking a detour to visit the town of Kromeriz, but above all its imposing archiepiscopal palace.

It is a declared building Heritage, which was one of the film's settings Amadeus, and it is one of the best examples of an aristocratic residence that you can find in Europe.

It will give you time to get to stay in Olomouc and start your visit.

• Archbishop's Palace

Day 13 – Olomouc and Bouzov Castle

The next day aims visit the city of Olomouc, one of the pleasant “surprises” of the trip with its impressive Town Hall Squareas well as his Wenceslas Cathedral.

In Olomouc you should also walk through the Canons neighborhood, with its churches and religious buildings.

Possibly that same day you feel like it and you can have time to visit Bouzov Castle, which you will find west of Olomouc, on the way to the next stage.

• What to visit in the city of Olomouc
• What to see in Bouzov Castle

Day 14.- Visit to the longest suspension bridge in the world, Dolni Morava

On the border with Poland, already in the region of Pardubice City is the highest mountain in the Czech Republic.

And right in this environment there are several surprises for which I would like to recommend you detour here.

At this ski resort in Dolni Morava, they have set up an amazing complex to enjoy when there is no snow.

In addition to walking or cycling, there are three amazing alternatives:

A sky walk of more than a kilometer with different heights that is amazing, the longest suspension bridge in the world (721 Skybridge) and to get off the station, the second longest alpine mountain in the world.

It's worth it, I'll let you know.

Day 15.- Litomysl 

Day 13 should be devoted entirely to Litomysl.

In the morning, you should stroll through its large, elongated square and visit the renaissance palace, a World Heritage Site for being the best example of a Renaissance palace in northern Italy.

For the afternoon you have several options such as visiting the composer's house Cream or the artist's Joseph Vachal who are the two great historical figures of Litomysl.

• How to visit the Renaissance palace in Litomysl

Day 16.-Pardubice 

Pardubice is the city that gives its name to the region, just 100 kilometres from Prague.

A very pretty city with a castle and full of history.

Here is an article where I show you in more depth everything you can see in the city of Pardubice and in the Region.

• What to see in Pardubice

Day 17. Royal Stables of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Kutna Hora 

Back in Prague, I suggest a day with two visits.

Kutna Hora is one of the most curious sites in the Czech Republic and the Kladruby nad Labem Royal Stables.

These are two places that are well worth visiting for the madness of one and the history of the other.

In my opinion, these are two great visits to finish this 15-day route through an amazing country.

• What to see in Kutna Hora.

In short, it is an intense route, which allows you to return home with a very broad vision of this beauty.

But you can also adapt the route on the fly by “skipping” some of the visits, so that you will enjoy this at your own pace. trip through Czech Republic.

Enjoy it.

Route map through Czech Republic

In this map you have the details of the route by car what to suggest to visit the best and most interesting places in the Czech Republic.