10 most beautiful cities in the Czech Republic (route by car)

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.

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

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

Travel through 10 most beautiful cities in 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, depending on your time availability, from one week to ten or twelve days.

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.

Day 4.- Excursion around Prague

Near the Czech capital you have several very interesting visits, from medieval castlesUntil the former Terezin concentration camp or the town of Kutna Hora.

It's time for you to choose what excursion to do 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 tours that offer to make these visits.

Car route through Czech Republic

If you don't have a rental car and you are interested in getting to know one of the beautiful cities that we are going to propose below, you have the option of going on your own by bus (or in some cases, such as Olomouc, by fast train).

For this, this website will be useful to you where you can search information and buy bus tickets in Czech Republic.

Day 5.- 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.

Day 6.- Visit of Marianske Lazne

The next day your trip will take you to the also spa city of Marianske Lazne, very close to Karlovy Vary, 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.

Day 7.- 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.

Day 8.- 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.

Day 9.- 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 Spilberk Castle.

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

Day 10.- 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.

Day 11 – 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, already on the way to the next stage, litomysl, city Heritage.

Day 12.- Visit of Litomysl 

This last day of your trip will be dedicated to visit Litomysl in the morning, walk around your large and elongated square and visit the renaissance palace), and then get to Prague even with enough time to catch the return plane if you leave in the afternoon.

Although it takes just over two hours on the road, you should go with enough time in advance because the Prague airport It is west of the city and you must go through the capital's ring road, which can have a lot of traffic, and delay your arrival.

Keep that in mind.

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.