Prague Castle Tickets

Buy the Main circuit (Pražský hrad - hlavní okruh). It is the one ticket that opens St Vitus Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace, St George’s Basilica and Golden Lane, and it costs 450 CZK for adults, 300 CZK reduced and 950 CZK for a family (hrad.cz price list, read November 2026). You can buy it at the information centres on the Second and Third Courtyards, or online: for online sales Prague Castle’s own site names GetYourGuide, where Prague Castle Administration sells it as Prague: Official Entry Ticket to Prague Castle, from US$21 (checked November 2026).

The calendar above is the castle’s own ticket, with 24,638 reviews (checked November 2026). It is scanned at the door of each building, and you can start at any of the four.

The castle’s price list

Reduced prices are for young people from 6 to 16, full-time students up to 26 and people 65 and over; a family ticket covers one to five children under 16 with up to two adults. Children under 6 and holders of a disability card go free. Every ticket is valid for two days, each building takes one entry, and tickets bought at the castle cannot be refunded (hrad.cz price list valid from 1 March 2024, still the current one in November 2026). The old circuits A, B and C no longer exist; if a site still sells “circuit B”, it means the Main circuit.

Where to buy it

At the castle, tickets for every circuit are sold at the information centres on the Second Courtyard and the Third Courtyard, opposite the cathedral, from 9:00. The Third Courtyard desk also hires out the castle’s audio guide (350 CZK and a 500 CZK deposit, about three hours) and books the castle’s own guides (250 CZK an hour a person in English, at least four people, ticket extra).

Online, Prague Castle’s site does not run a shop of its own for the Main circuit: it sends buyers to the GetYourGuide network. That is the ticket in the calendar above, sold by Prague Castle Administration. At the Czech National Bank’s rate of 2 November 2026, 450 CZK was about US$20.70, so the online price and the desk price are near enough the same; what the online one adds is a ticket in your phone before you reach the queue, and free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Check dates for the Main circuit ticket

How long the ticket takes

The four buildings sit in a line from west to east, so one walk of 834 m covers them: in through the cathedral’s west portal, across to the Old Royal Palace and Vladislav Hall, St George’s Basilica on the square behind the cathedral, then Golden Lane under the north wall and out through the east gate. Allow two and a half to three hours inside; the guided tours of the same four run about 2.5 hours and the castle’s audio guide about three. Because the ticket lasts two days, a late-afternoon arrival can take the cathedral and the palace on the first day and the rest the next morning.

In winter (1 November to 31 March) the buildings open at 9:00 and hrad.cz prints both 16:00 and 17:00 as the closing time on different pages, so plan to be in the last building by 15:30. St Vitus opens to visitors at 12:00 on Sundays.

Other ways to hold the same ticket

Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.

Tours with the ticket included

If you would rather someone explained it all, these tours include the Main circuit ticket in their price:

Is Prague Castle free? covers what you can see without any ticket, and how to get to Prague Castle the trams and the steps.