Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary Day Trip from Prague

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Medieval Kutná Hora & the Bone Chapel: A 7-Hour Journey from Prague

You travel by train from Prague to the medieval town of Kutná Hora, tour the Sedlec Ossuary bone chapel with a guide, spend time inside St. Barbara's Cathedral, and learn about the town's silver-mining past. Transport, entry fees, and a guide are included; the full day takes seven hours, with a 20-minute food break before departure.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Kutná Hora and Sedlec Ossuary

Walk through Prague Old Town
Pass Powder Tower and Czech National Bank
Pass Synagogue on the way
Break for food and drinks
Travel by train to Kutná Hora
Pass views of the Cathedral
Visit Sedlec Ossuary bone chapel
Enter and explore Kutná Hora Cathedral
Pass historical sites with guide
Visit Italian Court with guide
See exterior of St. Barbara's Church
Return to Prague by train

The Experience

The walk through Prague Old Town Square happens first, before you even reach the train station. Your guide leads you past the Powder Tower and along the route toward the platform, pointing out the Czech National Bank and a synagogue as you go. There's a 20-minute break to grab food or coffee before the train departs — worth doing, because once you're on the rails heading east, the next stop is Kutná Hora itself, a town that got rich on silver mining in the medieval Bohemian era and never quite let that history go.

The Sedlec Ossuary is the thing most people come for, and it's genuinely unlike anything else. You'll go inside the bone chapel with your guide, moving through both the upper and lower levels where human skulls and bones are arranged into patterns across the walls — not as a gimmick, but as a real historical artifact from centuries of plague burials. After that, you head into St. Barbara's Cathedral, one of the finest Gothic churches in eastern Europe. Your guide talks for about ten minutes, then you get ten minutes to walk around on your own and take in the scale of it. The cathedral exterior is striking enough that you'll see it from multiple angles as you move through town.

The guide explains the history of the Italian court and walks you past other landmarks — the town square, older buildings, the layers of what made Kutná Hora matter. It's not a rushed pace, but it's not lingering either; seven hours total means you're moving steadily. The train ride back to Prague gives you time to sit with what you've seen. Round-trip transport by train and public transit is handled, entry fees are covered except for the Church of Saint James, and the whole thing is built around small groups, which means you're not herding through with fifty other people.

What’s included

Your day includes round-trip train and public transportation from Prague to Kutná Hora, entry fees to the Sedlec Ossuary and St.
Barbara's Cathedral, a guided walk through the medieval town, and a 20-minute break for food and drinks before the train departs.
A professional guide leads the group throughout the seven hours.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Discover Prague Tours

Is this one for you?Right for travelers based in Prague who want to see the Sedlec Ossuary and medieval Kutná Hora without arranging their own transport or buying separate tickets — the train journey is part of the experience, and the fixed seven-hour schedule keeps the day contained.