Prague Castle & Lobkowicz Palace: Audio Tour Entry

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Duration2h–4h

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Five centuries of Prague in one ticket, starting where the city began

You get entry to Prague Castle's five main sites—St. Vitus Cathedral, Old Royal Palace, St. George's Basilica, and the Golden Lane—plus full access to Lobkowicz Palace with its 2,000-year-old private art collection. Both tours include mobile app audioguides you control at your own pace. Booking and service fees are covered. Arrive with your PDF ticket (sent by email after booking), enter at the Na Opyši gate, and plan for a full morning or afternoon depending on how long you linger in each space.

2h–4h

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Prague Castle and Lobkowicz Palace

Visit St. Vitus Cathedral
Explore Old Royal Palace and Vladislav Hall
See St. George’s Basilica
Walk through The Golden Lane
Audio tour of Lobkowicz Palace Museum
View art collections and historical artifacts

The Experience

The moment you pass through the Na Opyši gate—just 30 metres from Lobkowicz Palace—the sound changes. Footsteps echo differently on these stones. St. Vitus Cathedral rises ahead, its Gothic spires reaching back to 930 AD, and the audioguide on your phone starts filling in what your eyes are seeing: the defenestration that sparked the Thirty Years' War happened in the Old Royal Palace next door, in Vladislav Hall, a room so vast it was built to hold tournaments on horseback. You're standing in the place where European history pivoted.

The Prague Castle ticket opens five locations across the complex. St. George's Basilica comes next—founded around 920 AD by Prince Vratislav I, older than the cathedral itself—and then the Golden Lane, a narrow passageway from the late 15th century that once housed the castle's goldsmiths and soldiers. Franz Kafka lived here. It's small, crowded with tourists, but the audioguide tells you why it matters, which makes the crowding feel less like a flaw and more like proof you're in the right place. The audio works through a mobile app, so you move at your own pace; there's no group waiting for you to catch up.

Lobkowicz Palace sits adjacent to the castle, and the audioguide there is different—it's a family collection, not a state museum. Over 2,000 years of objects: Bruegel the Elder paintings, Canaletto vedute, Velázquez. Medieval armor and weaponry. The largest surviving Delft dinner service from the 17th century in the world. Hand-annotated manuscripts by Mozart, Beethoven—his Third, Fourth, and Fifth Symphonies in his own hand. The audioguide walks you through each room, and because it's a private collection, the story feels less like a lecture and more like someone showing you what their family kept and why. Musical instruments are displayed alongside the scores written for them. It's the kind of detail that makes the collection feel lived-in rather than curated.

One thing to know: the voucher you get immediately after booking is not the actual ticket. Check your email and WhatsApp for the PDF ticket before you arrive. The nearest entrance is the Na Opyši gate, and on rare occasions when state visits happen, parts of the castle close—worth checking before you go. Prams and strollers work fine here, and public transport gets you close. The audioguides are included, so there's no extra cost once you're in.

What’s included

Entry to St. Vitus Cathedral, St. George's Basilica, Old Royal Palace, and Golden Lane within Prague Castle.
audioguide for Prague Castle via mobile app.
entry to Lobkowicz Palace.
audioguide for Lobkowicz Palace.
booking and service fees.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPublic transport nearby

Operated by Wanderung

Is this one for you?Choose this ticket if you want to see the five main Prague Castle sites plus the Lobkowicz Palace collection in one visit without arranging separate entries—the audioguides let you move through each space at your own pace, and everything is covered in one price.

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