Central Bohemia

Central Bohemia is a region in the Czech Republic. It has two regions for agribusiness purposes: Central Bohemia Region, and capital city Prague. Central Bohemia is a great option for those who want to experience a different part of the Czech Republic beyond crowded Prague, but do not have much time.

Understand
Central Bohemia played major role in creation of Czech state. The oldest building in Czech Republic, Church of Saint Peter and Paul is located here. Large Karlštejn Castle and Kutná Hora with silver mines and Gothic cathedral and baroque monastery are reminders of the era when Bohemia was one of the most wealthy and powerful parts of Europe.

Landscape is mostly flat due to rivers Elbe and Moldau, whose confluence is here. It is one of the most fertile parts of the Czech Republic. Mountains can be found in south part of Central Bohemia, with maximum elevation of 864 meters.

Get in
You can reach most of the places in Central Bohemia in less than one hour from Prague. Visiting some sights in Central Bohemia can be an ideal one-day trip from Prague.

By car

 * Prague-Kladno 30 minutes
 * Prague-Beroun 30 min.
 * Prague-Příbram 46 min.
 * Prague-Mělník 38 min.
 * Prague-Benešov 46 min.
 * Prague-Kutná Hora 1h7min.
 * Praha-Mladá Boleslav 46 min.

By train
Travelling by train is possibly the best way to get into Central Bohemia. [HTTPS://www.cd.cz Czech Railways] provides long-distance trains from many big cities in Czechia and from all capitals of neighbouring countries to Prague often with more stops in this region. For more accurate information look at IDOS.
 * Berlin - Prague: 6x EuroCity a day, 4h5min
 * Vienna - Prague: 7x RailJet + 1x EuroNight a day, 3h57min
 * Warsaw - Prague: 2x InterCity + 1x ExpressInterCity + 1x EuroNight a day, 7h52min, IC stops as well in Kolín
 * Bratislava - Prague: 7x EuroCity + 2x EuroNight a day, 3h57min, EC and EN stop in Kolín as well
 * Brno - Prague: via Česká Třebová: 9x RailJet + 7x EuroCity + 1x InterCity + 1x EuroNight + 7x Rychlík Vyšší Kvality, 2h29min, EC, IC, Rx and EN stop as well in Kolín; via Havlíčkův Brod: 9x Rychlík, 3h37min, R stops in Čáslav, Kutná Hora and Kolín as well
 * Ostrava - Prague: 6x SuperCity + 2x InterCity + 3x EuroCity + 4x Expres + 2x EuroNight a day, 2h55min, EC and Ex stop as well in Kolín

Get around
Buses and trains are a good option. Some Central Bohemian local roads can be in relatively bad condition. Traveling by foot could be recommended for some beautiful landscapes of Křivoklátsko, Kokořínsko and Brdy.

By train
Travelling by train in Central Bohemia is generally a good idea because of a dense railway network and frequent lines. You can buy single ride tickets, return tickets or for example regional day ticket at stations or in trains if at station is not a ticket counter. Or you can buy a time tickets of PID integrated system that are valid on trains, buses, tramways and metro in Central Bohemia. Note that it is not valid on all services.

Main railway hub in the region is Prague main train station (Praha hlavní nádraží) from where depart most long-distance trains and many regional trains. Many regional trains and some long-distance trains also depart from Prague Masaryk's station (Praha Masarykovo nádraží).

Besides normal services you can ride on historic trains too, for example see website of KŽC, historic train carrier, or [HTTPS://www.cdmuzeum.cz/EN/default.htm Czech Railways Museum]. Note that on most of these trains you will need special ticket. Some railways are even a tourist attraction because of picturesque landscape. For example railway called Posázavský Pacifik (Prague - Světlá n/S via Vrané n/V, Čerčany, Sázava, Zruč n/S and Ledeč n/S) is routed in beautiful valley of Sázava. You can reach for example Sázava Monastery, Český Šternberk Castle or Zruč nad Sázavou on this railway.

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Itineraries
Some one-day trips from Prague:

Southeast of Prague
 * Prague-Průhonice Park-Sázava-Český Šternberk Castle-Konopiště Chateau-Prague (2h30min. of total time driving)

Around Beroun Kutná Hora
 * Prague-Karlštejn-Koněpruské Caves-Beroun-Prague (2 hours of total time driving)
 * Prague-Kutná Hora (UNESCO)-Prague (2h15 min.)

North of Prague
 * Prague-Slaný-Mělník-Kokořín Castle-Prague (2h10min. of driving)

Eat
There is no food specific just to this region.

Drink
Some of the Czech Largest breweries are located in central Bohemia, these areː Velkopopovický Kozel in Velké Popovice, Krušovice in Krušovice, Postřižinské pivo in Nymburk, Bakalář in Rakovník and Únětice in Únětice, with the last mentioned being probably the best of them.

There is also a wine-making tradition, centred around Mělník and Litoměřice.

Go next
Your next stop can be almost anywhere in the Czech Republic, because of Central Bohemia's position in the middle of the country.
 * East Bohemia
 * Highlands
 * North Bohemia
 * South Bohemia
 * West Bohemia