Europe Travel Destinations | Cities & Places to Visit

Prague

A fairy-tale Central European capital of Gothic spires, riverside views, and legendary beer halls.

Český Krumlov

A fairy-tale Bohemian town wrapped in a bend of the Vltava River, crowned by one of Central Europe's largest castles.

Karlovy Vary

Bohemia's grand spa town, wrapped around 13 hot mineral springs, Art Nouveau colonnades, and a famous July film festival.

Brno

Czechia's creative second city: a hilltop castle, cave-riddled crypts, student energy, and some of Central Europe's best-value food and wine.

Ostrava

Czechia's gritty, creative third city, built on coal and steel, now full of festivals, industrial art, and mountain day trips.

Pilsen

The West Bohemian city where pilsner beer was born, paired with a Gothic cathedral, historic underground tunnels, and a striking WWII legacy.

Liberec

A North Bohemian city crowned by the space-age Ještěd Tower, blending 19th-century architecture with mountain hiking and skiing at the city's edge.

Olomouc

A university city in Moravia with a UNESCO baroque column, a socialist-era astronomical clock, and the Czech Republic's second-largest historic center.

České Budějovice

South Bohemia's largest city, founded in 1265, known for its arcaded main square, original Budweiser beer, and riverside setting.

Zlín

An eastern Moravian city reshaped in the 1920s and 30s by the Baťa shoe empire into a landmark of functionalist industrial architecture.

Hradec Králové

A riverside East Bohemian city famed for its Gothic-Baroque square and early-1900s functionalist architecture.

Pardubice

A relaxed East Bohemian city famed for gingerbread, Renaissance architecture, and its legendary Velká Pardubická horse race.

Ústí nad Labem

An underrated Czech river city where industrial grit meets sandstone cliffs, castle ruins and a genuinely odd cable car ride.

Kladno

An unpretentious steel city outside Prague where mining history, hockey pride and a somber wartime memorial sit side by side.

Opava

The former capital of Czech Silesia, with a red-brick cathedral, the country's oldest museum, and three castles a short drive away.

Jihlava

The oldest silver-mining town in the Czech Republic, with 25 km of underground tunnels beneath its arcaded main square.

Frýdek-Místek

Two towns, one river, and a straight shot into the Beskydy Mountains: a castle, a basilica, and hiking trails all within reach.

Teplice

The oldest spa town in Central Europe, once host to Beethoven and Goethe, with thermal springs and a Baroque chateau square.

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A rebuilt city famous for moving its own Gothic church a half-mile to save it from an open-pit coal mine.