Car Rental Prague - Exploring Prague

There’s plenty see while strolling around this very walkable city, but beyond the ancient buildings is the undulating countryside of Bohemia, with castles and quaint villages, offering respite from the crowds of tourists.

Pruhonice is an attractive village reachable by metro, with quaint lanes and old shops, but most come to see the 13th-century chateau now occupied by the Czech Academy of Sciences. Some of the buildings date from the 12th C and there is a fantastic landscaped park, considered the best botanical garden in the whole country.

Karlstejn castle is perhaps the most photogenic of the many castles found in this region and is less than 45 minutes by train. It gets pretty busy, but the magnificent audience hall and imperial bedroom, Marian tower and lavishly decorated Chapel of the Holy Cross make it worthwhile.

Konopiste is a 14th-century, French-style chateau, situated in Benesov, and visitors seek out this little town to admire the bounty of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Kutna Hora is a World Heritage site, with its colourful square and medieval alley ways, much of it created under the guidance of King Wenceslas II. The Cathedral of Santa Barbara rivals Prague's St Vitus.