Prague: 14 places worth a day trip
Pinsko lists 14 places in Prague: 7 beer stops, 4 wine stops and 3 historic sites.
Highlights include Staropramen Brewery; St. Clare's Vineyard, Troja and Prague Castle.
Beer7
- Staropramen Brewery
Prague's largest brewery, brewing in the Smíchov district since 1869. The visitor centre walks through the history of brewing and ends with a tasting.
- U Fleků Brewpub
A brewpub in continuous operation since at least 1499 that serves just one beer: a 13° dark lager. Its halls and garden seat around 1,200 guests.
- Strahov Monastery Brewery
A small brewery inside the Strahov Monastery above Prague Castle, revived in 2000 on the site of a monastic brewery recorded in 1628. Its St. Norbert beers are brewed on the spot.
- Břevnov Monastery Brewery
Brewing at Břevnov, the oldest monastery for men in Bohemia, is traced to its founding in 993. The modern brewery reopened in 2011 and brews under the Benedict label.
- Vinohradský Brewery
A Prague brewery on Korunní street revived in 2014 in a building that brewed beer from 1893. Its unfiltered lagers are poured in the big taproom next to the brewhouse.
- Pivovarský dům Brewpub
One of Prague's first modern brewpubs, open since 1998 and known for experimental beers flavoured with banana, coffee, cherry or nettle.
- Hostivar Brewery
A neighbourhood microbrewery in Prague's Hostivař district, brewing unpasteurised lagers and ales that it serves in its own pubs across the city.
Wine4
- St. Clare's Vineyard, Troja
A historic vineyard inside Prague Botanical Garden, with a wine bar and the Baroque chapel of St. Clare looking over the city.
- Grébovka Vineyard Pavilion
A restored 19th-century vineyard in Havlíčkovy sady, in a Prague district whose name, Vinohrady, means 'vineyards'. The pavilion pours local wine.
- St. Wenceslas Vineyard
A small vineyard on the slope below Prague Castle, linked by tradition to prince Wenceslas and replanted in the 1990s.
- Salabka Winery
A terraced vineyard estate in Prague's Troja with a winery and restaurant, one of the largest inside the city.
History3
- Prague Castle
Seat of Czech rulers for over a thousand years and today of the president, often cited as the largest ancient castle complex in the world. St. Vitus Cathedral guards the Crown Jewels.
- Charles Bridge
Begun in 1357 under Charles IV, this Gothic bridge links the Old Town and Malá Strana. Thirty Baroque statues line its parapets.
- Vyšehrad
The legendary seat of the first Czech princes on a rock above the Vltava. Its cemetery holds Dvořák, Smetana and Mucha.