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Czechia at a glance

Czechia is a country in Eastern Europe; its capital is Prague. People mainly speak Czech. The currency is the Czech Koruna (CZK). VoyaKin maps 20 places to see here, including 9 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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Capital
Prague
Region
Eastern Europe
Languages
Czech
Currency
Czech Koruna (CZK)
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Before you go: official information

Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Czechia’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.

Check your own government’s travel advice before you go.

Places to see in Czechia

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

  • Villa Tugendhat

    Villa TugendhatUNESCO

    Vila Tugendhat

    Museum · South Moravian Region

    Villa Tugendhat is an architecturally significant building in Brno, Czech Republic. It is one of the pioneering prototypes of modern architecture in Europe, and was designed by the German architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Thomas Ledl (CC BY 4.0). Map

  • St. Barbara's Church

    St. Barbara's ChurchUNESCO

    Chrám svaté Barbory

    Religious · Central Bohemian Region

    Saint Barbara's Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Kutná Hora (Bohemia) in the style of a cathedral, and is sometimes referred to as the Cathedral of St Barbara. It is one of the most famous Gothic churches in central Europe and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Thomas Ledl (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape

    Lednice–Valtice Cultural LandscapeUNESCO

    Belveder

    Fort · South Moravian Region

    The Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape is a cultural-natural landscape complex of 283.09 square kilometres (109.30 sq mi) in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It comprises the municipalities of Lednice, Valtice and Hlohovec, and the rural area of Břeclav.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Lednice (Eisgrub), Marcin Szala Před zámkem, Me116, Herzi Pinki (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk

    Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of NepomukUNESCO

    svatý Jan Nepomucký

    Religious · Vysočina Region

    The Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk at Zelená hora is a religious building at the edge of Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic, near the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Aqalexor (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Holy Trinity Column

    Holy Trinity ColumnUNESCO

    Sloup Nejsvětější Trojice

    Memorial · Olomouc Region

    The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc, in the Czech Republic is a Baroque monument that was built between 1716 and 1754. The main purpose was to celebrate the Catholic Church and faith, partly caused by feeling of gratitude for ending a plague, which struck Moravia between 1713 and 1715.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Michal Maňas (CC BY 4.0). Map

  • Holašovice

    HolašoviceUNESCO

    Landmark · South Bohemian Region

    Holašovice is a small historic village located in the south of the Czech Republic, 16 kilometres west of České Budějovice. Village belongs to the municipality Jankov. To the south lies the protected landscape area of Blanský Forest.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: The original uploader was Sgbeer at German Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Kroměříž Castle

    Kroměříž CastleUNESCO

    Arcibiskupský zámek

    Fort · Zlín Region

    Kroměříž Castle is a castle in Kroměříž in the Czech Republic. It used to be the principal residence of the bishops and archbishops of Olomouc. UNESCO listed the gardens and castle as a World Heritage Site in 1998 because of its exceptionally well-preserved and outstanding Baroque gardens.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: VitVit (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Karlovy Vary

    Karlovy VaryUNESCO

    City · Karlovy Vary Region

    Karlovy Vary is a spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá rivers.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: rboed* (CC BY 2.0). Map

  • Charles BridgeUNESCO

    Karlův most

    Landmark · Prague

    Charles Bridge is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the early 15th century.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Brno

    Brno

    City · South Moravian Region

    Brno is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Harold (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Plzeň

    Plzeň

    City · Plzeň Region

    Plzeň, also known in English and German as Pilsen, is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Евгений Благодарный (CC BY-SA 2.5). Map

  • Ostrava

    Ostrava

    City · Moravian-Silesian Region

    Ostrava is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 281,000 inhabitants. It lies near the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava, Ostravice and Lučina.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Lukáš Mižoch (CC BY 3.0). Map

Keep exploring

Also in Eastern Europe: Belarus · Bulgaria · Hungary · Moldova · Poland · Romania · Russia · Slovakia

Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.

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