# Charles IV's imperial residence, the basic tour of Karlštejn Castle

What to do en Karlštejn · Karlštejn

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/things-to-do/basic-castle-tour · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Desde: 300 € adult
- Duración: 55 min
- Temporada: All year except 21 to 25 December · in November and December, Friday to Sunday
- Para quién: All ages; ages 6 to 17, 90 CZK

Castle · 55 min guided · 300 CZK · Spanish audio guide

Charles IV had Karlštejn built in the fourteenth century to keep the crown jewels and the relics of the empire, and the basic tour covers the Imperial Palace and the Marian Tower: the courtiers' hall, the knights' hall with the Chapel of St Nicholas, the deanery and the emperor's bedroom with the Chapel of St Wenceslas, with furniture from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
You enter only with a guide, in groups of up to 45 people and about 55 minutes. Guided tours are usually in Czech or English; ask at the ticket office for the Spanish audio guide (120 CZK and a 500 CZK cash deposit). Buy your ticket on the castle website to choose a time: in summer and at weekends the slots fill up. The last tour leaves at closing time.
From the car park or the station it is about 15 to 20 minutes' climb on foot through the village; you cannot drive up.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 49.9394, 14.1883

## Cerca de aquí

- [The chapels of Karlštejn and the Great Tower, the exclusive tour](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/things-to-do/castle-chapels), a 55 m
- [Karlštejn Nativity Scene Museum, with a moving royal crib](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/things-to-do/nativity-scene-museum), a 237 m
- [On foot up through Karlštejn village to the first gate](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/things-to-do/walk-up-through-the-village), a 400 m
- [Penzion Pod Dračí skálou](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/where-to-stay/penzion-pod-draci-skalou), a 512 m
- [Restaurace Pod Dračí skálou](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/where-to-eat/pod-draci-skalou), a 512 m
- [Grill Restaurant Mlýn](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/where-to-eat/grill-restaurant-mlyn), a 1.4 km
- [Romantický Hotel Mlýn Karlštejn](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/where-to-stay/hotel-mlyn), a 1.4 km
- [Trail to the flooded quarries of Malá and Velká Amerika](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/things-to-do/amerika-quarries), a 1.8 km

Destino: [Karlštejn](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn.md)