# On foot up through Karlštejn village to the first gate

What to do en Karlštejn · Karlštejn

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/things-to-do/walk-up-through-the-village · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 20 min
- Temporada: All year
- Para quién: All ages; with a pushchair, because of the cobbled slope

Walk · 20 min uphill · free · pedestrian street with shops

The castle cannot be seen from the station: it appears as you climb. From the train you cross the bridge over the Berounka, turn right and then left, and follow the main street uphill; from the central car park the route is the same. The whole village is pedestrianised, bicycles included, and the Municipal Police fine anyone who goes in.
The street is full of souvenir shops and terraces; on the square, the Nativity Scene Museum also serves as an information office. At the top, the castle's first gate and the viewpoint over the valley. Allow 15 minutes from the car park and about 20 from the train, unhurried.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 49.9365, 14.185

## Cerca de aquí

- [Karlštejn Nativity Scene Museum, with a moving royal crib](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/things-to-do/nativity-scene-museum), a 170 m
- [Charles IV's imperial residence, the basic tour of Karlštejn Castle](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/things-to-do/basic-castle-tour), a 400 m
- [The chapels of Karlštejn and the Great Tower, the exclusive tour](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/things-to-do/castle-chapels), a 448 m
- [Penzion Pod Dračí skálou](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/where-to-stay/penzion-pod-draci-skalou), a 757 m
- [Restaurace Pod Dračí skálou](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/where-to-eat/pod-draci-skalou), a 757 m
- [Grill Restaurant Mlýn](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/where-to-eat/grill-restaurant-mlyn), a 1.0 km
- [Romantický Hotel Mlýn Karlštejn](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/where-to-stay/hotel-mlyn), a 1.0 km
- [Trail to the flooded quarries of Malá and Velká Amerika](https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/karlstejn/things-to-do/amerika-quarries), a 2.0 km

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