# Kutná Hora An hour by train from Prague: the Sedlec Ossuary decorated with bones, the Gothic Cathedral of St Barbara and a medieval silver mine you tour wearing a helmet. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/czechia/kutna-hora · Revisado: 2026-11-12 In the Middle Ages Kutná Hora was Bohemia's second city, rich from its silver mines, which minted the kingdom's coinage. When the silver ran out, the city stood still, and that is why it keeps an enormous Gothic cathedral, whole streets of medieval and Baroque houses and, in the Sedlec district, a chapel decorated with the bones of thousands of people. It is a World Heritage Site and the easiest day trip from Prague. ## How do you get there from Prague? By train, from Prague's main station (Praha hlavní nádraží), in about 50–60 minutes; some trains require a change at Kolín. Fast trains stop at Kutná Hora's main station, which is in Sedlec, ten minutes' walk from the ossuary. To get up to the centre there is a local train to Kutná Hora město, a city bus or a walk of about 3 km. By car, it is about 80 km, around an hour. Park in Sedlec for the ossuary and then in the centre: within the historic centre you go on foot. ## What to see in a day Start in Sedlec, next to the station: the ossuary, with your ticket bought for a set time, and the Cathedral of the Assumption, five minutes away. Then head up to the centre and have lunch near Palackého Square. In the afternoon, the medieval Hrádek mine, with helmet and lamp, and a stroll along Barborská Street to the Cathedral of St Barbara, with its view of the valley. If you have time left, the Stone House on Václavské Square. Do it in reverse order if your train arrives late: the ossuary is open until mid-afternoon in winter. ## When to go In spring and autumn, on weekdays, there are fewer groups. In summer many coaches arrive from Prague mid-morning: go early or in the afternoon. The mine is closed on Mondays and from December to February; in winter the ossuary and St Barbara's have shorter opening hours. ## Is it worth staying overnight? For most people, Kutná Hora is a day. Stay if you want to see St Barbara's with nobody around first thing, or if you are combining the town with another visit by car the next day. The centre is quiet at night and the taverns are full of Czechs, not tourists. ## How much does it cost? The ossuary costs 180 CZK, St Barbara's 180 CZK and the mine 200 CZK per adult. The return train from Prague is cheap. A Czech meal with beer comes to around 300–400 CZK per person. ## Dónde está - Cerca: Konopiště (a 47.7 km), Prague (a 62.5 km), Český ráj (Bohemian Paradise) (a 66.6 km), Mělník (a 72.2 km) ## Qué hacer - **Sedlec Ossuary: the chapel decorated with bones** (30 min · Adults and teenagers; it makes an impression on small children · 180 CZK adult): In the lower chapel of the fourteenth-century All Saints Church, the bones of thousands of people form four pyramids, garlands of skulls, the Schwarzenberg coat of arms and a chandelier that, according to tradition, contains every bone in the human body. It is a place of worship, not a museum: inside photography is not allowed and the visit lasts 30 minutes at most. Capacity is limited and tickets are sold only with a set day and time, on the official website (sedlec.info) or at the Sedlec information centre, at Zámecká 279. Beware of resellers with inflated prices. Arrive five minutes early: more than ten minutes late and you lose your slot. It is about ten minutes' walk from Kutná Hora railway station. - **Cathedral of St Barbara, the church of the silver miners** (1 h · All ages; under-6s free · 180 CZK adult; 140 CZK reduced; 60 CZK children from age 6): The silver miners of Kutná Hora wanted a church that would rival Prague Cathedral, and they built it on the edge of the town, above the Vrchlice river valley. Outside, a forest of flying buttresses and three stone tents; inside, star vaults and frescoes of miners and coin-makers. You go in with the basic ticket and stay as long as you like, with an audio guide or printed guide; guided tours of the galleries and the roof are booked in advance. You walk there from Palackého Square along Barborská Street, between the Jesuit College and a row of Baroque statues. - **Medieval silver mine at Hrádek, with helmet and lamp** (1 h 30 · From age 6; ages 6 to 10, with an adult · Tour II (mine) 200 CZK adult, 160 CZK reduced, 640 CZK family; with the museum, 270 CZK): Kutná Hora was rich from silver, and here you go down to look for it. The Czech Museum of Silver, in the Hrádek palace, gives you a helmet with a lamp and a hooded miner's cape and takes you into about 250 metres of an authentic medieval mine, narrow and damp. Beforehand you see the replica of a gallery and an enormous horse-driven winch that raised the ore; the tour ends with how coins were minted. Groups are of 25 people at most and leave every half hour. Book on their website and ask for the language of the commentary. It is forbidden to children under 6. It is open from March to November, Tuesday to Sunday. - **Cathedral of the Assumption at Sedlec, Gothic and Baroque beside the ossuary** (40 min · All ages · Ticket with a set day and time on the Sedlec website): The church of the former Cistercian monastery of Sedlec, five minutes from the ossuary: a Gothic cathedral that the architect Santini rebuilt in the eighteenth century, mixing Gothic and Baroque, with a white light that contrasts with the chapel of bones. It is bought on the same website as the ossuary, also with a set time. It fits in right after you get off the train, before going up to the centre of Kutná Hora. - **A walk along Barborská Street to St Barbara's** (45 min · All ages; with a pushchair, because of the cobblestones): The walk that links the centre with the cathedral: you set out from Palackého Square, pass in front of Hrádek and continue along Barborská Street, with the long Jesuit College on one side and a balustrade with Baroque statues of saints above the valley on the other. At the end the whole cathedral appears. Return through the little lanes to the Stone House, on Václavské Square. - **Stone House (Kamenný dům), a Gothic house on the square** (45 min · All ages): A Gothic house with a façade carved in stone, on Václavské Square, which is part of the Czech Museum of Silver and holds exhibitions on life in the town. It makes a good half-hour visit if you have a museum ticket. It is open from April to November and closed on Mondays; in November, from 10:00 to 16:00. ## Dónde comer - **Restaurace Dačický** (Restaurant, Kutná Hora, €€). Qué pedir: a Bohemian dish from the menu with the tank-fresh Zlatá 12 from the Kutná Hora brewery. - **V Ruthardce** (Restaurant, Kutná Hora, €€). Qué pedir: a potato "cmunda" in the Kaplice style or a dish from the classic menu with a pilsner. - **Café Dačický** (Café, Kutná Hora, €). Qué pedir: a coffee from the Kutná Hora roaster with a macaron or a hot chocolate. ## By plane: Fly to Prague and an hour by train to Kutná Hora Kutná Hora has no airport: you fly to Prague, with direct flights from Madrid, Barcelona and other Spanish cities, and continue by train from the main station, in about 50–60 minutes. From the airport, the Airport Express drops you at that same station. It is the easiest day trip from Prague and you do not need a car. ### Dónde dormir if you're flying - **Hotel Zlatá Stoupa** (Hotel): The house A hotel in a classical corner building, on the edge of the historic centre: Palackého Square and the Stone House are a few minutes' walk away, and St Barbara's a ten-minute stroll. It has been running since 1998 and has 28 rooms in the main building and 12 in the annexe. The rooms Spacious, with a private bathroom, wifi, minibar and safe; most with air conditioning. There are rooms with one to four beds, useful for families. Breakfast is a buffet and the hotel restaurant also serves lunch and dinner. Getting there and parking It has car parking supervised day and night, an advantage in a centre of narrow streets. By train, you get off at Kutná Hora's main station (in Sedlec) and continue on the local train to Kutná Hora město, or by bus or taxi to the centre. - **Apartmány Dačický** (Apartment): The house Seven places to stay, four apartments and three rooms, in the heart of the historic centre, next to the Dačický restaurant and the birthplace of the chronicler Mikuláš Dačický. Each one is decorated with a Kutná Hora theme: silver, the cathedral, the miners. Who it is for For anyone who wants to sleep in the centre, dine in the tavern next door and set out early for St Barbara's before the groups from Prague. The apartments suit families or two couples. Getting there It is two minutes from Palackého Square. Without a car, the local train drops you at Kutná Hora město, about ten minutes' walk away. Ask about parking when you book: the centre has narrow streets. ### Servicios - **Kutná Hora station (hlavní nádraží, in Sedlec)**: Trains from Prague's main station in about 50–60 minutes; ten minutes' walk from the ossuary. Local train to Kutná Hora město. ## Car-free: Train from Prague and on foot between Sedlec and the centre Kutná Hora is the ideal excursion without a car: the Prague train stops at Sedlec, ten minutes from the ossuary, and from the ossuary to the centre there is a local train, a bus or a walk of about 3 km. In the centre everything is on foot. Presupuesto orientativo: 60–120 € por persona y día. ### Dónde dormir without a car - **Hotel Zlatá Stoupa** (Hotel): The house A hotel in a classical corner building, on the edge of the historic centre: Palackého Square and the Stone House are a few minutes' walk away, and St Barbara's a ten-minute stroll. It has been running since 1998 and has 28 rooms in the main building and 12 in the annexe. The rooms Spacious, with a private bathroom, wifi, minibar and safe; most with air conditioning. There are rooms with one to four beds, useful for families. Breakfast is a buffet and the hotel restaurant also serves lunch and dinner. Getting there and parking It has car parking supervised day and night, an advantage in a centre of narrow streets. By train, you get off at Kutná Hora's main station (in Sedlec) and continue on the local train to Kutná Hora město, or by bus or taxi to the centre. - **Apartmány Dačický** (Apartment): The house Seven places to stay, four apartments and three rooms, in the heart of the historic centre, next to the Dačický restaurant and the birthplace of the chronicler Mikuláš Dačický. Each one is decorated with a Kutná Hora theme: silver, the cathedral, the miners. Who it is for For anyone who wants to sleep in the centre, dine in the tavern next door and set out early for St Barbara's before the groups from Prague. The apartments suit families or two couples. Getting there It is two minutes from Palackého Square. Without a car, the local train drops you at Kutná Hora město, about ten minutes' walk away. Ask about parking when you book: the centre has narrow streets. ### Servicios - **Kutná Hora station (hlavní nádraží, in Sedlec)**: Trains from Prague's main station in about 50–60 minutes; ten minutes' walk from the ossuary. Local train to Kutná Hora město. - **Sedlec information centre (ossuary tickets)**: Sale of timed tickets for the Sedlec ossuary and cathedral, next to the ossuary. Open every day. ## By car: By car from Prague, an hour along the Kolín road By car, Kutná Hora is about 80 km from Prague, around an hour. It lets you combine it in the same day with Žleby Castle or with Kolín, but inside the town everything is done on foot: park and forget about the car. Presupuesto orientativo: 70–130 € por persona y día. ### Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Hotel Zlatá Stoupa** (Hotel): The house A hotel in a classical corner building, on the edge of the historic centre: Palackého Square and the Stone House are a few minutes' walk away, and St Barbara's a ten-minute stroll. It has been running since 1998 and has 28 rooms in the main building and 12 in the annexe. The rooms Spacious, with a private bathroom, wifi, minibar and safe; most with air conditioning. There are rooms with one to four beds, useful for families. Breakfast is a buffet and the hotel restaurant also serves lunch and dinner. Getting there and parking It has car parking supervised day and night, an advantage in a centre of narrow streets. By train, you get off at Kutná Hora's main station (in Sedlec) and continue on the local train to Kutná Hora město, or by bus or taxi to the centre. - **Apartmány Dačický** (Apartment): The house Seven places to stay, four apartments and three rooms, in the heart of the historic centre, next to the Dačický restaurant and the birthplace of the chronicler Mikuláš Dačický. Each one is decorated with a Kutná Hora theme: silver, the cathedral, the miners. Who it is for For anyone who wants to sleep in the centre, dine in the tavern next door and set out early for St Barbara's before the groups from Prague. The apartments suit families or two couples. Getting there It is two minutes from Palackého Square. Without a car, the local train drops you at Kutná Hora město, about ten minutes' walk away. Ask about parking when you book: the centre has narrow streets. ### Servicios - **Sedlec information centre (ossuary tickets)**: Sale of timed tickets for the Sedlec ossuary and cathedral, next to the ossuary. Open every day. ## As a family: A mine with helmets, an enormous cathedral and a terrace with swings Kutná Hora has what few excursions do: a real medieval mine. With children from age 6, the Hrádek mine is what the day is remembered for; St Barbara's impresses everyone and the walk along Barborská takes care of itself. The ossuary is best explained beforehand, or left for the older ones. ### What works best Hrádek mine: helmet, lamp and miner's cape, from age 6 Cathedral of St Barbara, with a children's ticket of 60 CZK Walk along Barborská, with the statues and the view of the valley Sedlec Ossuary, only if the child is prepared ### Where to sleep Hotel Zlatá Stoupa, with rooms of up to four beds Apartmány Dačický, with apartments ### Where to eat Restaurace Dačický, with a terrace and a large children's area Café Dačický, for the hot chocolate ### Keep in mind The mine forbids entry to children under 6 The mine closes on Mondays and from December to February No photos in the ossuary and the visit is 30 minutes at most ### Qué hacer as a family - Sedlec Ossuary: the chapel decorated with bones - Cathedral of St Barbara, the church of the silver miners - Medieval silver mine at Hrádek, with helmet and lamp - Cathedral of the Assumption at Sedlec, Gothic and Baroque beside the ossuary - A walk along Barborská Street to St Barbara's - Stone House (Kamenný dům), a Gothic house on the square ## With teenagers: Bones, silver and the setting of a video game Kutná Hora hooks teenagers: a chapel decorated with human bones, a medieval mine with helmets and a town that many recognise from the video game Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. It can be seen in a day from Prague by train, and they can get around on foot on their own. ### What works best Sedlec Ossuary, the visit that makes the biggest impression Hrádek mine, 250 metres of medieval gallery St Barbara's, with a guided tour of the galleries if booked ### Where to sleep Apartmány Dačický, in the centre Hotel Zlatá Stoupa ### Where to eat V Ruthardce, with its tour and banquet inspired by the video game Restaurace Dačický ### Keep in mind The ossuary demands silence and respect: it is a place of worship Tickets for the ossuary and the mine are bought with a set time ### Qué hacer with teenagers - Sedlec Ossuary: the chapel decorated with bones - Cathedral of St Barbara, the church of the silver miners - Medieval silver mine at Hrádek, with helmet and lamp - A walk along Barborská Street to St Barbara's ## Consejos ### Buy the ossuary with a set time It is sold only for a specific day and time, at sedlec.info or at the information centre. Beware of resellers. ### Book the mine Groups of 25 people every half hour; ask for the language of the commentary. ### Work from the bottom up Sedlec first, next to the train; the centre afterwards. ### Do not take photos in the ossuary It is forbidden: it is a chapel. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How long does it take to get from Prague to Kutná Hora? About 50–60 minutes by train from the main station; around an hour by car. ### Do I need to book the ossuary? Yes: the ticket is bought for a specific day and time. ### Can you take children to the ossuary? Yes, but it makes an impression. Tell them beforehand what they will see; they will like the mine more. ### Is the ossuary near the station? Yes, about ten minutes' walk from Kutná Hora hlavní nádraží. ### Which day is the mine closed? Mondays, and from December to February. ### Is St Barbara's worth seeing? Yes: it is one of the great Gothic churches of central Europe.