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The gate of the Pilsner Urquell brewery in PlzeňUser:Tmv23 · CC BY-SA 3.0

What to do · Plzeň

Tour of the Pilsner Urquell brewery with unfiltered beer in the cellars

Brewery and cellars · 100 min · 430 CZK · tasting from age 18 · app in Spanish

InformationFrom Kč430 adult
From
Kč430 adult
Duration
1 h 40
Season
All year
Who it's for
Adults; minors with an adult, without the tasting

Pilsner was born here in 1842 and the recipe, they say, has not changed. The tour takes in the whole Plzeňský Prazdroj brewery: the ingredients, the brewhouse and, at the end, the maturation cellars, kilometres of galleries at about 5 °C where you are served a glass of unfiltered, unpasteurised beer straight from the barrel. The tasting is for over-18s only. Bring something warm to wear.

Guided tours run in several languages at fixed times; if there is no Spanish slot, the SmartGuide app narrates the tour in Spanish in your headphones. Buy your ticket on their website. The brewery is about ten minutes' walk from the railway station.

With teenagers

Who runs it

Opening hours and prices can change: check them before you go.

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