Every photograph below was taken by us, on a trip we took ourselves. Nothing here is stock, and nothing shows a place we have not stood in.
Karlštejn Castle on its wooded ridge 
The castle towers above the walls 
The gate tower and the climb up to it 
The great tower from inside the walls 
The village street below the castle 
The castle seen through the trees 
The stepped path up to the gate 
The castle above the village roofs 
Inside the Sedlec ossuary, bones worked into the arches 
The bone chandelier in the ossuary 
St Barbara's church and its tent roofs 
The Gothic stone fountain on the square 
The flying buttresses of St Barbara's 
The statue-lined walk above the town 
Inside the cathedral at Kutná Hora 
The Old Town Hall tower above the market stalls 
A painted baroque dome from directly beneath 
The Rudolfinum concert hall on the riverbank 
The castle on its ridge, seen along the avenue 
A twin-towered Gothic church from the street 
The Vltava running wide under a low sun 
St Vitus Cathedral from the castle courtyard 
The gate tower at the end of the Charles Bridge 
Baroque fronts in the Old Town, Týn spires behind Show the other 106 photographs Show fewer
The gate into the castle's first courtyard 
The spires of St Vitus over the castle rooftops 
The apse and buttresses of St Vitus 
Above the red roofs, the whole city behind 
The Charles Bridge at dusk, statues along the parapet 
Crossing the bridge toward the Old Town tower 
The bridge tower and the crowd at its foot 
St Salvator, the Clementinum church, on Knights of the Cross Square 
The rose window on the west front of St Vitus 
The Petřín lookout tower from below 
The astronomical clock tower on the Old Town Hall 
The gardens at Vyšehrad in spring 
The Vltava from the Vyšehrad walls 
The river and the railway bridge from the ramparts 
The astronomical clock face close up 
The Old Town Square from the tower 
The Týn church rising over the square 
The old fortifications and the vineyard below 
The twin towers of the basilica of St Peter and St Paul at Vyšehrad 
Painted vaulting inside the basilica at Vyšehrad 
The city spread out below the castle hill 
Roofs of the Malá Strana from above 
The lit castle and the river at night 
The Vltava widening below the city 
On the bridge with the castle behind 
The flying buttresses on the south side of St Vitus 
Market stalls in front of the painted church 
The west front of St Vitus from the courtyard 
A statue on the Charles Bridge parapet 
Baroque fronts on the Malá Strana square 
The tower of St Vitus straight up from the courtyard 
The nave of St Vitus toward the east window 
The Mucha window in St Vitus 
The silver tomb of St John of Nepomuk 
A side chapel in St Vitus 
Inside a Romanesque basilica at the castle, wooden ceiling above the nave 
The city from the castle terrace 
The spires of St Vitus over the trees 
The Old Town Square and the Týn church from the tower 
The green domes of St Nicholas over the roofs 
The Charles Bridge at night, lamps lit 
Scooters lined up on the castle square 
St Nicholas in the Malá Strana from the street 
The silver tomb of St John of Nepomuk and its figures 
The full west front of St Vitus 
The Týn church and the Marian column lit at night 
The castle and the bridge reflected in the river at night 
In front of the astronomical clock 
St Vitus across the castle's third courtyard 
The west front and its rose window from below 
A Gothic window in St Vitus, dense with color 
Red roofs running away toward the new town 
A walled lane climbing toward the castle 
A carved figure on a corner of a building 
Vyšehrad on its rock above the river 
The riverbank and the church towers at dusk 
The Old Town Square lit, the Týn church behind 
The clock tower and the square after dark 
At the west front of St Vitus 
The bridge and the castle at sunset 
A vaulted beer hall cut into the rock 
Painted eggs stacked on a market stall 
On the bridge at sunset, the castle behind 
The Týn church against a deep blue evening sky 
The family on the Old Town Square at night 
Trying on a hat in a Prague shop 
Through the arch of the Powder Gate 
The castle on its hill, seen from the embankment 
The castle from the far end of the Mánes bridge 
Market stalls and the Týn spires behind 
The length of the Havelské tržiště 
The crowd along Na Příkopě 
The Powder Gate from the street 
The Vltava opening out downstream 
Low sun on the river 
Painted houses above the Easter market 
The Jan Hus monument in the Old Town Square 
The decorated Easter tree in front of Týn 
Market huts filling the square 
A boat going under the bridge 
St Nicholas in the Lesser Town, cars parked below 
Looking up the street to the green dome 
The bridge tower and the castle at dusk 
Walking the Charles Bridge into the sun 
The Vyšehrad walls above the water 
The river and its bridges from the ramparts 
Red roofs of the Lesser Town, castle beyond 
The castle from the Petřín slope 
The whole city from Petřín hill 
The Rudolfinum across its square 
The west front of St Vitus and its rose window 
Charles Bridge, a saint on the parapet 
Old Town roofs from the tower 
Lit facades on Wenceslas Square 
The length of Wenceslas Square after dark 
The family on the Old Town Square 
By the Christmas tree in the square 
The Týn church over the red roofs 
The Old Town Square and the Týn church by day 
A baroque altar and Christmas trees, over the heads of the congregation 
The statue of St Adalbert inside the basilica, flowers at its foot 
The Old Town Hall tower at night 
The Týn church and the tree lit together 
Dinner at the long table in the cellar 
Inside the church, the gilded altars behind 
With a trdelník outside the bakery door Thinking about Czech Republic?
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