Recent Traveler Reviews
Here is a selection of the most recent reviews of the Karlstejn Castle Half-Day Trip from Prague submitted by actual travelers. Read what travelers liked, what they loved, and what they thought could be improved.
An excellent trip to a very nice location. Our tour guide was quite knowledgeable, but her German was better than her English. The guide who took us round the castle was excellent - we got to see the "Crown jewels" - or a copy of them. However, the unlocking and locking of doors as we moved from room to room was farcical - as was a stray in-costume musician, playing the lyre, sat in one of the rooms - flogging his CD and with a bowl for donations!
WE had a choice of how to get from the coach park to the castle - you coudl walk for free but its very steep. Taxi was the safest, but the route was about 5km in a strange roundabout way. Horse and cart seemed too cold for mid-October. We all walked down into a sweet village area - some cafes, restaurants and food stalls available as well as shops, mostly tourist rather than craft.
A long half day though - we didn't get back to Prague until gone 2.30
It was a great tour. My wife and I really enjoyed it.
Reviewed by: Jim, USA, June 2011
As usual the guide was very knowledgeable and was open to questions. She also spoke many languages. The castle itself is very nice but small in size and doesn't offer a lot of objects to contemplate. Being located on the top of a hill, the tour finishes with a walk threw a small town at the bottom.
Reviewed by: Jocelico, Canada, July 2011
Very good guide and transport. Unfortunately, the guides inside the castle were very rude and don't really care about tourists.
Reviewed by: Marcelo Sechieri C. Neves, Brazil, November 2010
We were sure our guide was an ex-preschool teacher, and a very bossy one at that! The bus drive was quite pleasant, seeing a bit of the Prague countryside, and the castle tour a bit disappointing. A quick 30 minute tour through the castle, without any extra time to 'poke around' ourselves to explore. Wouldn't bother again with this tour.
Reviewed by: Karen H, May 2012
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