🇨🇿Czechia
Gothic Prague, a fairy-tale river town in the south and a young, cheap second city in Moravia — some of Europe's best-preserved old towns, and still some of its best-value beer.
Cities
Czechia's second city and its student capital: a modernist villa on the UNESCO list, a bone-lined ossuary, cellars under the vegetable market and some of the best cocktail bars in Central Europe — at lower prices than Prague, and with hardly any tour groups.
A red-roofed medieval town inside a double loop of the Vltava, under a castle almost as big as the town itself. Tiny, very beautiful, and full of day-trippers from ten to four — so sleep here and have it to yourself.
A thousand years of architecture that nobody got around to bombing, a castle district on one bank and a Gothic Old Town on the other, and the best cheap beer in Europe. The center is crowded by ten; the city is wonderful before and after.
At a glance
How Czechia’s cities compare. Rough 2026 figures.
| City | Cheap meal | Mid-range hotel | Transit ride | Avg. monthly salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇿 Brno | $6–9 | $70–120 | $1.20 | ≈ $1,950 |
| 🇨🇿 Český Krumlov | $8–12 | $85–150 | $0.70 | ≈ $1,950 |
| 🇨🇿 Prague | $7–10 | $120–215 | $1.70 | ≈ $1,950 |
Head to head
Two cities side by side — costs, best months and what you'd do in each.