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A Kutna Hora private tour from Prague runs from $152 per person for a 7-hour day by car to $285.12 per person for a fully guided day with entries, all with hotel pickup and free cancellation 24 hours ahead. This page compares the private tours on price, length, transport and what is included, so you can see which one leaves no extra costs on the day.

Quick answer Prices, duration and what you get

A private Kutna Hora tour from Prague costs from $152 to $285.12 per person and runs 6 to 10 hours, all with hotel pickup and free cancellation 24 hours ahead. Entries are included on two tours, lunch on one. On the cheapest, the driver-guide stays outside and you pay the entries yourself.

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Private Kutna Hora Tours from Prague

Every tour here is private, starts with pickup in Prague and offers free cancellation 24 hours ahead. They differ in price, length, transport and inclusions: one travels by train, one adds a brewery, two include the church entries and one includes lunch.

The west front of St Barbara's Church behind a lawn and spring trees from $154.53

Private Kutna Hora Day Trip by Train

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.9(150 reviews)· 10 hours

A private train day trip with hotel pickup and a professional guide, swapping the silver mine for Italian Court interiors on Mondays and in winter.

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Bridges over the Vltava in Prague in soft evening light, the start of the drive east from $152

Private Kutna Hora Day Tour by Car

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 5.0(10 reviews)· 7 hours

A fully private door-to-door chauffeur day trip you customize stop by stop, unlike fixed itineraries, though attraction tickets cost extra.

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Rows of stacked skulls and long bones on a ledge inside the Sedlec Ossuary from $285.12 Private guide

Private Guided Kutna Hora Tour with Transfers

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.9(100 reviews)· 6 hours

A private guide plus entry to three sights and hotel pickup in a compact 6-hour day, from $285.12 per person.

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A smiling guide in a grey T-shirt with the spires of St Barbara's Church behind him from $283.97

Private Kutna Hora Day Trip with Lunch

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.9(92 reviews)· 6 hours

An all-inclusive private day trip with a driver-guide, ossuary and both cathedral entries, lunch and a drink all in the base price.

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Aerial view of Kutna Hora old town with St Barbara's Church and the Jesuit College in autumn colour from $239.50

Private Kutna Hora Tour with a Local Brewery

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.9(14 reviews)· 8 hours

A private day trip that pairs the Sedlec Ossuary with a beer tasting at a local Kutna Hora brewery.

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Which private Kutna Hora tour should I choose?

Choose on what the price covers: the most expensive tours include the entries, the cheaper three leave some or all of them to you.

The table lines up every private tour on price, length, entries and lunch.

Side by Side

The cheapest is Kutna Hora private Day Tour at $152 per person for 7 hours, with a driver-guide who stays outside the monuments, so the entries are extra. Kutna Hora Private Day Trip by Train costs $154.53 per person and gives the longest day at 10 hours. Kutna Hora Private day trip from Prague with lunch, admission and local treat at $283.97 per person and Private Guided Tour to UNESCO Kutna Hora with Transfers at $285.12 per person include the ossuary and two cathedrals.

Each tour is free to cancel 24 hours ahead. Two of them, the train day and the brewery day, need a minimum of 2 people per booking.

TourPriceLengthEntriesLunch
Kutna Hora private Day Tour$152 per person7 hoursExtra, guide stays outsideNot included
Kutna Hora Private Day Trip by Train$154.53 per person10 hoursNot listed, ask the operatorNot included
Private Kutna Hora with Sedlec Ossuary and Local brewery Full Day Trip$239.50 per person8 hoursNot listed, ask the operatorNot included, brewery tasting
Kutna Hora Private day trip from Prague with lunch, admission and local treat$283.97 per person6 hoursOssuary and two cathedralsMain dish and a drink
Private Guided Tour to UNESCO Kutna Hora with Transfers$285.12 per person6 hoursSt Barbara's, ossuary, Cathedral of the AssumptionNot included
The old town with the Jesuit College and St Barbara's spires over green slopes

The old town and St Barbara's Church over the Vrchlice valley. Photo: Txllxt TxllxT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What does a private Kutna Hora tour day look like?

Your driver or guide picks you up at your Prague hotel, takes you to Kutna Hora, and walks you through the Sedlec Ossuary, St Barbara's Cathedral and the Italian Court former royal mint before returning you to Prague.

The standard itinerary is the same bones, cathedral and mint, no matter which tour you pick.

The Main Stops

The Sedlec Ossuary, known as the Bone Church, is decorated with human bones and skulls. Its tickets are timed and sold online, and the lower chapel visit is capped at 30 minutes. Photography is prohibited inside.

In the centre of Kutna Hora you visit St Barbara's Cathedral and the Italian Court, the old Royal Mint. A private town walk with a local guide takes about 2 hours.

If you add it, you can go underground: the Hradek mine tour covers about 250 m of a medieval mine, takes about 90 minutes, and you wear a helmet with a headlamp and a miner's hooded jacket. The mine is extra on Kutna Hora Private day trip from Prague with lunch, admission and local treat.

Sources: Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Museum of Silver.

How much time do you need in Kutna Hora?

You need most of a day, since a private visit of the centre takes about 2 hours and tours from Prague run 6 to 10 hours in total.

The clock starts when you leave Prague, not when you arrive in Kutna Hora.

On the Ground

Plan about 2 hours for the centre on a private walk, plus the ossuary visit, which is capped at 30 minutes in the lower chapel. Add travel each way and a lunch break, and private tours from Prague run 6 to 10 hours in total. The parish's own guided tours of the cathedral and the ossuary last up to 60 minutes and must be reserved ahead.

Source: Sedlec Ossuary.

How much does a Prague tour cost?

The private Kutna Hora tours on this site cost from $152 to $285.12 per person, and the gap is mostly the entries and lunch.

Prices for private tours vary a lot because what is included varies too.

What Moves the Price

The price of a private tour depends on what is in it. The cheapest, Kutna Hora private Day Tour, covers the car, the driver-guide and the day, and you pay the entries at each sight. The top two include the entries, and Kutna Hora Private day trip from Prague with lunch, admission and local treat adds lunch.

For scale, the entries alone for an adult are $8.27 (180 CZK) for the Sedlec ticket, which covers the ossuary and the Cathedral of the Assumption, and $8.27 (180 CZK) for St Barbara's.

Sources: Sedlec Ossuary, St Barbara's Church.

What is included and what costs extra on a private tour?

All five include private transport, pickup and free cancellation 24 hours ahead, two include the church entries and one includes lunch.

Read the included list before you book, because extra costs add up.

The Usual Split

Kutna Hora private Day Tour includes a car or minivan with WiFi, a sedan for 1 to 4 people and a minivan for 5 to 8. Entries are extra and the driver-guide stays outside. Kutna Hora Private Day Trip by Train travels by train, and the entries are not listed, so ask the operator.

Kutna Hora Private day trip from Prague with lunch, admission and local treat includes the ossuary and two cathedrals, a main dish with a drink and a local treat, with the silver mine and the Italian Court extra. Private Guided Tour to UNESCO Kutna Hora with Transfers includes St Barbara's, the ossuary and the Cathedral of the Assumption, with food and drinks excluded. Private Kutna Hora with Sedlec Ossuary and Local brewery Full Day Trip includes bottled water and a beer tasting at a local brewery, and its entries are not listed.

Is Kutna Hora worth the trip?

Yes, if you want a UNESCO town with a bone church, a gothic cathedral and a medieval silver mine, and you can spare a full day from Prague.

Kutna Hora packs more history into a small centre than most day trip towns.

Why People Go

The town holds the Church of St Barbara, the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec, the ossuary, a medieval silver mine and the Italian Court, the old Royal Mint. Its historic centre with the two churches has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995.

A Kutna Hora day trip from Prague fits easily into one day by private car or train.

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

How do I get from Prague to Kutna Hora by train?

The hourly Vysocina express reaches Kutna Hora hl.n. in about an hour, with fares starting at $3.63 (79 CZK) one way, and Kutna Hora Private Day Trip by Train runs a guided version for $154.53 per person.

Trains reach Kutna Hora from Prague every hour.

Train Versus Car

A private car takes you door to door, which is why the car tours run 6 to 8 hours and the train day 10. If you take the train yourself, a private walk of the centre with a Czech guide from the town's tourist service costs from 2,500 CZK per group on top of a $8.27 (180 CZK) entry per person, and runs about 2 hours. The order goes in writing at least 3 days ahead.

Kutna Hora Private Day Trip by Train is the guided train option, with pickup and free cancellation 24 hours ahead. For stations and fares, read Prague to Kutna Hora.

Source: Czech Railways.

Should I choose Kutna Hora or Cesky Krumlov?

Choose Kutna Hora for bone church, silver mining and mint history in a half-day-friendly UNESCO town, and Cesky Krumlov for a castle town that usually needs a longer day.

Both are UNESCO day trips from Prague, but they show you very different things.

How to Decide

Kutna Hora's sights, the ossuary, St Barbara's Cathedral and the Italian Court, fit a 6-hour private tour. That makes it the better pick if you have one day and want a compact, unusual visit. If your heart is set on a river town with a castle, look at Cesky Krumlov instead, though it is a longer drive.

Who is a private Kutna Hora tour for, and who should skip it?

It suits couples, families and small groups who want their own driver and pace, and it is not for travellers on a tight budget or with limited mobility.

Private tours cost more per head than shared buses, so know what you are paying for.

Book It If

You want hotel pickup, no waiting for other travellers, and a guide who answers questions.

Skip it if you are happy on the train and reading signs yourself, since the train fare and a self-guided walk cost less. Think twice if stairs are hard: the ossuary is reached only by a temporary wooden staircase and is not wheelchair accessible.

Source: Sedlec Ossuary.

How do I pick between the private tours?

Match the tour to your day: shortest at 6 hours if you have evening plans, 10 hours by train if you have the whole day, and the lunch-included trip if you want every cost paid up front.

Each private tour shapes the day differently.

Simple Rules

Need the lowest price? Kutna Hora private Day Tour is $152 per person for 7 hours, entries extra. Want the longest day and a train ride? Kutna Hora Private Day Trip by Train runs 10 hours for $154.53 per person. Want every entry included with a guide? Choose Private Guided Tour to UNESCO Kutna Hora with Transfers at $285.12 per person. Want lunch paid too? Kutna Hora Private day trip from Prague with lunch, admission and local treat is $283.97 per person. Fancy a brewery? Private Kutna Hora with Sedlec Ossuary and Local brewery Full Day Trip runs 8 hours for $239.50 per person.

Ratings run from 4.9 to 5 out of 5, based on 10 to 150 reviews per tour.

Questions About Private Kutna Hora Tours

Can I take a day trip from Prague to Kutna Hora?

Yes, Kutna Hora is a standard day trip from Prague, and every tour on this page runs it in 6 to 10 hours with hotel pick-up and free cancellation 24 hours ahead.

How much does a private Kutna Hora tour cost per person?

From $152 per person for the 7-hour driver-guided day, entries extra, to $285.12 per person for a 6-hour guided day with entries included.

Are tickets included in a private tour price?

On two of the five. Entries are included on the private day trip with lunch, admission and local treat and on the private guided UNESCO tour with transfers. On the cheapest tour you pay them yourself.

Is lunch included on a private tour?

Only on the private day trip with lunch, admission and local treat, which includes a main dish and a drink.

How long is a private Kutna Hora tour?

The private tours compared here run 6 to 10 hours including travel from Prague.

Is a brewery visit possible on a private tour?

Yes. Private Kutna Hora with Sedlec Ossuary and Local brewery Full Day Trip includes a beer tasting at a local brewery and runs 8 hours.

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