https://christmasinprague.com/Christmas in Prague 2026/27: every Christmas market with dates, opening hours and the organiser's official link, plus transport, opening days over Christmas, food, prices and the usual tourist traps. Written for visitors from abroad.en https://christmasinprague.com/practical/getting-around-prague-at-christmas/https://christmasinprague.com/practical/getting-around-prague-at-christmas/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000Prague's trams, metro and buses are cheap and go everywhere the markets are, but the ticket system catches visitors out. Here is what a ticket costs, how to buy one, and how services change over the holidays. https://christmasinprague.com/practical/when-to-go-and-what-is-closed/https://christmasinprague.com/practical/when-to-go-and-what-is-closed/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000Prague in December is busiest exactly when most people plan to come. This page sets out what is open on 24, 25 and 26 December, when the squares are least crowded, and what the weather actually does. https://christmasinprague.com/practical/christmas-food-and-drink-in-prague/https://christmasinprague.com/practical/christmas-food-and-drink-in-prague/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000What is actually sold at a Prague Christmas market, what it cost in the 2025 season, and which of it is a genuine Czech tradition and which is a tourist product. https://christmasinprague.com/practical/money-taxis-and-tourist-traps/https://christmasinprague.com/practical/money-taxis-and-tourist-traps/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000Most of the ways a visitor loses money in Prague are the same three every year: the exchange window, the ATM screen and the taxi. All three are avoidable, and the law is on your side in one of them. https://christmasinprague.com/guides/prague-christmas-markets-2026/https://christmasinprague.com/guides/prague-christmas-markets-2026/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000Confirmed 2026 dates and published hours for Prague Christmas markets, plus stall food and approximate 2025 prices. Unconfirmed 2026 dates and holiday hours are marked as unpublished. https://christmasinprague.com/guides/christmas-in-prague-with-kids/https://christmasinprague.com/guides/christmas-in-prague-with-kids/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000Hours, child fares and cobbles for Prague's 2026/27 Christmas markets, with 2025 stall prices and how Czech families spend 24 December. Darkness after 16:00, indoor places in the rain, and the published Ježíšek letter box in Karlín are included. https://christmasinprague.com/guides/three-days-in-prague-at-christmas/https://christmasinprague.com/guides/three-days-in-prague-at-christmas/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000A day-by-day route for a short Christmas stay: Old Town Square and the tree, the castle side with a neighbourhood market, then the riverside and a market away from the centre. Confirmed 2026 dates, PID fares and 24–26 December closures are used where published; unpublished hours are marked as such. https://christmasinprague.com/guides/what-czechs-actually-do-at-christmas/https://christmasinprague.com/guides/what-czechs-actually-do-at-christmas/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0000Czech Christmas is organised around the evening of 24 December: Ježíšek brings the presents, carp is the meal, and gifts are opened after a bell, not on the morning of the 25th. This guide sets out those household customs and what they mean for visitors when shops close and the city goes quiet.