Food festivals in Prague worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Prague worth planning a trip around, by month.
Burcak season runs early September through mid-October when partly fermented Moravian wine hits Prague. Wine bars, Naplavka and the Botanical Garden's St.
TipDrink burcak fresh; it does not travel and the season is roughly six weeks.
The Czech Republic's largest coffee festival fills the Křižík Pavilions at Výstaviště Holešovice with roasters from across the country and abroad, unlimited cupping, barista workshops and talks.
TipBuy the ticket on GoOut in advance; tastings are unlimited inside, so skip breakfast coffee and arrive at opening for the quietest cupping tables.
A one day tasting of the year's first Czech and Moravian wines on the Náplavka embankment, poured only into glasses, with roast goose, goose legs, kaldoun soup and dumplings from a row of food stalls.
TipThe tasting set with glass and winery card is 150 CZK on site; bring your own glass to pay 100 CZK, and come at 11:00 while the goose stalls are still full.
The Vinohrady Christmas market on Namesti Miru opens about a week earlier than the central markets and closes on Christmas Eve. The most Czech-feeling Advent.
TipRun by the Vinohrady district; ends 24 December, not after New Year.
Prague's flagship Christmas market runs on Old Town Square from late November to early January, with mulled wine, klobasa, fried cheese sandwiches, kolache.
TipOpen daily 10:00-22:00; the cheapest mulled wine is on the back side of the tree.
The Wenceslas Square Christmas market joins the Old Town one with festive Czech food stalls every winter, late November to early January. The lower square.
TipThe upper square is under reconstruction in 2025 to 2026; head to the lower stalls.
The Karlin Street Food Festival is the city's largest one-day street food fair, an annual neighbourhood event on Karlinske namesti with around 40 food stalls.
TipCashless; come hungry, stalls are tightly packed, plates designed to share.
The Festival of Embassies returns to Vitezne namesti each June, the largest international street-food event in Prague with nearly 50 embassies serving.
TipRuns 08:00-20:00; bring small change for non-card stalls Check the event site for the year.
Dozens of gelato makers, soft serve stands, sorbet and vegan ice cream producers set up at Výstaviště Holešovice for a weekend of tasting, competitions and family activities, with coffee and street food alongside.
TipPresale tickets are cheaper than on the gate; stalls open at 10:00 and the shortest queues are in the first hour, before the afternoon heat.
The Kulaťák farmers' market on Vítězné náměstí turns into a one day beer festival with more than 25 small Czech breweries pouring hundreds of beers into returnable glasses, plus street food and live music until 20:00.
TipAdmission is free; the farmers' market runs 8:00 to 14:00 and the breweries pour until 20:00, so arrive mid afternoon for the widest choice of taps.
The St Clare's Vineyard wine harvest festival at the Prague Botanical Garden in Troja, also written St Claire's, is the city's longest-running annual wine festival: live music, burcak and Moravian young wine.
TipBook online; the festival lasts a single weekend in mid-September.
Prague 2's wine harvest festival opens on Friday at náměstí Míru and moves on Saturday into the Grébovka vineyard park, with over a hundred wineries pouring burčák and new vintages beside food stalls and concerts.
TipSaturday in Havlíčkovy sady is the main day; climb to the Viniční altán gazebo for the vineyard view and go before noon to beat the burčák queues.
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Guided tour · 3h 30m
Eight tastings, two drinks, one 13th-century monastery, and the café where Kafka and Einstein once sat. This small-group walk through Old Town and New Town is Czech fo...
Guided tour · 4 hours
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Private tour · 4 hours
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