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Vltava cruises compared
Which boat, which hour and which route on Prague's only river, with real ratings and honest prices for all eleven sailings.
Prague river cruise guides
Straight answers to what people actually ask before booking a cruise in Prague, checked against the operators' own pages, the live listings and the piers themselves.
Choosing your cruise
Evening
Evening cruises compared
The after-dark Vltava run: how to time a sailing against sunset by month, what glows from the water, and which evening boat to pick.
Dinner
Dinner cruises compared
Open-top glass boat or covered glass dome, buffet or jazz-and-dinner: every Vltava dinner sailing compared on price, menu and pier.
Sightseeing
Sightseeing cruises compared
The daytime Vltava run compared: panoramic, coffee-and-cake and the 1927 historic boat, with real ratings and honest prices.
Jazz
The live-jazz boat
The Vltava's one real live-jazz concert cruise, the highest-rated boat on the river. The sets, the optional dinner, and how it beats the recorded-music boats.
Lunch
Lunch cruises compared
The daytime meal cruise: two hours, a buffet, the skyline in full colour, and a lower price than dinner. Here is how it compares.
Decide
Which boat to pick
A decision guide across every Vltava boat: sightseeing, dinner, lunch, canal, jazz and private, sorted by time, budget and occasion.
Prices, wharves and planning
Our pick
The best cruise, honestly
The value winner, the occasion boat and the splurge on Prague's only river, with the review counts most best-of lists skip.
Prices
What every cruise costs
Every Vltava cruise fare from the cheapest loop to the dinner sailings, plus why currency localisation changes the 'from' price you see.
Hop-on hop-off
Hop-on hop-off boat?
Prague has no hop-on hop-off boat pass. Here is what that search should book instead, and which fixed-route Vltava cruise does the same job.
Danube vs Vltava
Danube line vs Prague boat
No Viking-style ship reaches Prague by water. Here is why the Vltava is not the Danube, and what to book to cruise Prague for real.