How to Get to Prague Zoo by Tram, Bus, Boat or Car

From the Old Town, you can reach Prague Zoo by tram 17 from Staroměstská to the Trojská stop, then bus 112 to the zoo in Troja. If the tram is not convenient, take metro line C to Nádraží Holešovice, where a bus leaves for the zoo every few minutes. With time to spare, the boat from Rašínovo nábřeží takes 75 minutes and turns the journey into part of the day out.

Getting there

The zoo's address is U Trojského zámku 120/3, in the Troja district, and the zoo describes itself as close to the centre of Prague. It has four entrances: the main entrance, the Sklenářka entrance, and a north and a south entrance. Every route below ends at one of them.

Featured location Prague Zoo Prague-Troja, Czech Republic WAZAWAZA-WP As of June 2024 fifteen pavilions were open to the public. The zoo was founded and is funded by Prague city hall as a contributory organisation, and it keeps worldwide studbooks for some of the threatened species it works with.

By tram and bus: the easiest route from the Old Town

Tram 17 stops at Staroměstská, named after the Old Town it serves, and at Právnická fakulta, then runs out through Nádraží Holešovice to Trojská. Get off at Trojská and change to bus 112 towards Zoologická zahrada or Podhoří, the route Prague's transit company, DPP, gives for the zoo. A single PID ticket covers the whole journey, because Prague tickets are limited only by time and zone: while one is valid, you can make as many trips as you like. As of September 2026, a 90-minute ticket costs 46 CZK in the PID Lítačka app or 50 CZK on paper.

By metro and bus

Take metro line C to Nádraží Holešovice. Bus 112 runs to the zoo from there, and the zoo says a bus leaves every few minutes. If your nearest station is on line B, change to line C at Florenc.

Bus 234 also leaves from Nádraží Holešovice, and it serves the zoo's newer Sklenářka entrance as well as the main gate. That entrance opened together with the Dja Reserve, the gorilla pavilion, and city buses stop right outside it: take the 234 from Holešovice, or the 235 or 236 from Bohnice, heading for Podhoří. The zoo sells it this way:

The bus stop is called Sklenářka and is right by the new gorilla pavilion. No crowds, no lines.

By boat from Rašínovo nábřeží

The Prague Steamboat Company runs a regular zoo line from Rašínovo nábřeží in Prague 2, where its office is on pier no. 2, between Jirásek Bridge and Palacký Bridge. The trip takes 75 minutes. The boat passes Charles Bridge and Letná Park, then runs alongside Stromovka and under the new Troja Bridge to the pier on Císařský ostrov (Emperor's Island), going through two locks on the way. From there you walk into Troja over the footbridge; the zoo puts the landing 1.1 km from its main entrance.

In 2026 the boats sail on Saturdays and Sundays from 28 March to 30 April, daily from 1 May to 31 August, and on Saturdays and Sundays again from 1 September to 18 October. Departures for the zoo are at 9:00, 12:00 and 15:30, and boats back to Rašínovo nábřeží leave at 10:30, 13:30 and 17:15. On board there is an open upper deck, an enclosed lower deck with large windows, refreshments and a restroom, and the interior is heated in winter.

If you want the boat both ways, take the 9:00 sailing: it leaves you the most time before the last boat back at 17:15.

On foot or by bike

The zoo suggests walking there through Stromovka park, or cycling. The Troja footbridge, a steel bridge over the Vltava between Císařský ostrov and Troja, is a pedestrian link to the zoo and the botanical garden. Bicycle parking is free at the main and southern entrances.

By car

The zoo's own car parks cost CZK 300 for a day, as of September 2026. The Blanka-Troja park and ride is cheaper at CZK 100 a day, but it only opens from the end of March to the end of October, on weekends and public holidays, and daily during the summer holidays. From there, bus 234 takes you to the main entrance or the Sklenářka entrance by the Dja Reserve.

Tickets and saving money

As of September 2026, adults pay CZK 330 at the ticket office or CZK 300 for an e-ticket, and children aged 3 to 15 pay CZK 250 or CZK 200. A family ticket for two adults and four children costs CZK 1,000 at the ticket office or CZK 850 online, and children under 3 get in free. Buy online: besides the saving, an e-ticket lets you walk straight to the turnstiles. If you do buy at the gate, the ticket offices stop selling 30 minutes before the zoo closes.

Arriving by boat, you can fold the zoo ticket into the fare. As of September 2026, the combined ticket costs 490 CZK for adults and 360 CZK for children one way, or 590 CZK and 400 CZK with the return trip; a family ticket for two adults and two children is 1,450 CZK one way or 1,690 CZK return. It is sold only at the office on pier no. 2 at Rašínovo nábřeží, not online, and it is valid only on the day you buy it.

For the tram, metro and bus, a 24-hour PID ticket costs 140 CZK in the app or 150 CZK on paper, as of September 2026, and it also covers the city's ferries and trains in Prague. Children under 15 and seniors from 65 ride free, carrying proof of age from age 6. The zoo's chairlift is not part of PID, so budget 40 CZK a ride for everyone over 6, paid in coins at the machines or with a contactless card at the validators.

In summer, come late: from 1 July to 31 August, admission drops to CZK 100 after 5 pm on paper tickets bought at the zoo's ticket offices, and you may stay in the grounds until 9 pm even though the gates, pavilions and restaurants close by 7 pm.

Best time to visit

The zoo is open every day of the year, from 9 am. It closes at 4 pm in January, February, November and December, at 5 pm in March and October, at 6 pm in April, May and September, and at 7 pm from June to August. The zoo recommends setting aside at least half a day, and there are 10 km of paths across its 58 hectares, so leave early rather than late.

To avoid the crowds, the zoo's own advice is that Sunday is always quieter than Saturday, and that Tuesday tends to be the least busy weekday. Bad weather matters less than you might think: there are 15 indoor pavilions. In the Dja Reserve you can sit in a large auditorium and watch the gorillas, the Indonesian Jungle has orangutans and Komodo dragons, and in Rákos' Pavilion you walk among the parrots. That helps in winter, when Prague averages about freezing, with very little sunshine.

September visitors get a bonus. A mantis exhibition in the Gočár's Houses Gallery, in the upper part of the zoo, runs until the end of the month, free with admission, and the zoo is offering a limited number of walks to Sklenářka to look for the wild European praying mantises that live in Troja. Remember, though, that from September the boat sails on Saturdays and Sundays rather than every day.

With kids and accessibility

Strollers, children's carts and wheelchairs can be borrowed free at the main entrance; you just give an ID number. There are storage lockers for hand luggage at every entrance, and a tactile map helps blind visitors find their way around.

The chairlift saves small legs a climb. As of September 2026 it runs daily from 9:30 to 18:00 until 30 September, and from 9:30 to 17:00 from 1 to 24 October. Folded strollers can ride with you, but dogs cannot. In the Children's Zoo, children can go into the sheep enclosure, pet the animals and feed them special pellets available on site.

For the journey itself, the boat's enclosed lower deck and restroom make the 75 minutes easy with young children, and on the tram and bus, children under 15 travel free.