About PawsInCzechia
This guide exists because the available information on travelling with dogs in Czech Republic is fragmented, often outdated, and rarely written by someone who has actually done it repeatedly.
Who Writes This
I moved to Brno from the UK in 2018, bringing two dogs — a Bernese Mountain Dog and a mixed breed rescue acquired in the first year of living in Moravia. Both have been constant travel companions since.
I've covered most of the Czech Republic by car and on foot over the past seven years: all four national parks, most of the protected landscape areas, and a significant number of small towns and rural regions that don't appear in standard travel writing. The dog-friendly dimension of those trips was never an afterthought — it shaped where we went, where we stayed, and what we were able to do.
I am not a veterinarian, a certified dog trainer, or affiliated with any tourism board or accommodation provider. I don't receive payment for recommendations. The views here are those of someone who has made a lot of mistakes, learned from them, and tried to pass on what's actually useful.
What This Guide Covers and Why
The four main sections — parks, cafes, hiking routes, and accommodation — reflect the four questions I get asked most often by people planning a first Czech trip with a dog.
The parks guide focuses on off-leash access and genuine exercise rather than "dog-friendly" green spaces where dogs must stay leashed. The cafes guide reflects my experience of what those words actually mean in practice, rather than which venues list themselves as pet-tolerant. The routes guide covers terrain I have walked with dogs, with notes on what worked and what didn't. The accommodation guide is built on a mixture of direct experience and systematic research into what the Czech booking market actually offers.
Sources and Standards
Information on legal matters (national park regulations, Prague bylaw details, train rules) is sourced from official sources: KRNAP, NP Sumava, Prague Public Transport, and Czech Railways. Where rules are ambiguous or frequently misrepresented online, I note that explicitly rather than presenting a simplified version as fact.
Pages are updated when I have new direct information or when I identify that something I've written is no longer accurate. Each page carries a "last reviewed" date — treat information older than 18 months as requiring independent verification before acting on it.
What This Guide Doesn't Do
This is not a booking platform. There are no affiliate links, no commission arrangements with hotels or cafes, and no sponsored content. Recommendations appear because they're genuinely useful — not because someone paid for placement.
This is also not veterinary advice. Questions about your dog's health, vaccination requirements for Czech Republic, or specific medical concerns should go to a licensed vet.
Contact
The contact page has an email address that I check. I'm happy to answer specific questions, correct errors, or hear about places I've missed. I can't guarantee response times, but I read everything.
Get in TouchPage last updated: January 2026