If you are a fan of beer or not, you definitely should visit the Pilsner Urquell factory. You get a lot of information about brewing a beer, all of the Plzen beer history and you can even see the brewery facilities and taste the beer directly from the barrel. Take the tour and expect to need a least 2-3 hours.

Since we were spending a few days in Prague we decided to take a tour company out to the Pilsner Urquell Brewery for their brewery tour. Overall we had a very good experience with the tour. You do get to see multiple areas of their operation in action before going into their cellar for the tasting. No doubt the final 3rd of the tour was our favorite part. You go into their old original cellar for a private tasting. Our tour guide was very good, she spoke great English and was able to command a room. Our only draw back were the large size of the group made it a bit awkward to ask questions.

Ok, we were staying in Prague for 4 days and booked this tour. We didn't realise it was in Plzen...our fault totally. Plzen is actually 1.5 hours away by train and we worked out train there, tour train back is pretty much a full day. We nearly didn't go by we are so glad we, it's a fantastic experience. The brewery is huge, covers that much ground you get a bus to see the building . Bottling plant was awesome along with the numbers of bees bottled. Ended with a tasting in the underground cellars, superb and would recommend it. We really enjoyed it and it was worth the day out of Prague....we went early and explored Plzen.