LIST OF TOURS
T1 – SOUTH MORAVIA (Kutna Hora, Lednice & Valtice area)
Dates: September 14-17,2013
Duration: 4 days (3 nights)
Price: TBA
Price includes: TBA
1st day
9:00 departure from Prague
First stop will be the ancient UNESCO listed town of Kutna Hora. You will spend almost all day there. In the late afternoon we will take you to the Moravian city of Brno where you will stay overnight. There are lot of possibilities how to spend your evening.
2nd day
After breakfast we will take you to the Templar Wine Cellars of Čejkovice. The visit of these fascinating cellars includes wine tasting. Then you will go to the jewel of Moravia – the UNESCO listed castle Lednice. We will have lunch in the town. You will stay there overnight and in the evening you will visit another wine cellar and have dinner there.
3rd day
This day you will visit the towns of Valtice and Mikulov to see their beauties. You will stay in Mikulov overnight to enjoy the evening atmosphere. To those who appreciate good wine Mikulov offers rich viticulture tradition.
4th day
The last day of our tour there is a visit to the Vranov castle and the ancient town of Třebíč on the programme. You can see the historical Jewish quarter there.
Arrival to Prague late in the evening.
T2 – PRAGUE CASTLE
Date: September 17, 2013
Time: 9:00
Duration: 3,5 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, entrance fee to the Prague Castle
The sightseeing tour of the Prague Castle (seat of the Czech President) includes the Royal Palace, the residence of the kings of Bohemia with its famous Vladislav Hall, St. Vitus Cathedral from the 14th century, St. George´s Basilica with its treasure of old Czech art, baroque paintings and sculpture, and the Golden Lane, once inhabited by the famous author Franz Kafka. You will get the opportunity to admire a variety of architectural styles showing the progress of European architecture throughout the centuries.
T3 – PILSNER BREWERY
Date: September 17, 2013
Time: 9:00
Duration: 8 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, entrance fee to the brewery museum & beer tasting, lunch
The city of Pilsen is the place where the Pilsner Urquell beer was born in 1842. Since then the whole world has been trying to imitate it. The attribute "Plisner" or "Pilsener" can be counted in hundreds of beers but the only original is a Pilsner Urquell. Lunch will be served in the brewery restaurant
T4 – BAROQUE OF PRAGUE
Date: September 17, 2013
Time: 13:00
Duration: 4 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, entrance fees to the Loreta, Strahov Monastery and St. Nicholas church
The Prague architecture has not only traces of the Gothic perios but there is a strong influence of Baroque as well. You can find the Baroque monuments almost at every corner. This tour includes the Strahov Monastery founded in 1140 but the Baroque look has got since the reconstruction in the 17th century. You will see beautiful interiors, the Theological and the Philosophical Hall. Then you visit the Loreta, one of the clearest examples of the Prague Baroque. At the end you will visit the St. Nicholas Church designed two of most important architects of the Prague Baroque – father and son Dientzenthofers.
T5 – PRAGUE ART NOUVEAU
Date: September 18, 2013
Time: 9:00
Duration: 3 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, entrance fees to the Museum of Alfons Mucha and the Municipal House
This tour invites you to explore the works of the great Czech artist – Alfons Mucha (1860-1939). The exhibition is located in the Kounic Palace . The Municipal House is the most prominent Art Nouveau building of Prague. The interiors are decorated with works of leading Czech artists of first decades of the 20th century including Alfons Mucha.
T6 – KARLSTEJN CASTLE AND KONOPISTE CHATEAU
Date: September 18, 2013
Time: 9:00
Duration: 9 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, entrance fees to the Karlstejn castle and the Konopiste chateau, lunch
This full-day trip in not recommended to those who are not exactly keen walkers. First, it will take you to the south of Prague, to the romantic Konopiste chateau. It was built in the late 13th century in the "French-fortress" style. Its last owner was Archduke Franz Ferdinand d´Este, successor to the Austrian throne assassinated in Sarajevo 1914. The chateau is situated in a lovely park and houses extensive collections of historical weapons, furnishings, late-Gothic sculptures, paintings, rare tapestries and innumerable hunting trophies.
The Karlstejn castle, built in the 14th century by the king and emperor Charles IV. on top of inaccesible cliff above the river. The castle is surrounded by a romatic countryside and bolongs to most visited monuments in the Czech Republic.
T7 – INFORMATIVE TOUR OF THE PRAGUE OLD TOWN
Date: September 18, 2013
Time: 13:00
Duration: 3 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers
This walking tour will take you to the ancient heart of the city – the Old Town, which was settled more than 1,000 years ago. The tour begins at the Powder Tower – the work of the Gothic style which was once part of the Royal court. The walk continues through the Celetna street to the Old Town Square where you can admire the Old Town Hall with its famous Astronomical clock from the 15th century. Then we will move to the Jewish Quarter, site of the former Jewish ghetto.
T8 – CESKY KRUMLOV & HLUBOKA CHATEAUX
Date: September 19, 2013
Time: 8:00
Duration: 12 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, entrance fees to Cesky Krumlov and Hluboka chateaux, lunch
Cesky Krumlov, the UNESCO listed town, is considered the best-preserved Renaissance town in Central Europe. Medieval houses of its ancient town lie on one bank of the Vltava river, while its magnificent castle, second in scale only to Prague castle dominates the other. Historical records mention the castle for the first time in 1253. You can admire its Baroque, Rennaisance and Rococo interiors as ell as the castle gardens with Pavillon Bellaria.
The neo-Gothic chateau Hluboka built in the Tudor style overlooking the Vltava river houses rich collections of tapestries, woodcarvings, china, pictures and old weapons. It is surrounded by a large English-style park.
T9 – PRAGUE JEWISH TOWN
Date: September 19, 2013
Time: 9:00
Duration: 3 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, entrance fees to the Jewish monuments according to programme
This walking tour will take you to the ancient heart of the city – the Old Town, which was settled more than 1,000 years ago. The tour begins at the Old Town Square where you can admire the Old Town Hall with its famous Astronomical clock from the 15th century. Then the tour continues to the Jewish Quarter, the site of the former Jewish ghetto. The history of the Jewish community in Prague can be traced back to Middle Ages. You will see the impressive Old Jewish Cemetery, the Gothic Old New synagogue (Europe´s oldest preserved synagogue), the High Synagogue, the Town Hall, the Pinkas Synagogue and the Ceremonial Hall with collection of children´s art from the Terezin concentration camp.
T10 – NELAHOZEVES CASTLE AND MUSEUM OF ANTONIN DVORAK
Date: September 19, 2013
Time: 13:00
Duration: 4 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, entrance fees to the Nelahozeves castle and A. Dvorak Museum
This trip takes you to the Lobkowicz castle built in the 16th century. Here you can see the exhibition of European art including portaits of family Lobkowicz members and examples of Spanish portraiture and works of Cranach, Bruegel, Veronese, Rubens and others. Not far from the castle there is birthplace of composer Antonin Dvorak, whose opera Rusalka and 9th Symphony From the New World, made him famous. The current exhibition capsures composer´s life and work and contains many authentic artefacts.
T11 – TOUR OF PRAGUE GARDENS
Date: September 20, 2013
Time: 9:00
Duration: 4 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, entrance fees to the Ledeburska and Vrtbovska gardens
This tour offers an opportunity to see the most beautiful gardens of Prague. The tour starts at the Prague castle. On the southern side of the Prague Castle there is an unique complex of Italian terraced gardens. The complex covers 7711 square meters and consists of five consecutive and interconnected gardens.
T12 – KARLOVY VARY
Date: September 20, 2013
Time: 9:00
Duration: 9,5 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, lunch
This trip takes you to the most famous West Bohemian spa town Karlovy Vary (Karslbad), founded in the 14th century by Karel (Charles) IV, king of Bohemia and Roman emperor. Spa of Karlovy Vary is well known for its succesfull treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and metabolic and endocrinal disorders. You can taste mineral water from 12 curative thermal springs, admire the beauty of both the ancient and modern collonades and purchase some of the special Karslbad souvenirs such as wafers, Moser glass or the Becherovka liquer, also known as the 13th curative spring.
T13 – KARLSTEJN CASTLE
Date: September 20, 2013
Time: 13:00
Duration: 4 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, entrance fee to the Karlstejn castle
The Karlstejn castle, built in the 14th century by the king and emperor Charles IV. on top of inaccesible cliff above the river. You can admire magnificant Gothic architecture. The castle is surrounded by a romatic countryside and bolongs to most visited monuments in the Czech Republic.
T14 – RIVER CRUISE WITH DINNER
Date: September 20, 2013
Time: 19:00
Duration: 3 hours
Price: TBA
Price includes: English speaking guide, transfers, welcome drink, buffet dinner, live music
During the cruise you will have the opportunity to admire the beautiful panorama of the Prague castle and pearls of Prague´s history and architecture such as the National Theatre, collonade of Art Nouvaeu houses (unique in Europe), the Charles Bridge and many others. On top of that you can relax, enjoy dinner with a glass of wine whilst listening some music or dance.
T15 – SOUTH BOHEMIA (Pearls of South Bohemia, Cesky Krumlov, Hluboka chateau)
Dates: September 21-24, 2013
Duration: 4 days (3 nights)
Price: TBA
Price includes: TBA
1st day
9:00 departure from Prague
The first day you will see three most beutiful South Bohemia towns: Telč, Slavonice with its fascinating underground and Jindříchův Hradec where you will stay overnight.
2nd day
After breakfast there will be a short sightseeing tour of Jindřichův Hradec, followed by the visit of Třeboň and arrival to Český Krumlov where you will stay overnight. The historical centre is created by narrow and bended street with numerous gothic, rennaisance and baroque houses originated as mansions of noblemen families.
3rd day
This day you will see the town of Český Krumlov more in detail and visit the lovely castle as well. After lunch tour continues by a visit of the Vyšší Brod cloister followed by the city of beer – České Budějovice where you will stay overnight.
4th day
The last day of our tour there is a visit to the Hluboka chateau. The neo-Gothic chateau Hluboka built in the Tudor style overlooking the Vltava river houses rich collections of tapestries, woodcarvings, china, pictures and old weapons. It is surrounded by a large English-style park.
Arrival to Prague in the evening.
T16 – WEST BOHEMIA (Pilsen, Koněprusy caves, Kozel castle)
Dates: September 21-22, 2013
Duration: 2 days (1 night)
Price: TBA
Price includes: TBA
1st day
9:00 departure from Prague
The first day you will visit the famous brewery of Pilsen – the place where the Pilsner Urquell beer was born in 1842. Since then the whole world has been trying to imitate it. The attribute "Plisner" or "Pilsener" can be counted in hundreds of beers but the only original is a Pilsner Urquell. Lunch will be served in the brewery restaurant. In the afternoon there will be sightseeing tour of Pilsen to show you in detail its beauties and tell you something about the history. Overnight in Pilsen.
2nd day
After breakfast we will take you to the Kozel castle where you can see the interiors and the lovely garden. After lunch you will visit Koněprusy caves and walk through 600 meters long route of caves.
Arrival to Prague in the late afternoon.