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Guided Tours of Prague and the Czech Republic
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Tours in Prague
Grand Panoramic Tour
Old Prague
Prague Castle
Jewish Prague
Jewish Quarter
Panoramic Tour
Prague at night
Evening boat cruise with dinner
Dinner with a traditional folklore show
Countryside Tours
Prague Surroundings
Konopiste Castle
Karlstejn Castle
Melnik Castle
Bohemian Glass Factory Nizbor
Kutna Hora (UNESCO)
Terezin (Theresienstadt)
Konopiste and Karlstejn Castles
Konopiste and Cesky Sternberk Castles
Brandys Renaissance Castle and medieval town Stara Boleslav
Longer Tours
Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad)
Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) and Marianske Lazne (Marienbad)
Plzen (Pilsen)
Ceske Budejovice (Budweis) and Cesky Krumlov (UNESCO)
Cesky Krumlov and Holasovice (UNESCO)
Grand Panoramic Tour
During this tour you will get a general overview of the city of Prague, considered as one of the most beautiful in Central Europe and you will have the chance to appreciate the historical an architectural treasures which the city posesses. From the car you will see the
National Museum,
Wenceslas Square and
Charles Bridge. We will visit
Vysehrad, the former seat of Czech kings with the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul and the National cemetery. Then you will continue by car along the Vltava embankment, the Charles Square, crossing one of the bridges on the Vltava river to the
Prague Castle. You step out of the car to visit the Castle. You will see the
gothic St. Vitus Cathedral, the
Golden Lane and the courtyards of the Castle.
Back on the car you will pass through the Little Quarter (Mala Strana) and finish at the
Old Town Square with its famous
Clock Tower.
Duration: 4 hours
Old Prague
This tour encloses a walk by the historical parts of Prague and begins in
St. Nicholas Church in the Little Quarter (Mala Strana). In this part of the city we will also visit the Church of the
Holy Infant of Prague. Then we are going to follow the former Royal route of Czech kings crossing the
Charles Bridge, the oldest one across the Vltava river, built in the second half of the 14th century. The tour continues along the
Karlova Street to the Prague
Jewish Quarter where you can see the oldest synagogue in Central Europe still offering religious services. Additionally, we will visit the
Old Town Square with the famous
Clock Tower and the gothic
Tyn Church. From here we continue via
Celetna Street, one of the oldest in Prague, to the
Powder Tower and finally we conclude our tour at the
Wenceslas Square in the New Town.
Duration: 4 hours
Prague Castle
The tour begins at the
Strahov Monastery in the vicinity of the Prague Castle, from here we can admire a panoramic view of Prague.
After that we cross
Loretto Square and continue to the Prague Castle, the seat of the President of the Czech Republic. Our guided tour includes a visit to the courtyards of the Castle, gothic
St. Vitus Cathedral,
Old Royal Palace,
St. George Church and the
Golden Lane.
This is a walking visit (pedestrian-only area).
Duration: 4 hours
Jewish Quarter
The tour allows you to get to know the Old Jewish Quarter and the history of Prague's Jewish ghetto. We will visit the
Maisel Synagogue with its exhibition dedicated to the history of Jewish communities in Bohemia and Moravia. We will also visit the
Pinkas Synagogue, devoted to the Jews who died during the Second World War, the
Old Jewish Cemetery, considered one of the most famous in the Europe, the
Klaus Synagogue with its exhibition of Jewish traditions, the
Ceremony Hall, exhibiting objects and documents related to the Prague Funeral Society and the
Spanish Synagogue built in a pseudo-moresque style on the second half of the 19th century.
Duration: 3 hours
Panoramic Tour
During this tour you will get a general overview of the city of Prague, considered as one of the most beatiful in Central Europe, and you will have the chance to appreciate the historical and architectural treasures which the city posesses.
We will go by car to the
Prague Castle and there we step out of the car for the walking tour and we will visit the Prague Castle area.
You will see the gothic
St. Vitus Cathedral and the courtyards of the Castle, from the Castle we continue to Mala Strana (Lesser Town) and we will walk across Mala Strana Square following the former Royal route of Czech kings crossing the
Charles , the oldest one across the Vltava river, built in the second half of the 14th century.
The tour continues along the
Karlova street to the
Old Town Square with its famous
astronomical clock.
Duration: 4 hours
Dinner with a traditional folklore show
Dinner in a typical Czech restaurant, vinarna (wine-bar), a one hour traditional folklore show with music, dances and typical musical instruments from different regions of the country and a
dinner with three dishes, white and red wine, a glass of Becherovka liqueur and a champagne glass.
Duration: 3 hours
Konopiste Castle
Tour to a lovely hunting castle about 35 km to the south of Prague. The Castle, built at the end of the 13th century, was rebuilt several times, with the last reconstruction taking place at the end of the 19th century when it was bought by heir of Austro–Hungarian Empire
Francis Ferdinand D' Este, assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914. The castle contains an impressive
collection of historical weapons and steel armours of more than 6 thousand pieces, considered one of the most outstanding in Europe and also furnitures, paintings, carvings, stoves and a substantial collection of hunting trophies.
Duration: 4 hours
Karlstejn Castle
Tour to the Karlstejn castle about 40 kilometres to the Southwest of Prague, a middle age fortress built by
Charles IV to guard the
Royal and
Imperial Jewels and also the relics of some the saints.
From the castle you can admire a nice view of the picturesque Karlstejn town where you can buy a wide range of typical craftsmanship like Bohemia crystal, garnet, ceramic, textiles and others.
Duration: 4 hours
Bohemian Glass Factory Nizbor
Tour to
Nizbor glass factory about 35 kilometres away from Prague. We will take a walk around one of the most important glass factories in Bohemia and we will experience some phases of glass production like
blowing and
handcutting. There is also possibility to buy glass at very
competitive prices.
Duration: 4 hours
Kutna Hora (UNESCO)
Tour to the town of Kutna Hora, UNESCO listed town, about 65 kilometres to the East of Prague. The town arose in the begining of the Middle Ages in the center of an extensive
silver deposit and swiftly turned into the
second most important town in Bohemia after Prague.
We will see the centre of the town with gothic and baroque buildings. We also visit the
gothic cathedral of St. Barbara with paintings, the
Italian Court with its
Royal Mint where famous Prague
groschen and
gold ducats were minted and the church of
Sedlec rebuilt during the 18th century and the famous
Ossuary with an inner decoration made of human bones.
Duration: 5 hours
Terezin (Theresienstadt)
Tour to the town of
Terezin (Theresienstadt), located about 60 kilometres to the North of Prague. Terezin was founded in 1780 by the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Joseph II as a military fortress.
During the Second World War it was turned into a
Jewish Ghetto and became the biggest
Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia during the WW2. A
Small Fortress outside the town was turned into a Gestapo prison.
More than 140 thousand men, women and children from Bohemia, Moravia, Austria, Germany and other European countries were deported to Terezin. Admission to the Small Fortress, Museum of the Ghetto and Crematorium.
Duration: 5 hours
Konopiste and Karlstejn Castles
Tour to Konopiste Castle about 35 kilometres from Prague.
The trip continues to the Karlstejn Castle (see description above).
Duration: 8 hours
Konopiste and Cesky Sternberk Castles
Tour to the
Konopiste Castle about 35 kilometres from Prague (see description above).
The tour continues to the
Cesky Sternberk Castle, the property of
Sternbergs noble family, with a rich collection of stuccos and a collection of historical guns.
Duration: 6 hours
Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad)
An unforgettable visit to the world-famous spa
Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) in Western Bohemia (about 130 kilometres from Prague) founded by Czech king
Charles IV in 1357.
We will admire the pictoresque countryside of Western Bohemia and its legendary
hops fields - one of the necessary components used to brew the famous Czech beer. The city is located in a beautiful valley surrounded by hills.
We will be able to taste the
twelve selected medicinal mineral springs administered for different ailment treatments, e.g. digestive tract diseases, stress and others.
This is a city with beautiful façades, visited by
world famous personalities like Goethe, Karl Marx, Freud, famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak and others. Karlovy Vary is also the original source of such typical products as
Becherovka liqueur,
Moser glass and
spa wafers.
Duration: 8 hours
Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) and Marianske Lazne (Marienbad)
Tour to the spa town of
Karlovy Vary (see description above).
Then the tour takes us to the second most important spa in West Bohemia,
Marianske Lazne (Marienbad), the newer in this region, where medicinal waters are used for various treatments for metabolic, motor system, respiratory tracts diseases and gynecological disorders.
A town of a very nice architecture from the second half of the 19th century and the most famous spa by the time of
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, also visited by many outstanding personalities from all over the world.
Duration: 10 hours
Plzen (Pilsen)
Tour to the city of
Pilsen, a birthplace of the famous Czech beer, production of local beer dates back even before 1842 when the famous beer brewery
Pilsner Urquell was founded.
We visit the
Beer museum, considered the oldest one in the world and also the
Pilsen Synagogue, considered the third biggest in the world. In this city there was also founded, in 1899, the
Skoda automobile company.
Duration: 6 hours
Ceske Budejovice (Budweis) and Cesky Krumlov (UNESCO)
During our trip to the medieval town Cesky Krumlov we will visit the city
Ceske Budejovice (Budweis), administrative, industrial and cultural center of Southern Bohemia. Its old part is a historical preserve and the seat of Budvar (or
Budweiser ) breweries (1894). The square of the city with the Black Tower, 72 meters high, is one of the largest in the country, with gothic, baroque and renaissance houses.
The tour continues to
Cesky Krumlov, UNESCO listed town, one of the most outstanding historical town preserves in Czech Republic, a city from the second half of the 13th century with gothic, renaissance and baroque monuments, that forms a unique complex.
The tour includes a visit to the
Cesky Krumlov Castle, the second most important in Bohemia after Prague Castle, with rich collections of gobelin tapestries, paintings, furnitures and the famous
Masquerade Hall.
Duration: 10 hours
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