Prague and Bohemia
Guide in Prague, circular tours & round trips in the Czech Republic, hiking tour in Bohemia, stays in Moravia, senior package tours & coach tours1st day: KARLOVY VARY
Arrival in Karlovy Vary, personal welcome by your guide,check-in, short guided tour, walk on the colonnades (the Mill and Geyser colonnade) - possibility of sampling of one of twelve curative warm springs, dinner and overnight at the hotel***
2nd day: KARLOVY VARY - MARIENBAD - CESKY KRUMLOV
After breakfast visit the Moser glass works, departure for Marienbad (magnificient houses dating from beginning of the 20th century, Goethe Square, Rudolph and Cross Colonnades,famous Singing Fountain, Renaissance building of the spa houses), continue to Ceske Budejovice, lunch on the way,short stop in Holasovice - the picturesque village with reserved houses (and their plaster decorations) built in the style called "Peasant Baroque" - included in the UNESCO, check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel in Cesky Krumlov.
3rd day: CESKY KRUMLOV - C.BUDEJOVICE - C.KRUMLOV
After lunch visit Cesky Krumlov - outstanding medieval town listed in the UNESCO register (walk in picturesque centre - free time in the medieval narrow winding streets , guided visit to the Castle and Chateau with its hall of Masques, after lunch departure for Ceske Budejovice - guided tour in this capital of Southern Bohemia ( the largest Square in Central Europe lined with Baroque burghers' houses and arcades, Dominican Monastery, the Black Tower, Town hall), stop into the popular brewery restaurant,return to Cesky Krumlov, dinner in a typical Czech pub, overnight at the hotel
4th day: C.KRUMLOV - TELC - JINDRICHUV HRADEC
After lunch departure for the small town Telc, on the way stop in picturesque Trebon- walk on the Renaissance Square, visit Telc - beautiful town included in the UNESCO register (visit the Renaissance chateau and a walk on the square lined with the Renaissance houses and arcades), after lunch continue to Jindrichuv Hradec - walk in the three courtyards of the Castle and Chateau ( - one of the largests Chateaux in Europe) and in its gardens with the famous Rondel - music hall, visit to the Teinitzer Tapestry Studios showing the art of traditional weaving and professional restoration work, visit to the museum with the largest mechanical Creche in the world, dinner and overnight at the hotel***.
5th day: JINDRICHUV HRADEC - PRAGUE
After breakfast departure by bus for Tabor (short stop), continue to Konopiste - a romantic summer residence of Crown Princ Franz Ferdinand d'Este with the extensive park and valuable interiors( hunting trophies, historical weapons and armour, dishes and furniture), lunch near the chateau, afternoon arrival in Prague, walk on the Charles Bridge, check-in, dinner and overnight at the hotel OPTIONAL: performance at Laterna Magika
6th day: PRAGUE
Guided tour in the Old Town and its Square, Astronomical Clock, Church of St. Nicolas, the Church of Our Lady of Tyn and the Ungelt courtyard, the Royal Way, lunch during the boat trip on the Vltava River, continue to the Jewish Quarter - entrance to synagogues Pinkas, Maisel, Klaus, Spanish and the Old Jewish Cemetery with its 1,200 original tombstones. (the Old-New Synagogue for extra charge). OPTIONAL: folk show in the former farmhouse restored into the restaurant - typical Czech dinner, folk danses and music
7th day: PRAGUE
After breakfast walking tour in the Prague Castle Area: Strahov Library, Prague Castle complex - St.Vitus Cathedral,the Old Royal Palace, St. George's Basilica, Golden Lane and rest of the fortifications, lunch in the Baroque quarter Lesser Town, in the afternoon visit to the Baroque monuments - St. Nicolas Church, the Church of Our Lady Victorious with its Holy Infant of Prague, picturesque and romantic Kampa island, walk on the Charles Bridge, return to the hotel, in the evening the farewell dinner in the panoramic restaurant (piano music) in the evening the goodbye dinner in the panoramic restaurant- entretained with the music of piano.
8th day: PRAGUE
After breakfast departure