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Prague Castle Prague
41 Reviews The Schwarzenberg Palace is a 16th century renaissance structure housing a museum with baroque bohemian art. The exterior is a painted façade with etched sgraffito patterns to simulate cut stone. The...
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Castles Brno
5 Reviews I place this picture here so that you got the impression how much energy you need to spare to get to the Spilberk Castle from the centre of the town. In front there is the Faculty of Medicine and when...
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Charles Bridge Prague
61 Reviews This may be stating the obvious, but if you visit the bridge in the middle of the day, you'll be sharing its beauty with lots of other people. The bridge is less crowded & just as beautiful after dark...
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Beer & Breweries Brno
2 Reviews After the Cathedral and the bones in the crypt, and Spilberk Castle, you must visit the Cerna Hora pub a stone's throw from the railway station and try the beers! Cerna Hora itself is to the north of...
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Old-Town Square Prague
44 Reviews Prague has one of the most beautiful town squares in all of Europe. The Old Town Square or Staromestské nám is simply gorgeous and is the cities main draw. In fact I hate to say this but I felt that...
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5 Reviews The Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul is located in the center of Brno on the top of Petrov hill. People say that it is located on the presumed site of the former Brno castle. Originally, the church has...
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Old-Town Hall & Astronomical Clock Prague
36 Reviews One of the main attraction of the old town is this clock. It is composed by an astronomical dial, representing the position of the sun and the moon in the sky; by a calendar dial; added in 1870 and by...
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Tourist info Brno
3 Reviews Man has lived in the Brno basin since prehistoric times, and there was a settlement on the site of today's city at the time of the Great Moravian Empire. In around 1000 a settlement was established on...
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Wenceslas Square Prague
16 Reviews To the side of the National Museum is the old Czech federal parliament building which at the moment houses Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, they broadcast into the Middle East and Afghanistan and...
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Square's & Markets Brno
3 Reviews A very nice historical building of the Faculty of Medicine (Masaryk University) is on this square opposite the Faculty of Music. You cant see the nice part of the building because I took the photo...
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St. Vitus Cathedral Prague
25 Reviews It is the most beautiful cathedral in the Czech republic. It means a lot for Czechs and for our history. The first stone put czech king Charles IV. in 1344 and the main architect was Matyas from...
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Jewish Cemetery Prague
8 Reviews The Jewish Museum is actually collections of museums and monuments dedicated to inhabitants of Pragues old Jewish Quarter. They include the famed Jewish Cementery, several centuries old synagogues and...
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National Theatre Prague
4 Reviews A neo-renassance building erected in 1868-1881 as a result of a vast national collection. Reopened in 1883 after a fire. The outside and inside decoration was completed by the artists of the National...
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Taxi Drivers Prague
6 Reviews Not favorite at all!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi, I'm natrive Czech and still have to write this. I would recommend you not to use SEDOP taxi company in Prague. Most of their drivers charge much more and even if...
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Krizik's fountain Prague
2 Reviews If the thought of water jets and lasers spraying and pulsing to music intrigues you, have a look at this summertime attraction. As music blares, water spurts from dozens of jets scattered around a...
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You must get straight into the pubs and bars in Prague and meet the people. All day drinking session with boyfriend Dave and new friend Tony. Tony was a Kiwi travelling about with his long-board who happened to sit next to us in a bar. So we got talking and drinking and talking and drinking... Ended up on an all day drinking session, 12 hours and 2 pizzas each later (and all for £20 each!)
This is a picture of the Czech National Library, which the Soviets blew holes in with tanks in '56 when the spring uprising took place. The soviets mistook it for the parliament building which was actually next door. You can see the mortar holes if you look closely. This is a good example of the bohemian architecture that still exists past WWII.
Moravian KarstIf it's picture-postcard views you're after, the Moravian Karst is a beautiful heavily wooded hilly area north of Brno, carved with canyons and honeycombed with some 400 caves, created by the underground Punkva River.At Punkevni, groups of 75 people are admitted to the caves every 20 minutes. You walk 1km through the deepest caves, admiring the stalactites and stalagmites, ending up at the foot of the Macocha Abyss. There you board a small boat for a 400-metre ride down the Punkva River out of the cave. Other caves to be visited in this area include Katerinska, Balcarka and Sloupsko-Sosuvske. Traces of prehistoric humans have been found in the caves.
Karlovy VaryWorld famous for its regenerative waters, Karlovy Vary is the oldest of the Bohemian spas, and probably the second most popular tourist city in the Czech Republic, after Prague. It's also the most beautiful of the 'big three' spas in the republic and, despite the crowds, the most accessible. Though you can't just pop in for a sulphurous bath or gas-inhalation therapy, you can sample the waters till your teeth float. There are 12 hot springs containing 40 chemical elements that are used to medically treat diseases of the digestive tract and metabolic disorders, so whether you have diarrhoea or constipation, this is the place to come.In spite of its purging qualities, Karlovy Vary still manages a definite Victorian air. The elegant colonnades and boulevards complement the many peaceful walks in the surrounding parks, and the picturesque river valley winds between wooded hills....
Krivoklat Krivoklat is a drowsy village beside the Rakovnicky potok, a tributary of the Berounka River. Half the pleasure of going to Krivoklat is getting there - by train up the wooded Berounka valley, dotted with bungalows and hemmed in by limestone bluffs. Krivoklat Castle was built in the late 13th century as a royal hunting lodge, and contains an exemplary late-Gothic chapel, impressive halls and the requisite prison and torture chambers. There's no hunting in Krivoklat anymore, as much of the upper Berounka basin, one of Bohemia's most pristine forests, is now the Krivoklat Protected Landscape Region and a UNESCO 'biosphere preservation' area.If you've got the gear and an extra day or two, consider a hearty walk along the 18km trail up the Berounka valley to Skryje. Along the way you'll pass the Nezabudice Cliffs (part of a nature reserve), the village of Nezabudice and Tyrov, a...
Kutna HoraIt's hard to imagine today, but in its time this town about 65km southeast of Prague was Bohemia's most important after Prague. This was due to the rich veins of silver below the town itself, and the silver groschen minted here was the hard currency of central Europe at the time. Today the town is a fraction of its old self, but is still dressed up in enough magnificent architectural monuments for it to have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1996. With a pastel-hued square dotted with cafés, medieval alleys with facades from Gothic to Cubist, and a cathedral to rival St Vitus, comparisons with Prague are hard to resist. Kutna Hora is certainly as densely picturesque as Prague, and blessed with warmer people and lower prices.The historical centre is compact enough to see on foot. Those who need their dose of 'culture' will have no trouble finding their cravings...
PragueThere is no excuse for boredom in Prague. You can pack a lot of exploring into a short visit, charging through its compact network of lanes, passages and cul-de-sacs, or spend weeks meandering along and slowly savouring its sights.Prague's prime attraction is its physical face. The city centre is a haphazard museum of 900 years' of architecture - Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, 19th-century revivals of all of them, and Art Nouveau - amazingly undisturbed by the 20th century. This historical core of the city - Hradcany (the Castle District) and Mala Strana (the Small Quarter) west of the river, Stare Mesto (the Old Town) and Vaclavske namesti (Wenceslas Square) to the east, and Charles Bridge in between - covers about 3 sq km and is pedestrian-friendly, so you needn't go at break-neck speed to discover its most famous attractions.You'll have to travel further afield to...
DRINK BEER!! The beer is wonderful and there are many interesting places to drink in the Czech Republic. If you are in the Czech Republic in Early June, there is an annual festival at the Velké Popovice Brewery where they make Velkopopovicky Kozel. This is really fun, because there is an antique steam train running from Prague to the brewery. There is plenty of beer, of course, and also there are tours of the brewery, music, food (I had a tasty sausage with rye bread). There are also stalls set up in the street selling souveniers and gingerbread hearts. The picture is of the brewhouse. They have a nice site, too: http://www.beer-kozel.cz/index.htm
Charles Bridge during the 'off-times'. For some strange reason, I was motivated one morning to wake up at 6AM and jog from the hostel to Charles Bridge. This has got to be one of my more rewarding experiences as I virtually had the streets to myself. If you've ever been to the Stare Mesto area between 9AM-12(midnight), you'll know the kind of crowds of which I talk about. The streets are empty of people and traffic so early in the morning and to experience the Charles Bridge with only a few other individuals is quite priceless...
Near the old Jewish quarter at the base of the Charles Bridge there is a narrow corridor of steep steps that lead down to a great little cafe on the river. We sat there a couple of hours watching the swans, drinking Pilsner Urquell, smoking cigarettes and shooting the @#!&.
Aria Hotel Prague
7 Reviews and 584 Opinions innovative musical theme, great location in Mala Strana, except that it is nextdoor to the American...
Grandhotel Brno Brno
8 Reviews and 102 Opinions I have never stayed in this hotel, but i would like to. It has a good reputation and it is located...
Ruze Cesky Krumlov Hotel Cesky Krumlov
4 Reviews and 63 Opinions As above (Just wanted to share a few of my photos) Medievil antiquities such as swords and other...
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Q: Recently on a travelers documentry they shot a lot of footage of the town square and I noted many tables with large umbrella,s...
A: Likely just the restaurant using outdoor sidewalk space during the summer months. I remember having a nice meal at one of these places in Kutna Hora, as well as many...
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