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Latest Karlstejn hotel reviews
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Tours provide a glance through most of the castle
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No dawdling allowed
In a nutshell
Czech landscape and history.
Twan Says: The most striking part of the castle is the 60 meter high tower, which is well within the castle walls, but otherwise not with the other buildings of the castle is connected. This tower stands on the highest point of the hill and contains the Chapel of the Holy Cross....
Raimix Says: Main street of Karlstejn village (village? I think in Lithuania it at least could be called “small town” :) is full of small blockhouses, these look quite different in historical styles. Between one side of street and houses small river flows. Street is quite prepared to...
Raimix Says: Building of castle started at 1348 and lasted till 1365, it was supervised by Holy Roman emperor and King of Bohemia Charles IV. The castle is in gothic style; some construction of it is incorporated into rocks. The castle was used as a main point of keeping Bohemian...
a nice cafe at the parking, including internet
globetrott Says: Just 30 meters from the big carpark there is the small cafe and souvenirshop of the owners of the carpark - simply follow their signs !The lady there speaks perfect English, but NO German ! I had my breakfast there - 2 cappucino and some cakes......and I they also have a...
Švejka: No nightlife in Karlstajn, but if u are lucky
sunci Says: So in Karlstejn during the week there is no nightlife. Everything is closed at 22 :) Can you believe this? But if you are really lucky and stay there during Saturday night maybe there will be dico in Švejka. It is a pub near the train station. It will be open somewhere till...
globetrott Says: When you go to Karlstejn by your private car, you have to simply follow the signs - it is really well explained !On the other hand the biggest part of the road is rather narrow and a lot of bikers might get you into trouble, when you cannot overtake them.IN the village of...
Raimix Says: I took nice modern double decker train from Prague to Karlstejn. The trip took about 40 min and the price was approximately 2 euros. When you get off the train it is quite clear where to go to castle – signs show it. it is 1,5 kilometers from the train station.
Get a train from Prague to Karlstejn :)
sunci Says: The best way to go to Karstajn from Prague is to take train on Hlavni Nadraži. The ticket costs 46 CZK, and it takes 43 minutes to get to Karlstejn. First train goes from Hlavni at 08.26. It runs every hour till 12.26. Then it starts to go every half an hour (12.56, 13.26,...
globetrott Says: Have a look at this very special, rather modern crib made by Pavel Hubacek from Hradec Kralove / Koenigkraetz.When you click on my picture, you will see that the faces of the holy family and the angel on top do not look at all, as we are used to see them.In case you are...
Raimix Says: Staroceske trdo is a traditional Czech sweet bagel. Actually word “Staroceske” means “Old Czech”. It is made from graham flour, with a sugar on it; the bagel is about 10 centimeters wide, looking like wide bracelet. It is baked on a metal pipes, with a mass of trdlo turned...
Christmas decorations made of gingerbread
globetrott Says: Gingerbread was always used of great christmas-decoarations in Bohemia and here in the Museum of Nativity Scenes you may see a great collection of them and all of the room smells like christmas, too.My favorite gingerbread was a whole crib with the stable, holy family,...
Raimix Says: Plzen is a place, known from beer names “Pilsen”, “Pilsener”. It could be called the most famous beer brewery place in Czech land. Here is possible to try and see how the beer is made (at excursion to brewery). Anyway, city is interesting because of old town as well with...
Raimix Says: Prague is about 30 km from Karlstejn. City is capital of Czech Republic with a population of about 1,2 millions people. It is definitely the main tourist destination in Czech Republic and surely need a visit for at least a few days. Prague historic centre consist of six...
globetrott Says: This is another historic scene that is shown in the wax museum in Karlstejn :The Astronomer Tycho Brahe from Danmark.I have never heared of him, but in school we have learned that plenty of medieval emperors had their court-astronomers and consulted them before they started...
A great Art Gallery on your way to the castle
globetrott Says: Art Gallerie na Karlstejne 335 is a really great gallery showing paintings of Prague and Karlstejn.When you click on my picture, you may see these great compositions, as they will not always show the reality of Prague, but rather give you an impression......and when you like...
bugulma Says: There are wonderful views of the valley and Brdy Mountains from the castle's wall. Obviously there are not many points where it's allowed to make photos but in any way you can enjoy views without your camera :-))
bugulma Says: Unfortunately no photos inside. But there are interesting places and things. For example, the copy of the king's crown. Or the head of the crocodile and it was a head of the dragon in those times. The castle was destroyed during the times and in XIX century it was rebuilt in...
bugulma Says: The castle could be visited only with guide. the other not good thing is you can't make photos inside. The guidetour lasts 55 minutes and I paid Kc 200 (EUR 6,5). The tours are in Czech, English and German.
bugulma Says: The castle is situated on the top of the hill and while you're going along the village street you may enjoy its view from different points. As I've written in intro the castle was built for keeping treasury of Karl IV King. The interesting thing is it was not allowed to go...
globetrott Says: In my opinion, THIS is the best attraction in Karlstejn, as it is quite unique to see such a huge scenery with a nativity scene in the centre, the castle in the background and plenty of sculptures moving around in a really lovely way. Cribs like that one were quite common...
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In one of the rooms the wax museum shows celebrities like Vaclav Havel (today the president of Czechia, but in the museum you rather see the young scientist...
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