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Vysehrad Prague
52 Reviews Within the northern Cihelna Gate (Brick) gate is a discreet sign pointing to a doorway at the side, very easy to miss unless you are looking for it! Inside you are greeted by a small exposition and...
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Petrin Prague
48 Reviews Rest well my friend in this most beautiful and peaceful part of Praha. Your rest is surely well deserved. Your and your parents generations of Slavic people endured many hardships and abuses at the...
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Kutna Hora Prague
32 Reviews Kutna Hora is a nice town about 65 km. south-east of Prague. It was a silver mining town in medieval times. In fact, in the 13th century rich silver deposits were discovered in the vicinity of this...
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Lennon Wall Prague
20 Reviews Having seen the pictures posted by VT members, it was interesting to see how additions by numerous visitors transformed the look of the wall in a matter of months. It took 2 jaunts into the area to...
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Cesky Krumlov Prague
11 Reviews cesky krumlov is a very worth while side trip when in prague. by train you go to ceske budejovice then connect to cesky krumlov. the trip takes about 3 1/2 hours. you can easily see cesky krumlov in...
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Karlstejn Prague
26 Reviews This medieval castle was built in 1348 - 1368 by the King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV, as a place for safekeeping the coronation jewels. The heart of the castle is the Chapel of the...
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Old-Town Hall & Astronomical Clock Prague
16 Reviews Every single tourist in visit of Prague see Old Town Hall and Astronomical Clock, most of them see every-hour-"play" (Procession of Apostles, Death ringing the bell…) and quite a lot enjoy a view of...
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Jewish Cemetery Prague
13 Reviews I have never wanted to visit a jewish cemetary...and can't believe my journey found me this place...but it was such a neat place to walk around for hours. The whole Jewish town was charming...and the...
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I didn't see much out of Prague - the train way from Germany, the road to Zelezny Brod and... Zelezny Brod. Well, I almost saw it. I was taken to a glass school (my objective), saw people at work, and had lunch in a windmill. Everything in the calm and natural balance of a small city. Interesting, anyway!
Beautiful spa town at the northern border with Germany. Nice to see and quiet to relax. Beethoven and Goethe loved this place and spent some time here. Giacomo Casanova lived in Duchcov castle, a place just a few kilometers from Teplice. Walk in the park and through the spa area, you'll definitely enjoy it.
Znojmo / Znaim is a small town of 39.ooo inhabitants and mainly famous for its wine and for its pickeled cucumbers ( the famous Znaimer Gurkerl )On the way from Vienna to Prague you will pass by Znaim and it will be worth a visit .On my picture you see the theatre of Znojmo and some excamples of the great architecture, like the town-square, houses with grafitti-facades and a lot more.My favorite was a small greek-othodox-church.1-2 hours should be enough to explore the city, especially when you are lucky to catch the small sight-seeing-train getting you to all places of interest.
Teplice / Tepliz is an important town in the north of Czechia, and almost all the trafic to Dresden is going through this town with 53000 inhabitants.Most tourists simply pass by, but Teplice has also a few nice parks, a great castle, a casino , a few great hotels and art nouveau-facades and an important spa.My favorite area is at "Zamezke nam" - the castle-square with the castle and castle-church (on the right of my picture).In a small distance you may see "Erzgebirgstheater" a theatre, and "Urquell" - NOT a beer, But a spa with a well , where the water springs with a temperature of 42 degrees celsius.Big parts of Teplice are a bit unsafe and it is always best to be careful, where to park your car and where to take a walk. Plenty of ladies offer their services there in the streets day and night. Don't pay attention to them, and they will leave you alone...You may get to Teplice by train...
The Bone Church is located in Kunta Hora. The Monks started finding human bones in the cemetery surrounding the church. They didn't believe the people buried in the cemetery should leave the grounds. Therefore they decided to be a little creative and decorate the church with the human bones. It is definitely worth the trip. I believe it is about 1 hour outside Prague.
Telc has perhaps the most picturesque town square in all of the Czech Republic and is the crown in the Moravian are of the country. Though easily explored in a day, it's nice to spend a night for the best photographic light and to get some shots without anyone in the square.
Picturesque park - ideal for long walks for those who are looking for peace and quite (not easy to find anywhere else in Prague). You can get there by tram number 20 from Malostranské náměstí, Malostranská and Hradčanská, other trams which go there: 15, 26.It's about 30minut from the center.
This place is fantastic hidden spot in the middle of nowhere in the far east of the Czech Republic. This place in the mountains is a small center for winter sport, great place for hiking, camping, slalom and cross country ski.
Litomerice / Leimeritz is an interesting town, 60km north-east of Prague and rather close to Terezin / Theresienstadt.The most interesting part of Litomerice is certainly the townsquare with plenty of buildings dating back to the 15th century.Quite unique is the house with the black sgrafitti-decorations, it is a hotel today .You might need half a day in order to explore Litomerice and prices are still quite low in that part of Czechia.You may go to Litomerice by train, by cruise-ship on the river Labe / Elbe, or by car, using road #15 from Lovosice (at the end of the highway north of Prague )
Hluboka castle was built already in the the 13th century.Later-on it was rebuilt several times and finally bought in 1661 by Jan Adolf I. von Schwarzenberg ( 1615-1685 ).The Schwarzenberg family had German and Dutch origin - this might be one of the reasons, why you see so plenty of great Dutch paintings and tapisseries inside the castle.Jan Adolf II. von Schwarzenberg ( 1779-1888) and his wife Eleonora ( von Liechtenstein ) was a great politician and used to travel often to England and finally decided to rebuild their castle in Tudor-style, similar to Windsor castle.And also the park around the castle reminds a lot of the famous english parks : In 1851 more than 11000 trees were planted, and plenty of them are still to be seen in the park around the castle, beeing almost as high as the castle today.For more infos and pics - please click on the link below and see my VT-page about Hluboka...
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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