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  Russian Orthodox temple.
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  • Russian Orthodox temple.
      Russian Orthodox temple.
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  • Haunschild palace on Dolni Namesti
      Haunschild palace on Dolni Namesti
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Vysehrad   Prague

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Pribram - 50km south of Prague

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Pribram is a small town, about 50km south of Prague and makes a great daytrip, eventually in combination with Karlstejn.The town of Pribram is nothing special except a very few nice buildings,but the nearby monastery Svata Hora ( the holy hill ) is one of the most visited pilgrim-churches all over Czechia.Just click on my picture-combination and see the great ornaments of this beautiful church.You may go to Pribram by train or by car unsing the A4When searching for Pribram in your map in the Czech alphabet, you should keep in mind, that the 1st R has an accent on top and is listed AFTER the towns like PRUZIN...

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Tepla - 10 km east of Marianske Lazne/Marienbad

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Tepla is a famous monastery 10km east of Marianske Lazne / Marienbad and about 50km north-west of Plzen / Pilsen.The monastery lookes quite sad and in bad condition still from outside, BUT has one of the most precious libraries inside.A part of the old monastery is used as a modern hotel with all facilities and an excellent restaurant.This could be a perfect place for a peacful and quiet vacation !There is a big park around the monastery and a lot of great works of art at some places.You may go to Tepla by train or by car, using road # 210 !

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Orlik castle - 75km south of Prague

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Orlik castle dates back to the 13th century and was built on a high rock, that partly disappeared, when a large dam raised the level of the lake by several meters.The castle was bought be the Schwarzenberg-family in 1849 and rebuilt in neo-gothic style.Today it shows a great hunting-saloon, a museum, a library and a chinese saloon.The castle is open to the publicdaily except monday09.00a.m. - 04.00 p.m.In summer there is also a shuttle-boatto the nearby castle of ZvikovYou may drive road #19 to Orlik, BUT the next train-station is in a distance of 5 km in Mirovice

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Zelena Hora - 50km north-west of Brno / Brünn

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Zelena Hora is one of the most famous examples of the so-called "Baroque Gothic"-style.A formerly Gothic church was rebuilt and re-decorated in baroque style.The whole of the church follows certain rules and symbolisms :most of the rooms and ornaments have 5 edges, only the outside wall of the cemetery has 10 edges.The church was consecrated to the National saint of the Czech Republic :Jan Nepomucky / Johann NepomukHe was thrown into the Moldau-river from Charle's bridge in Prague in may 16th, 1393.The legends says, that he was not willing to tell the king Wenzel IV any secrets, his wife told him during the confession.

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Rajec castle - 25km north of Brno / Brünn

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Rajec castle is about 25 km north of Brno / Brünn and it is quite a large area with the big castle in the middle and wide buildings on each side around a great park in the centre.You have to park your car outside and it takes a few minutes untill you get to the castle.The opening times of the castle are as follows :April, September and October : 09.00a.m.-12.00 and 01.00-04.00p.m.May till August . open 1 hour more till 05.00p.m.Closed every Monday !!last guided tour is 1 hour before closing time.On saturdays in the morning, there will be no tours in case that a wedding takes place there.You may take the train to Rajec and get out at station "Rajec-Jestrebi" or you take the road #43 / E461 and leave for Rajec in Cerna Hora.

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Becov nad Teplou - 90km west of Prague

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The beautiful castle of Becov nad Teplou / Petschau is the major attraction of this small village in the west of the Czech Republic - about half way between Karlovy Vary / Karlsbad and Marianske Lazne / Marienbad.The castle is perfectely restored and has a great park around it, where you may take a walk, while you maybe have to wait for the next guided tour.The treasury inside the castle seemed to be very interesting, as plenty of pics of the exhibits were shown in the ticket-office.When you walk into that small village with maybe 1000 inhabitants you may see some great buildings, like the ones on my picture.Becov is still completely out of the area, where most foreign tourists would go and therefore prices are still rather low.But they obviously have plenty of local day tourists.You may take the train to Becov nad Teplou or drive on road #20 / E49

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Roznov pod Radhostem - 60km east of Brno

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Roznov pod Radhostem / Rosenau am Radegast is a small town about 60 km east of Brno .The major attraction of that town is a large museum of old wooden houses, that were taken down at many places all over Czechia and were rebuilt in Roznov in a way that you get the feeling to be inside an old village.The museum consists of 3 parts that you may visit seperately or with a combination-ticket.1)The Mill valley, consisting of different kinds of watermills and you may visit it by guided tours only, that will include demonstrations of the mills working like in the old days.2)The wooden village is the oldest part of the museum, down in the village and it includes a great church, cemetery, a post-office, grocery, merry-go-round, beehives etc.3)The Vallachian village up on a hill nearby, including many farmhouses, horses, sheep, geese etc.Also the town of Roznov is nice for a little walk.You may...

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Duchkov / Dux - the last home of CASANOVA

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Duchcov castle / Schloss Dux was the place in Czechia, where CASANOVA spent the last 13 years of his life, writing his memoirs and working as a librarian for count Waldstein.What an end, Giacomo....And he is buried somewhere on the former cemetery of Duchcov, but only a small inscription on the churchwall shows the czech spelling of his name :Jakob Casanova The castle was built in the 16th century in Renaissance-style and in the 18th century the count of Waldstejn bought the castle and rebuilt it in Baroque-style according to plans by Jean Baptiste Mathey.Count Waldstein used to invite musicians, composers and other important people like Chopin,Bach,Beethoven,Haydn,Mozart, Goethe and the tzars Alexander I and Nikolaus I.Casanova came to Duchkov in 1785, and he became a good friend of count Waldstejn.Casanova was 60 years old at that time and he had plenty of troubles with his affairs at...

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Cheb / Eger - 110km west of Prague

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Cheb / Eger - another lovely town that might be a great place for a stop-over, while travelling through Czech Republik.There is an old castle and a really beautiful townsquare with lots of baroque buildings.Schirdingerhaus is an important building of Cheb / Eger.It has a rather small front with a great gable and a lovely court with arcades.In one of the rooms of this building Albrecht von Waldstein ( = Wallenstein ) was killed on feb. 25th, 1634. Since 1874 thousands of visitors get there to see this place in the museum.Baltasar Neumann was one of the most famous baroque architects, and he was born in Cheb / Eger.Opposite of the Franciscan cloister you may see the building, where he was born.The Austrian Erzherzoege (princes) Johann and Ludwig were guests here in 1806.Because of this special event the restaurant, formerly been named "U cerveneho konicka" (Red horse) was renamed and this...

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Laze Kynzvart - close to Marienbad

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Lazne Kynzvart Zamek / Schloss Bad Koenigswart is in a distance of just 6 Km from Marianske Lazne / Marienbad.It was one of the castles of Klemens Wenzel Lothar, Fuerst von Metternich - Winneburg ( 1773 - 1859 ).That is quite a long name for the former Austrian chancellor and foreign minister , Fuerst Metternich, well known by the Vienna Congress of 1815." Der Kongress tanzt "( "The Congress is dancing") was mostly the answer, when people talked about the new facts of the Vienna Congress in 1815, as the first time in history negotiations about peace and future borders of the various countries in Europe were not simply a matter of " dry talks on a round table " BUT mainly a big ball and lots of great festivities in Vienna's Hofburg palace...The castle was built between 1820 and 1833 by Pietro Nobile, as one of the many castles for Fuerst Metternich.The castle is a bit out of the village...

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