Discover Prague not only by bus and walking but view the architectonic jewel also from the Vltava River with our combined tour!
Duration of tour: 3 hours 30 minutes
During this tour we will introduce Prague as a historic and architectonic jewel of Central Europe. Your guide will be with you the whole time, explaining the history of Prague and its neighborhoods (Old Town, New Town, Lesser Town) during the trip. The second part of the tour will take you to Prague castle where you visit the interior of this most important site of Prague, Saint Vitus Cathedral. After the guided walking tour you go to the bank of the Vltava River to get on board a boat where you can take a rest and relax admiring the beauties of Prague from a different view. In addition to the other bridges connecting both the river banks you will see the well known Charles Bridge from the boat. Then continue for a pleasant walk through the Jewish town to the Old Town Square (Prague Astronomical Clock and Tyn Cathedral).
Experience the essence of the very heart of Prague's Old Town and Jewish Quarter
Duration of tour: 1 hr 30 minutes
You will hear the stories concealed behind the house signs and statues on the Powder Tower, the Municipal House, Clementinum, St. Nicholas Church, and Old Town Hall (with its famous astronomical clock). Then discover, in the Old Town, the old Jewish Ghetto, where the many synagogues and the Jewish Town Hall are placed around an Old Cemetery, creating the best preserved Jewish monuments in Europe. The Jewish were among the first settlers and contributed to the colorful past of Prague. Listen to bizarre and tragic stories about their many habits and also to the funny tales about Rabi Low and his legendary monster Golem. Also pass by the places connected with the life and work of the most famous Jewish writer Franz Kafka.
Get acquainted with the history of two of the very important castles around Prague with this full day tour
Duration of tour: 8 hours 30 minutes
Visit two of the best castles around Prague. Konopiste Castle is a lovely hunting castle built in the fourteenth century, and rebuilt in the nineteenth century, housing fascinating collections of historical weapons, furniture, paintings and tapestries. Then it's on to Karlstejn Castle, which was founded and built by Emperor Charles IV between 1348 - 1355 A.D. as a depository for the Empires coronation jewels and state documents.
See illuminated Prague and taste the traditional specialities of the Czech cuisine while enjoying folk music, songs and dances
Duration of tour: 3 hours 30 minutes
Czech folklore music and dances are so melodic, beautiful and full of energy that they have been a great inspiration for whole generations of artists. Travel by bus through an illuminated Prague, arriving at a typical Prague tavern. While having dinner and tasting the traditional specialties of the Czech cuisine you can watch an enjoyable program featuring folk music, songs and dances.
Enjoy a visit to the ancient mining town Kutna Hora, a UNESCO listed town since 1992
Duration of tour: 5 hours 30 minutes
Thanks to the prosperous silver mines Kutna Hora became, after Prague, the second most important town of the Bohemian Kingdom in the Middle Ages. The increasing wealth and prosperity led to an architectural boom in of the town and gave rise to many beautiful monuments—St Barbara Cathedral, the Italian Court with Royal Mint, the Stone House and other Gothic and Renaissance landmarks. A uniquely amazing sight is the baroque ossuary in nearby Sedlec, decorated with bones of some 40,000 people.
This is a great opportunity to make new friends from every corner of the globe, in some of the oldest pubs in Prague
Duration of tour: 3 hours
Beer, or “Pivo” as the Czech call it, has been part of life in the Czech nation ever since we can remember. This tour will take you to some old Prague pubs, where you can taste various kinds of beer and some real Czech specialities. Listen, in hidden pubs, to our special beer-guide, about many interesting stories about life in Prague and its inhabitants.
Enjoy this tour of this renowned spa town and take a chance to swim at a spa
Duration of tour: 9 hours 30 minutes
Karlovy Vary is a renowned spa town located in Western Bohemia, that gained its reputation thanks to the discovery of hot mineral springs, which date back to the Middle Ages. The waters are used to treat all kinds of disorders. Today there are twelve hot springs in use here, and you get the chance to taste them. The best known springs is named Vridlo, the Sprudel which belches its curative water to a height of seventeen meters. This spa town has also been popular with the production of world famous Bohemian Czech crystal Moser, with local china production know as Karlovarsky porcelain and with production of delicious herb spirit Becherovka. After lunch you will be shown around the spa center and for anyone who feels like it, can have a swim in an outdoor swimming pool.
Visit this originally built military fortress converted into a Jewish Getto and concentration camp during World War II
Duration of tour: 5 hours
The former garrison town, originally built by Emperor Joseph II as an ingenious military fortress system for the protection of the kingdom at the end of the 18th century, was completely changed into a Jewish Ghetto and a concentration camp during World War II. Better known as “Large Fort,” the town of Terezin itself was used as a transit camp for Jews from the whole of Europe. Small Fort Terezin was a cruel prison of Gestapo, Reich's secret police. If you are interested in the history of World War II and the holocaust then join this tour for a visit of the Small Fort Terezin and the museum in the Big Fort.
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