You should visit the most outstanding medieval castle built 650 years ago. The Czech king and Roman emperor, son of John of Luxemburg and Elizabeth of Přemysl, Charles IV was born on May 14, 1316, and died on November 29, 1378. He greatly improved the quality of the Czech state by initiating large ...
If you want to see a rich castle interior with many fascinating collections of weapons and hunting trophies, you have to visit the Konopiště chateau nearby Prague. The castle is located on the hill, in the middle of forest and nice gardens, close to the pond. In the end of the 19th century it belo...
The castle of Nelahozeves represents the top of Czech Renaissance architecture. After the communist period it has been given back to the noble Lobkowicz family and one of the largest private picture gallery in Europe has been opened for the public. Do not miss the nice collection of Spanish portra...
The Czech country is very famous for its typical production of fine Czech crystal goods. If you are interested in it and if you want to buy some products cheaper than in Prague´s shops, do not miss this opportunity. The Glassworks in Nižbor manufactures an extensive range of cut 24 % leaded crys...
Not so far from Prague, just on the confluence of Vltava and Elbe rivers, in large vineyards, there is a small town of Mělník with a lovely Renaissance castle. After 1989 it became the property of the primary noble Lobkowicz family and most of halls have been carefully refurbished. At first you w...
If you like beer and especially the Czech one, it is recommendable to visit the Pilsner Urquell Brewery. The local beer production has a very long history as the brewery was founded about 150 years ago. You will visit the whole brewery, you will see all important phases from the traditional beginni...
About 60 km east of Prague you can find a medieval town, in the 14th and 15th century the second most important town in Bohemia after Prague. This city was famous for its silver mines and presence of Czech kings. When Wenceslas IV, son of the Emperor Charles IV, lived there, the town started to deve...
The small town of Terezín, about 45 minutes out of Prague, reminds a tragic chapter of European history. The former fortress was built in times of the emperor Josef II in the end of the 18th century and in times of war it could housed an army of 60.000 soldiers and 6.500 horses. During the World...
In 1895 Václav Klement and Václav Laurin founded the small company for bike repairing and only one year later they started to produce their own bikes. At the same time they started to build the first hall at the place of the todays´car factory. In 1899 their factory produced first motor-bikes...
In years 1740-1820 the Sychrov Castle belonged to Wallenstein family, one of the most powerful aristocratic families in Bohemia, and played an important role on the northern border of Czech lands. After 1820 they sold the manor to the marshal Charles Allain Rohan. Due to the French noble family...
Křivoklát is one of the oldest castles of Bohemian princes and kings where the exposition of Central Bohemian late Gothic art and the exposition of the development of the castle till 17th century is placed. There is also the Fürstenberg´s family picture gallery and the exhibition „Hunting arms...
For more 760 years now, the castle Český Šternberk, set on the steep stony bank of the Sázava river, has dominated the wooden landscape around the central reaches ot the river. Called the „Pearl of Sázava“ by a romantic poet, the castle was built in 1241 by Zdeslav of Divišov, and given th...
The first open-air museum in the Czech Republic (1900) and the fourth one in Europe presents the living and way to life of the inhabitants of the central Elbe region from the 18th to the middle of the 20th century. The basis of the area with more than thirty objects is the old-Bohemian cottage, the ...
You should visit the most outstanding medieval castle built 650 years ago. The Czech king and Roman emperor, son of John of Luxemburg and Elizabeth of Přemysl, Charles IV was born on May 14, 1316, and died on November 29, 1378. He greatly improved the quality of the Czech state by initiating large ...
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