Hundred Flavours of the Czech Republic
9 days / 8 nights
About the tour
Countries: Czech Republic
Tour: Customized private/group tour with English speaking driver and English/Spanish/Thai speaking tour guide (other languages are possible upon request)
Accommodation: 4* – 5* hotels
Meal Plan: Breakfast (lunches and dinners are possible as options)
Itinerary: Prague – Pardubice – Litomysl – Olomouc – Lostice – Lednice – Valtice – Mikulov – Znojmo – Trebic – Trebon – Cesky Krumlov – Pilsen – Tepla Monastery – Karlovy Vary – Marianske Lazne – Prague
About the Tour: An invitation to a wonderful journey through the beautiful land of Bohemia from north to south. Discover thousand years of history and traditions, majestic monuments, picturesque nature while experiencing several traditional culinary delights and the best Czech regional cuisine.
Countries: Czech Republic
Tour: Customized private/group tour with English speaking driver and English/Spanish/Thai speaking tour guide (other languages are possible upon request)
Accommodation: 4* – 5* hotels
Meal Plan: Breakfast (lunches and dinners are possible as options)
Itinerary: Prague – Pardubice – Litomysl – Olomouc – Lostice – Lednice – Valtice – Mikulov – Znojmo – Trebic – Trebon – Cesky Krumlov – Pilsen – Tepla Monastery – Karlovy Vary – Marianske Lazne – Prague
About the Tour: An invitation to a wonderful journey through the beautiful land of Bohemia from north to south. Discover thousand years of history and traditions, majestic monuments, picturesque nature while experiencing several traditional culinary delights and the best Czech regional cuisine.
Highlights
- Most beautiful famous and lesser known destinations with culinary specialties
- Prague, the fairytale City of Hundred Spires, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, known for delicious Prague ham
- Pardubice, a historic city on the Elbe River, the capital of Gingerbread
- Litomysl, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with a monumental Renaissance Castle
- Olomouc, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famed for its Tvaruzky cheese
- Lednice – Valtice, stunning castles and landscapes in the country’s best wine region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Mikulov, in Moravia, the center of wine of the Czech Republic
- Easy pace, no rush
- Znojmo, a Gothic fertile land with the best fruit and vegetable products
- Trebon, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, renowned for carps
- Cesky Krumlov, most beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous for the Niva Blue Cheese
- Pilsen, the world’s capital of beer
- Tepla Monastery, with an oldest historic library containing the largest number of volumes in the whole country
- Karlovy Vary, the largest spa town, famous for Moser Glassworks, spa wafers and special dumplings
- Marianske Lazne, another beautiful spa town with singing fountain
Program
Arrival in Prague
- Arrival in Prague and meet with the driver and escort.
- Transfer to the center of the City with a Hundred Spires.
- Lunch on own.
- Walking sightseeing of the Charles Bridge, the Old Town and the Astronomical Clock.
- Shopping in Parizska and Celetna Street, the most fashionable streets in Prague.
- Check in at your hotel.
- Leisure time.
- Dinner on own. Taste Prague ham in one of the traditional restaurants or vibrant local markets around the city.
- Overnight in Prague.
Prague
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Historical Prague tour by vintage car (subject to availabilities).
- Walking sightseeing through the Prague Castle Quarter, St. Vitus Cathedral and Lesser Town.
- Option – A combined ticket for Old Royal Palace, St.George’s Basilica, the Golden Lane.
- Lunch on own.
- Leisure time for your own activities.
- Option – Transfer to Fashion Arena Outlet for shopping.
- Dinner on own. Try the specialty of Prague in a recommended traditional Czech restaurant.
- Overnight in Prague.
Prague – Pardubice – Litomysl – Olomouc
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- Transfer to Pardubice, the capital of Gingerbread.
- Visit the Gingerbread Museum and learn about the history of gingerbread.
- A walk in the enchanting forest of Hansel and Gretel followed by gingerbread tasting.
- Option – Hands-on gingerbread workshop, subject to availability.
- Shopping for famous gingerbread of Pardubice.
- Onward drive to Litomysl, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the birthplace of the founder of Czech national music, Bedřich Smetana.
- Lunch on own.
- Visit of the Litomysl Castle with a castle tour.
- Walking sightseeing of the historic center of Litomysl.
- Onward journey to Olomouc, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Check in at the hotel.
- Walking sightseeing in Olomouc historic center.
- Dinner on own.
- Overnight in Olomouc.
Olomouc – Lostice – Lednice – Valtice – Mikulov
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- Visit the St. Wenceslas Cathedral in Olomouc.
- Transfer to Lostice, well known for its cheese product.
- Learn about the delectable and unique Olomouc cheese with a tour in the Museum of Olomouc Tvaruzky Cheese.
- Leisure time for cheese tasting and shopping.
- Continue to Lednice, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Moravian wine region.
- Lunch on own. Enjoy delicious Czech modern cuisine accompanied by excellent wine.
- Walking sightseeing in Lednice Castle area and the Castle Park.
- Visit the wine factory with wine tour.
- Visit the vineyards on the boarders between the Czech Republic and Austria.
- Transfer to Valtice, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site landscape.
- Wine tasting with dinner in a historic wine cellar, subject to the group size.
- Transfer to Mikulov, center of the best Czech wine on the Czech – Austrian borders.
- Overnight in Mikulov.
Mikulov – Znojmo – Trebic
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- Walking sightseeing of the historic center of Mikulov and the Castle area.
- Option – Visit of the Mikulov Castle, (subject to the seasonal opening hours).
- Continue to Znojmo, a Gothic town in South Moravia.
- Shopping at Freeport Fashion Outlet with more than 250 international clothing brands at very attractive prices.
- Leisure time for shopping.
- Lunch on own.
- Take the Mysterious underground tour of Znojmo, one of the biggest underground networks in Central Europe.
- Short walking sightseeing in the historic Center of Znojmo.
- Tasting of the famous Znojmo pickled cucumbers and Moravian dried sausages.
- Continue to Trebic, a wonderful but lesser-known UNESCO Heritage Site.
- Dinner on own.
- Overnight in Trebic.
Trebic – Trebon – Cesky Krumlov
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- Walking sightseeing in Trebic Castle complex and historic center.
- Continue to Trebon, in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the largest producer of freshwater fish in all of Europe.
- Option – Visit fish farm in Trebon, subject to the season.
- Lunch in a special fish restaurant in Trebon.
- Continue to Cesky Krumlov, the most beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Check in at your hotel.
- Walking sightseeing of the historic center of Cesky Krumlov.
- Option – Cruise on a wooden raft on the Vltava, subject to availability and seasons.
- Dinner on own in a traditional tavern with medieval ambience.
- Overnight in Cesky Krumlov.
Cesky Krumlov – Pilsen
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- Take a tour of the Cesky Krumlov Castle, one of the most impressive medieval castle in Europe.
- Option – Visit of the Castle Tower for panorama view of the city.
- Try the Jihoceska Niva blue cheese, the speciality of this area.
- Lunch on own in a cosy farmhouse restaurant in the South Bohemian countryside, serving excellent menus prepared with fresh products from the farm.
- Drive to Pilsen, the world’s beer center with the best selling beer brand, Pilsner Urquell.
- Option – Take the beer tour to learn about the story of the world’s best beer and taste the fresh beer directly from the wooden barrel in the traditional underground fermentation chamber.
- Check in at the hotel.
- Walking sightseeing of the historic center of Pilsen.
- Dinner on own. Try the Pilsen beer goulash with delicious Czech dumplings.
- Overnight in Pilsen.
Pilsen – Tepla Monastery – Karlovy Vary
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- Drive to Tepla and visit the most significant monastery of West Bohemia, the Tepla Monastery, built in Romanesque-Gothic architecture in the 12th century with a unique library of 100,000 valuable volumes, the second largest historical library in Bohemia.
- Continue to Karlovy Vary, the most famous spa town in Central Europe.
- Lunch on own.
- Visit the Moser Glassworks Museum and take the Journey to the Magic of Crystal tour to discover the authentic 160-year history of glass production by hand at the world-renowned Moser Glassworks.
- Walking sightseeing of Karlovy Vary and its famous colonnades and try Karlovy Vary natural spring water from different sources.
- Taste the original Karlovy spa wafers, created before the beginning of 19th century, made from Karlovy Vary spring water.
- Check in at the hotel.
- Dinner on own. Try a local dish with special Karlovy Vary dumplings.
- Overnight in Karlovy Vary.
Karlovy Vary – Marianske Lazne – Prague – Departure
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
- Return to Prague and transfer to the airport for your onward journey.
OR
- Depending on your return journey, if time allows, visit Marianske Lazne, the second largest spa town in the Czech Republic.
- Walking sightseeing in the beautiful parks of the town, located in the Bohemian Mountain forest.
- Try the spa water from numerous natural springs with different mineral components.
- Enjoy the performance of the famous singing fountain (from 30th April to 31st of October).
- Lunch on own.
- Return to Prague and transfer to the airport for your onward journey.