5 days program for groups in Český Krumlov and Prague.

Day 1:

From Prague we drive a couple of hours to Český Krumlov, which is after Prague undoubtedly the second most attractive town in the Czech Republic. After arrival we will have dinner and a drink in the hotel.

We will make a short walk in the vicinity of the hotel to get oriented about where the hotel is placed in the center of town.

Český Krumlov is on the UNESCO-list. The river Moldau curves through the Old Town, which is full of small, narrow streets with a lot of cosy bars and restaurants.

Day 2:

We will make a short stroll to the central square and go on to the castle, which is the second largest in the Czech Republic. It dates back to around 1250, and for ages three of the most famous noble families, the Rosenbergs, the Eggenbergs and the Schwarzenbergs have been the owners. Today the state is the owner. We will make two excursions in the castle. On the first one we will see the impressing interior in Baroque and Renaissance style. We will go through the Castle Chapel and see the Golden Horse Carriage and the Mascerade Hall. The second excursion brings us to the best kept Baroque style theatre in Europe, which is placed in the 5th court yard. We will be shown stage scenery, costumes and props, machinery for replacing the scenes and equipment for imitating sounds of a storm.

The evening is on your own.

Day 3:

We drive to the nearby town of Třebon´, which is famous for breeding carps.

First we will have an excursion in the town brewery. We will see how the malt is boiled and the sugar is separated from the malt and later during fermentation converted into alcohol. We will see, too, the other parts in this modern brewery and also the filling station. Finally we will of course taste the nice beer.

After that we will have lunch in a local fish restaurant. The dishes can be fish or meat. The traditional Czech Christmas dinner consists of fish soup and fried carp with potato salad.

Třebon´ is the `carp capital`, because for centuries carps have been breeded there. The fish ponds are placed right in the middle of the town. You will have some free time to visit these ponds, until we drive back to the hotel.

The evening is on your own.

Day 4:

We have about one hour drive to Linz in Austria. On the central square we will enter one of the steepest trams in the world, Pöstlingbergbahn, and ride with it to the top of the hill. There we take another tram, the Grottenbahn and drive into a fanciful world of fairy tales, consisting of fabulous monsters, dworfs, witches, dragons etc. After this thrilling experience we will enjoy lunch with a drink in a restaurant on top of the hill, and then take the tram down hill to the center for some free time, until we drive back til the hotel.

Dinner in a restaurant in the evening.

Day 5:

After breakfast we go to Prague to have a city walk in the Old Town. We will pass the Old Town Square with the famous Astronomical Clock, the Jewish Area with the Old Cemetary and the Charles Bridge. Finally we will have a two hour boat trip on Moldau. This includes an aperitiv, a big buffet and a drink. We will sail under the Charles Bridge and have a nice view of the Prague Castle and numerous other nice buildings.

Transfer to the airport.

Additional information:

Other possible excursions could be the Budweiser brewery in České Budejovice, nuclear power plant Temelín, UNESCO protected village Holášovice, UNESCO protected castle Hluboka or UNESCO protected town Telč.

On board the bus or during dinners we will give some small lectures about the Czech history in the 20th century, Czech religion, Czech language, the Christmas dinner, having carp, the spilt up of Czechoslovakia in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the political situation, and not least information about the social system concerning maternity leave, education system, salaries, taxes, rent, unemployment rate, health system and retirement.