Czech Republic is an amazing country with a rich history and cultural traditions . Even to see "the whole of Prague", you need to live here for several weeks. Therefore, the best option is to choose the best excursions in the Czech Republic, to get to know the country at least superficially. In any case, almost all tourists who have visited the Czech Republic at least once, have a desire to come here again and again.
When to go?
To the question "when is it better to go to the Czech Republic on an excursion" there is no definite answer: those who traveled here in the spring will assert that this is the best time of the year in the Czech Republic, and those who fall - that the autumn Czech Republic is indescribable.
Bus excursions in the Czech Republic are best done in the spring or rainy autumn, walking tours in the Czech Republic are popular in winter, when the snow that falls asleep on the city and street makes them truly fabulous.
The most popular excursions around Prague
One of the most popular excursions in the Czech Republic is a "mixed" (bus and foot) tour of Prague , during which tourists visit:
- Wenceslas Square ;
- Dancing house ;
- Vyšehrad ;
- Embankment ;
- Charles Bridge .
This excursion lasts about 3.5 hours, costs 10 euros.
Other popular tours around Prague are:
- Visiting Prague Castle and Hradcany;
- excursion boat trip along the Vltava;
- excursion "Prague for 1 day", which also includes a water walk;
- "Mystical Prague", dedicated to mysterious events and urban legends.
Please note: individual tours of the Czech Republic may differ somewhat from similar group tours. For example, an individual tour of the Prague grades includes a visit to the Golden Lane, one of the symbols of the city, while in the group one it does not. The cost of walking tours in the Czech Republic is from 8 euros to 12-15, the same individual - from 20 euros.
"Outbound" excursions
Many, going to rest in the Czech capital, are interested in what interesting excursions exist in the Czech Republic from Prague in Russian. In fact, finding a Russian-speaking guide in Prague is not a problem, and many group excursions around the Czech Republic are equipped with an audio guide, so there will be no difficulties with the perception of the text.
What excursions are worth visiting in the Czech Republic, having a rest in Prague:
- In the Czech-Krumlov , which is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world, second only to Venice; such a tour lasts about 12 hours, it includes a visit to the castle Hluboka , belonging to the Schwarzenberg family.
- In Karlovy Vary (includes a visit to the brewery in Kruszowice).
- Visiting the city of Kutna Hora , the "pearl" of the Czech Republic - this excursion includes a visit to the castle of Sternberg , the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary, the Cathedral of St. Barbara and Kostnitsa - a cemetery chapel, for the decoration of which human bones were used.
- Visiting the Skoda factory , the most modern in the Czech Republic - excursions include a visit to the museum .
Also popular are excursions to the castles of the Czech Republic from Prague:
- Hluboka nad Vltavou;
- Dukhtsov ;
- Castle of the Silesian Ostrava ;
- Shpilberk ;
- Karlštejn ;
- Konopiště and others.
These excursions are most interesting for schoolchildren who are vacationing in the Czech Republic. A wide range of excursions in the Czech Republic offers a tourist information and service center located on Panská, 6.
Excursions from other cities
Those who came for a health holiday in the Czech Republic will be interested in excursions departing from the resort towns. For example, on an excursion from Poděbrady , a picturesque resort in the Czech Republic, you can go to its surroundings, visit the world's oldest horse breeding farm in Kladruby, visit the castles of Poděbrady and Chlumec above Cidlin.
Excursions from Jáchymov are offered not only in the Czech Republic (for example, the city and Loket Castle ), but also in Bavaria in Regensburg, Dresden, Nuremberg. Excursions from Karlovy Vary to the Czech Republic are offered to visit Mariánské Lázně (formerly Marienbad), castles Loket and Hysche, Czech-Krumlov and Prague.
The caves
Caves in the Czech Republic are also very interesting: some excursions are conducted by boat, some are pedestrian. Noteworthy caves :
- Moravian Karst ;
- Punkve (boat excursion);
- Katerzhinskaya;
- The Koneprussian ;
- The Yavorzic ;
- Zbrashovskie (these excursions depart from Teplice, a city in the north-west of the Czech Republic).
Gastro-tourism
Czech Republic is a country with rich cuisine and amazing traditions of winemaking and brewing. Therefore, gastronomic excursions and even whole tours to the Czech Republic are very popular.
Those who love beer will be interested in excursions to the Czech brewery , which includes visits to breweries:
- Staropramen ;
- Velkopopovicky Kozel ;
- Budejovicky Budva;
- Plzensky Prazdroj.
You can buy a tour of the breweries (one of the most popular is called "Beer with a flavor of history"), you can visit some of them yourself.
Visiting individual breweries is part of other excursions, for example, visiting a factory in Kruszowice, one of the oldest in the Czech Republic, is part of an excursion to Karlovy Vary.
You can go on a tour of the brewery, even without leaving Prague; in its framework you can visit 14 metropolitan breweries:
- in the monastery of Břevnov ; it has been working without interruption since its inception since 933;
- "At Fluke," which has been operating since 1499;
- " Strahov ";
- "The Prague bridge near Valšu".
Wine lovers should go to a wine tour to Moravia, within which you can not only visit the wineries and taste 20 different varieties of wine, but also visit the castle of the Templars.
Excursion tours from Russia
Russian tour operators also offer tours to the Czech Republic. For example, bus excursions to the Czech Republic from St. Petersburg are designed for 6-8 days. Some of them allow you to see the Czech Republic and Germany, or the Czech Republic and Austria, others are devoted exclusively to the Czech Republic or even only its capital
.