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Apart from airport transfers, our company specializes in private excursions and day trips.
We will collect you from your hotel and the best trips start here with Prag-Transfer - We specialise in efficient and friendly services and we offer for groups and individuals sightseeing tours, transfers and rental of cars with driver.
Save your time and take an advantage of a private tour. Take a tour to Karlstejn Castle or to some other famous Czech landmark. Enjoy your amazing time in Prague and take a chance and discover beauty of the Czech countryside.
Every tour includes pick up (and also drop off) in your hotel, drive to the destination by our comfortable air conditioned car or mini van. . It is also possible to organize day excursions using one of our limousines.
Book your car with our driver for your fantastic trip.
Extension of trip or programme changes possible! Prices on agreement. Choose the time and itinerary below (are only our top suggestions) and we take you there.
Our tourist tips :
Karlstejn
Would you like to visit Karlstejn Castle, which has a unique position among Czech castles? Karlstejn is one of the most visited Czech castles and it is located 28 km south-west of Prague. Minimal recommended lenght of staying in Castle Karlstejn: one-day trip. A trip to Karlstejn can easily be combined with a visit to Krivoklat .
High Gothic castle was founded by Czech King and Roman Emperor Charles IV in 1348. The construction of the castle was finished in 1365 when the Chapel of the Holy Cross situated in the Great tower was consecrated. With the outbreak of the Hussite Wars, the Czech coronation jewels were moved to the castle and were kept there for almost two centuries, with some short-time breaks.
Note that you need to make a reservation to visit the Holy Rood Chapel on Tour 2, which lasts about 100 minutes. The tour 2 will be open from 1st June 2008 till 31st October 2008 !!! You can also visit The Wax Museum exhibiting a wax statue of Charles IV and of his four wives as well as of many other famous persons of the Czech history that is situated about 100m from the main castle gate.
The castle is opened Tuesday to Sunday: May, June, and September 9am to 5pm; July and August to 6pm; April and October 9am to 4pm and November – till 6th January and March to 3pm. February closed.
Golfers may want to try their luck at the Praha Karlstejn Golf Club. However, it's a bit expensive, especially equipment like golf balls and club rentals.
In this region, there are also following chateaux and castles open to visitors:
Chateau of Horovice historical interiors and exhibition of historical musical machines and Chateau of Breznice historical interiors including the unique Loksanska library.
Konopiste
Join us for a trip to the glorious Konopiste Castle formal seat of Habsburg throne successor Frantisek Ferdinand d'Este. Visit of Konopiste Castle is an ideal half-day trip that you for sure should not miss! The castle is located 44 km south-east of Prague.
The Konopiste Castle was originally founded as a gothic fortress guarding a nearby town of Benesov. Being founded at the end of the 13th century by Tobias of Benesov, it was built at the beginning of the 14th century, following the model of french castles called "castels". After visiting the interiors of the castle, a close baroque Rose Garden with a Greenhouse provides visitors of a serene place to stroll and absorb the whole experience of their visit of the Konopiste Castle.
Castle moat with a run for Masa and Kazimir bears. January, February and Mondays – closed.
Interests in Suroundings - Jemniste chateau - 10 km, direction of Vlasim, Cesky Sternberk castle - 25 km, direction of Divisor, Sazava cloister, national cultural monument - 25 km, Benesov - district town, 2,5 km, district museum Krivoklat The castle of Krivoklat belongs to the oldest and most important castles of the Czech princes and kings. The history of its construction starts in the 12th century. During the reign of Pøemysl Otakar II. a large, monumental royal castle was built to be later rebuilt by king Vaclav IV. and even later generously enlarged by king Vladislav of Jagellon. The castle of Krivoklat was seriously damaged by fire several times. It became a feared prison and its importance sank rapidly.
See a beautiful castle chapel, the Great Royal and Chivalric Halls with an exhibition of Gothic paintings and sculptures, the castle library containing over 52.000 bands, a rich museum and a painting gallery of the Fürstenberg, a famous castle prison with torture chambers and torture instruments, a monumental tower with a collection of hunting trophies and a view of the surrounding area, a pleasant walk around the castle walls, the tower Huderka with an open-hearth kitchen and an observatory gallery, the seat of the captain with temporary exhibitions…all of this and much more belongs to Krivoklat, a national cultural monument, which is located 40 km south-west of Prague.
Hluboka nad Vltavou
Hluboka is without a doubt one of the most beautiful castles in Bohemia. The town of Hluboka lies in South Bohemia not far from Ceske Budejovice and is best-known for its beautiful, Windsor neo-Gothic-style chateau, which is floodlit at night and home to some magnificent interiors.The oldest predecessor to the present-day chateau was an early Gothic castle built around 125O.
Romantic castle was rebuilt into English Thudors gothic during 1841-1871. The whole complex is surrounded by English style park. Open from April to October except Mondays.
We recommend visiting the Ohrada Hunter’s Lodge, the oldest museum of hunting in the world, just two kilometres from Hluboka nad Vltavou. In the neighbourhood of the Ohrada Hunter’s Lodge is the only South Bohemian zoo. You may also visit the Vondrov Riding Centre with a new riding hall, which provides comprehensive services associated with horseback riding.
Kutna Hora
Another short trip to Kutna Hora. This picturesque city lies 72km (45 miles) east of Prague - the 50-minute drive is relatively easy.
Kutna Hora, medieval centre of silver-mining was the second richest town of Czech Kingdom. The variety of Kutna Hora architectural monuments and its well preserved structure of town centre reflexes its ancient fame and wealth until present. During your walk in Kutna Hora you will visit gothic cathedral of St.
Barbara and Italian Court - originally a Royal Mint. When you leave the cathedral, head down statue-lined Barborska Street, where you'll pass the early baroque Jesuit College, built in the late 17th century by Domenico Orsi. You will no less admire the other beautiful gothic,renaissance and baroque burgher houses or the unique stone dwell from 15th century.
You also will visit one of the most interesting burial places in the world called Kostnice (Ossuary) in a small nearby village Sedlec. This chapel is decorated by more than 40 000 human bones, including e.g. a chandelier or a crest of noble family Schwarzenberg.
Kutna Hora town is registered at UNESCO heritage list since 1995.
Karlovy Vary
The best known and the largest spa in the Czech Republic - Karlovy Vary, a significant spa and tourist centre, is located in the picturesque valley of the small river of Tepla. The town was founded in 1358 by Emperor and Czech King Charles IV. The end of the 19th century determined the final architectural outlook of Karlovy Vary surrounded by romantic hilly countryside.
Distance from Prague is 130 km.
The spa offers to its guests hot mineral springs. There are 12 healing springs rising in the spa. Their basic compositions are similar but they differ in temperature and the amount of carbon dioxide, and that is why their effects are different as well. The largest of the springs called "Vridlo" gushes up from a depth of 3000 meters to a height of 12 meters, and the water has a temperature of 73° C. Karlovy Vary is a spa city well known for its colonnades. The largest colonnade - the Mill Colonnade was built in the year 1871 - 1881. Its roof is carried on 124 majestic columns among which five springs spurt out. The sixth spring is found in the open space in front of the colonnade, opposite the orchestra platform. Efore you leave Karlovy Vary you should go also to Thermal Spring underground, look around from the top of Diana toner, taste the Becher liqueur, buy Karlovy Vary souvenirs - spa wafers, Becherovka liqueur, Moser glass. Porcelain decorative goods, tea and dinner sets can be bought in company outlet stores or in numerous shops within the spa zone.
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) is one of the oldest international film festivals and has undergone significant transformations throughout its sixty-one-year history. It is the top event of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe and starts in the end of June.
Cesky Krumlov
The town of Cesky Krumlov is more and more turning into the final destination of thousands of visitors from our own country and abroad. This is no wonder, as it has been preserved as a mediaeval architectonical historical monument even now and is picturesquely located on the meander of the Vltava River. The unrivaled status of the town led to the declaration of Cesky Krumlov as a Historical Urban Reservation as early as 1963. The significance of Cesky Krumlov as an unusual Historical Monument was pointed out in 1992 by the act of the International Association of UNESCO. Cesky Krumlov was included among the monuments of world importance, those to which exceptional care, attention and support had to be indispensably devoted. The unique urban integrity contains more than 300 historical buildings and its atmosphere is absolutely incomparable.
Nevertheless Cesky Krumlov does not remain only an historical open-air museum, but it is a living city with the typical and unique offer of cultural and social activities. Any visitor could spend several pleasant days here by discovering the beauties of the town and its surroundings.
The State Castle of Cesky Krumlov, with its architectural standard, cultural tradition, and expanse, ranks among the most important historic sights in the central European region. Building development from the 14th to 19th centuries is well-preserved in the original groundplan layout, material structure, interior installation and architectural detail. The Castle Theatre in Cesky Krumlov is situated on the courtyard of Cesky Krumlov Castle behind the moat near the castle's west wing. It connects with the Cloak Bridge via a covered connecting corridor leading from the Masquerade Hall to the royal box of the castle theatre.
Terezin
The Fortress of Terezin lies north-west of the Czech capital, Prague, at the confluence of the rivers Labe (Elbe) and Ohfe (Eger).
From June 10th, 1940, the Small Fortress became a Gestapo prison, a Jewish ghetto was established within the Main Fortress. Terezin Fortress is, beyond its value as a unique technical and urbanistic monument, a globally recognised symbol of the persécution of the Jewish nation during the Second World War, as the Main Fortress - the inner town - was from 1941-1945 a centre for the assembly of Jews prior to their deportation to the Third Reich's concentration and extermination camps across Europe. Some 190,000 people passed through Terezin in this period, of whom some 35,000 died in the town The Small Fortress, a prison for participants in the Resistance, is thus a pilgrimage memorial, recalling the more recent history of the town. The preserved structural elements of the fortress and the symbolic presence of immeasurable suffering are a permanent part of the memory and global importance of the site. In addition to its fortress architecture, Terezin thus also symbolises the tragedy of the prisoners of Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
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