Comments on: Czech Republic travel

By: Mariella (Bridgekeeping Traveller)

Mariella (Bridgekeeping Traveller) — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:19:32 +0000

Ah, Kami has a gift of pointing out the great places in a country 🙂 her blog is great, and finding her writing here is good. What a great community the travel bloggers have made…

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:10:01 +0000

In reply to Andrea. Wow. That's sounds quite interesting.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:20:24 +0000

I took my son to the Czech Republic and Germany as a “roots” type trip before his senior year in high school. We visited Kutna Hora and loved that city. It’s one of the few places you can find people who speak English. Otherwise, outside of Prague, German was my best bet 🙂 I would also like to suggest Terezin. Some may consider it morbid, because it was a holding place for the death camps during World War II. It was the “show place” that the Nazis showed the Red Cross to prove the concentration camps weren’t really bad. It was a very solemn visit, but it definitely gave us memories to last a life time!

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:42:47 +0000

In reply to Lance. It seems like a really wonderful place.

By: Lance

Lance — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:40:51 +0000

We went to Kutna Hora last week as a day-trip fom Prague last week and loved it! It’s well worth going.

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:40:14 +0000

In reply to Nick Clarke-Gerrard. Cool. Thanks for the tips!

By: Nick Clarke-Gerrard

Nick Clarke-Gerrard — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:15:52 +0000

You shouldn’t miss this area…the real heart of the country…Where the wine and Slivovice comes from, all the traditional songs and costumes, some great festivals of music and wine. World heritage areas, some lovely towns and friendly people http://www.slovacko.cz/

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:59:48 +0000

In reply to Sam. Superb advice! Thanks!

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:58:56 +0000

If you’re going to Cesky Budejovice, it’s definitely worth making a side trip to Cesky Krumlov, about 30 minutes south by road. In fact, I would say skip Budejovice all together (unless you really want to see all the beer stuff) and go to Krumlov instead. It’s a much smaller, beautiful, medieval town on a bend in the Vltava river. It has a castle with a moat guarded by two brown bears, a main square that would make you believe you’ve travelled back in time, some great tea houses and cute cafes, and surprisingly for such a small town in Czech Republic, some wonderful vegetarian food. Oh, and stay at Krumlov House, possibly the nicest hostel I’ve stayed at anywhere. Small, comfortable, welcoming, quiet and not a bunk bed in sight!