Sightseeing

The Czech Republic is full of places connected with historical moments. Crowds of tourists visit Prague every year to see Charles Bridge, Prague Castle, Old Time Square with medieval clock, Mala Strana, Jewish Museum etc.

Prague is also known as a place where famous people lived and worked. So you can find traces of Karel IV ( the Emperor during whose era the most of monuments in Prague was built), Emperor Rudolf II, Rabi Jehuda Levi – the builder of mystical Golem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Kafka, Jaroslav Hasek – the creator of Brave Soldier Svejk and many others.

Here is one of the websites about Prague attraction:

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-6916648-cat-tourist+attractions+zzandzz+sightseeing-czech_republic_things_to_do-i

But Prague is not the only one place that is full of history.
The town Cesky Krumlov is an UNESCO town – it was build in Renaissance and it is still kept in the historical concept.
http://www.ckrumlov.info/docs/en/kaktualita.xml

Other interesting town is Telc with its Renaissance town square:
http://www.telc.eu/index.php?lx=en

The Czech Republic is a country full of castles and chateaus. The most famous is Karlstejn that is close to Prague. There are many of other castles placed in the whole area of the country.
The overview of Czech castles, monasteries, ruins etc is here:
http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/index-e.htm

Of course it is not only historical monuments that are worth to see. There is also beautiful nature in Czech Republic. There is a stunning cave area called Moravsky kras (Moravian Karst):
http://www.moravskykras.net/en/moravian-karst.html

Who likes to walk the hills, he/she should visit Cesky raj (Czech Paradise)
http://www.cesky-raj.info/en/

And here is an invitation for mountain – lovers: the Nature Park Krkonose.
http://english.krnap.cz/

And finally there are websites that contain little bit of everything about what to do and where to go in the Czech Republic:

http://realtravel.com/da-1061-czech_republic_attractions

http://www.czechtourism.com/eng/uk/docs/holiday-tips/news/index.html
(This one has got versions in almost all European languages)

 

(NICM, 11/2008)