Castles, châteaux, forts and manor houses in Czech rep., hotels, residences, golf resorts, spas, museums, free-time activities, or just gardens, nature, reservations, and casual countryside...
So let's start with two largest Liberec Golf Resorts - Ypsilonka GC and GC Liberec
Ypsilonka
GC Liberec
In czech economy thread was discussion if the oldest public park is in PL or SK. Pruhonice park near Praha isn't oldest, but it is far the nicest..
Karasek: Wallenstein's title was Duke of Friedland (but center of his Duchy was in Jicin/Jitschin, with Reichenberg as one large factory for his own army), but the castle itself is more connected with Rederns and Clam-Galasses I think. But definitely it's a nice place to visit.
historyworks: If you are more into luxury, I can recommend you also Sychrov chateau hotel/Zamecky hotel, where billionaire Ivana Trump or norwegian prince Haakon Magnus stayed last month It's near both Lbc-Pha motorway and railway to Turnov, and not far from both Turnov and Libe. I'm not sure how many hotels you can find in Turnov..
Karasek: Wallenstein's title was Duke of Friedland (but center of his Duchy was in Jicin/Jitschin, with Reichenberg as one large factory for his own army), but the castle itself is more connected with Rederns and Clam-Galasses I think. But definitely it's a nice place to visit.
I think he stayed there only for two or three times. Speaking of the Rederns: very impressive is also the burial vault of the Rederns in the church of Frydlant, one of the most valuable works in the area. Very beautiful and almost unknown.
You've certainly got me interested in Görlitz there Karasek - what an amazing town!
Norkey we are there for a couple of months - more looking for something to rent, not a hotel. We're not financially in the Trump/Magnus socio-economic group I'm afraid!
This is a very touristy area, at least the mountains around Liberec, you shouldn't have a problem to find a nice accommodation. During summer it's also pretty cheap. I don't know how the public transport is, but some villages in the Izera mountains are pretty nice.
PS: I also started a picture thread about Upper Lusatia here. And in case you are interested, Bautzen, capital of Upper Lusatia, looks like this. Bad Muskau, a world heritage site, is also in the region.
You've certainly got me interested in Görlitz there Karasek - what an amazing town!
Norkey we are there for a couple of months - more looking for something to rent, not a hotel. We're not financially in the Trump/Magnus socio-economic group I'm afraid!
Žižkov comes highly recommended, it remains my favourite city district, and always the place I recommend Prague tourists to stay (different parts of Žižkov for different people, but usually not so far from the stadion).
For a long time it also was a very Czech neighbourhood, few foreigners ventured there, but that has changed the last decade or so. It could be seen as the entertainment district, most of the good pubs in Prague are in Žižkov, but it isn't hard to find more quiet areas within the district.
Like Žižkov Karlín is a former working-class district, but otherwise they are very different. Žižkov is a former village swallowed up by Prague early last century, while Karlín is a floodplain where they constructed worker's houses according to progressive ideas of the late 19th century, with very high living standard to the time. During communism Karlín became partially derelict with a lot of pointless industry that didn't survive the regime change. The biggest change however was the 2002 flood that flooded the entire district. This gave some enterprising entrepeneurs the opportunity to buy up large chunks of the district and turning it into Prague's business center.
Some of these architectural developments have been successful, others less so. As before the flood Karlín is very family friendly with next with very little traffic, good communications, trams as well as metro, and quite pretty. It is a little dull though. As a foot (or bicycle) tourist the most obvious difference between Karlín and Žižkov is that the former is very flat while Žižkov is hilly. Some of the major developments in Prague now are in the Žižkov districts, particularly what is going to happen with the Žižkov Goods Station.
I want to visit Praha. Where is the best place to leave a car in the east part of a city. I will go by road n11 or n10 and I'm looking for a place where I can easy leave a car and go to city center by metro.
Your best bet is to use P+R parking lot (that is if it's not full, which can be a problem especially around Černý Most). The parking costs CZK 10,- for the whole day and you can buy special (and cheaper) tickets for public transport - a return transfer ticket (2x75 minutes, validated on both ends, CZK 40,-) or a one day ticket (valid for the whole day until the P+R car park is closed, which is around 1.00am, CZK 80,-). If you don't manage to get your car before the car park is closed, you will be charged CZK 100,-, which is still a very decent price for parking in Prague for the whole day.
Some more info on P+R (with a link to the locations and current occupancy - in Czech only). A map can be found here.
Unless you're arriving early in the morning (around 8:00am the Černý Most and Rajská Zahrada P+Rs are already occupied), I'd reccomend Letňany.
Edit: Or you can simply use one of the shopping centers' car park. But P+Rs are fenced and as I stated, the tickets are cheaper - to match the travel options given by the special P+R tickets, you would need two CZK 26,- tickets or CZK 100,- for the whole day.
Okay it will not be my first trip. I made a road trip in April. Here are the pics. click
As you can see i drive a Fiat punto from 1998. Do i really need to park in the garage of my hotel? They want 500CZK per night for the car. That`s too much. For that money we could stay a day longer in Prague.
500CZK is a lot. I'm quite often in Prague (but don't stay overnight), usually park close to the center (often for free, hehe) and never had a problem... and I drive a new A4 Avant! I never felt insecure. Poland is much worse IMHO.
PS: don't follow the tourists in Prague. Just stroll down the next small alley to the left or right and you're almost always alone and will find beautiful places which no travel guide mentions.
Frankly I don't think you have much choice Tom. Only leave your car in a more insecure location further out and hope it's still there when you come back. And you won't get a night in a Prague hotel for only 500CZK anyway. Let the car enjoy its holiday too! Or better don't bring it - it's not worth trying to drive in Prague and the public transport is so good.
As I stated, the hotel you mentioned is inside the paid parking zone - it's not even a question of money (CZK 30,-/hour in green zones, CZK 40,-/hour in orange zones), there's no way you can park there for longer period of time (>2 hours in orange zones, >6 hours in green zones - quite far away from your hotel), unless you rent a garage or a parking permit from your hotel (I suppose you can then park in a resident-only blue zone):
"Garáž 500 CZK/noc; Zapůjčení parkovací karty 250 CZK/den."
= garage (obviously), parking card
Or you can leave your car somewhere in the outskirts - the parking is generally free there. Or you could use one of the P+R car parks, which are usually located nearby metro stations, fenced, parking costs CZK 10,- for the whole day(!), you can get a special (a bit cheaper) tickets for the public transport in the ticket machines there, and if you "forget" and leave your car there overnight, you will be charged extra CZK 100,-, which seems as a very good price for a whole day to me.
I've written kind of a "P+R guide" just yesterday, it's in the Tourism thread.
Gondolas were launched on the Vltava river as part of Musica Navalis, a celebration of the 280-year anniversary of the canonisation of St John of Nepomuk.
Thanks :jax:. As it turns out we went in the end for the accommodation we could best find. So from next week we will be living in Vinohrady. I just hope there are still plenty of Czechs and good Czech food there, not crowded out by "foreign" influences! (and I will try to not be a foreign influence myself LOL!)
I am exiled to (the cheaper parts of) Vinohrady myself. Žižkov used to have much cheaper rent than Vinohrady, but not anymore. Vinohrady is very pretty in spring and now in summer as well, so it is not by any means a bad choice. If you are interested we could meet over a beer one day.
It would be hypocritical of me to deplore foreign influences, being one myself (I come from Oslo), on the whole I would say that foreigners have been good to Prague with just a few exceptions like Hotel Hilton. What ills have befallen Prague lately you can blame the Czechs, or unavoidable consequences of joining the European economy, many great customs simply weren't profitable and have disappeared. Prague is very much a tourist town, and it is hard to love masses of tourists however good they are for the economy, but it isn't really a hardship. They have driven the prices up and the quality down in some places, but have helped many more places survive. The more entrepid tourists who have made it to my part of town have all been pleasant company.
I am exiled to (the cheaper parts of) Vinohrady myself. Žižkov used to have much cheaper rent than Vinohrady, but not anymore. Vinohrady is very pretty in spring and now in summer as well, so it is not by any means a bad choice. If you are interested we could meet over a beer one day.
Would love to :jax: Will PM you when I'm over the jetlag! Anybody else from CZ or CE forums who is in Prague and wants to meet over pivo PM me :cheers:
Depends how old map would u like to have. There is an external map for Google Earth which u can download here. It consists of 2 maps, first one (the bigger one) is military map from 1878 the second one is from 1919(not really historical one)
There is also historical map of whole Czech Republic on mapy.cz. Just click on "další mapy " and then "Historická 1836-52". It is not so detailed like previous two maps but it is older and you can still see the fortification of Brno, which is pretty cool:horse:
Hello. I'm looking for advise, in next weekend I’m going to visit Prague. Can anybody recommend me cheep hostel to sleep and which place's I should to see... I'm going with my girlfriend we are booth students so we don’t have much money to spend. Thanks for your help
I'm coming to Prague in the beginning of september and I would like to know what the best place to stay is for 4 students. We're looking for something close to the center but also close to where all the parties are, and relatively cheap as well. Also, how is the night life in Prague at that time of year, and where should we go party? And what are the prices for fast food, drinks and accomodation?
Thanks and greetings from Ljubljana.
PS I apologize for opening a new thread, but I really didn't know where to write this, so..
I'm coming to Prague in the beginning of september and I would like to know what the best place to stay is for 4 students. We're looking for something close to the center but also close to where all the parties are, and relatively cheap as well. Also, how is the night life in Prague at that time of year, and where should we go party? And what are the prices for fast food, drinks and accomodation?
Thanks and greetings from Ljubljana.
PS I apologize for opening a new thread, but I really didn't know where to write this, so..
I'm really more interested in the personal opinions of the people who live there, because these sights are too commercial and don't offer you any real help. They just sell things. So if anyone would find the time to answer my questions with a few quick sentances I'd strongly appreciate it.
I disagree about the expats.cz and prague.tv sites. These are run by 3 or 4 people, who live in Prague, from a small office in Vinohrady. They have their "ears to the ground" very well. After living in Prague I think their advice is pretty good. But local Czechs will know a few more things of course.
One thing I can tell you is where to find some Czech restaurants. These are an endangered species in Prague! I think it is funny that it is easier to find a Czech restaurant in Sydney, Australia than in Prague (and very good ones too - better meat LOL!). We expatriates have caused a lot of "cultural" damage in Prague! :bash:
But I'm sure the Czechs enjoy the new variety. :cheers:
General rule: go two or three blocks away from the main "Tourist strips" and you will find "genuine Czech" again.
hey,
I visited Prague a couple of months ago and have some questions regarding it... maybe you guys can shed some light.
What is the city's annual budget?
When did you start refurbishing it (facades, tram infrastructure, tourism infrastructure etc.)?
What is the 'policy' toward use of light drugs?
What's up with the local Asian population (with the communism and all, I'm guessing primarily Vietnamese and Chinese, right?) - when did they arrive, do they live among themselves, are they well-integrated, do they speak your language, are they disregarded in any way?
That's about it. Any weblinks for the above would be great.
Thanks!
It all started in 1990, of course, but a large wave of refurbishment came in the mid-90's or late 90's. There was some major work on the tram infrastructure in 1996-1997, but the refurbishment of tram tracks is a neverending procedure because of the terrible quality of the reconstruction works (using BKV panels over and over again is a money-consuming crime!)
The facades started improving significantly in the late 90's and then after the flood in 2002. The flood was so essential for some parts of Prague (like Karlín and the Prague ZOO), without it they would never look so good.
Mainly Vietnamese people came to the Czech Republic during the communist regime, and they were doing very well here until recent. You can often see the first generations of newcomers at market stalls and shops (their Czech often has a very strange sound), but their children are often successful students of Czech schools (Asian intelligence). I think that they are more integrated and more popular amongst Czechs than some other groups of immigrants. But recently, their business at markets has been decaying, so some of them started doing illegal activities (growing and selling cannabis, for example) and they are now casting a negative light on the rest of the Vietnamese community. We are now also experiencing a new wave of Vietnamese immigration and this is causing some problems, but I don't know the background of this problem.
I was in Lokal, it was very good. The menu was just in Czech, but the waiters were all young and are happy to translate to English. Ne ze bych to potreboval, jen kdy by..
Czech food might be too heavy and fat for Mediterraneans though.
I was to Sasazu last weekend .. great place perfect food however very big and seems empty all the time... then we passed to mecca but I did not like there...it was like a gay club just man or it is really like that I did nt get after 2 shots of absinth ...WE also tried a place a called Dublex to center .. food is good .. that place has a great potantial but not many people again ...... I wonder why check ppl dont go out.. or we couldnt find them ...
I'm not Czech but I will try to explaine you. I think this country is the safest in Central Europe, due to people. I was staying in Czech Republic for 5 months and I notised they are polite, respectful and peaceful guys. As regards they do not go out in the evening unlike, for example like in my country or in South Europe - it just depends on mentality. At this time they prefer to seat at the hospoda (restaurant) to drink beer or just be at home.
Každopadně, podle mého nazoru, Česko je nejbezpečnější stat ve střední Europe
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