5 days program for groups with Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) and Prague.

• Accomodation in a 4 star spa hotel.
• Half pension in the hotel, breakfast and dinner.
• 3 treatments: bubble bath, bath with herbs and full body massage.

Day 1:

Arrival to the hotel.

Dinner in the hotel.

Day 2:

After breakfast we will make a two hour city walk. We will walk to the nearby colonnade. On the tour we will pass many of the most interesting sights in Karlovy Vary. Close to our hotel is hotel Termal placed. Every year there is held a big film festival. It is a tradition to invite one of the greatest American actors to join the festival. Then we pass many of the big palaces and spa hotels, and the 12 health giving sources, too, where you will have the oppoutunity to taste the healthy water after you have bought one of the traditional porcellan cups. The most famous one is named Vřidlo and it gushes to a height of 12 metres.

The tour ends at the famous hotel Pupp, where scenes to a James Bond movie were shot. Then we return to the hotel. On the tour we will pass many of the houses were renown people have been lodging, let us mention the most famous bohemian king and German-Roman Emperor Charles 4th from the 14th century, the last Austrian-Hungarian emperor Franz Josef, an English king, Goethe and many of the biggest composers.

In the afternoon we will vist the Becherovka Muzeum. We have a short walk to the muzeum where we start with an excursion. Becherovka is the Czech nation drink, a mixture between schnaps and liqueur. It holds 38% alkohol and is as well sweet as strong. It was brewed for the first time in 1907, and today it is owned by the french company Pernod Ricard. On the excursion we will learn about the history of the company and see posters and objects connected to the company. We will be explained the brewing process as well as three of the ingredients – herbs will be revealed, but not all of the 30 herbs, because the receipt is secret. Finally we will see an interesting film about the company and taste three of their products.

Day 3:

In the morning we drive to Pilsen, where we start with an excursion in the famous Pilsner Urquell brewery. This brewery is the biggest in the Czech Republic with a yearly production of 11 million hectoliters in the whole company, 6 millions are brewed in the brewery in Pilsen. The excursion takes about 100 minutes and we will start with some general information about the brewery. Then we enter the brewery´s own bus and drive to the filling station, which is one of the most modern in Europe. We continue with a film about the history of the company and not least the brewing process. Then will will learn about, taste and smell some of the ingredients to the tasty beer, water, malt, hops and yeast. After that we enter the new brewery hall from 2004, where the malt is boiled and where the first copper vessel from 1842 is exhibited. Finally we will se fotos and objects from the first years after the brewery was founded.

On the last stop on the visit we will go to the historical lager cellar with a temperature of 5 degrees Celsius. Down there we will taste a speciality, an unfilthered and unpasteurized Pilsner Urquel, which has been fermented and lagered in the old oak vessels. After the visit in the brewery, which is placed in the center of Pilsen, we will have lunch in a restaurant and finally some free time around the central square, before we drive back to the hotel.

Dinner in the hotel.

Day 4:

After breakfast we drive to Becov nad Teplou to visit the castle in this small town. We will have an excursion in the historic buildings, which are built in Gotic, Renaissance and Baroque style. The climax of the visit is the St. Maurus` reliquary, that has a very interesting history. It was made around 1225 and during WW2 it was hidden under the floor of the castle chapel to prohibit the Germans to get hold of it. Later it was forgotten until 1985, when it was retrieved in a very bad condition. After 11 years of reconstruction it has since 2002 been exhibited in the castle. There will be time for a stroll in the castle garden before we enjoy lunch in a restaurant nearby.

Dinner in the hotel.

Day 5:

After breakfast we go to Prague to make a city walk in the Old Town. We will pass the Old Town Square with the famous Astronomical Clock, the Jewish Area with the Old Cemetary and the Charles Bridge. Finally we will have a two hour boat trip on Moldau. This includes an aperitiv, a big buffet and a drink. We will sail under the Charles Bridge and have a nice view of the Prague Castle and numerous other nice buildings.

Transfer to the airport.

Additional information:

On board the bus or during dinners we will give some small lectures about the Czech history in the 20th century, Czech religion, Czech language, the Christmas dinner, having carp, the spilt up of Czechoslovakia in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the political situation, and not least information about the social system concerning maternity leave, education system, salaries, taxes, rent, unemployment rate, health system and retirement.