6 days program for Lovosice and Prague.

Day 1:

Airport arrival, one hour transfer to hotel Lev in Lovosice.

3 course dinner in the hotel incl. one drink.

Day 2:

Before noon we drive a short way to the cosy, small town of Litoměřice. We will have a short city tour, starting on the central square, where we will explain about the the underground corridors just under the square. From there we will have a short walk to the cathedral and the residence of the bishop. We will talk about Czech religion. Then we go bach to the square for a cup of coffee in one of the nice cafés.

After that we enter the bus and go to the village Žernoseky to visit a nice, small wine castle, which originates from the 13. century. Wine is grown on 31 hectares – especially white wine, as we are so far to the north. We will be shown around in the old, original wine cellars. On the tour we go up hill, because the wine cellars are built into a hill. On the tour we will se the enormous barrels made from oak wood, some of them are still in use. We will pass the chapel, where the monks earlier held the Masses. Finally we come to a several km long natural ventilation shaft, which still today cools down the cellars.

Then we go to one of the saloons in the castle to enjoy a two-course lunch accompanied by a wine casting. We will have six different wines from the castle, mostly white wines, as 80 pct of the production is white wine. We will probably also try some red wine. After lunch it is possible to buy the wines in the wine shop.

We will be back in the hotel in the middle of the afternoon.

3 course dinner in the hotel incl. one drink.

Day 3:

After breakfast we go to Duchcov to visit the fine castle, which is mainly known because Casanove lived there for the last 13 years of his life. The castle was built by a famous Czech noble family, Waldstejn. First part of the tour in the castle will tell us about the family and we will see many pieces of art, hunting weapons, music instruments and porcelain. Not least there are a lot of curiosities, collected in foreign countries by different members of the family. In the second part of the exhibition we will visit the rooms of the charmeur, crook and spy Casanova. He had spent his fortune, so he accepted the offer to be a librarian in the castle. He was pretty bored, so he had plenty of time to write his extensive, romantic memoires.

Then we go to Teplice to the micro brewery Monopol. First we will we have a show around to see where the malt is boiled and sugar set free, then we go the basement with the fermentation vessels, where the sugar is converted into alcohol. We will also visit the lagertanks, where the beer matures, and the small filling station. We will show you the ingredients for the beer, too.

Then it is time to have a two-course lunch in the brewery restaurant, this includes of course a couple of samples of the the tasty beer.

3 course dinner in the hotel incl. one drink.

Day 4:

After breakfast we go by the bus to Prague. After check in in the hotel we make a city tour in the Old and the New Town. We will visit the Wenceslaus Square and tell the story about the 68-uprising with Dubček and Jan Palach, who burned himself to death. Then we go to a `hidden` monastery garden and monastery church. After that we will go to the Old Town Square to see the famous Astrological Clock, the Jewish Quarter with the Old Cemetary and the Charles Bridge. During the walk we will make a break for a cup of coffee or lunch.

Late in the afternoon we will meet in the hotel and walk to the river Moldau for a two hour boattrip. We start with the Czech national drink Becherovka, followed by a big buffet with hot and cold dished, cheese fruit and cake for dessert, one drink included.

After the buffet you can go to the sun roof of the boat to enjoy the nice view of the Charles Bridge, the Prague Castle and several other nice building along the river. The guide will tell about some of the most interesting sites.

Day 5:

We meet before noon to go by bus, public transportation or the historical veteran tram to the Prague Castle, which is the biggest in Europe, so the visit will last a couple of hours. We will go into the St. Vitus Cathedral, the old Royal Castle, the St Georges Church and not least the Golden Lane with the cosy, small houses, which are built into the castle wall. From the castle we will go down the stairs to the Little Side to enjoy lunch including one drink in a nice restaurant.

The theme for the evening will be the world famous Czech beer. We will start in a local bar for a beer or two. Enjoying the beer the guide will inform about brewing process, beer types, the famous breweries Pilsner Urquell and Budweiser and the traditions in the locals bars outside the center of Prague. After that we will walk to Novoměstsky pivovar – the New Town Brewery, which is also a restaurant with 350 seats. We will enjoy a very big meat plate, consisting of many kinds of meat and rich side dished f. ex. the typical dumplings. Unlimited consumption of the brewery´s own golden or dark beer. After the dinner the guide will show you around in the brewery. We will start at the big copper vessels where the malt in boiled and sugar set free. Here the hops are added, too. On the same spot we will see, smell and taste some of the ingredients to the beer, hops and malt. Then we go to the fermentation room, where the sugar is converted into alcohol. It is quite unique, that we are allowed to go into this room and see the fermentation vessels and the beer with foam on the top. Finally we will se the lager tanks, too.

Day 6:

Transfer to the airport.

Other possible excursions from Lovosice: Boattrip from Decin to Bad Schandau in Germany followed by a visit in Dresden, the Skoda factories, Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) or Hřensko. In Prague Folklore show or bus trip to Kutna Hora.

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.