Tourist Programme
Congress participants wishing to book the tours listed below are kindly requested to wait until the detailed congress schedule is posted on the website. We apologize for the delay of the detailed schedule and assure congress participants of the availability of tourist events advertised by the CBT.
Detailed schedule will be uploaded at the end of February or at the beginning of March.
The Tourist Programme Offer
Participants are advised to book seats on the respective tour in advance. Tickets can be picked up or purchased at the Tourist Programme counter in the registration area during the registration hours.
Tours will be organized once there is a minimum participation of 15 persons. Prices are in EUR per person.
Tours in Prague
Grand City Tour with Visit to Prague Castle
Monday 18 July 14.00 – 18.00
Wednesday 20 July 09.00 – 13.00
| Duration: | 4 hours |
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| Description: | This sightseeing tour explores the beauty of Prague Castle and the Old Town. In 4 hours guests will see the most famous sights of Prague, commemorating its thousand-year history. Our bus will take guests to Prague Castle; the tour includes a walk around the Prague Castle complex including St. Vitus' Cathedral, the Royal Palace and St. George's Basilica. Guests will then continue by bus to Parizska Street and on foot to the Old Town Square with its famous astronomical clock before returning to the bus |
| Price: | EUR 33 |
| Includes: | Entrance fee to St. Vitus' Cathedral and to the Royal Palace, English-speaking guide, transport |
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Jewish Ghetto and Old Town Square
Tuesday 19 July 9.00 – 13.00
| Duration: | 4 hours |
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| Description: | The tour presents the Jewish Town through a prism of history and legend. Guests will walk through the fascinating Jewish Ghetto with its unique 15th century Old Jewish Cemetery (with 1200 tombstones), the Jewish Museum, the Pinkas, Spanish, Maisl and Klaus Synagogues and the ancient Gothic-style Old-New Synagogue - the oldest synagogue still in use in Europe. The most frequently visited tombstone in the cemetery is that of Rabbi Löw, who created the legendary Golem, a mythical person which should have protected the Jewish Quarter. After visiting all the synagogues the tour will continue with a slow walk to the Old Town Square. Guests will see the Old Town City Hall with its famous Astronomical clock and other monuments. |
| Price: | EUR 32 |
| Includes: | Entrance fee to Jewish Museum and Old-New Synagogue, English-speaking guide |
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Palaces and Gardens in the Lesser Town
Tuesday 19 July 14.00 – 17.00
| Duration: | 3 hours |
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| Description: | Walking tour around the beautiful Prague Baroque Gardens and Palaces. The tour starts on the Hradcany square in front of the entrance to the Palace Gardens. The guide will take the guests through the gardens on the southern slopes of Prague Castle: the Garden of Eden, the Garden on the ramparts, the Ledebourgh Garden, the Great and Minor Palffy Gardens. There is a marvellous view across the roofs of Prague and Petrin Hill from all of these gardens. Below the gardens, guests will walk past the most beautiful Prague Palaces: The Wallenstein Palace - seat of the Senate, Seminar street - seat of the Parlament, Malostranské square dominated by St. Nicolas Church, Kaiserstejn Palace and Lichtenstein Palace, before entering the Vrtba Palace and garden - the most beautiful Prague Baroque Garden, which has only recently been newly reconstructed. The walk will end at the Wallenstein Palace Garden which has been newly opened after long reconstruction. The garden belongs to the Czech Senate and is richly decorated with Baroque statues, a Grotto cave and a lake with fish and swans and peacock birds. After visiting this garden the guide will lead participants to the Malostranska metro station where the tour ends. |
| Price: | EUR 16 |
| Includes: | English - speaking guide, admission fees to the gardens |
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Prague Venice and Charles Bridge
Thursday 21 July 14.00 – 17.00
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Let's pause for a while from big themes, grandious palaces, crowded royal streets and let's get lost in the net of tiny little lanes, hidden and pictoresque courtyards. You will learn about the history of the post office, education, when a water sewerage system was created, some piquant details from mediaeval times, and the life of ordinary people.
We will board a charming wooden boat to cross the Vltava river with its well designed bridges, revealing the city from completely different perspective. Guests will be able to appreciate some beautiful scenery and voyage directly into the channel, Čertovka, which has a very similar atmosphere to Venice. The tour will pass old mills. Guests will enjoy hearing some legends about the Charles Bridge and its saints. The friendly staff are in costume and will offer some drinks and light refreshments during the trip. |
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| Price: | EUR 25 |
| Includes: | English-speaking guide, boat ride including light refreshments |
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Tours out of Prague
Trip to Melnik Chateau with Wine Tasting
Tuesday 19 July 09.00 – 15.00
| Duration: | 6 hours |
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| Description: | This excursion introduces the wine country to the North of Prague. Guests will visit Melnik Chateau with its grand furniture and paintings collected over 300 years by the Lobkowicz family, who are once again the owners today. Then the tour continues to the 13th century wine cellars where there is a unique opportunity to taste the local wines produced by the Lobkowicz family: Müller Thurgau, Ryzlink, Tramin and Burgund. The tour will be concluded by lunch at the Chateau Restaurant. |
| Price: | EUR 66 |
| Includes: | Entrance fees to Melnik Chateau and wine cellar, English-speaking guide, wine tasting, lunch, transport |
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The Medieval Town of Kutna Hora
Thursday 21 July 09.00 – 15.00
| Duration: | 6 hours |
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| Description: | The tour includes a visit to the ancient mining town of Kutna Hora, established in a silver mining area in the 13th century. The town, about 65 km east of Prague, has many well preserved medieval and Baroque buildings. The 14th century Cathedral of St. Barbara features colourful frescoes and the UNESCO protected Miner's Chapel, named after the silver miners who financed the construction of the cathedral. The site of the former royal mint, lies in the town centrewhere Italian artisans crafted silver Prague groschens in the 15th century. Groschens were a currency used throughout Europe. Lunch is provided at a local restaurant. |
| Price: | EUR 62 |
| Includes: | Entrance fees to St. Barbara’s Cathedral, the Mint House and Museum, English-speaking guide, lunch, transport |
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West Bohemian Spas
Friday 22 July 08.30 – 19.00
| Duration: | all day |
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| Description: | This tour will take the participants through the hop-growing area to the west of Prague to the West-Bohemian spa town of Karlovy Vary – a world known spa with a 600 year long tradition of treatment of diseases of the digestive tract. The walking tour fllows the spa area of the town with 12 hot mineral springs and several colonnades, beautiful parks and the splendid Baroque church of St. Maria Magdalena. Lunch will be provided at a local restaurant before the trip continues to Marianske Lazne – a charming spa town with numerous mineral springs, large parks, a recently renovated colonnade and famous "Singing Fountain". |
| Price: | EUR 76 |
| Includes: | English-speaking guide, lunch, bus transport |
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Trip to Konopiste Chateau
Friday 22 July 09.00 – 15.00
| Duration: | 7 hours |
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| Description: | This excursion will take guests to one of the most beautiful chateaux in Bohemia, situated about 50 km south of Prague. The original castle was built in the late 13th century in the style of a French fortress. It was also later the home of the successor to the Austrian throne, Ferdinand d'Este, whose assassination in Sarajevo sparked World War I. At present the chateau offers a fine display of historical weapons, hunting trophies, furniture, china and Late Gothic sculptures and paintings. A beautiful English park surrounds the Chateau. The visit to the chateau and garden will be followed by lunch at a nearby folk style restaurant. |
| Price: | EUR 62 |
| Includes: | Admission fee to the chateau, English-speaking guide, lunch, transport |
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