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  • Destination: Prague, Czech Republic
    Description: family

  • Day 1, Friday Jun, 26 (1 schedule items)
    • A Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • Prague

        Prague, the stunning capital city of the Czech Republic, has become a gem of European tourism. The modern city still retains its medieval city center, complete with cobblestone streets and twisting, narrow alleyways where you’ll find a mix of hip and traditional bars and pubs. One of the city’s most famous landmarks is Prague Castle and Hradcany; originally constructed in the 9th century, it’s the world’s largest ancient castle. Prague’s world-renowned arts scene features a wealth of fine museums including the magnificent National Museum. And don’t forget to check out Prague’s lively music scene; it won’t be hard to find—jazz clubs and year-round festivals are plentiful. 

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  • Day 2, Saturday Jun, 27 (1 schedule items)
    • B TravelMuse - Stromovka Park, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Stromovka Park, Prague, Czech Republic

        Once the royal hunting grounds of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II (1552-1612), Stromovka is now the largest park in Prague. A green oasis on the edge of the city, Stromovka houses an eclectic collection of trees and flowers among the park's numerous ponds and open fields. Throughout the week, Stromovka is a popular venue for picnics, biking, and skating. During the summer, Stromovka is a particularly fashionable destination on account of the numerous music festivals held here. For information on seasonal events, visit their website.
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  • Day 3, Sunday Jun, 28 (1 schedule items)
    • C TravelMuse - Spartakiad, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Spartakiad, Prague, Czech Republic

        Within a short walk of the Strahov Monastery, lies the Spartakiad stadium where the Communists used to hold their huge youth displays featuring gymnastics and marching. Reputed at one time to have been the largest stadium in the world holding some 250,000 people, it is now best know for the large outdoor concerts, such as The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd performing there. Overgrown and rutted, it is also used as a location for agricultural trade fairs and exhibitions. Nearby is the Stadion Evzena Rosickeho, which used to be the national soccer stadium and across the road is a small athletics track where many of the leading Czech athletes train today. Try one of several bars in the complex, where the walls are covered with photographs and souvenirs of great players and matches.
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  • Day 4, Monday Jun, 29 (1 schedule items)
    • D TravelMuse - Toyota Arena, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Toyota Arena, Prague, Czech Republic

        Nicknamed "Letná" and previously known as the Stadion AC Sparta Praha, the now Toyota Arena, renamed due to its Toyota sponsorship, hosts both the AC Sparta Prague Football Club as well as the Czech National Football Team. During international football games (termed "soccer" in the US), especially against longtime rival Slavia, the 22,000-capacity stadium floods with eager, boisterous fans.
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  • Day 5, Tuesday Jun, 30 (1 schedule items)
    • E TravelMuse - National Memorial to the Victims of the Heydrich Terro... Save this

      • TravelMuse - National Memorial to the Victims of the Heyd...

        Following the assassination of the Bohemian puppet state's Nazi overseer, Reinhard Heydrich, in May, 1942, the two Czechoslovak paratroopers who carried out the deed and several other partisans fled to the crypt of this Orthodox church. Another partisan betrayed them to the Germans, who tried first to shoot their way into the crypt, then to flush the men out with water. Finally, the resistance fighters committed suicide when they realized there was no escaping the Nazi trap. This dramatic story is told by photo displays in the crypt itself. The Czechs carried out relatively few acts of resistance against the Nazis, yet hundreds of innocent people (including almost the entire village of Lidice) paid with their lives for the Heydrich assassination.
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  • Day 6, Wednesday Jul, 1 (1 schedule items)
    • F TravelMuse - TV Tower, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - TV Tower, Prague, Czech Republic

        Completed in 1992, the tower reaches a height of 474 meters, although viewing and other facilities are at 100 meters. It provides a panoramic view of Prague with visibility estimated at 100 kilometres. Lifts take visitors to the viewing areas at 4 meters per second and entry to these areas costs 60 Kcs per person. The air-conditioned cabins house a restaurant offering Czech and international cuisine. The tower is within a 30 minute walk of Wenceslas Square.
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  • Day 7, Thursday Jul, 2 (1 schedule items)
    • G TravelMuse - Prague Sightseeing Tours, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Prague Sightseeing Tours, Prague, Czech Repu...

        The main office is on Klimentska, on the right-hand side of Revolucni leading from Namesti Republiky to the river. A mobile office and vehicles are situated opposite Municipal House. Hotel pickups can be organized by prior arrangement, usually a day in advance. All coaches are air-conditioned, there is a multilingual translation service, and special fares are offered for children.
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  • Day 8, Friday Jul, 3 (1 schedule items)
    • H TravelMuse - Krizik's Fountain, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Krizik's Fountain, Prague, Czech Republic

        During the summer months in the Czech Republic, the cities and country sides are filled with live music. This tradition is best shown at Krizik Fountain in Prague, where every summer audiences are treated to live performances enhanced by colorful blasts of water. It is an experience which can only take place in such a culturally and architecturally rich environment like Prague.
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  • Day 9, Saturday Jul, 4 (1 schedule items)
    • I TravelMuse - Nablizko, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Nablizko, Prague, Czech Republic

        This location was a variety of things before it became most recently a space for cultural events. Once a theater, an 18th Century spa, an art gallery, and a boathouse, it is now a beacon for the community to come together to celebrate whatever is on the adgenda for that day.
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  • Day 10, Sunday Jul, 5 (1 schedule items)
    • J TravelMuse - Petrin Hill Observation Tower, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Petrin Hill Observation Tower, Prague, Czech...

        Opposite the castle above the Vltava River stands Petrin Hill which features a replica of Paris's Eiffel Tower. Built in 1891 in honor of the Land Jubilee Exhibition, the tower is 63 meters high with 299 steps. It is open to the public and offers a panoramic view of Prague. Surrounding the tower are gardens and several small churches including a wooden one, the logs for which were brought in from the Ukraine in 1929. There is also the Mirror Maze, a series of convex and concave mirrors built for the exhibition of 1891. To get to the tower from Prague itself, there is a funicular railway running every 15 minutes from near Ujezd, just across the river from the National Theater (metro tickets are valid on this railway).
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  • Day 12, Tuesday Jul, 7 (1 schedule items)
    • K TravelMuse - MADI Travel Market, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - MADI Travel Market, Prague, Czech Republic

        The travel industry is a powerful and popular industry that never stops trying to innovate. Every November, this large industry fair brings together a variety of European exhibitors in the travel business, who want to explore issues around improving and promoting tourism and travel to their respective countries. Selected seminar and round-table discussion topics have included increasing tourism to natural areas, using the Internet as a tool, international reservations, and new tour ideas.
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  • Day 13, Wednesday Jul, 8 (1 schedule items)
    • L TravelMuse - Prague Folklore Days, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Prague Folklore Days, Prague, Czech Republic

        Held sometime between May to August, the Prague Folklore Days Festival, first held back in 1990, features as always a whole series of events highlighting all facets of folk culture. Dance, music, storytelling and groups visiting from all over the country make this festival a not to be missed event. Enjoy the colorful traditional costumes, find out how your grandparents' used to sing and dance, and allow yourself to take in all that cultural wealth from all different regions of the Czech Republic.
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  • Day 14, Thursday Jul, 9 (1 schedule items)
    • M TravelMuse - Prazske Panoptikum (Prague Wax Museum), Prague, Czech ... Save this

      • TravelMuse - Prazske Panoptikum (Prague Wax Museum), Prag...

        Some of the backdrops here are as entertaining as the wax figures themselves: Franz Kafka stands beside convincing reconstructions of a shop and inn of his time; Emperor Rudolf II and his court alchemist - the Englishman Edward Kelley - stand watching an experiment in Kelley's dim laboratory. There are many figures from Czech history here, from Austrian emperors to the first Czech Communist President Klement Gottwald as well as cultural figures such as Antonin Dvorak, movie director Milos Forman and playwright-turned-president Vaclav Havel. The only thing that seems to be lacking is information which puts the characters in the context of their time. A short multimedia projection entitled "Love through Seven Centuries" explores the romantic nature of Prague.
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  • Day 15, Friday Jul, 10 (1 schedule items)
    • N TravelMuse - Prazske Panoptikum (Prague Wax Museum), Prague, Czech ... Save this

      • TravelMuse - Prazske Panoptikum (Prague Wax Museum), Prag...

        Some of the backdrops here are as entertaining as the wax figures themselves: Franz Kafka stands beside convincing reconstructions of a shop and inn of his time; Emperor Rudolf II and his court alchemist - the Englishman Edward Kelley - stand watching an experiment in Kelley's dim laboratory. There are many figures from Czech history here, from Austrian emperors to the first Czech Communist President Klement Gottwald as well as cultural figures such as Antonin Dvorak, movie director Milos Forman and playwright-turned-president Vaclav Havel. The only thing that seems to be lacking is information which puts the characters in the context of their time. A short multimedia projection entitled "Love through Seven Centuries" explores the romantic nature of Prague.
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  • Day 16, Saturday Jul, 11 (1 schedule items)
    • O TravelMuse - Karlovo Namesti, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Karlovo Namesti, Prague, Czech Republic

        Once New Town's cattle market, this space is now one of the city center's largest green spaces. It has become a large, tree-filled park complete with statues of Czech cultural icons, fountains as well as a playground, one of the few in the city center. Bordering the square are numerous shops and restaurants that make this a good place to enjoy an outdoor meal in the warmer months of the year. Not only are retail establishments rimming the square, but cultural buildings also surrounding the park. These include the New Town Hall, where Prague's first defenestration took place; the beautiful Baroque Church of St Ignatius; and the Faust House, for many years a bastion of alchemy.
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  • Day 17, Sunday Jul, 12 (1 schedule items)
    • P TravelMuse - Old Town Hall & Astronomical Clock, Prague, Czech Repu... Save this

      • TravelMuse - Old Town Hall & Astronomical Clock, Prague, ...

        This is the vortex of tourist activity in Prague, whether it be to catch a glimpse of the clock's elusive statuettes, check out one of the town hall's exhibitions or climb the tower. It was in 1338, during the reign of King John of Luxembourg (1310-1346), that work began on the building of a town hall. The oldest parts of this complex of buildings are the Gothic sections and the tower. In May 1945, the Nazis set fire to the building as their last act during the occupation, but most of the damage has been repaired. The clock originated from the beginning of the 15th Century and, every hour, the Twelve Apostles (added in 1490) move across just above the clock face, bowing to the crowd on the square. Finally, the clock strikes the hour.
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  • Day 18, Monday Jul, 13 (1 schedule items)
    • Q TravelMuse - Divoká Šárka, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Divoká Šárka, Prague, Czech Republic

        A stunning gorge within minutes of city center, this area is a popular summer getaway among Czechs. Plenty of easily accessible untouched nature, perfect for a hike or a bike on trails or off. Grey-white limestone cliffs soon give way to a beautiful grassy knoll perfect for picnics, frisbee or simply lying back and looking at clouds. Also found within the valley is an open air swimming pool, frequented mostly by Czechs who are looking to beat the summer heat.
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  • Day 19, Tuesday Jul, 14 (1 schedule items)
    • R TravelMuse - Wallenstein Palace and Garden, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Wallenstein Palace and Garden, Prague, Czech...

        A baroque-style palace and garden setting named after Albrecht von Wallenstein, an important Hapsburg military commander. Built between 1624 and 1630, this was one of the first buildings of its architectural era in Prague. There is more to this site then simply an old building. Within the walls one can find the Avenue of Sculptures, a small pond and an old riding school, which now houses exhibitions of modern art by the national gallery. There is also an exquisitely manicured garden in period style, but is only open during the summer months.
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  • Day 20, Wednesday Jul, 15 (1 schedule items)
    • S TravelMuse - Wax Museum Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Wax Museum Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

        The "other" wax museum in town presents an impressive collection of Czech personalities from both past and present. Visitors can also take a good look at Pope John Paul II, Einstein, Picasso and other international celebrities. Visit the website for details on admission prices and the list of waxworks.
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  • Day 21, Thursday Jul, 16 (1 schedule items)
    • T TravelMuse - Havelska Street Market, Prague, Czech Republic Save this
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  • Day 23, Saturday Jul, 18 (1 schedule items)
    • U TravelMuse - Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czech Republic Save this

      • TravelMuse - Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czech Republic

        Prague's main thoroughfare is more of a sloping boulevard than a square, with a central concourse flanked by two roadways. The hub of cultural, social and business activity with its many shops, hotels, bars and restaurants, it is busy both day and night. The square has long been the center of protest — from a large outdoor mass demonstration in 1848 to the declaration of the first Republic in 1918, not forgetting the anti-communist protests of 1968 and the Velvet Revolution gatherings of 1989. It came into being in 1348 as part of the New Town and was originally used (and known) as the Horse Market until 1848 when it was finally given its present name. The square is dominated by the National Museum at the top end, just below which is the Wenceslas Monument. In December the square is abuzz with the spirit of the city's Christmas Market.
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