Accompanying Person Programme
The registration fee for accompanying persons includes:
Tours All participant are kindly suggested to wear comfortable walking shoes. The historical city centre is largely paved with cobblestones. The organiser reserves the right to cancel any tour in case less than 10 delegates registered. On-site requests for guided tours are welcome but cannot be guaranteed.
Wednesday 22 September OR Friday 24 September Grand Tour of Prague This insightful historical tour lets you enjoy the city’s most famous sights. The tour starts with bus from the meeting venue, with an English speaking guide, to the Prague Castle (Hradčany), registered as the biggest castle complex in the world. It established itself as the spiritual centre of the Bohemian sovereigns from the 9th century and since 1918 (foundation of Czechoslovakia) it has served as residence of presidents. Visit of St. Vitus Cathedral is included.
The tour then follows the “Royal Route”, former promenade of the kings and part of the official coronation by foot. Winding down to Lesser Town and picturesque Kampa Island you will cross the famous Charles Bridge and continue to discover remarkable monuments of the Old Town area. This remarkable journey ends in front of the Old Town City Hall with its extraordinary astronomical clock.
Wednesday 22 September Old Town and Jewish Quarter This insightful historical tour of the Old Town of Prague starts with bus from the meeting venue, with an English speaking guide. This tour lets you enjoy the city’s most famous sights such as the Municipal House, the Powder Tower, the Estate Theatre, the Charles University, the Old Town Square, the Charles Bridge with the Prague Castle Panorama, the Jewish Quarter and other sights.
You will discover astonishing history of the Jewish community in Prague, which can be traced back to the middle of the 10th century. Miraculously many outstanding monuments have remained intact through WWII. The visit includes the Jewish Museum located in Prague Synagogues and Old Jewish Cemetery.
Thursday 23 September Český Krumlov This full day excursion takes you, togehter with an English speaking guide, to the charming town Český Krumlov. Český Krumlov experienced its greatest prosperity during the rule of Lords of Rožmberk (1302 - 1602), who chose this town to become the seat of their kingdom. At this time, Krumlov lay on the crossroads between the Czech, Austrian, Bavarian and Northern Italian lands. You can see the influence of these different cultures that have left their mark on the town and Castle with brushstrokes of the Italian Renaissance.
At the end of 17th century, during the reign of House of Eggenberg, the Castle Baroque Theatre was built and the Castle Gardens were renovated. Under the rule of House of Schwarzenberg, Český Krumlov gained its Baroque appearance. Český Krumlov's Old Town hasn't experienced major changes since the 19th century, other than the demolition of the town's fortification walls and guard towers, and has maintained its historic character.
Český Krumlov is a town of historical heritage - 300 protected buildings in the historical centre designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the second largest castle complex in the Czech Republic – don't miss it!
Friday 24 September Baroque Prague Prague is a living encyclopaedia of architecture. The Prague Baroque belongs to the most amazing examples of this period in the world. Experience the visit of 3 most attractive Baroque monuments in Prague: Historical Library of Strahov Monastery, Loreto Prague Church and St. Nicolas cathedral in Lesser Town.
The Strahov library book collections contain approximately 200,000 volumes, estimated to hold 260,000 works. The books are stored in the two halls and in adjacent depositories. Many of the works are old prints printed between 1501 and 1800.
Loreto Prague, a remarkable place consisting of a cloister, the church of the Lord’s Birth, a Holy Hut and clock tower with a world famous chime that has been situated in Prague Hradčany for more than 300 years.
The Prague Loreto is an artistic and historical monument, as well as a Baroque pilgrimage site the renown of which in the city can perhaps be compared only with that of the wonder-working statue of the Infant of Prague. The Baroque style, often heavy and over-ornate, blossomed in St. Nicholas’s Cathedral (Chram sv. Mikulase) which put its name into Czech and European Baroque era and is now Prague number one church of this kind. The beginnings of the imposing Cathedral that we see today go back to the year 1283, when the place of worship started its existence as a parish church under the name and protection of St. Nicholas.