Czech Republic - tourist guide for holidays

Itinerary 1: Prague + day trip - Karlstejn castle + Konopiste castle - historical landmarks + culture + walks - days: 3, Kutna hora (historic city) + Lednice - Valtice Cultural Landscape (UNESCO) - historical landmarks + walks - days: 1, small historic city of Telc + Cesky Krumlov city and castle - historical landmarks + walks - days: 1, Marianske Lazne - spa + Karlovy Vary - spa - historical landmarks + relax - days: 1-2, Prague
Itinerary 2: Prague + day trip - Karlstejn castle - historical landmarks + culture + walks - days: 2-3, Konopiste castle + Cesky Krumlov city and castle - historical landmarks + walks - days: 1, Sumava mountains - trekking - days: 4, Prague
Itinerary 3: Prague + day trip - Karlstejn castle - historical landmarks + culture + walks - days: 2-3, Krkonose mountains - trekking - days: 4, Prague
Itinerary 4: any combination of the previous itineraries

• Cheap accommodation: $25
• Medium accommodation: $50
• Expensive accommodation: $250
• Cheap meal: $4
• Medium meal: $7
• Expensive meal: $40

The prices are per 1 person (and 1 meal or 1 night) and are in US Dollars.
It is often possible to buy cheap meal on streets or in fast-food restaurants. Medium priced meal is usually available in standard restaurants, expensive meal in expensive restaurants. We do not include extreme prices of accommodation and food (for example luxurious apartments in high quality hotels). (Prices are usually very different in different places and in different seasons. In the main season may be in touristic destinations the cheapest rooms unavailable.)

Are you looking for more information? On the Internet there are a lot of information. Here are some advices: Czech Republic may have different names in different languages. For example Česká republika, Tschechien, République tchèque, República Checa. Use these names in search engines. It is good idea to precisely specify what are you looking for. If you need information about a place, use the name in a search engine. You may use other names of the place as well. If you need - for example - an information about history of the place, add the word history to the search engine.

The Czech economy gets a substantial income from tourism: in 2001, the total earnings from tourism reached 118.13 billion CZK, making up 5.5% of GNP and 9.3% of overall export earnings. The industry employs more than 110,000 people - over 1% of the population. There are several centres of tourist activity: The historic city of Prague is the primary tourist attraction, and the city is also the most common point of entry for tourists visiting other parts of the country. Most other cities in the country attract significant numbers of tourists, but the spa towns such as Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně and Františkovy Lázně are particularly popular holiday destinations. Other popular tourist sites are the many castles and chateaux, such as those at Karlštejn, Konopiště and Český Krumlov. Away from the towns, areas as Český ráj, Šumava and the Krkonoše Mountains attract visitors seeking outdoor pursuits. The country is also famous for its love of puppetry and marionettes. The Pilsner style beer originated in western Bohemian city of Plzeň.
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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Sudeten Germans and the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist party rule and create socialism with a human face. Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom through a peaceful Velvet Revolution. On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a velvet divorce into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004.
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