Czech Republic Family Holidays

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A Country whereChildren MAy Findtheir PArAdise

(... and adults may relax)

Would you like to o er your children a lot o unique and un orgettable experiences? Te CzechRepublic has a number o childrens paradises,where you may nd more than climbing rames,swings or sand pits. ake them to the world wherehistoric monuments are not only dead arte acts.Parents usually try to make holidays or theirchildren more interesting; they would like thechildren to experience something extraordinary or unique, and to learn something new at thesame time. Many children, aware o their parentsintentions, think about how to avoid parentalplans, which very ofen include wandering round various monuments and museums. However,neither children nor parents should despair. Inthe Czech Republic, supposedly boring thingsmay become amusing, and children may beas happy as their parents. Come and spendyour leisure time in places where children may

experience wonder ul adventures in the worldo adults, and where adults are allowed to getback to their childhood or a ew moments. Teopportunities are so plenti ul that each o you canmake a choice.

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Would you like to rest rom the town turmoil anddo something or your health? In nice weather, youmay see hundreds o kilometres in the distance romtourist points o view, totalling over two thousand,

rom high castle towers, or rom ruins on hilltops. Czechs are a nation o tourists, cyclists, andskiers; they know how to ully enjoy their b eauti ulcountryside in summer or in winter. A smallcountry, surrounded by a ring o mountain ranges,ofers everything that you learnt in geography: highmountains, deep ravines, meandering rivers suitable

or water sports, vast reservoirs, wild water alls, quietlakes hidden in the woods, nature reserves with rareplants, birds, animals, and, last but not least, thecommon countryside.You may stay in a nature arm with amily atmosphere and a kitchen like at your grandmothers;

hoorAy into theCountryside

(On foot, on a bike, in a boat)

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it is possible to spend t ime there horse riding,fshing, playing with domestic animals, helpingin the household, or just relaxing and readinga nice book. In South Bohemia there is a realrarity: a paradise o water sports hundredso artifcial lakes, called fsh ponds, were madethere in the Middle Ages. Te Romberk lake,the largest in the Czech Republic, is so vastthat it is possible to see the curvature o theEarth on its sur ace. Another attraction may berock cities, loved by climbers. Some incredibly shaped rock ormations, labyrinths o olkien-like mysterious underground passages, open tothe public, or stalactite caves, where only waterdrops mark the time in complete silence, willopen your antasy.

Do you know that the Czech Republic has one of the most widespread tourist path signposting systems in the world? Creating and completing this system is a traditional activity performed by the Club of Czech Tourism, whichhas, since 1889, gradually made countless beauty spotsaccessible. At present, there are approximately 40 000 kmof marked tourist paths for walking, cross-country skiing and cycling in the Czech Republic.


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MonuMents in A diFFerent wAy

(Castles, chteaux and cities)

Would you like to see airy-tale castles, chteaux orentire cities? Would you like to take part in knights jousts and battles? Ten we should recommendavoiding the main tourist routes and ocus on thingsreally interesting or children. In many places, day or even night visits are organised in the presence o ghosts. Children will meet supernatural creatureso the Czech lands or ctional animals that ofenappear on noble amilies emblems. You may besure your children will never orget meeting woodnymphs, a wailing orest spirit, a dragon, or themythical Pegasus. In summer, various interestingevents in period costumes are held in a number o

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Do you know that, every year in mid-September, the town o Jin turns intoa one-week-long airy-tale kingdom,where all local airy-tale creatures cometo li e? Tis traditional estival called Jin, a Fairy- ale City, always startswith a great parade headed by the well-known robber Rumcajs and ends withmagnifcent freworks.

places. You may nd historical atmosphere,competitions in ghts on parapets or i nstrong bow shooting. You will learn how towork at the blacksmiths and at the potterswheel, how to weave baskets, how to operatea weaving loom, how to make hand-madepaper or candles; you may try a variety o crafs yourselves. You will be caught upin the tide o celebrations, will be able tosee period dances and encing ghts, hearperiod music and songs. Eventually, look

orward to wining and dining: you may enjoy some celebrated meals in medievaltaverns.


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AMuseMent And eduCAtion

(Educational visits, technical monuments, museums)

Would you like to know something about thepast, discover mysteries o traditional cra s andindustrial production, or learn something new?Tere is a variety o ways to widen your horizonsin the Czech Republic. Explore old mine sha s,where you can descend in a mining li , ride in

a mining truck, or slide to the mine. Visit glassmuseums or glassworks, in which glassmakers atstoked-up kilns, blowing orce ully, make glassdance. Children will love technical museums,where they may admire the beauty o historicbicycles, motorcycles, railway carriages andaeroplanes. Seeing these t hings, they may realisethat li e would be hardly imaginable withoutthem today. In addition, rides on historic steamtrains or some other exhibited vehicles ofer an

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Do you know that the most interesting railway is a hundred years old and wascalled the Szava Pacifc by enthusiastic travellers? Situated near Prague in itsbeauti ul surrounding countryside, it overcomes wild canyons, rivers and rock ormations as i you suddenly ound yoursel in an exciting flm rom the Wild West. Terailway in an extremely hard terrain isa unique technical work with a number o interesting bridges, tunnels, up and down jumps, or elevated tracks.

opportunity to travel back in time, whichwill satis y the childrens desire evoked by the museum visit.Yet the latest hits are various technicalgames rooms and IQ parks, which enableyoung visitors to get acquainted with thelaws o physics, optics, and their technicalapplications. In this way, these acilities arecompletely diferent rom usual museums,where notices saying Do not touch theexhibits allow no contact with the exhibitedobjects. Here, on the other hand, the maininstruction is to touch, observe, and learn.


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PArAdise For young And grown-uP Boys

(Battles, bunkers, fortresses)

Would you like to take part in ghts and battlesthat happened in the area o the Czech Republic?In all seasons o the year, you may visit some o thereally attractive battle scenes; numerous groupso enthusiasts rom all over Europe in historicuni orms meet there. You may only choose theperiod you would like to nd yoursel in: the choice

is really wide, ranging rom the Middle Ages toWorld War II. As part o these events, you may visit large military camps, period airs, and popularbazaars selling militaria. I you cannot manage to visit any o these events as time does not allow youto do so, do not despair. Te Czech Republic oferscountless places that are well-liked by boys romthree to a hundred years old. Among them are, e. g.underground artillery ortresses and bunkers builtalong the Czech-German border in 19351938. Tegiant concrete orts, built as copies o the Maginot

Do you know that every year as many asalmost four hundred enthusiasts from23 countries of the world take part in thebattle scenes showing Napoleons army victory over a lot more numerous troopsof the Austrian Emperor Franz I and theRussian Czar Alexander I at Austerlitz in Moravia?

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line, counted among the most advancedbattlements in Europe in the interwarperiod. Military history lovers should notmiss visiting one of the Czech military museums: thanks to a wide variety of exhibits and extensive collections containingnumerous unique objects, they rank amongthe most remarkable European i nstitutionsof this kind. To name one as an example,the Military Museum in Leany may bementioned, showing a children-sized tank from which boys may slide down a chute.


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Would you like to see the Wild West, anopen-air show ull o attractions, or periodcompetitions in stylised surroundings? Tenyou should visit one o the western-like villages: they o er various programmes, butnone o them, like in the real Wild West, ailsto include horses. Stroking a horse or ridinga horse are not the only attractions. Childrenmay go mad on Indian elds or join sketchesprepared or this event. Tey may try allkinds o various skills, such as horse riding,gold sifing, archery, tomahawk throwingor lassoing. As a reward or completing thecourse, they get ranchers dollars to be

roMAnCe on horses

(Western-like villages)

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exchanged or ice-cream or perhaps smallsouvenirs.In the a ernoon, you may watch cowboysand Indians presenting their skills: western-like and Indian horse riding, working withwhips and lassos. Tis is the way to enjoy Red Indian stories and western-like shows;a day ull o games and competitions ina western-like village is defnitely worth it.

Do you know that a trip to a western-like village does not have to take you just one day? In most villages, period accommodation is o ered: Indian tee- pees, cabins, rontier carts, a bed in thesheri s ofce, or a hotel room over a saloon.


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Adventure with AniMAls (Zoological gardensand underwater worlds)

Would you like to nd yoursel in a groupo monkeys in the rain orest, in a savannahsurrounded by giant girafes and elegant cheetahs,or under water close to coral ree s? Ten werecommend visiting one o many Czech zoos,which have changed their outlook dramatically.Instead o the ormer ugly cages with animals,we may see modern zoos with large mixedzoological and botanic premises; iron grills,tiles and concrete walls were replaced by glass

Do you know that the Zoo in Hradec Krlov tends the highest number o A rican animals inEurope? As the only one in the Czech Republic it o ers A rican sa ari, which is open rom May to September; visitors ride on special sa aribuses among the reely roaming animals. Teserides, especially afer dusk, evoke the atmosphereo the real A rican surroundings.

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windows, wooden structures, ditches andsmall islands strewn in water. Te animalsare presented in unique habitats, as closeas possible to their natural surroundings.In addition to classic zoos, also underwaterworlds permanent fsh exhibitions areworth visiting. Seawater fsh and animalsare to be seen in Pragues Sea Aquarium.In modern aquariums, which are per ectsimulations o the sea creatures naturalsurroundings, you will fnd a worldnormally observed only by the best divers.In the ENVI house in central HradecKrlov, you may even experience tropicalsurroundings. Apart rom a giant aquariumwith an underwater tunnel, you will alsofnd a tropical bridge, where you may sensewhat it is like to be in a tropical rain orest.


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Do you know that, from 2006, a real Mesozoic plant called Wollemi Nobilis,unique world-wide, is to be seen in theDino-park? Mere 39 specimen of this tree,a variety of a prehistoric pine, were found in the Australian wilderness in 1994.Seeing this plant, which grew on the Earth175 million years ago, a botanist may have a similar feeling as a biologist whosuddenly sees a real living dinosaur.

Would you like to make an expedition to theEarths past or a study trip to the Mesozoic withthe whole amily? Dinosaurs, the giant creatures

rom the early days o the Earth, whoseskeletons turned into stone afer long years in

PlACes where the tiMe stoPPed (Dino-parks)

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oblivion, came to li e again; you may seethem, in their original sizes, in the themeparks in Pilsen and Vykov.Dino-parks are parks with mobile soundand visual models o dinosaurs. In the park there is a three dimensional cinema o eringa unique show; this complex equipmentmanages to project two images at the sametime. Visitors are loaned three dimensionalglasses, which add to the realism o theshow, and they can eel like being withinthe panoramic view itsel . For youngchildren, there are children playgroundswith a number o attractions and a uniqueArcheo-park, where they may discoverthe lost world o these antastic creatures.A paleontological playground will acquaintchildren up to 15 with the work o palaeontologists; i they are success ul, they may fnd an unknown creatures skeletonhidden in a sand pit. Te exercise will be toidenti y and name the animal.


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Do you know that the bobsleighing track inpindlerv Mln numbers, according to theequipment producers, among the three most attractive projects of this kind in the world? Tewhole of this system has a length of 1400 m, and the rider during his ride on the 7,03 % steeptrack will travel 22 turns, 5 terrain jumps and 3 tunnels.

Are you looking or real excitement? Are youa speed lover? Ten you are in the right place.Visitors can make their choice rom a variety o bobsleighing tracks open all the year round,which ofer the greatest excitement o your trip.Riders may regulate the speed by means o brakesso that everyone will choose a speed that suitshim. It is only up to you i you choose a speedy sports ride or a slow ride, during which you canenjoy the surrounding countryside. I you do not

AdrenAlin And relAxAtion

(Bobsleighing, high ropes, trampolining)

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want to stay on the ground, try your courageand ability on overhead cables or arti cialclimbing walls. Not only children can try what it is like to move on cables nine metresover the ground. Dont worry i , or somereason, someone could not manage to climbup or down: there is a climbing instructorat hand to help. Try also a special attraction become ree rom gravity or a momentand experience the state o weightlessness.Jumping on trampolines has remarkablecurative e ects: it does no harm to joints,makes the body stronger, and has intenseinfuence on burning your at. Try how longyou are able to be in action or i you canmanage a somersault.


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Would you like to spend your leisure time in the capital andenable your children to experience something unusual at thesame time?

Monuments and monuments again, endless galleries andmuseums, shopping, wandering in Pragues crooked streets andpedestrian zones adults love that, but children get soon tired o it. Yet even in Prague children may nd plenty o opportunities toenjoy themselves, ranging (alphabetically A-Z) rom an aqua-park to the zoo. Architectural wonders become unexpectedly attractiveseen rom a seat in an old landau, rom the window o a polished veteran car, a tourist tram, a steam ship, or rom a rowing boaton the Vltava. Tere is one trip you should not miss: going up tothe top o Petn by unicular. Tere you may climb the Petnobservation tower (a copy o the amous Eifel ower in Paris)

leArn through PlAy (Prague)

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with a magni cent view o the whole o Prague. Ten in a nearby mirror maze youhave to nd a way out o the mirror hall toa model battle scene showing the Swedesagainst Prague citizens on Charles Bridge. Itsclever combination o a three dimensional

oreground and the background paintingenlivens a eeling that the scene is real. A erthat, you will enter a room called a laughterhall with numerous crazy mirrors; lookingin them with starry eyes and laughingwithout restraint, you can improve yourimage. You may end your day in the magicalatmosphere o the te nik observatory,ofering, in addition to observing the sky inthe daytime and at night as well, a variety o interesting programmes or children.

Do you know that the word robot wasborn in Czech literature? In 1920, Karel apek used it in his play or the frst time.However, an artifcial man is said tohave lived in Prague in the 16th century a giant called Golem. According to Jewishlegends, Rabbi Jehuda Lw ben Bezalel made Golem o clay to be his servant; thenhe brought him to li e by placing a magic stone in the hole in his orehead. Te wiserabbis grave can be ound in one o themost mysterious Pragues places the Old Jewish Cemetery.


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Happy land this is the name o a childrenamusement park; in the Happy land, your children may participate in various activitiesarranged there. During the traditional straw celebration (called Slamk in Czech), exciting competitions in skiing and sledging on straw areheld. Creative children will be glad to make their own straw fgures. I youve ever been in trouble or playing with your ood, check out the TomatoFestival (Rajetina), and take part in one o theworlds biggest tomato fghts!

With a bit of imagination, the entire Czech Republicmight be called a happy land. Hopefully, you willenjoy happy days of a memorable holiday in the nicecountryside, surrounded by historic monumentsand imaginative people, who can prepare truly goodamusement for children.

where wishes CoMe true (Happy land)

Published by Sign-Print for Czech TourismPrague 2008

Translation: Zdena PovicovPhotos: CzechTourism, Karel Cudln, Pavel Fri, Dan Friedlaender & Sr., Viktor Chlad,Lanov centrum DDM hl. m. Prahy, Miroslav Krob & Jr., Roman Maleek, Skeln hu JIMA,Libor Svek, Vydavatelstv MCU s.r.o.Printed: Print Design & Production

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