Cultural tours in Czech Republic

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    [introduction] => Country walking combined with architecture and history.

Undulating countryside, some uphill walks, through woodland of oak, lime and conifer and across meadows and arable land.

A variety of castles and country houses and extremely pretty towns and villages.

Stay in Hluboká and the UNESCO World Heritage town of Český Krumlov.
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The beauty of Bohemia is two-fold: exquisite towns and villages, and countryside as beguiling as any in Central Europe. In its southernmost reaches low-lying pastures give way to the foothills of the Šumava mountains on the Austrian border. Walking here delves deep into a gentle landscape, much of it farmland, predominantly arable, even more of it woodland and coniferous forest. Water is a constant with innumerable man-made lakes dating from the Middle Ages and the mighty River Vltava.
There are no mountain peaks to scale or deep valleys to traverse. Some views are panoramic, others are snatched in forest clearings, some stretches are enclosed with no vistas at all. Nevertheless, walking here offers an intense experience with its own set of charms.
Firstly, solitude: a careful construction of waymarked paths is woefully neglected by walkers, with just the occasional cyclist or berry-picker to sidestep. Then there is ever-changing texture and colour, through dry and practically alpine forest to low-lying, damp, dark woods; across maize and wheat farmland to fallow fields and meadows: a paint chart of greens, soft and musty or intense and clean.
Finally, the chief focus of the tour: walks into (or away from) buildings and built environments of beauty, charm or magnificence, a sequence of country houses, monasteries, town palaces and castles.
For much of its history, but especially in the 16th century, Bohemia was one of the most prosperous regions in Europe. Many of the great magnates of the Habsburg Empire established summer residences here, constantly rebuilding, extending and refurbishing. Reception of Italian Renaissance architecture was precocious, and in the era of Baroque there was a veritable mania for building. Many parks and gardens later succumbed to the fashion for the English landscaped style, and also partly of British inspiration was the 19th-century Gothic Revival.
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    [name] => Prague at Christmas
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    [introduction] => Hidden glories and exclusive private visits, alongside the main sights of this endlessly fascinating city.

Top category tickets to three performances.

An excursion to Kutná Hora, a provincial town of great charm with a splendid late-Gothic cathedral, now a unesco World Heritage site.
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The most beautiful city in Central Europe, Prague enjoys an unequalled density of great architecture, from Romanesque to modern, but it is the fabric of the city as a whole as much as the individual masterpieces that makes it so special. The city is splendidly sited on a crescent of hills rising from one side of a majestic bend in the River Vltava and across the gently inclined terrain on the other bank. A carapace of red roofs, green domes and gilded spires rise above marvellously unspoilt streets and alleys and magically picturesque squares.
The 14th century was a high point in Prague’s history, when kings of Bohemia were also Holy Roman Emperors, and the city became one of the largest in the western world. The cathedral rising from within the precincts of the hilltop castle complex is one of the many monuments of that golden age. The pattern of innovation and excellence continued; some of the finest Renaissance and Baroque buildings north of the Alps are located here, and Classicism and Historicism are amply represented. 
The spirit of national revival and the achievement of independence (in 1918) inspired a ferment of creativity among artists, writers and composers. A variety of styles drew on earlier Bohemian traditions, Art Nouveau was pushed in innovatory directions and the dawn of modernism is manifest in some beautiful, precocious and unique architecture. 
It’s not all buildings: the beautifully converted Convent of St Agnes displays one of the world’s best collections of medieval panel paintings, there is Mucha stained glass in the cathedral, European Old Masters in the Schwarzenberg Palace and the incomparable Art Nouveau decoration in the Municipal House. In the city of Smetana and Dvořák, and where Mozart had his most enthusiastic audiences, there is a range of historic opera houses and concert halls.
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    [introduction] => Cruise in comfort along the Danube, Europe’s most captivating river.

Central Europe’s most glorious capitals: Vienna, Budapest & Bratislava.

Exclusive charter of a small ship, with time to savour the riverine scenery and historic towns.

Special arrangements are a feature, including a private after-hours visit to the Upper Belvedere. 

Daily talks by a cultural historian – specialist in Central Europe and the Habsburg Empire.
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To travel the course of the Danube is to experience Europe in microcosm. Unlike any other great river between the Urals and the Bay of Biscay, this majestic stream has never belonged to a single state or empire. A wonderful diversity of landscapes mirrors the ethnic, linguistic and national variety that has always defined this region. Nowhere is this more vivid than between Budapest and Passau, where our Danube river cruise threads together some of the most beautiful riparian scenery in the world with historic towns and cities that once formed the spine of the Habsburg Empire – a vast, polyglot mosaic of peoples and cultures. 
We begin in Budapest; on the western bank Buda’s ancient citadel rises dramatically on a rocky outcrop; to the east, Pest’s grand boulevards unfold across the flatlands. A powerful kingdom in the Middle Ages, Hungary embraced the Renaissance early, but centuries of Ottoman occupation left few visible traces. Much of what defines the city today dates from the 18th and 19th centuries – built to rival Vienna and to express growing Magyar demands for national self-determination. 
Our cruise then follows the river northward, through the Pannonian Basin, as we trace the Hungary–Slovakia border to Bratislava. From 1536 to 1784, Bratislava was the capital of the Habsburg rump of Hungary while Ottomans occupied most of the country. Now Slovakia’s capital, recent restoration has charmingly transformed its compact historic centre. 
Overnight we reach Vienna – the principal Habsburg seat and centre of the Holy Roman Empire. Its grandeur is unmistakable: palaces, churches and museums reflect centuries of dynastic ambition. Yet beneath the veil of imperial order, Vienna was also a ferment of radical thought and artistic revolution. There emerged a brilliant array of artists and intellectuals who were determined to break with the past. Today, Vienna’s collections – ranging from Old Masters to modernist masterpieces – rank among the world’s finest.
As the Danube winds west into the Wachau Valley, the landscape shifts to rolling vineyards, wooded hills, and picturesque riverside towns. Among the loveliest is Dürnstein, nestled amid Austria’s finest wine-producing region. Further upstream, as we approach the final stop in our Danube river cruise – the handsome city of Linz – the hills rise to reveal splendid monasteries of the Baroque era. Chief among them is Melk Abbey, its domes and spires soar from a rocky outcrop to crown the mighty river below.
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