Bohemian Switzerland National Park (České Švýcarsko) is located in the north-western Czech Republic. The Elbe River separates it from Germany and the Saxon Switzerland National Park. Bohemian Switzerland, sometimes called Czech Switzerland, can be a fun and inexpensive destination with hiking trails suitable for all ages. Hiking to Pravčická Brána If you are coming from … Read more
You probably don’t expect to spend much time on sandy beaches in a landlocked country like the Czech Republic, but when the summer temperature starts to rise, that’s exactly where you find many Czechs sunning themselves. The Czech Republic may not have an ocean but it makes up for it with many man-made lakes and … Read more
Prague has an extensive underground. There are 2360 km of sewers but that doesn’t include the tunnels from the old sewer system. Some say the total number is 4,000 kilometers of sewers running underneath the city. To get to the Old Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bubeneč, take a tram or metro to the Hradčanská stop. … Read more
Karlštejn Castle is one of the top day trips from Prague. We made this trip in July 2014. Getting to Karlštejn Castle By train: The easiest and cheapest way to get there is by train. Karlštejn is less than an hour from from Hlavni Nadrazi (Main Station) in Prague and a return ticket is around … Read more
For years, friends had been telling me about the beautiful area of the Czech Republic called Český ráj, or Bohemian Paradise but I had never found the free time to go while living in Prague. Our original plan was only to go camping there for two nights but I found what I thought was a … Read more