Sightseeing tours
For the sightseeing tours you can register via e-mail to info@guide-meran.cz or at the registration desk during the congress.
Note: the tours scheduled against the scientific programme of the congress (Prague city tour and the day trip to Karlovy Vary) are meant primarily for accompanying persons.
Payment for tours can be made at the registration desk during the congress or via bank transfer:
Beneficiary Banker’s Name: Česká spořitelna
Beneficiary Banker’s Address: Václavské náměstí 799/48, 110 00 Praha 1
SWIFT Code: GIBACZPX
Beneficiary Name: Jana Mecnerova Meran tourist
Beneficiary Account: 1926261399/0800
Beneficiary IBAN No: CZ29 0800 0000 0019 2626 1399
Beneficiary Address: Vaclavské náměstí 27, 110 00 Praha 1
Prague city tour
Time: 6 August 2019, 16:00-19:00
Place: Prague city centre
Meeting point: Faculty of
Architecture, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thákurova 9, 160 00 Prague
6 at 16:00
Price: 15 EUR
During the grand sightseeing tour, you will be given all the basic information about the Golden Prague’s historical monuments. A bus will take you past the States Opera, the National Museum, Wenceslas Square, Charles Square, Dancing House, National Theatre, Charles Bridge, and the Rudolfinum. From Hradcany place we will walk through the Prague Castle complex with the Cathedral of St. Vitus Basilique St. George, and then we will continue to the Lesser Town.
Boat trip + dinner
Time: 7 August 2019, 18:00-20:00 or 20:00-22:00
Place: Vltava river
Meeting point: Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thákurova 9, 160 00 Prague 6 at 17:15 or 19:15
Price: 25 EUR
Cruise with dinner and music for 2 hours (18:00-20:00 or 20:00-22:00). The bus will take you at 17.15 /19.15 from the congress venue to the Vltava river where you board an air-conditioned boat and go upstream, where you can savour the view of the Prague Castle in the light of the street lamps and the moon. Dinner buffet can be enjoyed anytime during the cruise.
Day tour to Karlovy Vary
Time: 10 August 2019, 9:00-18:00
Place: Karlovy Vary
Meeting point: Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thákurova 9, 160 00 Prague 6 at 9:00
Price: 53 EUR
Karlovy Vary is the most famous spa town in the Czech Republic, the history of the city dates back to the 14th century, the time of Charles IV. The local mineral springs were used as medical treatments on greats such a Tsar Peter the Great and the writer Goethe. One of the most famous attraction is the Hot Spring that spews boiling healing water up to a height of 12 m. You will visit the Museum of traditional liqueur Becherovka made from a unique blend of herbs and spices. Lunch awaits you in Grandhotel Ambassador. You can look forward to a wide range of historical and modern colonnades and taste water from 12 natural mineral springs. You will be amazed at products of the Moser glassworks. Price includes lunch and entrance to the Becherovka museum with tasting of liquor.
Half-day tour to Kutná Hora
Time: 11 August 2019, 9:00-15:00
Place: Kutná Hora
Meeting point: Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thákurova 9, 160 00 Prague 6 at 9:00
Price: 45 EUR
Kutna Hora was the medieval center of silver mining and the second richest town of Bohemian Kingdom. You will visit the Gothic Cathedral of St. Barbara and unique stone fountain from the 15th century. During lunch you will taste local specialties in the traditional Czech restaurant Dacicky. Tour also includes a visit to Ossuary – Bone Church, one of the most interesting burial places in the world. It is decorated with more than 40.000 human bones. The city has been protected by UNESCO since 1995. Price includes lunch, entrance to the Cathedral of St. Barbara and to the Ossuary.
