toscanafoto

I want to share with the community the photos of my trip to Czech Republic

To see my photo gallery click on the link below

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcodi...7634698327154/

I visited: Prague and Cesky Krumlov

I want to point out the major tourist attractions

> Prague what to visit :
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- Historical centre is UNESCO World Heritage Site

- Quarter Stare Mesto ( Old Town ) :
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. Karluv Most ( Charles Bridge ) and 2 Towers ( Staromestska mostecka vez near Stare Mesto and Malostranska mostecka near Mala Strana )
. Staromestsky orloj ( Astronomical Clock ) and Town Hall Tower
. Staromestske Namesti ( Old Town Square ) and Memorial Jan Hus
. Kostel Panny Marie pred Tynem ( Church of Our Lady before Tyn )
. Prasna brana ( Powder Tower )
. Klaster sv. Anezky Ceske ( Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia )
. Palace Kinsky
. House at the Stone Bell
. Home from the golden ring
. Obecni dum ( Municipal House )
. Birthplace of Franz Kafka
. Celetna ( Street )
. Betlemska kaple ( Bethlehem Chapel )
. Jewish Museum in Prague
. Museum Naprstek
. Museum of Decorative Arts

- Quarter Josefov ( Jewish Quarter ) :
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. Stary Zidovsky Hrbitov ( Old Jewish Cemetery )
. Jewish Museum
. Staronova Synagoga ( Old New Synagogue )
. Spanish Synagogue
. Zidovska Radnice ( Jewish Town Hall )

- Quarter Mala Strana :
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. Karluv Most ( Charles Bridge ) and 2 Towers ( Staromestska mostecka vez near Stare Mesto and Malostranska mostecka near Mala Strana )
. St. Nicholas Cathedral
. Malostranske Namesti ( square )
. Museum Franz Kafka
. Czech Museum of Music
. Museum pedagogical Komensky
. Stable of Waldstein
. Malostranske Namesti ( Street )
. Vrtbovska zahrada ( Vrtba Garden )
. Liechtenstein Palace
. Velka Furstenberska Zahrada ( Furstenberg Vrtba Garden )

- Quarter Nove Mesto ( New Town ) :
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. Vaclavske namesti ( Wenceslas Square ) and Memorial Jan Palach
. Vltava Tower
. Novomestska radnice ( New Town Hall )
. National Memorial Vitkov
. Museum of the City of Prague
. Narodni Muzeum ( National Museum )
. Karlovo Namesti ( Charles Square )
. National Theatre
. Klaster Na Slovanech Emauzy ( Emmaus Monastery )
. Dancing House

- Quarter Hradcany :
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. Castle
. Chram svateho Vita ( St. Vitus Cathedral )
. Daliborka svez ( Dalibor Tower )
. Bila svez ( White Tower )
. Cerna svez ( Black Tower )
. Palace Lobkowicz
. Palace Schwarzenberg
. Zlata Ulitzka ( Golden Lane ) and Nerudova ( Street )
. Stary kralovsky palac ( Old Royal Palace )
. St. George's Basilica
. Loreta Monastery
. Palace Valdstein
. Toskansky palac ( Palace of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany )
. Sternbersky palac ( Palace Sternberk )
. Royal Gardens

Other attractions in Prague :
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- Zizkov Television Tower 216 meters high
- Rozhledna ( Petrin Tower)
- Astronomical Observatory Stefanik
- New Jewish Cemetery
- Jubilee Synagogue ( also known as the Jerusalem Synagogue )
- Jindrisska Vez ( Tower Jindrisska ) or Henry's Bell Tower
- Church of Our Lady Victorious - Church of St. James - Church of St. Francis of Assisi - Church of St. Giles - Church of St. Thomas - Kostel svateho Cyrila a Metodeje ( Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius ) - Kostel svateho Antonina Paduanskeho ( Church of St. Anthony of Padua )
- Clementinum ( inside the oldest Jesuit church in Prague and Convent of St. Clemente )
- Strahovsky klaster ( Strahov Monastery ) - Brevnovsky klaster ( Monastery Brevnov )
- Namesti Republiky ( Republic Square )
- Palace Troja
- Vystaviste ( Fairgrounds )
- Villa Muller
- Puppet Theatre - Zizkovské divadlo Jary Cimrmana Theatre - Hybernia Theatre
- Congress Centre
- Vinohradsky hrbitov ( Cemetery Vinohrady ) - Olsanske hrbitovy ( Cemetery Olsanske )
- Fountain Wenceslas - Fountain Krizik
- University Carolinum or Karolinum
- Strelecky ostrov ( Island Shooter in the river Vltava )
- Park Kampa - Park Letna ( Metronome ) - Botanical Garden - Ledebour Garden - Park Kinského
- Na Prikope ( shopping street )
- Skydive Arena ( wind tunnel )
- Sculptures by David Cerny in different parts of the city
- Vinarna Certovka ( Street pedestrian narrow )
- Morsky-Svet ( aquarium ) - Zoo
- Narodni galerie ( National Gallery ) - DOX Centre for Contemporary Art - Military Museum - Museum of Communism - National Technical Museum - Museum Kampa - Museum of Miniatures - Museum Mucha - Museum Hracek - Museum of Aviation Kbely - Museum of Chocolate - Museum Antonin Dvorak - Museum Jara Cimrman - Museum of Military History - Museum of Medieval Torture - Museum of Young Art Artbanka - Postal Museum - Museum Kepler - Museum Bedrich Smetana - Museum of alchemy - Museum Bertramka - Museum Ghosts and Legends

> Cesky Krumlov what to visit:
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- Historical centre is UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Castle :
. Tower
. Lapidarium
. Cellars
. Castle Garden
. Bear pit
. Baroque Theater
. I° guided tour ( Renaissance interiors of the rooms Gilded Carriage Hall of Masks )
. II° guided tour ( Interior of the apartments Schwarzenberk Picture Gallery Corridors of the Bridge of the Mantle )
- Church of St. Vitus - Former Jesuit Seminary - Church of St. Jost - Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
- Minorite Monastery
- Town Hall
- Synagogue
- Regional Museum - Museum of Architecture and Craft - Art Center Egon Schiele - Puppet Museum - Museum of Motorcycles - Wax Museum
- Mill
- Former Jesuit Theatre - Municipal Theatre
- House Latran - House Jakoubek - Chaplain's house
- The former municipal brewery

general45

Your photo's are better than mine. I'm using yours. Thank you for a great collection.

toscanafoto

Thank you very much ! The list of tourist attractions of 2 cities that I wrote in the first post may be useful to plan better a trip

Cruiser Elite

Great pics tosc - thanks so much for posting - hotel recon?

We are tossing up Prague or Istanbul for a week in July.