Mikulov Wine Trip

February 14th, 2019 | No comments

Mikulov, a traditional wine centre in South Moravia, picturesque place with the atmosphere of a mediterranean town, is the right place for you to get authentic wine tasting experience. Your trip begins in a local winery located in the town centre with welcome drink and introduction from a local winemaker. After short intro you continue to vineyards where will be conducted “a terrain wine tasting”. On the way back from vineyards is planned a stop in another small local winery with wine degustation and presentation of winery premises. Following is free time for lunch and inidividual visits of local sights. The whole wine tasting experience in Mikulov will be concluded in the newly open wine gallery where you find a collection of wines from small local wineries and you will sample the best what region can offer to wine lovers.

Price 125,-EUR/person based on 2 people sharing

• Price for a solo traveler upon request
• Group 3+ discount available

Wine Tasting Bike Trip in Mikulov region with picnic lunch

May 30th, 2018 | No comments

Private wine tasting bike trip in Mikulov wine sub-region. Mikulov town, with its beautiful Baroque castle, is the most picturesque town found in the South Moravia. Besides the historical monuments, the town`s mediterranean atmosphere is underline with surrounding limestone ridges on which  grow the best vineyards in the Czech Republic. For those who love good wine, biking, history and wine tasting in the vineyards and those who want to learn about the Czech vinegrowing, we have prepared in cooperation with the local winegrowers a customized Wine Tasting Bike Trip.

PRICE 104,-EUR/person based on 2 people sharing

• Price for a solo traveler upon request
• Group 3+ discount available

Wine tasting trip to Mikulov wine region

May 16th, 2018 | No comments

The South Moravia region can be rightfully called the land of wine. 96% of the total of registered vineyards in the Czech Republic are located here. The area, with the oldest grape growing and wine making tradition in the country, is further dividied into 4 wine subregions.

This wine tasting trip will introduce you Mikulov wine subregion, one of 4 Moravian wine subregions. During this trip we will visit the National Wine Salon of the Czech Republic in Valtice UNESCO town (former Liechtenstein princely residence) where we will taste samples of the best Czech wines, the winners of the highest wine competition in the Czech Republic. The trip is combination of wine tasting and visting UNESCO monuments.

Itinerary:

• morning pick up in Brno hotel (or another place upon request)
• visit of Lednice town, the former Liechtenstein summer residence (Thudor-gothic fairytale castle, huge greenhouse, walking in the castle park and visit the Minaret viewing tower, possible cruise on the river Dyje)
• on the way to Valtice, 2 stops and visit the Temple of Three Graces and the Border chateau
• visit to the National Wine Salon of the Czech Republic in Valtice for 1.5 hrs wine tasting
• walking in the vineyads and visit the Colonnade which is the main dominant of the Lednice-Valtice area
• stop in Mikulov town, walking sightseeing
• on the way to Brno stop in a local modern winery for tasting of more samples of wine

PRICE 80,-EUR/person based on 2 people sharing

• Price for a solo traveler upon request
• Group 3+ discount available

In the fooststeps of Leos Janacek- Hukvaldy and Luhacovice

February 2nd, 2018 | No comments

On the occasion of Janacek Brno International Festival, together with TIC BRNO, we have prepared theme day trips out of Brno for admirers of his music. On these trips you will get to know more about his personal life, work and where he drawn his inspiration for his work.

There are two kind of trips available throughout the year:

1. Day trip to Leos Janacek birthplace – Hukvaldy

The program includes pick up from your hotel, transfer from Brno to Hukvaldy and back, services of English-speaking guide. You will visit Leos Janacek birth house (school) and his own house, today Leos Janacek Memorial, where you will visit the new exposition, which, in addition to the preserved historical interiors, presents Janacek’s native region in an interactive form, focuses on Janacek’s inspirations, folkloristic activities, writing his speech melodies and describing relationships with the composer’s friends of Hukvaldy.

2. Day trip to Luhacovice Slavonic spa town, which was frequently visited by Leos Janacek. During one stay there in 1903, inspired him to write the opera Fate, which will be also performed on the festival Janacek Brno 2020. The program includes pick up from your hotel, transfer from Brno to Luhacovice and back, services of English speaking guide, tour of Luhacovice town emphasizing the period when Janacek was visiting this place and meeting another Czech personalities of that period.

The Moravian Tuscany trip

November 13th, 2017 | No comments

Photographers know well about this place. You will not find more beautiful landscape elsewhere in the Czech Republic. Pictures of fields changing colors throughout the year according to the season attract photographers from all over the country and abroad. This landscape around Kyjov town is rightfully called the Moravian Tuscany. This day trip is organized upon request and individual needs of photographers.

PRICE upon request

Trip to the Moravian Karst

August 16th, 2016 | No comments

During this half day trip we will go to the heart of the Moravian Karst located only 30 min driving from Brno. The Moravian Karst, with 1100 caverns and gorges, is the most significant karst area in the Czech Republic. The Amatérska Cave is the largest cave system in the Czech republic. There are 5 open caves to the public and we will visit the most popular Punkevní Cave. The tour of the cave takes us to the bottom of the Macocha Abyss at a depth of 138m and we will cruise the underground river of Punkva.

PRICE 45,-EUR/person based on 2 people sharing

• Price for a solo traveler upon request
• Group 3+ discount available

Wine tasting bike trip in Lednice-Valtice area with picnic lunch

August 15th, 2016 | No comments

Lednice-Valtice UNESCO area which is spreading on 200 km² over the South Moravia and the Lower Austria is ideal place for biking trips. The whole area is equipped with well mantained biking trails which enable you to visit all beautiful monuments and buildings built in the period of Liechtestein-  romantic chateaux complexes in Lednice and Valtice, Johann castle, Minaret viewing tower, Colonnade, Rendez-vous temple, Border chateau, Temple of Three Graces, St Hubert Chapel and more. The landscape varying from riparian forests, vineyards, lakes and ponds and pine woods.

PRICE  109,-EUR/person based on 2 people sharing

• Price for a solo traveler upon request
• Group 3+ discount available

Grand tour of Brno

July 27th, 2016 | No comments

3 hours’ walking tour of Brno city centre will provide you a deep insight to the city history from its very first beginning until the present. You are going to hear legends and see many interesting places. Have you heard of the famous composer Leoš Janáček or the scientist Gregor Johann Mendel? Well, these and other important personalities have a tight connection with Brno and you are going to learn about them too. At the end of the tour we will visit the most famous Brno monument inscibed in the UNESCO- the functionalist Vila Tugendhat.

The list of places we will visit on this tour– Špilberk castle, Denise gardens, St Peter and Paul cathedral, Zelní trh market place, the Capuchin square, Bishop`s courtyard, the Old Town Hall, the Dominican square, the Freedom square, Mahen Theatre, St James church, the Moravian square, Janáček Theatre, Vila Tugendhat garden.

PRICE 25,-EUR/person based on 2 people sharing

• Price for a solo traveler upon request
• Group 3+ discount available

Trip to Lednice-Valtice UNESCO area with stop in Mikulov town

July 16th, 2016 | No comments

Full day trip to the famous Lednice-Valtice Cultural and Viticultural Landscape area which spreads out on the total of 161 km² between the three historical Liechtenstein manorial holdings of Lednice, Valtice and Břeclav. 3 castles, French garden, English park, ponds, vineyards and interesting architectural buildings such as the Temple of Three Graces, the Border chateau or the Colonnade are waiting to be seen and admired. On the way back to Brno is planned a stop in Mikulov town, one of the most picturesque town in Moravia.

For wine tasting trip to this region please check Wine tasting trip to Mikulov wine region

Itinerary:

• morning pick up in Brno hotel (or another place upon request)
• visit of Lednice town, the former Liechtenstein summer residence (Thudor-gothic fairytale castle, huge greenhouse, walking in the castle park and visit the Minaret viewing tower, possible cruise on the river of Dyje)
• on the way to Valtice town 2 stops at the Temple of Three Graces and the Border chateau
• visit of Valtice town, the former main residence of the Liechntenstein princely house (the Baroque castle, the National Wine Centre, the Colonnade monument)
• last stop in Mikulov town, the most picturesque town in Moravia (Baroque castle, Holy Hill, Jewish town, vineyards)
• back to Brno around 5PM

PRICE 50,-EUR/person based on 2 people sharing

• Price for a solo traveler upon request
• Group 3+ discount available

Trip to UNESCO towns of Kroměříž and Olomouc

July 15th, 2016 | No comments

Full day trip to 2 Moravian towns inscribed in the UNESCO heritage list. Although both towns are located in two different regions of Zlín and Olomouc, their history and development are closely tied up to the Archdiocese of Olomouc. While in Kroměříž you will visit the Archbishop Palace and 2 gardens – the castle garden and the Flower Garden, in Olomouc we will take a walking tour in the city centre starting with the St Wenceslaus cathedral and ending at the UNESCO monument of the Holy Trinity Baroque column.

Itinerary:

• morning pick up in Brno hotel (or another place upon request)
• first stop in Kroměříž town (introducing short history of the town, see the Archbishop Palace, walking in the English style palace garden, visit the Flower Garden)
• drive to Olomouc town, 2 hrs walking sightseeing in the city centre (the St Wenceslaus cathedral, the residence of Archbishops, 6 baroque fountains, Jesuit complex of buildings where the second oldest Czech university was founded, St Michael Hillock with the beautiful baroque church, the Chapel dedicated to the youngest Czech martyr Sarkander, Lower Square, Upper Square with the Town Hall, the Holy Trinity Column and the Astronomical clock)
• back to Brno around 5PM

PRICE 55,-EUR/person based on 2 people sharing

• Price for a solo traveler upon request
• Group 3+ discount available