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Wine & Dine South Moravia-2 days/1 night

Mikulov the biggest wine growing area of CZ and the UNESCO heritage Lednice-Valtice

1st day
9.00 Transfer from hotel in Prague to the Southh East of the Czech Republic.
12:00 Light lunch at the hotel Marcincak, choise from 5 different menus with a nice. 14:00 A local guide - historical town of Mikulov. (Mikulov is one of the largest wine growing area in the Czech Republic) Jewish cemetery, the historic town square, the holy hill are only some of the famous places in Mikulov.
Stop off in the old wine celar of the castel, where is the 2nd biggest barrel (sud) in Europe.
16.30 Guided tour with a sommelier through the vineyards of the family Marcincak. Informations about the wines, how they grow and how they cultivate it. On the top of the hill beautiful view of the whole wine growing area
18.00 Wine&dine, 6 different dishes will be served in the family wine cave of Marcincak always with the perfect suitable wine.
Through the whole wine&dine ceremony explications of a sommelier about the different wines you drink.
Possibility of buying some wines.
23.00 A Taxi service to the hotel

Langewarte

2nd day
09.00 Car transfer to the beautiful castel of Valtice - guided tour. The Lednice-Valtice area is a biosphere reservation which is under the UNESCO heritage. The chateau is a baroque building from the 17th century and was build by the family of Liechtenstein.
11:00 Wine salon of the Czech Republic. Great chance to try the best wines of The Czech Republic. These wines have gathered medails/certifications on international competitions. A sommelier will give all needed information.
12:00 Restaurant/hotel Hubertus - typical Czech meal.
14:00 The bus transfer to the castel of Lednice, the chateau is in English neogothic style.
14:20 A guided tour through the castel.
15:30 Free time for the garden with its impressive park buildings like the minaret, statues, colonnades, ship tour possibility.
18.00 Departure to Prague
20.00 Transfer to the hotel

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Official name:
Czech Republic

Capital city:
Prague; population 1.2 million

Area:
299 000 sq km

Population:
10.2 Million

Land Area:
78,866 sq km (30,450 sq mi)

Geographical Location:
Central Europe

Neighboring Countries:
Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland

Time Zone:
GMT + 1 / Daylight Savings Time observed

Currency:
Czech Crown koruna (CZK) = 100 hellers (hal)

Official language:
Czech

Foreign Languages Spoken:
English (younger generation), German (older generation); some Italian, French, Spanish

Religion:
Atheist/Agnostic 59%, Roman Catholic 27%, Protestant 2%, Other 12%

Government:
Parliamentary democracy with president as the head of state and prime minister as the head of government.

Weather:
Temperate. Cool to warm May - September (showers and thunderstorms common), mostly chilly October, March and April (rain or snow possible), cold, cloudy and wet with snow and freezing temperatures November - February; skiing December – March.

Voltage:
230 Volts/50 Hz

Country Calling Code:
420

Travel Documents:
Passport required (includes citizens of EU member countries)

Freeway Fees:
Freeway pass (dálniční známka) required (available at the customs and gas stations)