Alena was the perfect guide to introduce us to the amazing city of Prague. Her passion about the…read moretown she grew up in and loves was obvious through your our 7 hour tour and lunch. Her English was perfect and her spence of humor delightful. I would highly recommend her tour to anyone who is visiting Prague.

From the owner: Private guided tours of Prague and day trips in the Czech Republic. Alena's private guided tours of…read morePrague will not only introduce you to the city's major monuments, it will also give you a look at daily life in this vibrant metropolis and allow you to immerse yourself in its singular culture, folklore and cuisine. Marvel at the Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge and the world famous Astronomical Clock at the Old Town Square, and experience the true sights and sounds of Prague with a passionate local by your side.

Gorgeous palace! The inside is apparently some vr experience thing and not like a normal castle…read moreexperience. They also have art and there's a few different exhibits. The outside was pretty but the whole garden is under construction so it's not the best right now.

What a neat historical place showing off some very old historical art work of Dresden Germany. The…read morecourt yards and gardens were absolutely spectacular to walk through and around the palace. Walking through and understanding culture hear was pretty fun and great experience.

Great castle in the restoration works. You get some old and new. The furnishings and walls are…read moreexquisite as well as the grounds. However, it seems more like a mansion than a castle. There is a little blurb about the owners burying their treasures. That should really be played up along with the discovery. That would really hook people

Hearing that this castle was an ode to hunting & there was a focus on taxidermy, the Mr & I decided…read moreto stick to the lovely gardens & surrounding parks on the outside.....we didn't go inside Even so, Schloss Moritzburg is worth a visit - absolutely lovely! Very picturesque grounds with surrounding lake - lots of sculptures surround the main house and their are lots of pathways to take you into the gardens, woods and to help you get into nature I also thought it was funny that no one is allowed on the grass and security spent their whole shift chasing people away - as no one paid any attention to the signage Saw lots of goose parents w/ their goslings - adorable! So while you couldn't necessarily come here to picnic, it is still well worth a visit for a leisurely stroll & breathtaking scenery

During WW2 the aim may have been to escape from Colditz - but in modern times it's well worth a…read moretrip. Wander round the small museum and discover all about the escapades of the POWs held here during the war and their attempts to escape. Marvel at the ingenuity, see some of the different artefacts that were used to aid them and read the stories (and see the photos) of both the successes and failures. In addition to this you can walk the ramparts, peer down the tunnels, view artwork produced, and find out a bit more about the ancient castle. A few notes 1. For the main museum there are translations of everything into English (so you don't need to be fluent in German to understand the stories) 2. For the information on the older history of the Schloss most of the information is in German, but there is an English translation booklet available in one of the rooms to translate it all. 3. There are tours available (in English!) - but check in advance for the times of these. 4. If travelling to the village at the start (2nd) of Jan, don't expect any shops or cafes to be open (apparently it's much nicer in the summer)

Louie and Carlos at Praha Bike were very helpful and friendly. They set me up with a steel gravel…read morebike that was great for the terrain I was riding. I did 2 two self guided rides for a total of 100 miles (160k) that were just gorgeous! Prague country side is really set up for biking with clearly marked routes and trails. And since everyone seems to bike themselves, car drivers were very patient and respectful of bicycles on the few times I was using the same tarmac. Both my routes spent a lot of time on the river so it was really worth the effort to get up early and enjoy glistening sunshine on the water. Be advised that once you get out of town few people speak any English. As an avid cyclist I would highly recommend the shop and the ride

My wife and I are here on our honeymoon and we're trying to think of great ways to see the city in…read moreits entirety. We decided to book the full day country side tour to karlstjen castle. This was such a fantastic time. This was probably our best day in Prague yet. We had Miki as our tour guide and he was so great! He was very conscious of all the riders in the group. Anytime anyone needed anything he made sure we got it. He even helped us order at the restaurant we stopped at. There were so many things we saw today we would never have seen had we not booked this tour. I would say if you are visiting this is an absolute must.

This is one of a kind porcelain. State of the art design and artists. Very interesting tour. I…read morethink this porcelain is unique in the world.

Excellent tour giving you an overview of the porcelain manufacturing process. Nearly every step is…read moreby hand, you go through 4 different rooms to see artisans working each major stage. Very impressive what they do, it is painstaking work. No wonder why their product is so expensive. The factory has a large parking area, cost is 5 euro for the day. Only quibble is the combo pass should give you some information on how to use the local bus to save walking or driving between the factory and the castle.

How am I the first person to write a review on Yelp about the Stasi museum in Leipzig? Wow. Just…read morewow. It's amazing to learn the many layers of history a country has and we all know Germany is rich in history. The 20th century alone was just craziness. Who knew Leipzig was the epicenter of the German secret police? I sure didn't. When my friend took me here to explore the museum it was mind blowing. It's so unreal to think that this didn't happen that long ago and it was happening in my generation. Husbands told on Wives. Children told on parents. Neighbors told on neighbors. Located in the former Stasi headquarters (that's deep!), it's free to enter and you have the option to purchase an audio guide (recommended, unless you can read German). It's nice because it's self guided, so you can stay in each room as long as you want. Each room is different, with various scenes depicting Stasi Germany. I think my favorite things (if you can call it that) were the disguises they used. It's literally out of the movies. Fake mustaches, briefcases with wigs, powder, suglasses, anything. It's really fascinating and scary that this wasn't scripted. It was real life for people not that long ago. You can also go to the site where they executed and tortured victims. More good times. We skipped that. A definite must see if you you're in this part of the world.

Although the displays were old fashioned, the artifacts and the information relayed to the visitor…read morevia audioguide was fasinating. I returned to this part of Germany to see this museum in particular and learned that Vladimir Putin served some time in Dresden and Leipzig. If you want to understand why those who lived under the Eastern Bloc are the way they are, then understand each of us are the sum total of our experiences. There was no trust on the part of the authorities.

This Old Masters Museum is in a complex. The museum entrance was hard to find because of the…read moretourist groups gathering and blocking the entrance. Once we made it into the building, we were rudely greeted by two old and angry women, and told to go downstairs for tickets. We were directed to self service lockers for coats and backpacks then to purchase tickets. The same rude "greeters" on the first floor practically yelled at me because I had my purse with me. She demanded that I return and store it in the locker. I asked if I could keep it with me because it contained my passport and with a stern and rude "nein" she turned me away. I did manage to put my valuables in my pocket in hopes that there are no pick pockets in the museum. The museum's collection is impressive, but the curation is not up to par. Many of the master works are behind glass such as Raphael's Sistina Madonna. The skylights and lighting above the Sistina Madonna casted a terrible glare, which made it impossible to enjoy the piece from a direct front view. The pieces are incredible, which would make this a 5* museum, but the terrible curation and horrible customer service bumped down 2*.

Ekstasis ~ "standing outside oneself" (from Greek, ex- "out" + histanai "to place")…read more First there was Raphael's Sistine Madonna. Then, somewhere between Giorgione's Sleeping Venus and Vermeer's Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window -- ecstasy waved and found us: sitting on round sofas, gazing at art.

We attended the guided tour of Leipzig. We're recent migrants to Leipzig from Australia and figured…read moreit would give us a feel for our new home. The tour costs a very affordable 15€ and includes a one hour walking tour then two hours on a bus (without stops). The afternoon tours are often in German and English (my Deutsch is beginner level) and the tour leader speaks first in German then English. The walking tour is around the city centre and shows a range of architecture, monuments and sites of interest. Enjoyable with plenty of tips for places to visit in the future. We then popped on a rather comfy coach for a two hour trip around Leipzig. The tour leader didn't stop talking once! A running commentary is indeed what you get. As someone who teaches workshops I was greatly in awe of her stamina. We saw neighbourhoods where the rich people live, sites of gentrification, a lovely refurb of a warehouse into loft apartments over a canal and of course landmarks of note like statues, monuments, libraries, galleries etc. My main criticism is that I would have like to hear more about the women of Leipzig (Wagner, Goethe et al are celebrated with pride) but this more a fault of modern history than the tour itself. Further, as the only person on the tour who didn't speak much German, I generally got a sentence to everyone else's paragraph. I had an earache all week and didn't have the greatest head for facts and figures so I wasn't bothered, but some may be.