LOCAL ESSENTIALS

LOCAL CULTURE

AIRPORT PICK UP

A limousine (Mercedes E class) is available to take you from the airport to the hotel. The cost of the service is CZK 900 and can be added to your bill. The transfer may be booked in advance with the reservation department. Should you need a minibus, please contact our concierge team. The price differs according to the number of passengers, e.g. up to 6 persons CZK 1800. The driver will be waiting for you at the arrival hall, Exit No. 1.

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

1 January - Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State; New Year's Day March, April - Easter Monday 1 May - Labour Day 8 May - Liberation Day (1945) 5 July - Cyril and Methodius Day - the Slavic Christianity Prophets 6 July - Master John Hus burning at the stake (1415) 28 September - Day of the Czech Statehood 28 October - Independent Czechoslovak State Proclamation Day (1918) 17 November - Day of a Struggle for Liberty and Democracy 24 December - Christmas Eve 25 December - Christmas Day 26 December - St Stephen's Day

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Buy tickets for public transport in advance. Choose tickets which best suit your needs and travel throughout our town so that you can travel quickly and comfortably. At the Concierge desk you can buy basic tickets / valid 90 or 30 min./ at a charge of CZK 32 or CZK 24 or one day passes at a charge of CZK 110.

Tipping/ Gratuities

Service charge is included, tipping of 5-10% is appropriate.

DID YOU KNOW ?

Loretta Church

This outstanding complex of ambits, Nativity Church, Holy Shanty and tower with clock and world-famous glockenspiel has for more than 300 years been located in Prague - Hradcany. You can see the Prague Loretta not just as an historical sight from a architectual point of view, but also as a baroque pilgrim place.

Prague meridian

You can still see the Prague meridian in the paving of the square. It indicates the place, where the former Marian column used to cast its shadow at noon. There is an inscription in Czech and Latin language, saying that time used to be measured according to the meridian.

The Estate Theatre

The first stone-building built for theatre purposes in Prague was the building of the Stavovske divadlo - originally Nostic Theatre. This building has been built in the classic style between 1781 and 1783. Shortly after opening it became a world famous theatre. In 1787 Mozart's Don Giovanni was performed here for the first time and it was considered a great succes. Since that Mozart loved Prague very much and wrote some opuses for the citizens of Prague.

The Origin of Prague

The origin of Prague goes back to the 7th century and the Slavic princess Libuse, a woman of great beauty and wisdom who possessed prophetic powers. Libuse and her husband ruled peacefully over the Czech lands from the hill of Vysehrad. A legend says that one day Libuse had a vision. She stood on a cliff overlooking the Vltava, pointed to a forested hill across the river, and proclaimed: I see a great city whose glory will touch the stars. She instructed her people to go and build a castle where a man was building the threshold (in Czech "prah") of a house. And because even the great noblemen must bow low before a threshold, you shall give it the name Praha.

Tomb of Franz Kafka

At the New Jewish Cemetery there is the tomb of the famous Czech-born writer, Franz Kafka.