MODERN HISTORY AND POST-COMMUNIST TOURS

The Czech Republic is not only about historical monuments, well preserved medieval castles or traditional folk architecture. Fascinating economic and political turnovers during the 20th century have also left deep imprints on physical and social environment of the country.
Even Prague, that is considered to be one of the most beautiful historical cities in the world, hides, in fact, many important recent monuments and objects that will be of utmost interest of recent history lovers.
Our customized group travels are arranged for you with a focus on your interests and preferences.

Those may, for example, be:

POST-COMMUNISTS TOURS
Have you ever wanted to see the real Iron Curtain, the remains of the Berlin Wall, Prague’s John Lennon Wall, or experience the haunted atmosphere of decayed monotonous communist suburbs? You can also ride a bike through deep intact woods of the former border-line zone.

INDUSTRIAL HISTORY TOURS
Traditional Czech industries such as brewing or glass making are still of the highest level of quality. Your tour may include a famous Pilsen Brewery excursion, fascinating drainage canal tours below the historical centre of Prague, steam locomotive train rides, or going down the shaft of former iron ore mines. You can visit the strictly planned “workers’ city” Havířov, the industrial miracle of Tomáš Baťa in Zlín or old industrial water channels converted to tourist purposes (Baťův kanál).

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
The Czech Republic is also home to some modern architectural jewels. To name at least a few, we can start with the mountain-top hotel and television transmitter on the Ještěd Mountain (awarded the prestigious Perret Prize for its design by the International Union of Architects in 1969), industrial complexes in Ostrava that are listed in the UNESCO tentative list, or Prague’s Dancing House

JEWISH HISTORY
Synagogues in Prague, UNESCO Třebíč Jewish quarter, hidden cemeteries in the countryside, but also the Terezín fortress are the monuments reminding us of the difficult history of Jews in the Czech Republic

WORLD WAT II REMNANTS TOURS
Do you know where the last shot of WWII was fired? Do you wonder what was destroyed during the war and what was saved? What is the exact location of the Nazi gold hidden at the end of the war somewhere in central Bohemia?

Modern History tours are often arranged for student groups and different societies. Your tour may solely focus on modern history, or you can combine it with more traditional sightseeing. We are also ready to set up a “higher scale” tour of Central Europe.

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