Winter might be a quiet time for tourism in Prague but it doesn’t mean our Central Europe team gets to take it easy. This year we’ve readied a whole load of new tours and day trips for our guests to enjoy. Feedback from past guests telling us they much prefer private tours means we’ve put… Continue Reading
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Prague Food, Drink, Theatre and Music Festivals Spring & Summer 2013
It seems every year there’s more and more festivals taking place in Prague, of all kinds. Here’s our round-up of the highlights, with things really getting going in mid to late May. Click on festival title to visit the relevant website to find out more about each or buy tickets. Prague Spring Classical Music Festival… Continue Reading
Slovakia’s UNESCO Sites – Banska Stiavnica
Banska Stiavnica, on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1993 is the oldest mining town in Slovakia and due to its mineral wealth (gold, silver and copper were all mined here) it was both prosperous and sought after – the Turks tried to conquer it during a prolonged invasion of Central Europe in the 16th… Continue Reading
Czech Beer Festival is underway in Prague
The Czech Beer Festival got underway last week and runs till the 2nd of June 2012. This year, after a few years ‘in the wilderness’ of Prague 9/Letnany it’s back at it’s original location in the Vystaviste exhibition grounds (you’ll have to make your way round the side of the main exhibition hall to get… Continue Reading
New Year, New Destinations
We’re ringing in the New Year here at JayWay with the addition of some new destinations, with two new countries on our map and four cities in total. We’ve got a selection of accommodation options as well as some superb excursions and day trips in each city and we’ve worked out all the transfer options… Continue Reading
Get out of town: A trip to Plzen
With the sun coming up on a glorious, if slightly bracing October Saturday morning, we bundled into the rented car and headed West, to Plzeň (Pilsen in German). Getting there By road the journey takes between 80 and 90 minutes. We went by car because I’d rented one for the whole weekend but I’d recommend… Continue Reading
Thinking Small with Czech Beers
The Czech Republic is well known for having the highest per-capita consumption of beer in the world and is famous for inventing the Pilsner style of lager but there’s more to Czech beer than the big four breweries. Over the past few years a movement towards microbreweries and smaller breweries has been changing the beer… Continue Reading
Where to Watch Super Bowl 2011 (XLV) in Prague
The big game kicks off in the early hours of Monday the 7th of February, Prague time, so be prepared for a late one. Fortunately several sports bars (and some significant new venues since last year) will be staying open late for you to enjoy the whole thing. Some places have free wifi too, so… Continue Reading
A weekend in South Bohemia
A two day trip to Ceske Budejovice and Cesky Krumlov in South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Notes on things to do and see and how to get there.… Continue Reading