Trips with Children | Holiday Accommodation for Families with Children in the Czech Republic
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Although Prague offers an inexhaustible number of indoor and outdoor activities for families and children, once in a while it is definitely worth it to leave the capital city behind and set off with children for trips outside of Prague to discover the beauty of various corners of the Czech Republic. For this purpose we have prepared this section where we present tips for trips with children outside of Prague and provide information about opportunities in the area of traveling with children that the Czech Republic offers. There are indeed many possibilities where to go for a trip in the Czech Republic with your children. Some hotels and guesthouses even prepare special holiday and weekend stays for families with children offering a program for children and parents alike. Now you will no longer have to wonder where to take your children for a trip, what new place to show them and new things to introduce to them. Here you will find in one place an abundance of tips and all you need to do is choose. We can only wish that your holiday coincides with nice weather and that you have a fun time!
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Museum of Ghosts and Fairy Tales
Those who like to fear will certainly not be disappointed after they pay a visit to the Museum of Ghosts and Fairy Tales in Plzeň. The location of the museum itself is spooky, as the museum can be found in the cellar of a former pub from the 16th century that has been replaced with a hotel. The house is connected with many legends and tales and various mysterious creatures and ghosts. The museum itself will take its visitors to the...
Stays for Parents with Children at Svatá Kateřina Resort
Enjoy the time spent together with your children in the middle of beautiful nature at the Svatá Kateřina Resort located close to the town of Počátky about 130 km southeast of Prague. Let yourself be pampered during a massage, beauty procedure, manicure, and aroma bath or do yoga or pilates while the resort babysitters take care of your children. Enjoy...
Toy Museum – Benátky nad Jizerou
If you love toys and have visited the Toy Museum in Prague Castle already several times it is high time for you to make a trip to Benátky nad Jizerou, a town located less than 50 km northeast of Prague. In the local chateau, on whose ground floor the toy museum is located, you can see historical exhibits from 1860 till 1945. Opened in 1999 the museum presents...
Loučeň Chateau With Labyrinths and Mazes
Explore the romantic Loučeň Chateau with its 11 labyrinths and mazes located in the large park of the chateau! The Loučeň Chateau, where you can get from Prague by taking the highway in the direction to Mladá Boleslav, presents an ideal place to go if you are looking to learn something new, see something romantic and have fun. You will be guided through the chateau by the duchess or her valet in costumes. After an engaging presentation...
Bears and Lookout Tower in Beroun
Beroun, a small town south-west of Prague, has a lot to offer not only to children visitors. You can get to Beroun after about a 45-minute train ride from the center of Prague. From the Beroun railway station you can head to the main picturesque square in the center where farmer’s markets, pottery and other crafts markets and events take place regularly. The main Husovo Square is also home to the local information center where...
Sklárny Rope Course
If you find yourself in the area west of Rakovník and long for some adrenaline, visit the Sklárna Rope Course. However, do not forget to order your visit in advance if you want to have an instructor at your disposal who will also provide you with all the necessary climbing equipment. All visitors have to be at least 10 years old and measure at least 140 cm (4 feet 7 inches). You will need to change into suitable clothes, play several...
Janov nad Nisou Bobsleigh Track
The Janov nad Nisou Bobsleigh Track in the Jizerské Mountains near the Nisa River is an ideal destination all year long for those who like to spend their free time actively. In the middle of beautiful nature both children and adults will enjoy a great attraction and exciting experiences. Thanks to effective handbrakes the bobsleighs are easy to operate even for small children and everyone can choose their optimal speed and style....
Liberec ZOO
A zoological garden is an ideal place for a trip with children. Do not hesitate and set off for the Liberec Zoo, which is located in northern Bohemia. The Liberec ZOO founded in 1919 is the oldest zoological garden in the territory of the former Czechoslovakia. With around 170 animal species bred in the ZOO you will definitely enjoy a great day here. During the summer season a sightseeing train is in operation, while the Gibbon buffet...
Chateau Mcely
The five-star eco chic chateau hotel, Chateau Mcely, which is the first and only one of its kind in the Czech Republic, is located in a picturesque village of Mcely less than a one hour drive northeast of Prague. This luxury hotel surrounded by a beautiful English park with its high quality of service, beautiful interiors and breathtaking setting will please even the most demanding of clients. The chateau was opened in 2006 after...
Perníková chaloupka – Gingerbread House
In a land far far away... In fact only some 120 km far from Prague is Perníková chaloupka, a gingerbread house from the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, which is a must for all lovers of fairy tales. The Perníková chaloupka museum of gingerbread and fairy tales under the medieval Kunětická hora castle near Pardubice and Hradec Králové is located in a former hunting lodge from the end of the 19th century and offers attractions for both...
Plzeň Historic Underground
If you want to discover the secret life under the fourth biggest city in the Czech Republic, visit the Plzeň historic underground tunnel network, which is one of the most famous symbols of this west Bohemian city. The labyrinth of corridors, cellars and wells started to be built under the city in the 14th century and so it is no wonder that it is connected with the history and present of Plzeň. The tour is long nearly 800 meters and...
Sloup v Čechách Rope Course
Enjoy climbing in the treetops at the height of 5 to 9 meters above ground in the Sloup v Čechách Rope Course located 4 km far from Nový Bor in northern Bohemia. Rope climbing presents an unusual way to test one's physical and mental abilities and to shift the limits of your possibilities. In the Sloup v Čechách Rope Course there are two laps; a simpler yellow one that ends with a jump into a swing and an advanced blue one with a...
Žleby Game Park
About a five-minute walk from the Žleby Chateau there is a ca. 130 ha large game park with unique white deer. Its part is also a little game park exhibit on the area of 6 ha that was established in 1998 with the aim of presenting white deer and the history of falconry to the general public. Besides some 6 to 10 rare white deer, visitors can see in summer months...
Dvůr Králové ZOO
As the only ZOO in the Czech Republic the Dvůr Králové ZOO offers from May till the end of September an African safari. Take your family for a trip and take part in a ride among freely roaming animals – ungulates and birds – at the Dvůr Králové ZOO that specializes in Africa and is the biggest breeder of African animals in Europe. At the ZOO you can visit many pavilions and pens including the pavilion of carnivores where...
Koněprusy Caves
The Koněprusy Caves in central Bohemia in the vicinity of Karlstejn and Krivoklat castles in the heart of the Český kras protected landscape area that is full of picturesque retreats and natural rock formations, are located only 30 km from Prague and present therefore an ideal destination for a family trip. The Koněprusy Caves were made accessible to the general public in 1959 and offer visitors a one-hour tour of two cave floors...
Jílové u Prahy Regional Museum
Do you want to know how much a gold brick weighs and learn many other interesting things about this precious metal? Then visit the Jílové u Prahy Regional Museum that is located only 40 km south of the capital city and deals with the history of gold mining and processing not only in the Jílové u Prahy area. You will learn about the occurrence of gold in nature and its use in human life, about the areas of gold mining in the Czech...
Liberec Karts
Liberec Karts, the biggest indoor kart circuit in northern Bohemia, offers fun and adrenalin both for children and adults. As the circuit is indoors you can visit all year long seven days a week including holidays. Besides a 400-meter long track with long straight ways designated for adults who like to drive at full speed, also a track for children from 6 years is available at Liberec Karts. The safety of children is secured with...
Chleby ZOO
Located northeast of Prague and spreading over the area of only 0,8 ha the Chleby zoo in central Bohemia will welcome you with a friendly, almost family-like atmosphere. The aim of the zoo is to prepare the best experience for its visitors – to enable contact with both children and adults alike with animals and to educate them via information boards and lectures. The zoo was established in 1997 thanks to the zest of its director,...
Giant Aquarium in Hradec Králové
The ENVI building housing a giant aquarium in the center of Hradec Králové was opened in 1998 and offers its visitors the possibility to get acquainted with tropical freshwater fish and the nature of tropics. In a giant freshwater aquarium there live more than 40 species of tropical fish occurring in fresh waters of South and Central America that float here in a tunnel above the visitors' heads. The aquarium weighing some 130 tons...
Šiklův Mlýn Western Town
Fans of Western movies and the American Old Wild West will love the Western Town of Šiklův Mlýn located in the midst of the forests of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. You will find wild horses, brave heroes, Indians and villains there. The Western Town, which is a true replica of similar towns from the times of colonization of the American Old West spreads over a picturesque valley of the Bobrůvka River in Zvole nad Pernštejnem where...
Kutná Hora Bobsleigh Track
If you are looking for fun and adrenalin with your children, set off for the bobsleigh track at the Klimeška sports ground in Kutná Hora. With its length of 1565 meters the Kutná Hora Bobsleigh Track built in 2006 is the longest bobsleigh track in the Czech Republic and the second longest in Europe. It spreads uniquely on three slopes with a height difference of 42 meters. The track comprises two interconnected routes. The first part...
Protivín Crocodile Zoo
If you prefer predatory animals then you will certainly like the Protivín Crocodile Zoo located close to Písek in southern Bohemia. The director of the zoo, Miroslav Procházka, officially established the Protivín Crocodile Zoo in May 2008 on the basis of private breeding. The last phase of completion of the zoo located in a historical farm building is planned for 2012, but you can visit the zoo already now. Besides about twenty species...
Tipsport Laguna – Aqua Park in Beroun
If you find yourself near Beroun or feel like visiting a modern aqua park with a wide range of services, head to Tipsport Laguna in Beroun. The aqua park includes a competition swimming pool with 6 lanes, recreational swimming pool with attractions, a pool for teaching children to swim and a paddling pool, as well as other attractions such as whirlpool, indoor and outdoor tube slides, saunas, steam, solarium, massages and more. Visitors...
Děčín ZOO
The north Bohemian Děčín ZOO was opened in 1949 in a beautiful environment of a forest park on Pastýřská stěna in the Bohemian Switzerland region. In the area of six hectares you can see approximately 450 kinds of animals, some of which are of the same species (the zoo has more than 150 species). Even though the Děčín ZOO belongs to the smaller zoological gardens, thanks to its location in a forest park it is counted among the most...
Plzeň ZOO and Botanical Garden
The Plzeň Zoological and Botanical Garden is the second oldest ZOO in the Czech Republic and the most visited tourist attraction of the Plzeň region. It is located about a 75-minute drive from Prague and represents an ideal place where to go for a family trip with children. The Plzeň ZOO was at first established in the Doudlevka Quarter near the Radbuza River in 1926. In 1963 it moved to its current location in Lochotín where it merged...
Kladno Aqua Park
The Kladno Aqua Park that is located some 25 kilometers northwest of Prague offers entertainment for all lovers of water and water attractions. Not only children will enjoy the local swimming and massage pools, water slides and inline tube slides. The smallest ones will certainly like the children's corner. The Kladno Aquapark offers reasonable prices and discounted season tickets that can be used also in other sports facilities in...
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