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11. Florence

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Florence – or Firenze in Italian – has all the art treasures and historical architecture you expect from this major tourist city. But it lacks a bit of atmosphere. The second major target of this trip, after Venice, is Florence – or Firenze, in Italian. Another of those Italian cities with an overdose of historical [...]
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08. another day outside Padua

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Along the Brenta Canal, outside Padua, there are several fabulous villas, built in the 16th to 18th Century. We only had time to visit one, the extravagant Villa Pisani. Having admired some of the extravagant villas in Vicenza, we have to attend to some unfinished business outside Padua, as well. On our way in, driving [...]
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05. Padua

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Padua as a city is actually a bit disappointing, but there are still plenty of reasons to visit, not in the least the richly decorated baptism chapels. I suppose every city you visit immediately after Venice is going to be a disappointment. Padua is nice, has a lovely historical centre, with lots of lovely squares, [...]
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15. Hradec Kralove

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Hradec Kralove is part an old medieval town, but much more is it a fascinating architectural Rondo-Cubism experiment of the early 20th Century. The first impression of Hradec Kralove is, once again, a Czech town with an old main square, pastel-coloured houses, a fountain, a townhall and a few Baroque and Gothic churches. Except that [...]
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13. Olomouc and Brno

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With pleasant but abandoned student town Olomouc as base, we go to Brno, the second largest city in Czech Republic, and a nice alternative to the many medieval towns we have seen so far. We have moved to Olomouc, an attractive student town and our next base in Moravia. Of course, in July there are [...]
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09. South Bohemia: Trebon and Pelrhimov

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A travel day, ever further east, brings us to the rural village of Holasovice and to Trebon, with its carp lakes, before ending up in Pelrhimov. A bit heavy on architecture, I am afraid. We decide to leave Prachatice early. It is a nice enough little town, and served us well as a base for [...]
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08. Cesky Krumlov

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Cesky Krumlov is indeed one of the nicest medieval towns in the country, but can, at least in July, only be viewed together with lots of other tourists. Billed as the most charming Medieval town of the Czech Republic, Cesky Krumlov is also – outside Prague, perhaps – the most touristic town in the country. [...]
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06. the Czech Cubism movement

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One of the surprises of this trip is the discovery of the Czech Cubism movement, which is spectacularly on view not only in various Prague museums, but also in some of the architecture. I had never heard about Cubism in the Czech Republic. And what do I know about Cubism, anyhow, other than that a [...]
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Nove Mesto

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Nove Mesto is the new town (as opposed to Stare Mesto, the old town), never mind it was established first in 1348. It runs from Republic Square south, via Vaclav Square – the most central place in Prague, perhaps – and further along the Vltava river, which is an especially attractive area when it comes [...]
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Stare Mesto

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Just because it is such a nice neighbourhood, I decided to post a few more photos of the old town of Prague, the Stare Mesto, and its main square, Staromestske Square, which I earlier called ‘easily the most attractive square in Prague’. The Stare Mesto stretches from the Karlov bridge east, to Republic Square. Further [...]
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