Sightseeing Tours
Special tours have been arranged exclusively for the Delegates and Accompanying persons. Tours will leave from the Malostransky Palace. Booking in advance is recommended, on-site availability cannot be guaranteed.
A minimum number of participants is 15. The deadline for application is May 1, 2012. Congress Secretariat reserves the right to cancel the tour for which a minimum number of participants have not registered. In this case another tour will be offered or a refund will be paid after the congress.
Prague Castle (3, 5 hours)
The tour is included in the registration fee.
Price for non-registered persons:
45 EUR / per person
Price includes: English speaking guide, two transfers, entrance fee to one Prague castle circle (Old Royal Palace, St. Georges Cathedral, St. Vitus Cathedral, Rozmberg Palace)
Produced: Friday, May 25, 2012,
14:00-17:30
Meeting point: Malostransky palace
Tour end: Malostransky palace
You will take part of one sightseeing circle in the Prague castle including Old Royal Palace, St. Georges Cathedral, St. Vitus Cathedral and Rozmberg Palace. You will walk through the Prague castle area and you will hear lot of interesting things about the history, architecture and the present life here.
Informative tour of the Old Town (3,5 hours)
The tour is included in the registration 
fee.
Price for non-registered persons:
35 EUR / per person
Price includes: English speaking guide, two transfers
Produced: Friday, May 25, 2012,
14:00 – 17:30
Meeting point: Malostransky palace
Tour end: Malostransky palace
This walk takes you to the historical centre of Prague - the Old Town, which was inhabited more than 1,000 years ago. We will begin with the Powder Tower - the work of the Gothic style, which was once part of the Royal court.The Street Celetna takes us to the Old Town Square where you can admire the Old Town Hall with its famous Astronomical clock from the 15th century, the beautiful churches, palaces and houses. From this beautiful place we will move to the Jewish Quarter, home of the Jewish historic ghetto of Prague. We will continue to the impressive Old Jewish Cemetery, founded in the mid-15th century, and the Old-New Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in Europe, built in Gothic style, which serves as a place of prayer to these days.
Baroque of Prague (3,5 hours)
The tour is included in the registration fee.
Price for non-registered persons:
46 EUR / per person
Price includes: English speaking guide, two transfers, entrance fees to Loreta, Strahov Monastery and St. Nicholas church
Produced: Friday, May 25, 2012,
14:00 - 17:30
Meeting point: Malostransky palace
Tour end: Malostransky palace
The Prague architecture has not only traces of the Gothic period, but there is a strong influence of Baroque as well, which has been making the look of Prague until these days. You can find the baroque monuments nearly at every corner. This tour includes the Strahov Monastery, which was founded in 1140, but the Baroque look has got since the reconstruction in the 17 century. You will see the beautiful interiors, the Theological and the Philosophical Hall. This tour includes the Loreta. This building was built around St Clair and represents one of the clearest examples of the Prague Baroque. At the end you will visit the St Nicholas Church, designed by two of the most important architects of the Prague Baroque - Dientzenhofer Kryštof and his son, Kylian Ignatius.
Gallery Sova mills, Kampa and the Infant of Jesus of Prague (4 hours)
The tour has been cancelled due to lack of interest
Price: EUR 28 / per person
Price includes: English speaking guide, admission free
Produced: Thursday, May 24, 2012,
14:00 - 18:00
Meeting point: Malostransky palace
Tour end: Malostransky palace
At first this half-day tour will take you to the one of the most beautiful places in the Old Town - the Kampa Island. Kampa is very popular as a resting place for tourists and residents of Prague who spend their free time there surrounded by trees and visit many restaurants. They enjoy the special atmosphere of this unique place. For that reason, you can find an addition of the impressive architecture here – pure city houses. Many of them offer their facilities as museums and galleries. We will invite you into one of them. The Gallery of the Private Foundation by Jan and Meda Mladek located in Sova's Mills renovated in 2002. They offer a collection of Central European art works represented with Czech, Slovak and other European artists – for example Frantisek Kupka with his 215 studies, sketches and paintings - and sculptures from the collection of Otto Gutfreund. The tour continues to the Church of Our Lady Victorious in Prague, Karmelitská Street in the Lesser Town of Prague with its world-famous Infant Jesus of Prague.
Prague Art Nouveau (3 hours)
The tour has been cancelled due to lack of interest
Price: EUR 50 / per person
Price includes: English speaking guide, entrance fees to the Museum of Alfons Mucha and the Municipal House, two transfers
Produced: Friday, May 25, 2012,
9:00 - 12:00
Meeting point: Malostransky palace
Tour end: Malostransky palace
This tour invites you to explore the works of the great Czech artist – Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939). The exhibition is located in the Kounicova palace in the heart of the city. Municipal House - the most prominent Art Nouveau building of Prague located on the site of the old Royal Court, the Royal seat between 1383 and 1485th. The interior of the building is decorated with works by leading Czech artists of the first decades of the 20th century, including Alfons Mucha. There are many small halls, cafes and restaurants where visitors can relax and enjoy those beautiful Art Nouveau decorations.
TRIPS OUTSIDE OF PRAGUE
Konopiste castle (4 hours)
The tour has been cancelled due to lack of interest
Price: EUR 42 / per person
Price includes: English speaking guide, Transportation, entrance fee to one of the castle circle
Produced: Saturday, May 26, 2012,
14:00 - 18:00
Meeting point: Malostransky palace
Tour end: Malostransky palace
This half-day tour takes you south of Prague about 40 km (27 miles) away to the romantic castle Konopiste. The Castle was built in the 13th century in the French style of a fort. The last private owner, Archduke Franz Ferdinand d'Este, successor to the Austrian throne, was killed in Sarajevo in 1914. The castle is situated in a beautiful park and offers an extensive collection of historical weapons, furniture, late Gothic sculptures, paintings, rare tapestries and a lot of hunting trophies.
Krivoklat and Nizbor Glassworks - Rückl Crystal (8 hours)
The tour has been cancelled due to lack of interest
Price: EUR 77 / per person
Price includes: Lunch, English speaking guide, Transportation, entrance fee to one of Krivoklat cirle and to the glassworks
Produced: Sunday, May 27, 2012,
9:00 – 17:00
Meeting point: Malostransky palace
Tour end: Malostransky palace
This day trip takes you into the castle from the 12th century - Křivoklát, hidden in the pine forests in the valley of the river Berounka. The castle used to secure the seat of the Czech Kings, including Wenceslas IV and Vladislav Jagelonsky. Round tower and dungeon served as a prison and today you can look at a cruel instrument used for torture. You will see the castle chapel, a library with 55 000 volumes and art work. After that you will visit the Glass factory Nizbor, with its production of the internationally known glass. The owner George Rückl continues the family tradition of producing and selling high quality of utility and decorative glass, flasks for perfume, decanters and other beautiful products from crystal and glass. You will have the possibility to buy some products in the factory shop.
Cancellation, Changes and Refunds
| Cancellations received by May 5, 2012 | no cancellation fee |
| Cancellations received after May 5, 2012 | 100% cancellation fee |
Please inform the conference secretariat about any amendments or cancellations in writing by e-mail.