Visit the Vineyards of Znojmo

Czech Republic is certainly known for beer. What you might not know is that the Moravian region also provides some of the best vineyards in Europe — doing wine tours is one of the top things to do in Czech Republic.

Taking a guided tour with locals can be a great way to experience Czech Republic’s wine areas — with their local knowledge they’ll know where to find the extra special wines and can tailor tours to suit your particular pallet.

Near Znojmo there’s the huge wine cellars of the Louka Monastery, and also Šobes Vineyard, which often ranks with Europe’s best. Need a break from wine? Znojmo also offers a great underground, castles and rotunda!

Learn to Cook Czech Dishes

Czech cuisine developed over hundreds of years and as such it’s heavily influenced by its neighbors — Germany, Hungry and Austria — and based around locally grown and sourced ingredients. While traditional meat and rich sauce dishes are common, there’s also a great range of “side” dishes to sample like dumplings and potato pancakes (bramboráky) — you’ll even find the latter in many takeaways!

So one of the great things to do in Czech Republic which will give you a real taste of local dishes is to take a cooking course run by locals. You can get “hands-on” and learn the special techniques to make Czech favorites (bramboráky for example, isn’t as easy the end result suggests).

Learn, enjoy amazing food — what could be better?

Take a Hiking Tour

There’s some stunning scenery on offer in the Czech Republic — perhaps none as majestic as the bohemian paradise of Cesky Raj. A day-away trip from Prague you’ll discover deep valleys, forests and meandering rivers. One of the best ways to explore nature in this country is to do so with a local guide who can (literally) get you off the beaten tourist track and show you some spots only known to the locals.

A great example is near another small village: Zelizy. There your local guide can lead you to the Devil Heads — two monstrous faces carved from stone by artist Vaclav Levy in the mid-1800s. They stand about 30 foot tall and have been a local secret for generations.

Walk Around The Historic Center of Český Krumlov

There are towns you can simply walk through and be amazed by. Český Krumlov is one of these. Located along the banks of the Vltava River, the town sprung up beneath a massive 13th-century castle. If you want to see and learn a little of the history: just walk it — with a local tour guide who knows the town — for one of the easiest (and most rewarding) things to do in Czech Republic.

At every turn this beautiful historic town will astound you! Snake around the narrow cobblestone streets and soak up the art. The city is famous for its many buildings painted with centuries-old frescoes. When you’re done your local guide will have suggestions for the best place to sample a well-earned Czech beer!

Take a Communism Private Tour in Prague

From 1948 to 1989 the former Czechoslovakia was ruled by a totalitarian communist regime. You can see its effects on the country — and not just in the stark Stalinist architecture that you’ll see throughout Eastern Europe — it also effected the nature of the society. Former dissident writer and Czech Republic’s first president Václav Havel went so far, to say that its influence will take two generations to pass.

Communism created at least one of the most dramatic (and tragic) events of the Cold War, when the Prague Spring uprising was crushed by Warsaw Pact tanks in 1968. Take a private tour and see how history unfolded in the country’s capital.

Visit Brno’s Fortress

For over 700 years Špilberk Castle has dominated the skyline of Brno. It has a foreboding air — and for a period was also a heavily guarded prison/dungeon of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Špilberk again became a place of repression in the 20th century with the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. Many thousand Czech citizens were imprisoned in Špilberk before being transferred to German concentration camps.

The light and dark past of these castles can be best explored with a local tour guide, acquainted with all their secrets — and the Czech Republic has a lot of them! You can book a private Prague Castle Tour with a local guide and experience the history that fills the castle walls.

Take a Day trip to Kutna Hora

All across the Czech Republic you’ll find centuries-old human relics — often displayed in fairly bizarre ways. Most strange of all is to be found in a suburb of Kutna Hora called Sedlec — the “Bone Church.” The church is literally decorated with skeletons dating from the 14th to 16th centuries, and is today Kutna Hora's main tourist attraction.

Kutna Hora was established over 700 years ago in Central Bohemia, and has had a massive impact on Prague, The Czech lands, and the Roman Empire. Take a private day trip from Prague run by locals and explore all the secret places only a local will know about.

Visit the Lidice Children War Memorial

Czech history stretches back centuries, so there’s a lot to take in. Lidice, a small village just northwest of Prague was flattened to the ground, its inhabitants murdered or deported as a revenge for the assassination of a high ranking Nazi officer. Today it’s the site of “The Memorial to the Children Victims of the War” — a sobering reminder of the not too distant past.

You’ll find many war monuments, especially around Prague, as well as those dedicated to later periods such as “The Memorial to the Victims of Communism” located at the base of Petřín hill.

Take a historical tour of Prague with a local guide who can fill you in on the history and significance of such memorials.

Take a Czech Beer Tour

There was an adage in the former communist Czechoslovakia, that it was impossible to find bad beer. This was largely due to Czech breweries remaining almost unchanged in standards and systems since the 1930’s. Well, times change and communism fell, but for most visitors you’ll find there’s still a high standard when it comes to Czech beer. Also - it’s cheap!

Prague’s home to over 100 breweries, and several dozen micro-breweries — offering unique brews which you won’t find in the normal bars and shops. The best way to discover these is to take a Prague beer tour arranged by locals. A local beer tour is one of the things to do in Czech Republic that you’ll always remember! To make it even better, begin with a delicious food tour in Prague to satisfy your appetite.

Take in Czech Republic’s Grand Canyon

Czech Republic’s a land of different landscapes, from the old town glory of Prague to Bohemia’s nature. One of the latter is a breathtaking visit to Velká Amerika (Big America), a former quarry, today a picturesque gorge containing a sunken lake. It’s a stunning natural attraction which deserves its reputation as the Czech answer to American’s Grand Canyon.

If on the other hand it’s another kind of man-made attraction you’re after, then why not take an architecture tour led by a local tour guide around Prague’s old city. Learn about the different periods from the establishment in the 9th century till today and hear the stories only a local will know.