Button Jewelry and Treasures
of Bohemia
Tour to the Czech Republic
April 18-29, 2017
You are invited to join noted Button Jewelry Designer Frances Casey, on a custom designed small group tour to explore the ‘hidden gems’ of Bohemia. The tour will visit Prague but our focus is to take you places not seen by most travelers. From Art Nouveau Spa towns, castles and chateaux, across the countryside where small villages dot the landscape, you will have some very unique experiences. Along our way we discover historical, cultural and traditional life in The Czech Republic. Our ‘treasure hunt’ will include button and crystal manufacturing, beads, dolls, Garnets, Amber and the best Kolaches you ever tasted! PLUS you will have two Button Jewelry Classes with the top designer of Button Creations and a great instructor. Frances will teach you how to make beautiful button jewelry with her collection of special buttons she is bringing for a bracelet and a necklace class. These two classes and the materials are over $400 value. You enjoy the classes on the tour and come home with great memories and lovely new jewelry you made! Our group is limited to 14 travelers so register soon. Your tour planner and escort is Cynthia Langhof. She has been planning and escorting custom group tours for over 30 years, taking 220 groups just to Europe. She has been to the Czech Republic about 20 times and finds it one of her favorite destinations, come along and you will love it too!
DAILY ITINERARY
Tu-18 USA/inflight to Prague
We-19 Prague
Arrival Prague airport and transfer to your hotel. Welcome to the capitol of Bohemia and city of 1000 spires! Evening Welcome Dinner to meet the group members. (D)
Th-20 Prague
After breakfast we will start our guided walk of Prague’s Old Town to marvel at the varied architecture that encompasses the Old Town. Our personal guide will provide you with first-hand knowledge of the rich history of the buildings, the Týn Church, Astronomical Clock and the famous Charles Bridge. The afternoon is free for you to explore the narrow streets, take pictures and wander at your leisure to view the countless shops filled with crystal, Garnets and Amber. This evening we will enjoy a dinner together. (B,D)
Fr-21 Prague
Enjoy your breakfast and then meet our guide for a tour to the Prague Castle complex on the hill over Prague. Start with the viewing of the Changing of the Guards and the tour will include a visit of the awe-inspiring St. Vitus’s Cathedral, by far the largest and most important cathedral in the country. You will then pass through the Old Royal Palace, the oldest residence of the Czech Kings, and visit the 1,000-year-old Basilica of St. George. Enjoy the picturesque Golden Lane, a winding cobbled street full of charming little houses. Afternoon is free for those that wish to visit other sights options will be offered. Dinner on your own or ‘Dutch Treat’ together. (B)
Sa-22 Prague/Lednice
Depart Prague traveling southeast toward Austria. A stop enroute will be at (castle) Hrad Cesky Sternberk to take a tour of the castle, during which you can visit 15 richly appointed rooms furnished in the style of various historical periods, meet important members of the Sternberk family and catch a glimpse of their way of life. You can also learn about the unique Šternberk collection of copper engravings from the Thirty Years’ War, which is one of the largest monothematic collections of engravings in Europe. The castle was originally built in 1241 and is still owned by the same family, now the 20th generation. After the visit we have lunch then continue to Lednice and our hotel near the magnificent Chateau Lednice. Dinner then our first jewelry making lesson with Frances. (B,D)
Su-23 Lednice
After a leisure breakfast we will embark on a tour of the chateau. Lednice Chateau is the jewel in the crown of the Lednice-Valtice Complex and, at the same time, one of the most beautiful complexes in the English Neo-Gothic style in the whole of Europe. At the end of the 13th century the Liechtensteins, originally from Styria, became holders of all of Lednice and of nearby Mikulov. The chateau as it looks today dates from 1846-1858, when Prince Alois II decided that Vienna was not suitable for entertaining in the summer, and had Lednice rebuilt into a summer palace in the spirit of English Gothic. The hall on the ground floor would serve to entertain the European aristocracy at sumptuous banquets, and was furnished with carved wood ceilings, wooden paneling, and select furniture, surpassing anything of its kind in Europe. You will enjoy the tour, the gardens and the entire landscape. Time for lunch nearby and then late afternoon your 2nd jewelry lesson. Dinner with the group. (B,D)
Mo-24 Lednice
Enjoy breakfast and put on your new jewelry and we are off to visit a doll shop where dolls are made in all the traditional folk clothing representative of the different regions of Moravia. The dolls are beautifully dressed in lace and embroidery. We may be able to watch the seamstresses making the doll clothes. Next we have a lunch stop in a tiny village famous for the annual Folk Festival held every June. Moravia is known for its wine regions and in Straznice there are wine cellars from the 15th Century that are painted with lovely floral patterns. Around eighty decorated wine cellars make up what looks almost like a street with two village greens. Return to Lednice. Time to relax or stroll the chateaux landscape before dinner. (B,D)
Tu-25 Lednice/Jablonec nad Nisou
This morning after breakfast and hotel checkout we travel north to the glass center of Jablonec nad Nisou. We will have a stop enroute for lunch and arrive mid afternoon. After hotel checkin
you are free to start your quest for beads, glassware, porcelain or just window shopping. Dinner with the group. (B,D)
Jablonec Tips: You’ll want to bring cash (you will be reminded in Prague) as many stores do not accept credit cards, bring a tote bag for your purchased goodies and good walking shoes as the streets are a little hilly and made of cobblestone.
We-26 Jablonec town of glass making
Today you can shop til you drop, visit the various bead and glass shops. We will give you some information to make your shopping easier. Dinner with the group. (B,D)
Th-27 Jablonec/Karlovy Vary
After breakfast and hotel checkout we travel to nearby Zelezny Brod for a stop at a glass bead making factory to discover the magic of handmade production of pressed, fire polished and flat polished beads. They offer you the largest selection of cut and FP beads than any other manufacturer in Czech Republic. Then we continue toward the Art Nouveau town of Karlovy Vary. The town was founded around 1350 by Charles IV. The town's visitors have included kings, nobility, poets, writers, scientists, philosophers, musicians and other famous personalities. There are 12 curative springs that line the colonnades and through history they were used to bathe and then to drink the waters for health cures such as digestive, gout, obesity and locomotive organs. The town has survived disasters and decline but to see it now you would not know it had hard times. Time to wander the colonnades, take photos of the beautiful Art Nouveau buildings and sample one of the famous Spa Wafers! (B,D)
Fr-28 Karlovy Vary/Prague
After breakfast and hotel checkout we will visit the famous Moser Glass. Ludwig Moser started the company in the late 1800s and within a short time he gained the reputation as the most prestigious producer of crystal in the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and King Edward VII of England. Enjoy the beautiful craftsmanship and art of glass making. After our tour travel to Prague. A special late afternoon tour to the Obecni Dum (The Municipal House) that has been one of the most significant public buildings in Prague for over a hundred years. This magnificent structure holds the concert halls, exhibition halls and beautifully crafted rooms and restaurants. After the tour this evening we have a Farewell Dinner and share our memories of a ‘Bohemian Discovery’. (B,D)
Sa-29 Prague/USA or OPTION to stay in Prague one more night
Early morning departure for those travelers departing for home today. You will transfer to the Prague airport to board your homeward bound flight.
OPTION: If you just can’t leave Prague yet then those that wish to remain will stay one more night. Additional cost for this extra night, Cynthia will remain to assist in your stay. (B)
Su-30 Prague/USA if you select to stay one more night
Early morning departure for those travelers departing for home today. You will transfer to the Prague airport to board your homeward bound flight.
Tour Price Includes:
• Accommodations in 3 & 4 star hotels based on 2 people sharing a room
• Meals: Breakfast daily; 1 Lunch; 9 Dinners
• Private motorcoach transportation and round trip transfers Prague airport
• Sightseeing as indicated per the itinerary including entrance fees to places visited
• Private licensed guide in Prague
• Two Jewelry classes with quality materials
• Experienced escort throughout the tour
TERMS and CONDITIONS
LAND TOUR PRICE $2690. pp Single room supplement: $525pp
Space is available for only 14 travelers and subject to first come basis, single rooms are limited.
OPTION-Extra night in Prague $160pp Other extended travel can be arranged upon request.
Deposit due to reserve space $400 per person
November 1, 2016: 2nd Payment due $1000 per person
February 1, 2016: Final Payment due
Not included in the tour price:
Airfare, meals not mentioned (8 lunches, 1 dinner), beverages with dinner unless advised; items of a personal nature such as passports, travel insurance, excess luggage, phone calls or any item not mentioned on the itinerary.
Airfare in/out Prague PRG is not included. Rate quotes and schedules will be provided from your home town on request.
LAND CANCELLATION POLICY
$ 75 Per person cancelled anytime up to 120 Days prior to departure
$ 500 Per person cancelled 119-60 Days prior to departure
$1000 Per person cancelled 59-30 Days prior to departure
Less than 30 days no refund
Airfare-any cancellation fees would be additional and noted with your airline purchase.
TRAVEL INSURANCE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Travel Insurance Application will be provided
A passport is required with a minimum of 6 months validity from your Return Date.
A gratuity fund of $65.per person will be collected in cash upon arrival in Prague. This fund will cover all tipping for our private drivers, Czech guides and restaurant staff during the tour.
A complete ‘Travel Tips’ packet will be provided with detailed daily program, hotel lists, packing tips, currency information, weather, websites to explore before the tour and much more! You will be well prepared for your trip.
REQUEST A REGISTRATION FORM
Custom Designed Travel
P.O. Box 752 Carmichael, CA 95609
Tel: 775-338-6347 [email protected]
www.customdesignedtravels.com
Custom Designed Travel/Find Me Traveling is hosted Avion International Travel CST#2016621-40
8992 Preston Road, Ste. 110-PMB 510, Frisco, TX 75034 (since 1986)
of Bohemia
Tour to the Czech Republic
April 18-29, 2017
You are invited to join noted Button Jewelry Designer Frances Casey, on a custom designed small group tour to explore the ‘hidden gems’ of Bohemia. The tour will visit Prague but our focus is to take you places not seen by most travelers. From Art Nouveau Spa towns, castles and chateaux, across the countryside where small villages dot the landscape, you will have some very unique experiences. Along our way we discover historical, cultural and traditional life in The Czech Republic. Our ‘treasure hunt’ will include button and crystal manufacturing, beads, dolls, Garnets, Amber and the best Kolaches you ever tasted! PLUS you will have two Button Jewelry Classes with the top designer of Button Creations and a great instructor. Frances will teach you how to make beautiful button jewelry with her collection of special buttons she is bringing for a bracelet and a necklace class. These two classes and the materials are over $400 value. You enjoy the classes on the tour and come home with great memories and lovely new jewelry you made! Our group is limited to 14 travelers so register soon. Your tour planner and escort is Cynthia Langhof. She has been planning and escorting custom group tours for over 30 years, taking 220 groups just to Europe. She has been to the Czech Republic about 20 times and finds it one of her favorite destinations, come along and you will love it too!
DAILY ITINERARY
Tu-18 USA/inflight to Prague
We-19 Prague
Arrival Prague airport and transfer to your hotel. Welcome to the capitol of Bohemia and city of 1000 spires! Evening Welcome Dinner to meet the group members. (D)
Th-20 Prague
After breakfast we will start our guided walk of Prague’s Old Town to marvel at the varied architecture that encompasses the Old Town. Our personal guide will provide you with first-hand knowledge of the rich history of the buildings, the Týn Church, Astronomical Clock and the famous Charles Bridge. The afternoon is free for you to explore the narrow streets, take pictures and wander at your leisure to view the countless shops filled with crystal, Garnets and Amber. This evening we will enjoy a dinner together. (B,D)
Fr-21 Prague
Enjoy your breakfast and then meet our guide for a tour to the Prague Castle complex on the hill over Prague. Start with the viewing of the Changing of the Guards and the tour will include a visit of the awe-inspiring St. Vitus’s Cathedral, by far the largest and most important cathedral in the country. You will then pass through the Old Royal Palace, the oldest residence of the Czech Kings, and visit the 1,000-year-old Basilica of St. George. Enjoy the picturesque Golden Lane, a winding cobbled street full of charming little houses. Afternoon is free for those that wish to visit other sights options will be offered. Dinner on your own or ‘Dutch Treat’ together. (B)
Sa-22 Prague/Lednice
Depart Prague traveling southeast toward Austria. A stop enroute will be at (castle) Hrad Cesky Sternberk to take a tour of the castle, during which you can visit 15 richly appointed rooms furnished in the style of various historical periods, meet important members of the Sternberk family and catch a glimpse of their way of life. You can also learn about the unique Šternberk collection of copper engravings from the Thirty Years’ War, which is one of the largest monothematic collections of engravings in Europe. The castle was originally built in 1241 and is still owned by the same family, now the 20th generation. After the visit we have lunch then continue to Lednice and our hotel near the magnificent Chateau Lednice. Dinner then our first jewelry making lesson with Frances. (B,D)
Su-23 Lednice
After a leisure breakfast we will embark on a tour of the chateau. Lednice Chateau is the jewel in the crown of the Lednice-Valtice Complex and, at the same time, one of the most beautiful complexes in the English Neo-Gothic style in the whole of Europe. At the end of the 13th century the Liechtensteins, originally from Styria, became holders of all of Lednice and of nearby Mikulov. The chateau as it looks today dates from 1846-1858, when Prince Alois II decided that Vienna was not suitable for entertaining in the summer, and had Lednice rebuilt into a summer palace in the spirit of English Gothic. The hall on the ground floor would serve to entertain the European aristocracy at sumptuous banquets, and was furnished with carved wood ceilings, wooden paneling, and select furniture, surpassing anything of its kind in Europe. You will enjoy the tour, the gardens and the entire landscape. Time for lunch nearby and then late afternoon your 2nd jewelry lesson. Dinner with the group. (B,D)
Mo-24 Lednice
Enjoy breakfast and put on your new jewelry and we are off to visit a doll shop where dolls are made in all the traditional folk clothing representative of the different regions of Moravia. The dolls are beautifully dressed in lace and embroidery. We may be able to watch the seamstresses making the doll clothes. Next we have a lunch stop in a tiny village famous for the annual Folk Festival held every June. Moravia is known for its wine regions and in Straznice there are wine cellars from the 15th Century that are painted with lovely floral patterns. Around eighty decorated wine cellars make up what looks almost like a street with two village greens. Return to Lednice. Time to relax or stroll the chateaux landscape before dinner. (B,D)
Tu-25 Lednice/Jablonec nad Nisou
This morning after breakfast and hotel checkout we travel north to the glass center of Jablonec nad Nisou. We will have a stop enroute for lunch and arrive mid afternoon. After hotel checkin
you are free to start your quest for beads, glassware, porcelain or just window shopping. Dinner with the group. (B,D)
Jablonec Tips: You’ll want to bring cash (you will be reminded in Prague) as many stores do not accept credit cards, bring a tote bag for your purchased goodies and good walking shoes as the streets are a little hilly and made of cobblestone.
We-26 Jablonec town of glass making
Today you can shop til you drop, visit the various bead and glass shops. We will give you some information to make your shopping easier. Dinner with the group. (B,D)
Th-27 Jablonec/Karlovy Vary
After breakfast and hotel checkout we travel to nearby Zelezny Brod for a stop at a glass bead making factory to discover the magic of handmade production of pressed, fire polished and flat polished beads. They offer you the largest selection of cut and FP beads than any other manufacturer in Czech Republic. Then we continue toward the Art Nouveau town of Karlovy Vary. The town was founded around 1350 by Charles IV. The town's visitors have included kings, nobility, poets, writers, scientists, philosophers, musicians and other famous personalities. There are 12 curative springs that line the colonnades and through history they were used to bathe and then to drink the waters for health cures such as digestive, gout, obesity and locomotive organs. The town has survived disasters and decline but to see it now you would not know it had hard times. Time to wander the colonnades, take photos of the beautiful Art Nouveau buildings and sample one of the famous Spa Wafers! (B,D)
Fr-28 Karlovy Vary/Prague
After breakfast and hotel checkout we will visit the famous Moser Glass. Ludwig Moser started the company in the late 1800s and within a short time he gained the reputation as the most prestigious producer of crystal in the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and King Edward VII of England. Enjoy the beautiful craftsmanship and art of glass making. After our tour travel to Prague. A special late afternoon tour to the Obecni Dum (The Municipal House) that has been one of the most significant public buildings in Prague for over a hundred years. This magnificent structure holds the concert halls, exhibition halls and beautifully crafted rooms and restaurants. After the tour this evening we have a Farewell Dinner and share our memories of a ‘Bohemian Discovery’. (B,D)
Sa-29 Prague/USA or OPTION to stay in Prague one more night
Early morning departure for those travelers departing for home today. You will transfer to the Prague airport to board your homeward bound flight.
OPTION: If you just can’t leave Prague yet then those that wish to remain will stay one more night. Additional cost for this extra night, Cynthia will remain to assist in your stay. (B)
Su-30 Prague/USA if you select to stay one more night
Early morning departure for those travelers departing for home today. You will transfer to the Prague airport to board your homeward bound flight.
Tour Price Includes:
• Accommodations in 3 & 4 star hotels based on 2 people sharing a room
• Meals: Breakfast daily; 1 Lunch; 9 Dinners
• Private motorcoach transportation and round trip transfers Prague airport
• Sightseeing as indicated per the itinerary including entrance fees to places visited
• Private licensed guide in Prague
• Two Jewelry classes with quality materials
• Experienced escort throughout the tour
TERMS and CONDITIONS
LAND TOUR PRICE $2690. pp Single room supplement: $525pp
Space is available for only 14 travelers and subject to first come basis, single rooms are limited.
OPTION-Extra night in Prague $160pp Other extended travel can be arranged upon request.
Deposit due to reserve space $400 per person
November 1, 2016: 2nd Payment due $1000 per person
February 1, 2016: Final Payment due
Not included in the tour price:
Airfare, meals not mentioned (8 lunches, 1 dinner), beverages with dinner unless advised; items of a personal nature such as passports, travel insurance, excess luggage, phone calls or any item not mentioned on the itinerary.
Airfare in/out Prague PRG is not included. Rate quotes and schedules will be provided from your home town on request.
LAND CANCELLATION POLICY
$ 75 Per person cancelled anytime up to 120 Days prior to departure
$ 500 Per person cancelled 119-60 Days prior to departure
$1000 Per person cancelled 59-30 Days prior to departure
Less than 30 days no refund
Airfare-any cancellation fees would be additional and noted with your airline purchase.
TRAVEL INSURANCE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Travel Insurance Application will be provided
A passport is required with a minimum of 6 months validity from your Return Date.
A gratuity fund of $65.per person will be collected in cash upon arrival in Prague. This fund will cover all tipping for our private drivers, Czech guides and restaurant staff during the tour.
A complete ‘Travel Tips’ packet will be provided with detailed daily program, hotel lists, packing tips, currency information, weather, websites to explore before the tour and much more! You will be well prepared for your trip.
REQUEST A REGISTRATION FORM
Custom Designed Travel
P.O. Box 752 Carmichael, CA 95609
Tel: 775-338-6347 [email protected]
www.customdesignedtravels.com
Custom Designed Travel/Find Me Traveling is hosted Avion International Travel CST#2016621-40
8992 Preston Road, Ste. 110-PMB 510, Frisco, TX 75034 (since 1986)
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