SING TO THE LORD

                                  CZECH TOUR - SUMMER 2005

    

                                                ITINERARY

 

Sat. July 2

Afternoon – Check-In at the hotel Olympic Tristar (www.olympik.cz ),

           Prague 8, U Sluncove St.
           meeting with our guide, rest time
6pm - dinner at the 19. floor hotel  restaurant after velcome party with folklore

           music and dance show

Sun. July 3

10am - after breakfast, meeting with Czech singers, rehearsal at hotel ((for non singers    

            NS -  Free time or church attendance. There are several Catholic and Protestant 

            churches within easy access for non singers- NS - Municipal house visit)
 2pm -  transfer to the City Center, first sight seeing tour of the Old Town
 6pm -  dinner there, after - Bowling tournament at Olympik hotel
 8pm – Prague Opera or National puppet theatre performance Mozart´s

            "Don Giovanni"

Mon. July 4

10am  - rehearsal (for NS - Petrin park and tower visit)
 1pm – Bus round trip through the city and after, 2nd sight seeing tour - Prague Castle  

            (www.hrad.cz)
 6pm - dinner at a restaurant by the Charles bridge
 8pm - Jazz club  or  Prague Laterna Magica theater visit

Tue. July 5

10am - rehearsal transfer by coach to Northern Bohemia,  Lunch at the Pilsner Urquell

             brewery restaurant "Na Spilce"
             After brewery (www.prazdroj.cz) and beer museum visit

             Plzen town centre visit    

 7pm -  Arrival Marienbad (www.marianskelazne.cz) , accommodation there - hotel***

Wed. July 6

10am  - rehearsal, (for NS – walking tour)
 1pm –  Marienbad sight seeing tour
 6pm -   Dinner at  the hotel restaurant

 8pm  -  Classical concert visit* 

Thu July 7

After breakfast – rehearsal (for NS spa visit or golf)

1pm - Walking tour for all participants – beauty of the Marienbad

           environs 
4pm – Spa procedures

6pm – Dinner at the Southern Moravian restaurant

8pm – Dancing club visit

 

Fri July 8

After breakfast short rehearsal, bus transfer to Tepla convent (www.klastertepla.cz) - Sight seeing tour there

Church servis attendance there - 1st CHOIR PERFORMANCE
after – Transfer to Karlsbad (www.karlovyvary.cz) , sight seeing tour there, Crystal glas factory (www.moser.cz) visit

6pm -  Dinner there, after return to Marienbad

 

Sat. July 9

Transfer to Germany
Beyrouth stop incl. Sight seeing tour

Transfer to Leipzig (www.leipzig.de)  - Sight seeing tour there
Accommodation there

After  the dinner at the hotel restaurant

Opera visit*

Sun July 10

 After breakfast short rehearsal,

10am - St. Thomaskirche (www.thomaskirche.org )   - Church servis attendance there –

2nd CHOIR  PERFORMANCE
12am – Lunch in the city centre

After free time

 

Mon. July 11

After breakfast transfer to Dresden (www.dresden.de)

Sight seeing tour there
After transfer to Prague

Accommodation and dinner at the Olympik Tristar hotel

 

Tue. July 12

10am - rehearsal (for NS glass shopping gallery or Prague gardens visit),

after - transfer to the center
 1pm - rehearsal in St. Nicholas church
 2pm – concert there (3rd CHOIR PERFORMANCE), after -  lunch in medieval cellar 

            restaurant
 4pm - Old Town hall tower visit (great viewpoint)

 8pm – Mozart´s Estate theatre performance visit – W.A.Mozart "Don Giovanni"*

 

Wed. July 13

10am - transfer to Vysehrad castle

11pm - 5th Sight seeing tour Vysehrad castle and cemetery Slavin (www.praha-vysehrad.cz )           

             (Dvorak and  Smetana tombs – short singing there)
8pm  -"Prague by Night" Vltava river boat trip – rich buffet dinner, music, dance

Thu. July 14

 Morning after breakfast transfer to the airport or Railway Station, departure

or

Southern Bohemia two days trip incl. Ceské Budejovice and Cesky Krumlov Unesco

Heritage town and castle visit*



* These  opportunities involve additional cost. They are optional and not part of the tour. They are included for your information but there is neither compulsory attendance nor requirement that you sped the additional money. They are, however, great value for the money. PD

Disclaimer: This is a preliminary itinerary. However, any changes will be of a minor nature, most likely a re-ordering of activities. There will be no diminution of the activities and benefits specified. PD