Czech glassworks and Zoo Dvur Kralove
Czech glassworks
Visiting Czech glassworks and zoo were parts of our trip to Bohemia, Czech Republic. Our first destination before arrival at the camping Dolce Vita was the small ski resort village, Harrachov.
We visited the Novosad & Son factory located there (address: Harrachov 95, 512 46 Harrachov, Czech Republic) – the second oldest glassworks in the Czech Republic, founded in 1712. Since the foundation factory is active and now also offers guided tours for visitors to find out how glass and crystal are produced and processed.
It is possible to see glass furnaces, glass blowing, crystal polishing and other processes. They produce traditional hand-made free-blown, cut and hand-painted glass. After this educational and attractive tour, you can have lunch or dinner as well as taste local beer in Pivovar Novosad restaurant located just beside Glassworks.
The restaurant offers both traditional Czech and international cuisine with a wide selection of beer specialities. Altogether, we spent about four hours in Harrachov and continued our way to camping.
I should mention that the surrounding area near Harrachov is very nice; the road crosses mountains cowered by wood with beautiful landscapes all around.
Visiting Zoo Dvur Kralove and safari
On our third day in the Czech Republic, we decided to spend our day visiting Zoo Dvur Kralove (address: Stefanikova 1029, 54401 Dvur Kralove nad Labem). This is a pretty large zoo (territory 6.5 hectares), with a lot of exotic animals and attractions such as safari, aquarium, tropical swamp, dinosaur world, open-air aviary and many more.
Because of the very well-planned territory, it was convenient to observe animals and birds in this zoo. Ticket prices were as follows: adult – 4 euro, child – 1.6 euro, dog – 2 euro (once again, we were happy that it was allowed to enter the zoo together with our dog).
If you are in this part of the Czech Republic (Hradec Kralove region), I would recommend visiting this zoo, and planning enough time (at least 4 hours) for this visit. It is interesting and entertaining both for children and adults.
Other famous tourist sites in the Czech Republic
This is nearly all about this particular three-day trip, however, there are a lot of other nice places to visit in the Czech Republic – Prague, Kutna Hora, castles and monasteries, famous resorts etc.
A large number of sites located in the Czech Republic (especially, if compared to the territory which is not so large at all) are included in UNESCO World Heritage List, e.g. Historic Centre of Prague, Kutna Hora, Gardens and Castle at Kromeriz and many more (12 sites in total). So, anywhere you go, it is possible to find something interesting. There is a good website for tourists visiting the Czech Republic available.