Itinerary Advice

We are a couple in our 30%26#39;s whose hobby is beer!

We are visiting Czech in October and this is our suggested itinerary:

Day 1 Arrive late afternoon Prague Airport - Train to Plzen. Evening/Night in Plzen.

Day 2 Chodova Plana Spa. Evening/Night in Plzen.

Day 3 Plzen to Prague by train. Day %26amp; Eve in Prague

Day 4 %26amp; 5 Prague.

Fly out of Prague evening on Day 5

Any suggestions or additions?

Is 2 days too long in Plzen? We wanted to use this as a base for a trip to Chodava Plana and of course sample the local brews!

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Piglet

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if you are visting chodova plana to go to the beer spa, it is pointless to stay in plzen for the night - you should stay at the hotel u sladka in chodova plana instead. see www.chodovar.cz for more details

prague to plzen is 1.5 hours by train. plzen to chodova plana is 2 hours by very slow train. if you do arrive in the late afternoon it is probably unlikely that you will find a connecting train to chodova plana. so if you rely on trains, you may well want to spend the first night in plzen. then you can visit the plzen brewery early in the next morning before all the coach tours come (but book a tour at plzen brewery, do not just turn up) and go off to chodova plana after lunch at the plzen brewery and stay at chodova plana for the second night. you should be able spend much of the third day at chodova plana (again book the beer spa, you will find it full if you just turn up) to come back to prague from chodova plana on the third day

if you hired a car, you could do everything in a shorter time (it takes 2 hours from the airport to chodova plana, rather than the 5 hours it would take by train), but then one of you would not be able to drink any beer, which would probably defeat the object of your trip.

in essence, you have 1.5 days in prague, which isn%26#39;t really enough, and apart from the beer spa, chodovar is not really good beer (which is why the brewery needed to invent something to use its beer). plzen brewery is a good day trip, but in prague itself, there are many other good microbreweries which you can visit

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Thanks peb7 for your advice. We will look into it.

You are right about the car it would defeat the object!

My husband works for a railway company so we can travel very cheaply and go all over on the train so we are used to long journeys! We had already worked out the connections etc and just make it part of the trip.

Any other must see things?

I saw your post on beer and will check that out too.

Thanks again

Piglet

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see my reply to another post. Marriott have just opened a courtyard marriott hotel in plzen in the city centre. i personally wouldn%26#39;t stay anywhere else in the city

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Hi peb7,

thanks again.

I just looked for the Marriott and apparently it doesn%26#39;t open until September.

It won%26#39;t let me get a quote on line. Any idea how much it is?

Piglet x

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sorry you are right - thought it was open already.

try the irida in the centre of town www.irida.cz

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Thanks peb7,

have checked out the Irida and it looks really nice and reasonably priced as well.

It%26#39;s looks like it%26#39;s just outside the centre. Is it easy to get into the main centre?

Also which tram or metro would we get to the hotel form the train station?

Piglet x

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peb 7,

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my post but I do not think this is an appropriate response from a “local expert”.

People ask questions on this forum of people who live locally or visit frequently in order to obtain the best information prior to their trip. In fact I often answer questions myself and review hotels I have visited for the benefit of other posters.

I visit these forums regularly and although I travel frequently I have never been to Czech Republic before which is why I have asked a few questions.

By asking for metro/tram I was actually referring collectively to any public transport system. Perhaps I should have been more specific and mentioned buses etc as well.

I only asked the question as you recommended the hotel and I assumed you know the area even though you are the “local expert” for Prague.

I do extensive research for my trips and had looked at a map but just wanted a local perspective.

Not only was your post insulting and rude to me I also felt it insulting to other posters who had only recently joined Trip Advisor and were just looking for simple advice.

Piglet

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I apologise if you were insulted. What I am saying is think before you post.

If I had gone on the Birmingham forum and asked can you tell me which metro I catch from Stourbridge railway station to a hotel the other side of Stourbridge town centre, people would have laughed me off, thinking I was mad

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I want to respond to Peb7%26#39;s comments to Piglet.

You%26#39;re really rude %26amp; I hope that Trip Advisor is monitoring the forums. If people ask what you would consider a stupid question, then do not reply. Better not to say anything than to be outright rude.

I believe you should take your own advise %26amp; think before you type. A slip of the tongue is one thing - but typing an answer takes more time. Therefore, there is no excuse for your behavior.