Kolín Water World

In the historical centre of Kolín a section of the Jewish ghetto with a synagogue is preserved. It is the dominant of former Židovská (Jewish) street. Building of the synagogue was completed in 1696 so its interior bears signs of early Baroque. It’s most valuable part is a Baroque box for Torah scrolls from ...

The church in Kolín is a Gothic jewel as its construction in the 14th century was planned by famous Petr Parléř, who at the time was in charge of building St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. A belfry was added to the church at the beginning of the 16th century and the look of the church was further influenced ...

A restored part of tracks of the oldest beet railway in Polabí region offers a pleasant trip by a train pulled by a steam or a diesel engine on narrow gauge track. The train runs at weekends from May to October, at Easter, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

In the 13th century the abbot of Sedlec monastery brought some soil from Calvary and after the soil was scattered over Sedlec, ther local cemetery gained a reputation for being holy ground. In the following two centuries victims of plaque and the Hussite wars were buried here. The cemetery was closed ...

Vlašský dvůr is a witness of the good old times that Kutná Hora experienced in medieval times. The royal mint used to be here where in 1300 they started to mint the Prague “groš”. This important place attracted important events: the election of Vladislav II Jagellonský as Czech king and the issue of Decree ...

GASK or the Gallery of the Central Bohemia Region (Galerie Středočeského kraje ) has been another potent reason for visiting Kutná Hora since 2010. The second biggest gallery of Bohemia is based in the building of this former Jesuit College, which was built in the 17th century by G. D. Orsi. The road in front ...