Hussite movement is explained not only from the Czech point of view, but also placed in the European context. During this trip we will visit places that are connected with Jan Hus himself as well as with the main protagonists of the Hussite movement (e.g. Jan Žižka, the famous leader of the protestant army) . Two lectures given by experts on the history of Hussite movement are also included in the tour. The last evening we make our guests experience the atmosphere of the late Middle Ages during a medieval feast that will take place in the privately owned fortress of Malešov, near the historical town of Kutná Hora.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival to Prague and transfer to Tábor (a medieval town that Hussits founded, hoping to create a new world according to their principles). Check-in at a hotel and sightseeing in the afternoon.
Day 2: A trip to Prague. A lecture on the Hussite era at the Charles University in the morning, then lunch. In the afternoon we will see Prague’s most important Hussite historical monuments as well as the exhibition of medieval art in the Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia. We go back to Tábor in the evening.
Day 3: This day starts with a lecture on the Hussite military in the Museum of Tábor. Then we have lunch and go to see the town of Čáslav – one of the centers of Hussite movement in Central Bohemia. Our next stop is the medieval town of Kutná Hora (the second most important Czech town in Middle Ages, the place where silver used to be mined). We check-in at the hotel there and spend the evening in the fortress of Malešov, situated near the place where the bloodiest battle of the protestant war took place.
Day 4: Sightseeing in Kutná Hora including silver mines, Church of St. Barbara
Transfer to Prague Airport, departure.
