SING TO THE LORD - CZECH TOUR - SUMMER 2010
Afternoon – Check-in at the ****Congress Hotel Iris, Prague 10
(www.hoteliris.cz
)
Meeting with our guide and rest time
6:00 pm - dinner at the
hotel restaurant followed by welcome party with music
Sat.
July 3 Prague
10:00
am - after breakfast, meeting with Czech singers, rehearsal
at hotel.
Guided
tour of Old Prague for
Non-Singing tour members (NS)
1:00 pm - lunch at hotel
restaurant
2:00
pm - transfer to the city center, first sight
seeing tour of the Old
Town
Afternoon possible swimming centre visit next to hotel*
8:00
pm – Opera or National Theatre performance*
Or
famous Krizik fountain water and music show visit*
Sun. July 4 Prague
8:30 am - Optional interdenomenational worship service
9:00 am - rehearsal (for NS -
Petrin park and
tower visit)
1:00 pm – Bus round trip through the city and
2nd sight seeing tour - Prague Castle
6:00 pm - dinner at a
restaurant by the Charles bridge
8:00 pm - Jazz club* or Prague famous Laterna Magica* theater
visit
Mon. July
5 Plzen - Marienbad
9:00 am
- rehearsal (ns – swimming area or shopping mall visit)
12:00 -
transfer by coach to Northern Bohemia,
1:30 -
lunch at the Pilsner Urquell brewery restaurant "Na Spilce"
After brewery and beer museum visit* and Plzen town centre
visit
7:00 pm - Arrival world famous spa city Marianske Marienbad
(www.marianskelazne.cz)
, accommodation there (***hotel Convent Tepla,
www.hotelklastertepla.cz
)
Tue. July 6 Marienbad - Karlsbad
9:00 am
- rehearsal, (for NS – walking tour – Convent park)
12:00 am - lunch there
1:00 pm
– transfer to Karlovy Vary Karlsbad (www.karlovyvary.cz)
, sight seeing tour there, Crystal glasS factory visit
7:00 pm -
Classical concert visit, St. Mary´s Church*
9:00 pm - return to hotel
Wed. July 7 Marienbad
9:00
rehearsal (for NS horse riding* or golf*)
12:00 am
– lunch at the hotel restaurant
1:00 pm
- Marienbad sight seeing tour (Colonnade, springs building, churches,
park )
7:00 pm
– transfer to hotel and than to Loket Castle (for interestings
only!)
9:00 pm
– A. Dvorak –Rusalka
(Spectacular
Open Air performance Opera visit -200 performing musiciants and
singers from Prague Opera!
http://www.loketfestival.info/cz_html/fotogalerie/rusalka2004/rusalka_2.jpg
)there*
After
transfer by bus to hotel
Thu. July 8 Marienbad
REHEARSAL
(NS - Massage* or bike tour*)
and
after Walking tour for all participants – beauty of the Marienbad
environs
5:00 pm – Tepla convent- Sight
seeing tour there
- 1st
CHOIR PERFORMANCE - before, during and after Worship service
Lunch
at the hotel restaurant
6:00
pm - dinner
at the hotel restaurant
Fri. July 9 Munich
Short
rehearsal,
9:00
am Transfer to Germany
Lunch
break
Munich
(UNESCO heritage city,
www.munich.de)
stops incl. Sight seeing
tour (New town Hall,
Frauenkirche, National Theatre, Maximilianeum, Residenzeschloss,
Olympia Park, etc.)
Short
sound rehearsal
5:00
pm 2nd CHOIR PERFORMANCE – Kirche
Munich
Accommodation
at hotel Kurpfalz*** (http://www.kurpfalz-hotel.de/)
there
8:00 pm
Classical organ concert* or Munich Opera performance*
Sat. July 10 Munich - Regensburg
8:00
rehearsaL
(for NS Munich parks walk visit)
After
transfer to Regensburg (UNESCO
heritage city - www.regensburg.de
)
12:00
noon – lunch
Sight
seeing tour there
Transfer
to Passau hotel (***hotel
Euro)
Accommodation
there
8:00
pm. Passau Cathedral – Classical
Music Concert *
Sun. July 11 Passau
10:00
am Passau Cathedral -3rd
CHOIR PERFORMANCE – Service singing
After,
Sight seeing tour of Passau Old town (www.passau.de)
Transfer to Prague (longest transfer - 4 hours)
Dinner
at the hotel Iris restaurant
8:00
pm Concert visit* - Chopin piano works
9:00
REHEARSAL (NS Vysehrad castle visit)
Lunch at
the Zlata Lyra Old Town restaurant
Free time
for shopping
Prague
Opera performance – Estate theatre visit (Don Giovanni) * or
"Legend of Golem"
famous
Music and dance show performance at the historical Hybernia
convent/theatre hall*
Tue. July 13 Prague
9:00 am–
full rehearsal (for NS Prague towers tour)
12:00am -
transfer to the down town
1:00 pm -
rehearsal in St. Nicholas church
2:00 pm – concert there (4th
CHOIR PERFORMANCE),
Free
time, shopping
6:00
pm - Salvator church – Choir
concert visit
8:00
pm -"Prague by Night"
Vltava river boat trip –
rich buffet dinner, music
Wed. July 14
After
breakfast transfer to the airport or Railway Station for those
leaving the tour.
Or,
extended optional tour of Poland and Moravia. The four days trip
includes visits to Wroclaw, Osvetim, Krakow (UNESCO Heritage town and
castle) Bieliczka and Olomouc (Unesco heritage). *
*
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. Subsequent changes may be made in
furtherance of the musical objectives of the tour.
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