Six reasons to visit Český Krumlov
An American living in Czechia, Czeching with Katrina.
Number one, it's a UNESCO city filled
with beauty and history and cobblestone
roads and mystery all around.
You can tour the enchanting castle, historical
churches, monastery, a synagogue, or simply just
walk around the castle gardens.
It really doesn't matter where you're at in
this Renaissance picture UNESCO site, you're always going
to find gorgeous and stunning views.
Number two, the rotating theater.
Now, if you're like me and you love all
things theater, all things drama, you're going to love
coming to the theater here in Český Krumlov.
You go up into the castle and
it's in the garden of the castle.
The stadium where you sit is actually rotating, and
the stage is the garden of the castle.
So every time there's a new scene, you rotate
and spin around to the next stage, which is
a different part of the garden of the castle.
Quite a unique experience.
And you can check out so many plays there.
I went there a couple of times. Three.
I think I've seen Beauty and the Beast.
I've seen a couple of Czech plays. You can rent,
You just put a deposit down for like $20 deposit,
and you get this tablet and you tell them what
language you need and they load it onto the tablet.
So then what they're saying in Czech, you can read
it in your language for me, obviously English, and that
way you know what's going on during the play.
Quite enjoyable.
I recommend you go there.
Reason number three, rafting down the river.
It's so much fun.
My husband and I did it with
our grandchildren a couple of times.
You rent a raft and you go down the
beautiful river and see the beauty of this country.
And then as you curve around, as the river curves,
you come into the UNESCO portion of the old city
of Český Krumlov, and you raft right by the castle.
It's absolutely gorgeous.
You should definitely try it. Number four.
The Baroque Theater.
Inside the castle, there's a uniquely preserved
historical Baroque theater that's absolutely stunning.
It is one of only two theaters in
the world reserved with its original technology.
My husband and I attended an opera there
once, and it was a lifetime, rememberable, experience.
I truely know I'm blessed.
in this beautiful Castle.
We are going to an opera
The theatre is just over there.
This is still just outside the theatre.
A beautiful city.
This is part of the castle.
And right inside there is the theatre.
Number 5, the restaurants!
Český Krumlov filled with
a bunch of unique and fun restaurants.
So there's like dungeon restaurants.
There's one inside the castle gardens, and you go
into this dungeon looking place and it's very dark
with just candles, very romantic and authentic.
It just brings you back into the 13th century.
And then there's another one where you go actually
down into some steps and down
into a dungeon and eat down there.
They roast the food over an open fire just
like they would have back in the 13th century.
So you have those type of restaurant experiences.
Then you have other beautiful experiences where you just
sit on the river and you're sitting outside and
you're overlooking the river and you've got the beautiful
view of the castle as you're eating your dinner.
HI everyone, we are here in Český Krumlov
and we are sitting in this nice restaurant and eating
some guláš and bread.
bread and guláš, which is meat, as you can see, beef.
And drinking dark beer
and we have a gorgeous view.
People are rafting down the river, as you can see.
A gorgeous castle.
Beautiful weather, it's a beautiful day.
The restaurants are definitely an excellent reason
to come to Český Krumlov
and when you're here, make sure you eat out.
Number six is the shopping.
There is so much fun shopping in Český Krumlov.
From antiques to replicas of antiques to simply beautiful
trinkets and jewelry cases and jewelry and tons of
traditional souvenirs that you can take back with you.
And although it is a UNESCO city and it's
very high in tourism, so you might find things
cheaper outside of a high tourist area.
But the thing is, you might
not find these types of things.
They often only are for sale here
in high tourist places like Český Krumlov
and they're absolutely gorgeous.
So when you come to Český Krumlov, make sure you
bring some extra money to do some extra shopping.
And a bonus activity I recently enjoyed in Český Krumlov
was minting a coin at a blacksmith shop.
I'm pretty sure most of his customers are children, but as
you can see, it's fun for people of all ages.
The coin is this...
This is the symbol of the family
that owned the castle.
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