You will be picked up by your guide at the hotel and, will reach the city of Olomouc after 50 minutes. Our guide will show you all the important places of the city and learn about its long, rich history.
Olomouc is the old capital of Moravia and, as such, has the largest historic preservation zone outside of Prague. There are twelve churches in the center alone, and St Wenceslas cathedral has been Moravia’s most important for 900 years. The largest pipe organ in central Europe is in St Moritz church and at St Michael’s you can go below ground to see the fresh water spring on which the city was founded. There’s also a chapel with a preserved torture chamber in its dungeons, and the Holy Trinity Column on the main square is so large that there’s a chapel inside it, too.
Other highlights include the renaissance town hall that dominates the center of the main square, the astronomical clock, which is one of only two in the entire country, and the series of fountains dotted around the old town. Apart from the outstanding individual buildings the cobbled lanes, squares and courtyards of Olomouc are wonderful to explore. Lonely Planet goes so far as to call the cityscape of Olomouc “possibly Central Europe’s most underratedâ€.
