Prague to Budapest- 1st-Lednice, Czechia

How to Get from Prague and Budapest? We could have taken a boat or a train but we opted for a sightseeing car tour & transfer from Prague to Budapest (with just 3 other people from Thailand who are now good friends). ELEVEN and a HALF hours later, the six of us arrived in Budapest after making stops to visit the Lednice Palace and Gardens in Czechia, Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, for a tour and then lunch and Győr, Hungary, where we had a tour of this charming old town. Yes, it's only a 5 hour, 330 mile drive but what was the rush?

The first stop was to get coffee and supplies. Who knew that there were “student” candy bars in Prague, made specifically as “brain food”. Einstein did teach here.

Our next stop was Lednice, Czechia about 3 hours from Prague and 150 miles. The 77 square mile area of Chateaus Lednice and Valtice is one of the prizes of the Czech Republic and since 1992 has been a UNESCO World Heritage site. We learned that The House of Liechtenstein developed this countryside with mansions surrounded by gardens and hunting lodges. The old moated Gothic castle was rebuilt as a Renaissance chateau in the l6th century, and in the 17th century, redone in Baroque. An extensive reconstruction in Neo-Gothic style was undertaken in 1846 - 1858. Although we didn’t get to go in, we did get to explore the grounds and the beauty, despite winter. We heard about how the gardens come to life each spring and plan to go back some day to spend time in this cute little town with such history.Leer más