Hotel York Plzen
Prvomajova 7 Plzen, Bohemia, 322 00, Czech Republic
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The home of Pilsner!
... very large) basement maze and served us "fresh", unfiltered beer straight from the giant wooden casks. Pretty cool. Other than that, we just "czeched" out the town square that was having some sort of fair, and ate some delicious sausages and had more of the local beverage, before catching a night bus out of town and into Munich.
- Nick
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L'origine de tout
... Ils ouvraient seulement à 10h alors, nous nous sommes rendus à la place centrale de la ville. Là, se trouve une jolie cathédrale. Il était possible de monter dans le clocher alors, nous y sommes allés. Après avoir gravi les 300 quelque marches sans mal (bon, je l'avoue... on pompait un peu!) nous avons pu admirer la vue sur la ville de Plzen. C'est encore une fois bien joli.
Après ceci, ...
Plzen: Hometown of the world's original lager beer
... room for the same price. The room was a fair size with 3 separate beds but it looked downright haunted. On the bright side, at the least the sheets smelled fresh!
I walked into town to do some sightseeing before my 4:15pm brewery tour of Pilsner Urquell. I climbed the 102m Church of St. Bartholomew tower, the highest in Bohemia. The steps were quite steep and I was surprised to ...
Beer Me!
... and sauerkraut. Didn't really care for the dumplings and sauerkraut but the goulash soup was great.
Then on to the brewery. Pilsner Urquell has been purchased by a conglomerate, the South African Brewers or SAB but Pilsner Urquell has also become their flagship as it is such a good beer. It was our misfortune to be there on a day when they were cleaning the lines in the bottling ...
Beer tourism...
... in it's main square.).
The brewery tour was 90 mins long and I'm sure the gentleman conducting the tour was the human muse for the creation of 'The Count' on sesame street, his hair didn't move, sadly there were no mirrors anywhere so I couldn't check for a reflection... He was a brilliant tour leader and was happy to answer any ...



