Trend Plzen
Kovarska 13a Plzen, Bohemia, 21200, Czech Republic
Travel Blogs Nearby
The home of Pilsner!
We stopped in Plzen for the main reason that most people probably stop there - the brewery. Plzen is famous in the beer world for being the birthplace of pilsner beer. So, we went for a night/day and visited the brewery which has a pretty cool tour. They show you the bottling plant, which many brewery tours don't do, and afterwards, they took us down ...
L'origine de tout
... sommes promenés un tantinet et il était temps pour nous de repasser par le Pivovarské Muzeum pour y faire une visite. C'est un musée sur les origines de la bière à Pilsen. Fort intéressant pour les brasseurs comme pour les non-brasseuses! Nous avions accès à un audio-guide en français alors, les explications étaient bien comprises.
Suite à notre visite du musée, nous sommes retournés à ...
The Birthplace Of The Pilsner
... Underground which is a 17km network of tunnels under the Old Town that was used over the centuries for cellars, town defence and communication in times of siege. Last on our list for todays day trip was a tour of the Pilsener Urquell Brewery. The tour was really good and took us into the bottling plant where we got to see beer being bottled and canned, labelled and quality checked. It ...
The Austrian Connection
.
It was an easy ride south from Plzen into Austria. We had changed only 100 pounds Sterling into Czech crowns when we crossed into the country thinking that we would get more later in Plzen. As it turned out, 100 quid was enough to get us a good hotel, dinner, the brewery tour and a tank of fuel. We spent the last of our Czech money on coffee and cake just ...
Beer Me!
... br>
Our trip through beer land at an end, we climb into the van to go to the Koneprusy caves. They are living caves with three levels but we can only visit 2 levels. Lots of steps, around 500. My legs are quite irritated that I went through the whole cave. Thought to give my hip some rest today by going on a tour. Opps. Forgot walking in caves is never restful for arthritis.
Fun ...



