With cobblestone streets, small passageways, underground bars, majestic castles, and morning fog, Prague retains a special kind of beauty in the fall and winter that lends itself to dark nights and evening magic. How else did such literary giants such as Franz Kafka and Milan Kundera write such tales of transformation, fear, and love? This off-season, deals to Prague allow you to experience the fall and winter wonderland.
An eight-day "Prague Fall City Break" from Europe ASAP (tel. 415/750 5449, www.europeasap.com) starts at $649 per person, based on double and includes round-trip airfare out of New York, six-nights' accommodations, and daily breakfast. Total cost for a couple comes to $1,952 (including taxes of $450). Departures for this trip are good through October 31, 2005 with an October 20th purchase deadline. The trip allows for your choice of several hotels increasing in price up to around $1,150 per person. Extra days are also available at discounted prices.
For a more off-season Prague experience, Europe ASAP offers a trip with departures good through March 12, 2006, with the period between December 12, 2005, and January 5, 2006 blacked out for the holidays. This eight-day/six-night is base-priced from just $559 per person and includes round-trip airfare from NYC, six nights at a choice of centrally located comfortable hotels all with private bath and shower, daily breakfast, and hotel taxes and service charges. Air security fees and departure taxes are not included. Additional gateways are available at varying prices.
To spend the coming of 2006 (can you believe it?) Go-Today (tel. 800/227-3235; www.go-today.com) has a special New Year's package to Prague that starts at $599 per person for six-night trips departing on December 27 and 28, 2005. Purchase deadline for this trip is October 20, 2005. The all-inclusive trip includes round-trip air out of New York (with other U.S. gateways like Atlanta, Charlotte and Chicago available for an additional $120), six-nights' accommodations at three- or four-star hotels, daily breakfasts, and hotel and service taxes. Full payment for this trip is due one-day after booking. Of course, Go-Today also has other trips to Prague including a three-day air/land inclusive quick visit to the city people call "the crown jewel of Europe" starting at just $449 for a double occupancy room with travel good from January 6 to March 25, 2006. A Saturday night stay is required for this weekend getaway.
If you enjoy planned sightseeing excursions along with your all-inclusive travel packages, General Tours (tel. 800/221-2216; www.generaltours.com) has a six-day/four-night guided tour of Prague starting from $929 for travel beginning in January, 2006. Along with air and hotel accommodations, you get a daily buffet breakfast and a walking tour of Prague's enchanting Old Town. Optional sightseeing trips available at discounted prices include a private tour of the Prague Castle and a tour of the Strahov Library, an important monastery library known for its manuscript collection and architecture. In addition to the Prague trip, you can add on a number of excursions to other Central European cities including two nights in Berlin ($399 including train) and three nights in South Bohemia ($499 including train). City tours and other excursions are included in the price of add-on as are all hotel accommodations.
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