Plzen - the Home of Pilsener Beer: Devotees of pilsener beer will want to work the town of Plzen into their Czech travel itinerary. Plzen is the home of pilsner beer and, as we know it today, Pilsener Urquell. The Plzen beer and brewery facilities can easily take up the better part of a day, and include beer tasting, tours, and beer history.
Plzen Brewery Museum - Pilsener Beer Museum Tour: Once the Burghers Brewery, now the Prazdroj Brewery, the Plzen Brewery Museum in located in a 15th century malthouse. Visitors can trace beer's history from Mesopotamia and discover how beer was produced, stored, and transported in Plzen specifically.
Na Parkene Beer Pub in the Plzen Brewery Museum: Na Parkene Beer Pub may best be visited at the end of the Plzen Brewery Museum tour. This old-style Czech pub allows visitors to sample the unfiltered beer that was the mainstay of beer drinkers over a century ago.
Pilsner Urquell Brewery Tour: Visitors to Plzen may also want to tour the Pilsner Urquell Brewery. Visitors will be invited to watch a short film on beer making, tour the brew house, the "hall of fame," beer cellars, and coopers' workshop. Beer tasting follows the tour. Also on the premises is a souvenir shop and a restaurant serving typical Czech cuisine.
Visit Plzen, the Pilsner Urquell Brewery, and Brewery Museum from Prague: It's possible to make Plzen a part of your Prague travel itinerary as a day trip from the Czech Republic's capital city.
Hours of Operation and Contact Information can be gotten via the brewery's website: www.prazdroj.cz
