Day 1: Vienna Arrival

• Arrival in Vienna, transfer to the hotel
• Lunch
• Guided city tour of St. Stephan's Cathedral (interior), Hofburg Imperial Palace (exterior), and Schoenbrunn Palace (interior) including its enchanting gardens
• Relaxing evening walk and welcome dinner
• Overnight in Vienna

Day 2: Austria – Private arable and pig farm, Private wine farm

• Private arable and pig farm growing maize, wheat, and sugar beet too. The farm owner, an active member of Austrian AG chamber, will give a general presentation on Austrian Agriculture
• Our second technical visit is a private wine farm N of Vienna. We will see the vineyards and a wine processing hall, and finish in the winegrower's house to enjoy a great variety of Austrian dishes
• Transfer to Slovakian capital Bratislava
• Overnight in Bratislava

Day 3: Slovakia – Arable farm + beef breeding, Trnava, Bratislava

• Modern arable and beef farm (1300 ha) growing wheat, barley, maize, sugar beet, beef breeding (Fleckvieh)
• Brief city tour of Trnava, an impor ant Slovak historical town
• Bratislava – guided city tour: castle and historical center
• Dinner in Bratislava´s downtown restaurant
• Overnight Bratislava

Day 4: Slovakia – Biofarm Charolais, Czech Republic - eco village

• Biofarm Charolais – size 300 ha, ecological breeding of Charolais
• Transfer to Czech republic
• Eco-friendly village, favorite place of prince Charles, unique little village with a public reed bed sewage purification plant, solar power and central biomas rating, an apple juice factory for the local producers, passive house conference
• Transfer to Brno
• Overnight in Brno

Day 5: Czech – dairy farming, Kromeriz (UNESCO), Straznice open air museum

• Modern dairy and arable farm of British investors in Moravia 22000 ha, arable farming – wheat, barley, sugar beet, maize; dairy cows - production 10.000 l
• Kromeriz (UNESCO), dominated by gorgeous Archiepiscopal chateau and gardens
• Open Air Museum of Moravian Village in Straznice - an excellent opportunity to learn about the peasant life from the early 18th till the beginning of the 20th century
• Dinner in wine cellar. Wine testing, moralism folklore music.
• Transfer to Brno
• Overnight in Brno

Day 6: South Bohemia : corporate farm, private goat and sheep BIO farm, Telc

• Transfer to Southern Bohemia
• On the way visit of modern Corporate farm: 5400 ha, arable, dairy, beef, GPS equipped machinery, new energy Biogas
• Private goat and sheep BIO farm - about 650 goats and 50 sheep, with their own dairy plant, producing top quality bio products. Chance to taste excellent home made bio cheese and yoghurts

• UNESCO listed town of Telc – city tour of the monumental Renaissance chateau with an English-style park and the Town square, an elongated square with well-conserved Renaissance and Baroque houses with high gables and arcades
• Dinner and relaxing evening walk through historical center of Ceske Budejovice.
• Overnight in Ceske Budejovice

Day 7: Private dairy farm, Budweisser Brewery, Cesky Krumlov

• Private dairy farm, using milking robots for their 130 dairy cows (Holstein),
farm built in 2008 on the territory of former cooperative
• Famous Budweisser brewery visit - beer tasting
• Visit of picturesque town of Cesky Krumlov (UNESCO), famous for its Old town with 300 medieval buildings and castle complex second largest in Czech
• Overnight in Ceske Budejovice

Day 8: Prague

• Morning transfer to Prague,
• Guided city tour of the Old Town with Astronomical Clocks and famous 14th century Charles bridge
• Free afternoon for shopping or individual sightseeing
• Farewell dinner
• Overnight in Prague

Day 8: Departure (Prague airport)

• Transfer to the airport for your departure flight