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The village the SS razed on 10 June 1942 in reprisal for the attack on Heydrich: museum, the field of the vanished village and a rose garden, 25 km from Prague.
What to do
Each plan says how long it takes, who it's for and whether you can book.
Museum · 45 min · 150 CZK with the whole memorial · the life of the village and the night of 10 June 1942
Walk · 45 min · included in the ticket · foundations of the church and school, the men's mass grave
Monument · 20 min · 82 bronze figures of the children of Lidice
Itineraries
Days and weekends already planned out, with how to get between each stop and who to book with.
Plan the trip
Each choice narrows the next: the season shapes how best to travel, and how you travel decides where you stay and where you eat.
When to go
Open every day of the year, from 9:00 to 17:00, except from 23 December to 1 January. The rose garden is in bloom in June and July; every June, around the 10th, there is a commemoration.
How you travel
The ways of travelling that suit Lidice. We are writing a guide to each one: where to stay, how to get around and which services you will need.
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Where to stay
Why we like it: Seven doubles and two singles with shared bathrooms in the attic of the Lidice Gallery, with a living room and small kitchen, at 500 CZK per person per night.
Services for this trip
Where to eat
From set lunch menus to Michelin stars. We mark the price level and what to order at each place.
What to order: something from its bakery with a coffee after the visit.
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Nearby
The closest places, whichever country they are in.
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Tips
It is what gives meaning to the meadow.
It is free and explains each point of the area.
From the museum to the children's monument and the gallery is a good walk.
It is a hard visit; the monument is figures of children their age.
On 27 May 1942, two Czechoslovak paratroopers sent from London mortally wounded Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi chief of the Protectorate, in Prague. The reprisal fell on Lidice, a mining village west of Prague with no connection to the attack: on 10 June the SS shot all the men, took the women to Ravensbrück camp and the children to an extermination camp, where almost all died; then they burned the houses, blew up the church and the school and wiped the village off the map. The news went round the world and the slogan "Lidice will live" ended in a new village, built from 1947 next to the old one, and in a memorial that schoolchildren from all over Europe now visit. It is about 25 km from the centre of Prague, very close to the airport.
By bus, from Nádraží Veleslavín metro station (line A), buses 300 and 322 to the Lidice stop, five minutes' walk from the museum; or from Zličín (line B), the 324. The 322 continues to Lidice, Obecní úřad, in front of the gallery, about 600 m from the museum. The ticket from the metro costs 24 CZK.
By car, about 25 km to the west, in the direction of Kladno. There is a car park next to the memorial.
The memorial offers two routes: one of an hour and a half (museum, memorial area with the rose garden and gallery) and another of three hours, with the temporary exhibitions, a guided visit of the area and a walk round the new village. With the bus from the metro, it is a morning or an afternoon from Prague.
It is open every day of the year from 9:00 to 17:00, except from 23 December to 1 January. In June and July the rose garden is in bloom; around 10 June there is a commemoration and more people.
A single ticket of 150 CZK includes the museum, the gallery, house no. 116, the memorial area and the rose garden; under-15s, students and over-65s, 70 CZK; family with two adults and one child, 350 CZK. A guided visit of the area in English, for the group, 800 CZK; there is a free audio guide for your phone.
Questions
By metro to Nádraží Veleslavín and bus 300 or 322, or to Zličín and bus 324, to the Lidice stop.
150 CZK with everything included; 70 CZK reduced.
Guided ones, no: in Czech, English, German or Russian, on request. There is an audio guide for your phone.
An hour and a half for the essentials; three hours for everything.
Almost all of it: staff help in the In Memoriam hall and in house no. 116, and the area has marked paths.
With the airport, yes: it is very close, and you can do it on the day of arrival or departure.
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