The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe bounded to the north and east by Poland; to the south-east by Slovakia (with which it used to form one country of Czechoslovakia); to the south by Austria; and to the west and northwest by Germany.

As a result of cheap flights by low cost airlines such as Jet 2 and Easyjet, the capital city Prague is now one of the most popular city breaks in the whole of Europe.