We recommend the Chopin Music Festival in Marianske Lazne in August. Every second year the International Bagpipe Festival is organized in Strakonice. Classical Czech music and illustrated books are also popular. Wooden toys, figurines made of maize straw or earthenware, blue prints, bobbin-lace works and even baskets are traditional objects of interest. You will delight your friends by bringing them small dry decorated pastries for the Christmas tree or a simple picture of the Nativity Scene.
Easter eggs are another popular gift.
Some visitors would prefer typical beverages, beer in Bohemia or Becherovka liqueur from Karlovy Vary, wine or South Moravian plum brandy.