Gallery
Color photography is still in its infancy, making photographs is not suitable for greenhorns so we furtively use modern methods to document the beauty of House 550.
Interior a exterior
The place for your coats, top hats and bowlers
Bar with selected spirits
Bar with the doors to the terrace
Please sit down and we will take care of you
Chambre séparée
A place for a rest and a small talk
You can write here novels, poems or letters
Caretaker and Grand Chef are looking forward to your visit. Stone faces while photographed were a norm.
House 550 in the 21st century, for better identification of our hide-away.
Gastronomy
Purée d'oignon à la Russe / Onion purée with pike quenelles
Kalte bouillon / Cold jellied bouillon with double cream
Mayonnaise de volaille à la Ravigote / Chicken with mildly sour herb mayonnaise
Saumon à la Vénitienne / Salmon with venetian sauce
Faisan à la Périgord / Pheasant with truffle sauce
Artichaut à la Barigoule / Stuffed artichoke with bacon
Käsestangen / Cheese sticks
Bonbons de marrons / Chestnut bonbons
Mohnpielen / Silesian Christmas poppy seed dessert
Details
The most modern technology of flushing water closet
You can make your coffee even in the most complicated way
In a need of a fire?
Which verse comes to your mind?
Would you like it hot or cold?
The count cought up the dawn of electricity. Replacement of candles is already finished.
Gilded detail
Just eat
A place for resting your knife between the courses
Back to the 1890
Based on your request we can switch our time machine to another year but first we have to consider all security and hygienic constraints.
Our count follows new trends so you can enjoy quite modern inventions at that time as flushing toilet and electric lights. On the other hand he refuses some of the modern developments, for instance he insists to get hand-made paper from his favourite paper mill.
The secret parlour in Kladno is built by him to organise unofficial events and celebrations. And he found it very useful as a hide-away when time-machine was discovered. Most of the time he travels or spends time on his other manors and it gives us the opportunity to welcome you here.
The story of our time-machine
Taking her usual shortcut home, a woman rushes through the streets of a sleepy Bohemian town. Pausing for a moment before an old house that’s recently caught her attention, she spots a familiar figure. “Oh, there’s Masaryk. Last week he was pretending to be Dvořák.” If only she knew what secrets he and the building really conceals …
Let’s start at the beginning, shall we?
In the dusty corner of a mouldy basement suffering from centuries of neglect lies a rusty machine among the junk. It remains undiscovered until a middle-aged man accidentally happens upon it one bleak afternoon. Although the stale air makes him want to leave, he catches sight of something strange.
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Allow us to formally introduce the caretaker and grand chef of the majestic House 550 in Kladno. They’ve decided to reveal what life was really like during the heyday of the imperial monarchy. Unbeknownst to their master and with strict rules enforced to maintain historic integrity, they now invite you to accompany them back in time. Welcome to a secret hideaway, where clandestine soirees and exclusive entertainment are conducted away from prying eyes.
Intrigued, he returns to clean the contraption and reassemble its mysterious parts. The last of these are four stone dice engraved with elaborately carved numbers. Inserting them into the worn slots of the device, he watches dumbfounded as something inexplicable happens …
On that fateful day he vowed to only share his secret with persons he could trust.
For these privileged few have done what most can only dream about. That’s right: travel back in time. You might have passed them on the street unaware they straddle two dimensions: the here-and-now and a distant, forgotten age. A time in which the Habsburg monarchy reigned and dedicated attendants served benevolent masters.
How does the machine work?
Practical tips for blending in among imperial high society
I. Act like you belong. It may be a different time, but it’s yours to enjoy
II. Heed the special instructions and follow our dress code. Discard all “modern accessories” before entering lest you attract the unwanted attention of the royal guards. Mobile phones, car keys, chewing gum and plastic items simply won’t do.
III. Audio frequencies intersect in the drawing room, so ensure your phone is off. We don't want to pretend we’re carrying live larks to and from the kitchen!
IV. Utter a word in modern Czech or German and you’ll be revealed as the foreign guest you are. Far better to whisper in hushed tones. Think of yourself as a distinguished visitor from the distant reaches of the empire.
V. Careful which door you open. Pass beyond the room and you risk shattering the most precious of illusions
VI. Refrain from making too many “irreversible” historical changes!