The subject matter of the paper is the process of formation of the phenomenon of villa and later on villa- cottage holiday settlements near Prague in the 2nd half of the 19th and the 1st half of the 20th centuries. The paper summarizes the existing state of research and defines the basic research topics: description of holiday houses and holiday homes, terminological issues, space-time development of holiday homes, style and history of doing business in the field of suburban recreation, establishment of holiday homes depending on the type of landscape and traffic accessibility.
The paper also mentions social and ethnic issues.