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A great way to experience the Czech Republic to its fullest! Visit the most beautiful historic and natural monuments, and float down the most charming section of the Vltava river on a boat. This route is ideal for those seeking history, natural beauty, and a slower pace of life.
This tour is also available as a guided tour for an additional fee. Please inquire for further details.
Day 1: Tabor – Cervena Lhota – Jindrichuv Hradec (34 mi/55 km)
In the morning, transfer from your hotel in Prague or Linz to historic Tabor, known as the center of the Hussite movement. Begin your bicycle journey through gently rolling countryside with pine groves and picturesque lakes. Halfway through the trip you'll discover one of the pearls of South Bohemia, the romantic chateau of Cervena Lhota, built on a tiny island in the middle of a lake. In the evening you'll arrive to Jindrichuv Hradec, a historic town with its own dominant castle.
Overnight in Jindrichuv Hradec
Day 2: Jindrichuv Hradec – Trebon (34 mi/54 km)
Today you'll ride through a countryside of lakes and pine groves. This landscape is full of romantic little nooks, meadows surrounded by forests, and a sandy-bottomed swimming hole. In the afternoon ride to Trebon, the center of Czech fishing as well as a town rich in Renaissance architecture with its own castle.
Overnight in Trebon
Day 3: Trebon – Cesky Budejovice (28 mi/45 km)
Today will be quite an easy ride, leading first through pine forests and ponds to Hluboka nad Vltavou, arguably the most beautiful castle of the Czech Republic. Don't miss the castle tour!
After lunch, continue on the new smooth trail, Greenway 12, along the Vltava river to České Budejovice, the city that gave the name to the famous Czech beer Budweisser Budvar. We reccommend that you sample the local beer specialities at Masne Kramy restaurant, the flag ship of Budvar Brewery.
Overnight in České Budejovice
Day 4: Cesky Budejovice – Cesky Krumlov (18 mi/29 km or 32 mi/52 km)
Today there are two options. A relaxing route follows on the main trail, Greenway 12, through the Vltava river valley and picturesque village Zlata Koruna to where you finish in Cesky Krumlov, the pearl of Czech Republic. You can spend the afternoon wandering through the narrow streets, visiting castle museum or just relaxing on the boat trip on the Vltava river.
If 18 mi/30 km of cycling is not enough for you, choose the second option. The route leads through rolling terrain to Holasovice (UNESCO), a village famous for its "village baroque style" houses, and then climbs through Blansky Forest, with the highest peak Klet (3556 ft/1084m), to Cesky Krumlov. Both options offer a possibility of a morning tour of Budvar Brewery.
Overnight in Cesky Krumlov
Day 5: Lipno – Vyssi Brod – Dolni Vltavice (26 mi/42 km or 30 mi/48 km)
First we take you by van to village Lipno, where you will start your cycling day. The route takes you through the Devil´s Wall Nature Park with its impressive rock formations to Vyssi Brod, with its magnificent monastery. This would be a great place to have lunch.
The relaxing route continues along the right bank of Lipno Lake to Kyselov, where the ferry takes you directly to your hotel in Dolni Vltavice. There are many oportunities for swimming in the lake along the way.
If you feel like a longer ride, from Vyssi Brod you can continue through more hilly terrain along the Czech - Austrian border through abandoned villages Kaplicky and Krasne Pole to Svaty Tomas and Vitkuv Kamen, from which you can enjoy an amazing view of the whole southern part of Sumava National Park and the Lipno Lake. From here it is only 6 mi/11 km descent to the ferry.
Overnight in Dolni Vltavice
Day 6: Dolni Vltavice Loop (28 mi/44 km)
You can tailor this day to your own preferences. The route leads along the Schwarzenberg Canal, a technical monument to lumber transport, and you can decide for yourself how long you wish to bike. Either you climb the highest peak of Sumava National Park, Plechy (4541 ft/1348m), or after swimming in the Lipno Lake, you wander down to the cafe. Either way it will be a memorable day!
Overnight in Dolni Vltavice
Day 7: Dolni Vltavice – Cesky Krumlov (24 mi/38 km)
Today you have the option to appreciate the virgin landscape of Sumava and Lipno Lake from the deck of a catamaran. Enjoy your sailing on the lake! Then continue on bike across the restricted area of Boletice, stop off at the newly reconstructed church of St. Mikulas, and continue to Cesky Krumlov, where you spend the last night of your trip.
Overnight in Cesky Krumlov
Day 8: Cesky Krumlov
Enjoy your last day in Cesky Krumlov and choose from these different activities: boat trip on Vltava river, guided tour of the Eggenberg brewery, visit to a castle. Transfer back to Prague or Linz later that afternoon.
Maps are for information purposes only and reflect typical routes between overnight locations. They may not reflect your actual route. Maps are for information purposes only and reflect typical routes between overnight locations. They may not reflect your actual route.
We chose the unguided tour but the directions were excellent (when we followed them) with both text and photos to guide us. The hotels were wonderful and alway located in the Old Town Square. The breakfasts were great, too. And all the extras that Pter Janota threw in couldn't have been more fun or informative. Petr was fun and funny and very smart and we couldn't have been more impressed by his support on the road and his bike tour operation. His recommendations for restaurants in Czecky Krumlov (Papas) were great.
This company knows exactly what it is doing and makes a carefree adventure of it all. We took the self-guided, electric bike tour and every time we wondered about a particular detail, we learned that they had already thought of it and handled it all. Biking route instructions were very precise and helpful (this tour runs just a small amount of time in Austria and their biking signs are not as precise as Czech Rep, no fault of the tour operator). The countryside was so gorgeous that we kept thinking it all must be fake. But 20 minutes later, we would find another dream scene. Each day was a joy and we would recommend it all very highly. Found fantastic restaurants as well. Hats off to Petr J in Czech Republic. He is the local tour operator and is top notch in all respects.
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I, along with my friend, had been on ' South of Bohemia' self guided tour last July. It was our first experience of this kind. And it was an absolutely satisfying tour. Few basic points I would like to point out being a first timer-
When they are saying the difficulty level to ' moderate' they are correct.
Whatever services they have committed, they have complied with the same.
Very precise route maps/ guidelines/ photos/ distances had been provided.
We're always available for any kind of help, in case needed.
Hotels were absolutely perfect.
Depending upon the cycling practice/ experience that you have, n to enjoy a little adventure with leisure as well, I would certainly recommend this tour.
