Self-Guided

Self-Guided: Daily until 5/1 to 9/30/2010

Self-Guided: €499

Day 1: Ceské Budejovice (Budweis)
Your journey starts in Budweis. Your hotel is located somewhat out of town, but the connection to the old city centre with local traffic is pretty good. In the evening you are going to receive your travel documents and an introduction for the tour. Afterwards you should go for a stroll through the city center and may try a Budweis (beer). (Parking site at the hotel € 3,-/ day)

Day 2: Trebon (Wittingau) (37 to 62km/23 to 39 miles)
You are heading north along the Moldau river to castle Hluboká, which is worth seeing. On a slightly hilly road, often passing fishponds, you subsequently cycle west to Trebon. Trebon is a beautiful small town with a picturesque market place with old middle-class houses and access balconies and is situated directly on a lake.

Day 3: Jindrichuv Hradec (Neuhaus) (38 to 50km/24 to 31 miles)
Today you will be cycling through wide-stretched forests and along many lakes to Jindrichuv Hradec. An nice Old Town with many romantic roads and corners, pastel patrician houses at the market place and a wonderful, at a lake located, imposing castle. Today, the castle is one of the biggest and most visited in Bohemia.

Day 4: Tabor (50km/30 miles)
From Neuhaus you are cycling to the fairy tale castle Cervena Lhota, a water castle , which has often been scenery for movies. You reach Tábor in the afternoon. Tábor is one of the most visited cities of the Czech Republic, because of its rich history, architectural memorials and romantic landscape which stretches along the Luznice river.

Day 5: Benesov (63km/39 miles)
On an especially for cyclists created road you are cycling through Bohemian landscapes. You are visiting important sites of the life of Jan Hus, the well known church reformer. Just shortly apart from Benesov you reach the world famous Konopiste castle, where Archduke Ferdinand, heir apparent of the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy, used to live. In the most visited castle of Bohemia are more than 300,000 hunting trophies.

Day 6: Prague (45km/27 miles)
On your last cycling day your are rolling on small roads to Prague. In the beginning you are cycling through the park of Konopiste, subsequently through splendid Bohemian hill country, where you again enjoy wonderful views. You finally reach Prague, the destination and height of your journey - the 'golden Prague'.

Day 7: Prague
Your hotel is in the center so you can use the whole day for the cultural maximum and the destination of this cycle holiday – and you definitely should do it! In Prague, nearly every house, every place and every street corner invites for a break. Prague enjoys the call, to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Not for free, Prague received the sobriquet ‘golden Prague’, ‘Crown of the world’ or ‘the stony dream’.

Day 8: Prague Departure
Unfortunately your cycling holiday will be finished after breakfast. It's your choice whether to return by train to Budweis or go directly back home from Prague. If you wish you surely can prolong your stay in Prague.

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