Czech Greenways Bicycle Tour A: Vienna - Český Krumlov - Prague
 Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
Length: 265 km /
165 miles
Trip rating: Moderate
Highlights: The town of Mikulov, Lednice Chateau (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Valtice Chateau (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Slavonice graffiti houses, Renaissance town square in Telč (UNESCO World Heritage Site), last remnant of the Iron Curtain, the town of Třeboň, the town of Český Krumlov (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
The bestselling Czech Greenways bicycle tour is ideal
for those who like history. It offers
relaxed cycling days and includes the
Lednice-Valtice Area and the beautiful medieval town of Český Krumlov.
Cycling in the Czech / Austrian border area
that was cut off by the Iron Curtain for 40
years is a unique experience. Medieval
castles, a varied landscape, fairytale
chateaux, pristine countryside with
rustic villages and baroque towns, and safe back roads with
good surfaces for cycling make this tour a well-balanced vacation.
| SELF-GUIDED TOUR |
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| Price (based on double occupancy) what's included |
2020 Dates |
| 1490 EUR per person |
Daily from April through October |
| Single supplement: 350 EUR |
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| 15% supplement for single travellers on a self-guided tour* |
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*The car and luggage transfers are calculated based on a minimum of two
people. If you go solo on a self-guided tour, you will pay a 15% tour
supplement to cover the cost of the extra person not going.
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| Road bike or e-bike supplement:
15 EUR / bike / day |
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| GUIDED TOUR |
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| Price (based on double occupancy) what's included |
2020 Dates |
| 2240 EUR per person: Group size 4-7 people |
June 14 - 21 (includes Five-Petalled Rose Festival in Český Krumlov) |
| 2040 EUR per person: Group size 8+ people |
July 18 - 25 |
Single supplement: 350 EUR
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August 15 - 22 |
| Road bike or e-bike supplement:
15 EUR / bike / day |
September 11 - 18 (includes Mikulov Wine Festival) |
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Contact our partner if you would like to request a custom, guided bicycle tour on different dates |
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Day 1:
Vienna - Valtice
Arrive by train from Vienna to Breclav. On the platform you will meet our representative who will drive you 15 min to your hotel in Valtice. There you will be introduced to the tour and given the bike and all information materials.
From Valtice you can take a short cycling loop towards the Czech-Austrian border to see the former “no man‘s land“ of the Iron Curtain and familiarize yourself with the rented bike.
Overnight in Valtice.
Day 2:
Valtice - Lednice - Mikulov (40 km / 25 miles)
Start your biking trip in Valtice, the former Liechtenstein family seat, and cycle to Lednice through the designed landscape graced with two magnificent chateaux and numerous romantic 'follies' set in a harmonious way into the surrounding countryside, all enlisted as UNESCO World Heritage. From Lednice head for a bike path along the former Iron Curtain with a memorial to its victims. Arrive to Mikulov with its imposing castle, pilgrimage Holy Hill and the Jewish cemetery where the oldest tombstones date back to 1605.
Overnight in Mikulov.
Day 3:
Mikulov - Znojmo – Vranov nad Dyjí (41 km / 26 miles)
After morning transfer by car from Mikulov to a viewpoint above Znojmo, the former royal town, enter Podyji National Park. Pass the last Iron Curtain remnant to get beautiful views of the deep, forested river valley and ride down to the smallest Austrian town of Hardegg and back across the border. Finish the day descending to Vranov with a Baroque castle perched on a rock above the Dyje River.
Overnight in Vranov nad Dyjí.
Day 4:
Vranov nad Dyjí – Slavonice – Telč (48 km / 30 miles)
From Vranov go up through rolling terrain to visit a Jewish cemetery in Safov, hidden off the beaten track. Then pass numerous pre-WWII bunkers on your way to Slavonice, a forgotten Renaissance jewel with sgraffito houses. From Slavonice take a local train (ticket included) to Telc listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its perfectly preserved Renaissance and Baroque town center.
Overnight in Telč.
Day 5:
Telč – Jindřichův Hradec (43 km / 27 miles)
Bike in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands through a mosaic of fields, forests, meadows and ponds nicknamed “Czech Canada“. A unique stop on the way is the memorial to a local Jewish painter Frantisek Moritz Nagl murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp. Finish the day in Jindrichuv Hradec, where you can see the world‘s largest mechanical nativity scene.
Overnight in Jindřichův Hradec.
Day 6:
Jindřichův Hradec – Třeboň (32 km / 20 miles)
Take a relaxing ride through the Bohemia Lake District past the country's largest fishpond Rozmberk. End up in the medieval town of Trebon, famous for its brewery founded in 1379, a unique water regulation system interconnecting fishponds full of carps – the traditional Czech fish, or a family tomb of once mighty Schwarzenberg noble family.
Overnight in Třeboň.
Day 7:
Třeboň – Český Krumlov (63 km / 39 miles)
Today‘s cycling route starts in the flat Trebon basin, the RAMSAR prorected wetland, and gradually becomes hillier as you approach Cesky Krumlov, the gem of South Bohemia. Before the final climb touch the Vltava River at the Gothic monastery in Zlata Koruna and descend back to the river passing the country’s second largest castle in Cesky Krumlov, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Overnight in Český Krumlov.
Day 8:
Český Krumlov - Prague
Enjoy the magic of Cesky Krumlov with virtually intact ensemble of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque structures including the oldest working Baroque theatre in Europe.
Leave the bike in the hotel in Cesky Krumlov and take a comfortable coach (ticket included) to Prague, the Czech capital.
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