Prague - Vienna Greenways, 7 Tage, individuell

Itinerary:

Day 0: Prague - not included in tour price!
Individual arrival in Prague, accommodation in Prague.

Day 1: Prague - Konopiště - Tábor 61 km
Our first biking day starts easily and relaxed Vltava river upstream on nice bike trails. After 20 km on flat ground we have to leave the river and open romantic Posázaví highlands For every climb you will be rewarded with nice views to surrounding country side. At Zbořený Kostelec you can take short hike to local castle ruin. From here we will continue to nearby Týnec nad Sázavou with it’s romantic gothic stronghold and Romanesque rotund. We will end today’s bike stage by visiting the Konopiste Castle, the summer palace. From Konopiště/Benešov you will take a train or car (Fully guided tour) to the former Hussite stronghold, Tábor. An evening stroll through this wonderful medieval town will be one of the highlights of the whole tour!

Day 2: Tabor – Jindrichuv Hradec, 52 km
In the morning we recommend a short walk on the ramparts of Tábor, where you can admire its genius loci. The careful incorporation of the landscape and countryside during its construction resulted in several successful repulsions of sieges during the Religious Wars. Riding our bikes, we will enter the South Bohemian region. Among the green, calm scenery rest the romantic water castle of Červená Lhota, and the third-largest historical complex in the Czech Republic - the town of Jindrichuv Hradec with its well preserved castle and city center. Today, it is hard to believe that this calm town used to be one of the largest medieval centers in Bohemia! Based on a legend, it is possible to meet Perchta of Rozmberk – the famous “White Lady” ghost!

Day 3: Jindrichuv Hradec - Telc, 45 km
We leave the South Bohemia and enter the Bohemian - Moravian highlands area. Today’s highlight will be a visit of the Renaissance town of Telc, which is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Telc is considered to be the most beautiful Renaissance town in Europe!  Before we get there, we must travel a rather hilly 45 km, passing by a plethora of ponds and lakes - try to count them all, or just relax amid this peaceful scenery. In Strmilov, we will have a chance to visit an artistic weaving factory and learn more about the process of making wool and linen fabrics, a part of this region for centuries.

Day 4: Telc – Vranov nad Dyji, 67 km
We start the day in direction of Dačice where the firrst sugar cube ever was produced. Getting there we bike through an area with fantastic views and very few other bikers on the route. It takes us through nice highland area and peaceful villages near to the Austrian border which we then follow for the rest of the day. On the road we can see a well-preserved system of fortifications from the beginning of World War II. These fortifications has never been used,  and therefore, are well-preserved for today’s tourists. Riding along, the route will pass by the Renaissance castle of Pisecna and to the fairytale-like castle of Frejstejn. Before we reach our destination we will take a detour to the Vranov water dam to reward ourselves with amazing views of Bítov castle.  Should you wish, please enjoy the views from one of the biggest castle ruins in Moravia – Cornštejn.

The final destination of today’s stage is the town of Vranov nad Dyji, nestled on the edge of the Podyji National Park.

Day 5: Vranov nad Dyji – Znojmo, 46 km
This day explores Podyji National Park, enchanting everyone with its untouched beauty. From the ruins of Novy Hradek, as well as from the viewpoint over the majestic medieval castle of Hardegg, we will be able to see where the Dyje River finds its way through the countryside creating unforgettable meanders. A memorial of the Iron Curtain, located in this area, is a quiet eyewitness of somber, relatively recent, times. The bike trail will lead us along the borders of the national park, where no auto traffic is allowed. While descending to the Dyje river through Šobes vineyard, why not pause for a glass of white wine? This place was marked as one of the 10 best vineyards in the world! Our next stop will be the town of Šatov, where we will have the possibility to visit  a uniquely-preserved Cold War fortification, a curiously painted wine cave, cozy wine cellar streets, and an educational path leading through vineyards of old wine varieties. We will conclude the day in the seat town of the Moravian Premyslid Dynasty – in the town of Znojmo.

Day 6: Znojmo - Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape, 18 km (shortest) 56 km (recommended)
 In the morning we will leave the town along the river and then continue through fields and vineyards to the Austrian border. The border line will then take us east with a nice stop in the town of Jaroslavice with nice Renesance chateau. Here you first cross the border t Austria and visit the picturesque wine growing area of Galgenberg. From here we follow a nice new bike trail meandering through the peaceful countryside to Mikulov. This hidden gem will capture your attention with its Baroque Castle and wine museum, an historic synagogue and a local curiosity – a gigantic wine cask big enough for a chamber orchestra.

Day 7: Mikulov – Mistelbach – Vienna, 55 km

The last half day of the tour in Czech republic will follow iron curtain trail framed with story boards of those, who tried to escape from communistic Eastern Block.
In Hlohovec you will enter the UNESCO Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape – a landscape which used to belong to the family of Lichtenstein since the 13th century. Under the care of this single family, the swampy area was transformed into a well-thoughtout combination of castles and parks, sometimes called “The Garden of Europe” or “The Garden Paradise”. In Lednice you can visit majestic chateau with breath taking gardens or simply bike through woods and enjoy Romantic-era Jan’s castle, the Three Graces and Rendezvous memorials before visiting the baroque Valtice chateau. 
Here we highly recommend to visit the National Wine Center and historical wine cellar in chateau´s vast cellars.  This may be a perfect farewell to Czech republic!
After entering Austria you will continue through the Herrnbaumgarten Village, which is known for Nonseum – poetic museum of non-senses to Poysdorf. You can take a short stroll through the quaint wine cellar street located behind the church and local wine market/shop Here you will be picked up by car and transferred to Vienna, where our tour ends (short version) or continue biking through Wilfersdorf with its chateau which had been the main residence of the Prince of Lichtenstein between 17th and 18th century. All way biking tour will end the day in Mistelbach. Ends in Poysdorf with transfer by train/car to Vienna

 

Dates and prices:

 01. 05. - 15. 10. 2024

  

Booking

Accommodation

• Cat. A: 3- to 4-star hotels with breakfast
• Cat. B: comfortable pensions to 3-star hotels with breakfast

Services:

• 6 x Accommodation with breakfast in the category of your choice
• 1x Transfer 2^nd day
• 1x Trainride 8^th day
• Luggage transport – your luggage is picked up every day from your accommodations and brought to the next hotel or pension
• A comprehensive information package with insider tips and sights that should not be missed, including detailed maps
• Hotline

Extras:

 

Bike rental	10 € / day
E-Bike rental	20 €/ day
Bike delivery + collection to/from Prague	20 €/ day
Underground car parking in Prague	10 € / day
Extra night in Prague	55-80 € pP
Extra night in Vienna	60-90 € pP

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