Vienna to Prague
Guided - 7 Nights/8 Days
This hiking trip covers some of the best foot trails along the Czech Republic’s ‘Greenways’. Their scenically beautiful trails are well sprinkled with points of interest.
Highlights of the walk are four UNESCO World Heritage sites:
• The chateaux at Lednice - Valtice area
• Renaissance Square in Telc
• Medieval town of Cesky Krumlov
• Old Town of Prague
Plus there are other highlights such as:
The Jewish cemetery in Mikulov; Vranov Chateau; Hardegg Overlook; Old walled town of Trebon; which are equally fascinating.
NEW - A GPS (global positioning system console with programmed route)
is included in the package.
Itinerary and Highlights
- Day 1 Arrive Vienna and take the train to Breclav where you will be transferred to Valtice.
- Day 2 Valtice to Lednice (11 km). Tour the Baroque Valtice Chateau then follow a path through fields, vineyards and forest to Lednice. Visit the Gothic Revival Chateau of Lednice, one of the most ornate of its style. Transfer to Mikulov.
- Day 3 Pavlov to Mikulov (10 km). Walk the Palava Hills through the ruins of Divci hrady (Maiden’s Castle), then to the highest point at 550m. Return via the ruins of Sirotci hradek (Orphan’s castle) then down to Mikulov, a magic castle town surrounded by vineyards. Transfer to Vranov nad Dyji.
- Day 4 Hardegg to Vranov nad Dyji (14 km). Tour the magnificent clifftop Baroque chateau in Vranov. Walk in the unspoiled beauty of Podyji National Park starting in the village of Cizov, a last reminder of the Iron Curtain. Continue to the Austrian village of Hardegg with its ancient castle. Transfer to Telc.
- Day 5 Landstejn to Nova Bystrice (15 km). Walk from the castle at Landstejn through woods and meadows to Nova Bystrice then take the quaint narrow-gauge railway to Jindrichuv Hradec, through the forested region known as ‘Czech Canada’.
- Day 6 Trebon to Kojakovice (14 km). Tour the historic town and castle of Jindrichuv Hradec, then continue through the mosaic of ponds, woods and meadows of the Bohemia Lake District to Trebon, a medieval walled city. Skirt a man-made lake that was an engineering wonder of the 16thC then transfer to Cesky Krumlov.
- Day 7 Cesky Krumlov - Klet - Cesky Krumlov (16 km). Transfer by train to Zlata Koruna to view its monastery. Continue over the highest peak of the Blansky Forest: Klet. Hike back to Cesky Krumlov.
- Day 8 Cesky Krumlov to Prague. Day free to enjoy all that Cesky Krumlov has to offer. Take the late afternoon bus to Prague where arrangements terminate.
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