Blogs from Cesky Krumlov, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, Europe
Autumn Awakens
Published: November 20th 2011Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov » Horice na Sumave
November 20th 2011
Quite often a hurried day trip for visitors, Cesky Krumlov (the pronunciation is a bit difficult) was a world away from the other cities I had visited to date. My goal was to visit as many places as possible, no matter how big or small! The old town, with Renaissance and baroque buildings, is crowned by a stunning castle and surrounded by the Vltava River. In my lap around the small town that only took me an hour, the sun was shining, autumn leaves were falling and there were no crowds. I was surrounded by green mountains, the calm (mirror image) river and church bells ringing. I felt like I was in a bit of a fantasy land and at this point I fell in love.. with Cesky Krumlov that is! (I hope the last line ... read more
Český Krumlov – River Vltava
Published: July 1st 2011Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov
June 29th 2011
We enjoyed a complementary buffet breakfast, packed up our bags and left them with the hotel. Our plan for the day was to take a leisurely raft ride down the Vltava River (the river that bends around Český Krumlov and also flows through Prague). After picking up some snacks for the journey we were quickly in our raft, beginning our journey by lazily navigating our way around the city. There are a few weirs (engineered channels for rafts and canoes) at places where the river is otherwise not easily navigable. These channels have a bit of an amusement park feel and generally result in the front of the boat getting a good splash at the bottom of the ramp. Already a bit wet, we quickly left the city behind and were drifting through beautiful rural areas. ... read more
Cesky Krumlov, now this is a beautiful place!
Published: July 5th 2011Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov
June 8th 2011
Today I left Prague and headed about 3 hours south into the Southern Bohemian Region to a place I would discover is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever visited. No wonder it was Unesco World Heritage listed in 1992. The place is beautiful in a real picture postcard way. The guy at the Prague hostel advised me it would not be necessary to book the Student Agency intercity coach as it was mid-week and there are not many tourists around. Well apparently he had not heard that the whole population of Japan was visiting the Czech Republic and they had chosen today to transfer from Prague to Cesky Krumlov - just like me. However, unlike me, their accommodation (probably quite a step up from my humble hostel) had advised them to pre-purchase tickets. ... read more
Cesky Krumlov (more photos)
Published: July 8th 2011Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov
June 8th 2011
Just wanted to add some more photos of this beautiful town of Cesky Krumlov. ps by the way for the people joining my PLANES, TRAINS AND PUSHBIKE TOUR 2012, I have now added this town to the itinerary. we will be able to do a kayak trip down the river, which I assure you is pretty calm and then get a transfer to Linz in Austria to start the Danube Bike Path. Just have to bring you here as it's too lovely to pass up. Anyone interested in joining my P,T & P TOUR 2012 please email me for further details.... read more
Český Krumlov
Published: March 9th 2011Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov » Horice na Sumave
February 7th 2011
Back in Prague, for the superbowl, the next day saw us heading to Český Krumlov, which as you can see from the photos is a beautiful spot in the Czech Republic. A nice day of sightseeing....... read more
An Idyllic Setting and a Series of Fortunate Events
Published: November 10th 2010Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov
November 10th 2010
I wasn't quite sure what to expect when first getting to Cesky Krumlov. I knew that it was the off-season, but the fact that only three other people got off the train when I did, seemed to scream that I had made the wrong choice in coming. In my head, I was silently thinking about how I was so disappointed that Rick Steves had let me down. I had always been able to trust him for good travel advice and I couldn't believe that he had betrayed me! All of these thoughts were simmering in my head while I had to wait thirty minutes to catch a bus into town. Of course, now that I was in the Czech Republic it was a whole new language and it seems that the bus driver and I miss-communicated ... read more
plsen/Cesky Krumlov/Cedky Budejovice
Published: September 2nd 2010Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov
August 29th 2010
Well Plsen was nice, great brewery !! chinese lanterns at night. Cesky was possibly nicer but didnt visit the brewery just the beer pub. Krumlov, well !! gorgeous , great hostel, definitely worth a return visit. another great brewery Eggenburg, beer for 66p a pint. God this trip is wrecking me !! but all the beer is so good and so cheap !! ... read more
Yet another Castle.....but still not sick of them
Published: July 29th 2010Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov
July 13th 2010
July 15 There was no breakfast at this hostel which was kind of nice because then I could sleep in and not miss breakfast. My sleeping in went until 9:00am which is way better then 11-12 like back home. I had bought some bread, cheese and oranges to have for breakfast. After my tummy was full I headed out to the castle which does not look like a castle but I really really nice building. The tower on this one was only 137 stairs but there was so many people crammed in at the top that is was hard to enjoy the view when you are constantly getting pushed and bumped if you stay in one spot to long. The high lite to me in the castle was this really neat art show that was going ... read more
Time to Czech In
Published: July 23rd 2010Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov
July 12th 2010
What a long train ride, happy that I did get to sleep a little bit before Arriving in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Rupbulic. I arrived in Ceske Budejovice where I had a one hour wait before my next train. I was hungry but all I had was Euro's so I figured I needed to get some Crowns. I found out from a lady that 25 Kc equaled about 1 EUR, so it does seem that things are really expensive but here they are actually really cheap. There was a piercing store in the train station *EVIL* that I of course had to check out. I found these neat earrings that were painted a cool design, I have never seen anything like them before back home or anywhere. They were 300 Kc which comes to 12 EUR, which ... read more
Cesky Krumlov
Published: June 9th 2010Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov
June 7th 2010
Ahoj.Minuly vikend som navstivil Cesky Krumlov, ktory je zapisany na zozname svetoveho dedicstva UNESCO.Fakt asi najkrajsie mesto, ake som mal doteraz moznost vidiet.Mesto je postavene na Vltave a ma perfektne udrziavane historicke centrum a hrad so zamkom.Hrad je 2.najvacsim v CR po Prazskom hrade.Uz len samotny vyhlad zo zamockej veze stoji za navstevu.Vyber z fotiek obsahuje tento album.B.... read more
