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What a day. A visit to the Budweiser brewery in Ceske Budejovice. This brewery is the original Budweiser. Evidently there were 2 Budweiser brothers, and one went to the USA and the other stayed in Czech Republic. They both built breweries and unfortunately the USA brother set the patents etc. first, so when the original one sends its beers overseas, it has to rename it because it doesn't have the patent in those countries. We wander around the site, learn about the brewing methods, the different strength beers (they have one that is 20% and only available in this town) and the huge amount of storage they have when brewing. We are taken into the cool rooms where the beer is finally made into the actual stuff that is then bottled. Huge vats in about 6c ... read more
Ceske Budejovice
Ceske Budejovice
Cesky Krumlov


We’re now at the end of our 3 days/ 4 nights in Cesky Krumlov where we’ve stayed in a new self-contained apartment about 1 km from the centre of the old town. We’ve been quite comfortable although Terry has cursed the low, sloping ceiling of the bedroom on a mezzanine floor each night. Cesky Krumlov is another UNESCO World Heritage town and so on our first day here we spent the day visiting the major historic site in town – the castle complex and its tower. It turns out that we’re visiting a bit too early in the season as quite a few attractions are still closed for the off-season. Thus we were unable to visit the castle itself but we did visit the Castle museum and tower. The museum had displays of family life for ... read more
Views from the tower
Views from the tower
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Europe » Czech Republic » South Bohemian Region » Cesky Krumlov September 30th 2014

We had a rough go of it getting across the loosely defined border between Moravia and Bohemia, the two ancient kingdoms that, along with Silesia in the northeast, make up the Czech Republic. Rain showers came and went, and the Greenway goes through some steep dirt trails. We have biked for the last ten days, coming from Bratislava, Slovakia, briefly though Austria and back into the Czech Republic, interspersing some hard hauls through the mountains with delightful days on flat greenway trails and some very short days. We are now in Cesky Krumlov where we will take a much needed day of rest. We spent last night outside the town of Nove Hrady in a pension in the woods at a partially restored area that had been built as a spa by a countess in the ... read more
Folk art out of hay bales along a Moravian country road
Telc and surrounding countryside from the old tower
South Bohemian road scene


Après Budapest, nous prenons la route en direction de Cesky Krumlov, la 2ème ville la plus connue de la République Tchèque par les touristes, après Prague. C'est sous une pluie torrentielle, dos bien chargés, que nous avons fait la course pour trouver le lieu de rencontre avec celui qui allait être notre chauffeur de Vienne à Cesky Krumlov, Monsieur Pavel, un bonhomme particulièrement sympathique, très communicatif, qui aime la musique religieuse-rock et la cueillette de champignon. Romantique Cesky Krumlov. Un 2 nuits auquel nous avons dû ajouter une troisième étant donnée la beauté et le calme de l'endroit. Malgré la pluie et le temps maussade, nous aurons eu droit à des plaisirs gastronomiques (de la viande, beeeen de la viande.. pis pas cher en plus!), un paysage féerique, voir surnaturel et puis une aventure en canot-kayak ... read more
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As mentioned, we went to the castle. We went up the tower to get a bird's eye view of the town and visited a small museum below. We didn't go into the castle but instead, walked around the gardens behind the castle. We got trdelník (mine with chocolate YUM) before going to the bus stop to catch the bus to Prague. In Prague, we stayed in a hostel called Sir Toby's. It was far from the city centre, but it had a nice atmosphere. We had dinner in a local pub and as it was Easter, they were serving a special beer called 'green beer'. As we were feeling lazy, we turned in early (you know, party animals and all).... read more
Česky Krumlov Castle
Česky Krumlov
Česky Krumlov


Took a shuttle bus (more like a van) to Česky Krumlov. Had an embarrassing moment at the petrol station when I got stuck in the toilet (somehow I'm not surprised, it's such a typical thing for me to do). The whole town is UNESCO protected and when we arrived, I realised why. It's such a small town, but it's beauty makes up for the lack of things to do. There was the Marian Plague Column in the town square, with the Church of St. Vitus just slightly off the square. We walked up to the castle but decided to leave that for tomorrow. We then made our way to Hotel Ruže where there was a very nice view of the town. We explored the main part of the town within two hours and sat in a ... read more
On the way to Česky Krumlov
Česky Krumlov
Hostel Postel


After yesterday's drizzly skies, we woke up today to a bright and sunny Cesky Krumlov. I went out for a bit of a wander and ended up at a beautiful overlook along Horni Street. Sitting there all by myself with this wonderful view right in front of me made be start thinking of how lucky I am to have the means to travel a few times each year. Interupted by others who also came to check out the view, I was off to do a little more wandering. Knowing that it was going to be a day with great weather, I went out in search of a rafting company to see how much it would cost for a short rafting trip along the Vltava River. I booked us all on a raft at 1:00 and slowly ... read more
Morning in Cesky Krumlov
Eggenberg Brewery
Eggenberg Brewery


Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic 26 July 2013 We missed out on seeing this part of Czech Republic so after leaving Vienna we travelled north. We did a tour of the Palace so I will let the photos tell the story. It was one of the most amazing Old Towns we have seen.... read more
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The online Czech rail site (English version), and various other sites, did not indicate that there was a train service from Ceske Budojovice to Cesky Krumlov - only bus. We were able to catch a train from Plzen to Ceske Budojovice without a problem. When we arrived at Ceske B station we headed out to where the buses were and asked where the buses to Ceske Krumlov took off. No English of course, so much gesticulating and 5 minutes later we realised that only trains go to CK and there was one about to leave. We ran to the ticket counter, looked up at the timetable and the train was supposed to have left but everyone was pointing and telling us to run to the platform which we did, lugging our suitcases up the stairs. We ... read more
Egon Schiele gallery poster
Entrance to Egon Schiele Art Centrum
Schiele's nudes


The beautiful medieval town of Cesky Krumlov, full of cobbled streets and dominated by the huge castle on the hill and the imposing St Vitus’ cathedral lower down. The town is encircled by a river and couldn’t be more picturesque surrounded by rolling green hills. Well worth spending a night or so here to be up before the crowds of tourists and be able to enjoy the atmosphere and take in the lovely buildings and plazas without watching who you’re about to bump into or whose picture you’re about to walk into. The other advantage to staying the night is going to watch a performance at the revolving theatre. They do outdoor performances all summer in the evening, we were kindly given two tickets after I offered to take photos for a group of local people ... read more
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