Friday, March 30, 2012

Cesky krumlov or Trebon

Hi,





We will be making our 4th visit to prague in March. We will be coming up by train from Vienna and planned to spend a couple of nights in the south before coming to Prague. Our original plan was to spend 1 night in Ceske Budejovice and 1 night in Cesky Krumlov. We stayed 2 nights in Cesky krumlov on our first trip to Prague and loved it. Since we have already been there we were wondering whether to go to Trebon instead. I recently read where Trebon is %26quot;a poor mans Cesky krumlov%26quot;.





Opinions ???




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Go for it. You might even prefer it! Also consider Telč if you want a smaller place, or Brno, which some people say is a %26#39;poor man%26#39;s Vienna%26#39;, but many find it more pleasant.





It is all subjective, anyway :)





Don%26#39;t come at the moment as it is snowing and very nasty - lots of slush and slipping around...




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Thank you Gcek,





I have considered Telc but the problem has always been getting there. Very difficult train/bus connections. Tabor is another possibility but is probably better suited for a day trip from Prague.





I hadn%26#39;t considered Brno although I see you can get there very easily by train from Vienna. I will do some more research on it.





Bob




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Here%26#39;s something to whet your appetite http://www.brno.cz/index.php?lan=en but it is not really somewhere that can be seen or experienced in a few hours so I wouldn%26#39;t do that if that is your intention. Many people just go and don%26#39;t venture too far and are disappointed - in fact I had the same experience in Prague the first time I went - I was just passing through and thought I would check it out, but I didn%26#39;t see the bits that you are %26#39;supposed%26#39; to see ...





What about Kutná Hora? That%26#39;s only an hour away.





Telč is accessible by direct bus from Prague, but it does take 3 hours and leaves at 6.20 am :)




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Thank you again. I will take a look at the web page.





On our second trip to Prague we took a 2 night side trip to Kutna Hora. Very interesting small town. Enjoyed our stay there. Looking for something similar.




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Trebon is a very nice spa town with renaissance and baroque houses on the main square and renaissance chateau with a park. It%26#39;s situated in a Protected Landscape Area with lots of ponds and it%26#39;s famous for its carps (Třeboňský kapr) and other fishes which are served in the restaurants in the town. There is a brewery founded in 1379. This area (Třeboň area = %26quot;Třeboňsko%26quot;) is visited for hiking, cycling, watermanship and fishing. There are many nice places in South Bohemia, so you can also do many trips from Třeboň.





Short info - official sites of Czech rep.



czech.cz/en/…



+ many information about other places and other info not only for tourists





Official sites of the town - photos (only in Czech, En version isn%26#39;t avaiable yet) www.mesto-trebon.cz/mhp/mhp.asp?fotogalerie





Spas http://www.aurora.cz/en/ http://www.berta.cz/index.php?l=en





Brewery www.pivovar-regent.cz/en/i_pivovar.html





About South Bohemia www.jiznicechy.cz/index.php…





Protected Landscape Area www.trebonsko.ochranaprirody.cz/index.php…





Sites of Information and Cultural Centre in Třeboň http://www.itrebon.cz/index.php?l=en





Sites of the chateau http://www.zamek-trebon.eu/history/





I think Trebon is worth a visit.




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Thank you very much for the info.





We are still undecided but this should help.





What do you think of Tabor ?




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Trebon is really very nice, as pointed out above. And I also like Tabor. Each town has something to offer. It%26#39;s like asking which is better, Nashville or Memphis? They%26#39;re both good!




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Thank you Casablanca (great movie !!!!)





Tabor appeals to me from a travel logisitc viewpoint. It is on the Ceske Budejovice - Prague train line. We have had good experiences with train travel in the Czech Republic, buses haven%26#39;t been so good. Much more confusing.





Still have time to decide. All this advice really helps.




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Some info about Tábor:



It%26#39;s better than Třeboň when considering transport. Information about the city - official info - tabor.cz/en/informations/history-and-sights/ . It%26#39;s Hussits city founded in 15th century. There is a Hussite museum with complex of underground tunnels www.husmuzeum.cz/search.php… , late Gothic town hall, some renaissance buildings, Kotnov tower, some churches and chapels, theatre, baroque chateau, exposition of Middle-age treasure tabor.cz/en/…tabor-treasure-exhibition.html and many other interesting places.





Besides the sights the opportunities are similar like in Třeboň - hiking, cycling, watermanship and



fishing. No spas in Tábor, but there is a swimming pool and the oldest dam lake in Central Europe - Jordán. Other sport facilities tabor.cz/en/…sportovni-zarizeni.html .





As in another city in Czech rep. there is plenty of sights in the neigbourhood tabor.cz/en/… - for example historical electric railway to Bechyně, which has medieval monastery, spas



(http://www.laznebechyne.cz/ only czech+german) and a chateau http://www.panstvi-bechyne.cz/index.php?idw=6 .





Very nice is chateau Červená Lhota http://www.zamek-cervenalhota.eu/history/ .





Besides beautiful landscape above ground there are caves Chýnovské jeskyně http://www.caves.cz/en/caves/chynov-caves/ and for technical history fans there is an old railway bridge near Bechyně and chain bridge from 19th century near Stádlec.





I hope you%26#39;ll enjoy your holidays in CR at whatever place you will have chosen. (+ I hope you will understand despite of my grammar)




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Your grammer is very good. I have no problem understanding you.





Thank you for the info. It will make our decision a little easier.

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