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.