Trips out of Cesky Krumlov

My husband and I will be in CK and would like to stay there 2 nights. We would like to tour the countryside around CK one day but will not have a car. Do you recommend renting a car for the day or are there tours companies that run out of CK/

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tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g274688-i1988-k2…

you might want to have a look at this recent thread.

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Thanks for the link. Is it easy to rent a car in CK?

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Last year when I asked about car rentals at the Infocentrum (the very helpful tourist information center) in the Main Square of Cesky Krumlov, they said the closest car rental office was in Ceske Budejovice (about 30 minutes north of Cesky Krumlov). The price quoted for the rental was not exactly inexpensive so get additional quotes before you arrive in Europe if you are seriously interested.

At …castleview.cz/renting-a-car.html there is a good article about car rentals in this area plus links to other helpful sites such as Rick Steves%26#39; articles, etc.

At …castleview.cz/suggested-schedule-for-cesky-… and at …castleview.cz/regional-day-trips.html are suggestions for side trips out of Cesky Krumlov with links to further information.

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Tim, in one of the links, there%26#39;s a suggestion re Hluboka, to %26quot;be sure to take the bus which stops at the castle.%26quot;

I guess this means that not all the buses which go to Hluboka will stop at/near the castle.

From the idos website, there%26#39;re a few different words attached to Hluboka, eg %26quot;kostelem%26#39;, %26quot;zamosti%26quot;... how do I know which bus stops at/near the castle? what is the key word I should be looking for?

Thanks.

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Zámek Hluboká je dobře dostupný dopravními prostředky - především autobusy.

Ve všední dny odjíždí z autobusového nádraží v Českých Budějovicích do Hluboké nad Vltavou téměř každou půlhodinu jeden spoj. Autobusy staví na Hluboké ve stanici pod Kostelem. Z této stanice je to na zámek necelých 500 metrů. O sobotách a nedělích je autobusové spojení podstatně horší.

Vlaková nádraží jsou v Hluboké nad Vltavou dvě, první na trati České Budějovice - Praha vzdálené 3 km a druhé na trati České Budějovice - Plzeň 5 km daleko.

This is what I found on the website - the nearest bus stop is Hluboka Pod Kostelem - 500 metres from the castle. The trains are 3 and 5 kilometres.

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It also says that on Saturdays and Sundays the links are considerably worse (which is a similar situation all over the country with buses) - but all buses that go to Hluboka will stop there.

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So all buses which go to Hluboka will stop near the castle? How far is the castle from the town?

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From the map at http://www.vachaasyn.cz/image/mapa1.jpg note that the Castle is very close to town %26quot;as the crow flies.%26quot; However because the Castle is near the top of a steep hill, the walk from the closest bus stop (just south of the church on the main road shown in yellow) is about 500 meters since one makes several turns.

The last time I took the bus there from Ceske Budejovice was about five years ago; apparently from the comments above and reviewing the schedules at jizdnirady.idnes.cz/vlakyautobusy/spojeni/ all of these buses NOW stop at the bus stop south of the church as mentioned above.

I would second the comments made above and suggest you avoid public buses on holidays, Saturdays, and Sunday unless you plan your day carefully to make sure it fits the often limited schedule on these days.

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Thanks.

Is that a lake on the left of the town?

What is the symbol for the bus stop?

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It is what is known as a %26#39;rybník%26#39; (fishpond). There are many of these in the area (and elsewhere as well), and they were once the main source of income for the noble familes in centuries gone by so as to enable them to build such grand castles!

There doesn%26#39;t asppear to be a symbol for bus stop on that little map, but as the description states it is by the church - symbolised in the usual way, from where there is a short walk up Bezručova to the castle

Site in English zamek-hluboka.eu/information-for-visitors/

Also look at www.mapy.cz as posted before to find Holašovice :) - this time choose Hluboká nad Vltavou from the list. No need for any special symbols.