Czech - České Budějovice
Albania
Czech Republic
Official Name
České Budějovice, from now written as 'Ceske Budejovice' (because some computers may not display the diacritical signs correctly). The German name of the town is more famous - (Böhmisch) Budweis (Bohemian Budweis), also used as the name for the beer. Further to the east there is another, much smaller town called Moravské Budějovice (Moravian-Budweis) - not to be confused with Bohemian Budweis.
Location
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| České Budějovice |
Budejovice is around 125 km south of →Prague and 75 km north of Linz (Austria), conveniently located at the confluence of Malše and Vltava river. The town is the regional centre of Southern Bohemia.
Population
Ceske Budejovice has almost exactly 100,000 inhabitants.
Orientation
The town has a clearly defined old city centre. The České Budějovice nádraží (main train station) is only 500 m east of the centre. The centre itself is egg-shaped, some 400 m wide and 500 m long. It is almost completely surrounded by large sady (parks) and ditches. The Vltava (Moldau) river flows west of the centre northwards with the smaller Malše river joining the Vltava south-west of the old city. Right in the middle of town, the huge nám. Přemysla Otakara II (Premysl II. square) marks the historic centre. Many churches and old buildings line up around the square.
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| The magnificient market square in the historic centre |
History
Ceske Budejovice was founded by the Bohemian king Přemysla Otakar II. in the year 1265 (see also →History of the Czech republic) as a royal city. At that time, the Bohemian king wanted to strengthen his position against the House of Vítkovec. Ceske Budejovice developed quickly and became an important trading place. Especially silver-mining, breweries and salt trade made the town wealthy.
However, Ceske Budejovice suffered a lot during the 30 years' war. In 1641, the town was burnt to the ground. According to historical records, some 200 houses burnt down within one day. Later, the town was rebuilt, predominantly in baroque style. Thanks to the industrial revolution in the 19th century, Budejovice prospered again and was connected to Linz (present-day Austria) via the first commercial European railway line. It must be said that the railway was driven by horsepower only and was only used for transporting goods, mostly salt.
Today the city is worldwide famous for its beer - the Budějovický Budvar (Budweiser Budvar), which is imported to America, Japan and many other countries. The American Budweiser has only one thing in common: the name. The taste is completely different, and so it's hard to have an American Budweiser again after tasting the original.
Getting there / transportation
Ceske Budejovice is en route from →Prague to Linz. It takes around 2½ hrs by train (100 Kč) to the capital. Halfway the beautiful small city →Tábor (1 hour, less then 50 Kč) is definitely worth a visit as well. To Linz in Austria it takes around 3 hours. Additionally, there are direct trains to Plzeň (Pilsen). Some local trains head for →Český Krumlov. Ceske Krumlov is not very far, but the train needs almost one hour (25 Kč). Buses are much faster! There are other long- and short-distance buses to various destinations in the Czech republic and even to Vienna.
The historic centre is not very big and easily covered on foot. However you walk - you will inevitably end up on central náměstí Přemysla Otakara II. This square is almost quadratic and more then 100 m long. The buildings facing the square are surprisingly homogeneous. Almost all of them feature arcades from the 18th century, and so it's possible to walk around the square during torrential rain without getting wet. Many shops and cafés make the square an attractive shopping place. The middle of the square is adorned by the Samsonova kašna (Samson fountain). On the south-west corner, the baroque Radnice (city hall) built in the year 1731 is easy to find.
Only a few meters north of the central square, behind the Mikláš-Cathedral, the so-called Černá věž (black tower) can be seen. The tower was built in the 16th century and is 72 m high. It's possible to climb the tower and enjoy the nice vista of the central square and the surroundings. Unfortunately, the tower is closed during the winter months. There are some large bells inside the tower, the heaviest of them weighing almost 3½ tons.
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| The blue city hall is an eyecatcher |
There is plenty more to see. As there are the former Dominican monastery at the western edge of the old centre, the big South Bohemian Museum in the south-east, many beautiful burgher houses and a handful of churches (Ceske Budejovice was a catholic stronghold) just to name but a few. Last but not least the rather modern Budweiser Brewery located some kilometers away from the centre in an industrial area in the north. It's possible to join a tour through the brewery, which is only possible in groups.
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Southern Bohemia, Český Krumlov |
A romantic guesthouse from the 2nd half of the 16th century, completely restored in 2007. Located in the town of Český Krumlov where the history and the present create a memorable, fairy atmosphere with a flavor of secrets, legends and tales. Eke our house is a part of the history, evidence of which can be traced in the legend on Wonderful Valley. It depends on you, your imagination, to search and find. | ||
Location
A romantic guesthouse from the 2nd half of the 16th century, completely restored in 2007.
Located in the town of Český Krumlov where the history and the present create a memorable, fairy atmosphere with a flavor of secrets, legends and tales.
Eke our house is a part of the history, evidence of which can be traced in the legend on Wonderful Valley. It depends on you, your imagination, to search and find.
Equipment and services
The guesthouse offers 14 beds in stylish rooms with own bathroom, WC and TV.
Our specialty is the „breakfast to bed“.
You can also have your breakfast in the garden at the guesthouse which provides a pleasant space for evening dining, too.
The hotel provides drinks and refreshments.
Leisure opportunities
Český Krumlov is noted for the theatre with a rotation stage, the Baroque Theatre, the Castle and a number of other outstanding historical monuments.
Bike and boat rentals.
Tennis centre, sports hall.
Bowling, pubs, taverns.
Further information
Advantage is free parking at the house.
Pets allowed for additional fee of CZK 100 per night.
Deposit of valuables in the owner´s safe box.
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Southern Bohemia, Písek |
The Guesthouse is situated in a calm area of Protivín town, close to the forest. A part of the Guesthouse is a large garden. The hotel is about 15 min to the train and bus stations. | ||
Location
The Guesthouse is situated in a calm area of Protivín town, close to the forest. A part of the Guesthouse is a large garden. The hotel is about 15 min to the train and bus stations.
Equipment and services
There are four-bed apartments with SAT TV, bathroom, cloakroom and eight double rooms with own bathroom, balcony, telephone, SAT TV.
Leisure opportunities
Choice of relaxation programs.
Cycling, trips, castles, chateaux, nature trails, museums, look-outs. Towns in the surroundings:
Český Krumlov, Hluboká nad Vltavou, Jindřichův Hradec, Kaplice, Lišov u Českých Budějovic, Třeboň, Vimperk, Strakonice, Písek
Further information
The guesthouses offers facilities for parties, weddings, family celebrations and other events.
A part of the hotel is a sanatorium with professional staff. Here you can find ozone sauna, whirlpool, massage chair and a gym.
We offer short-term and long-term relaxation programs and numerous other services for a complete regeneration and relax of your body.
Dogs allowed for an additional fee of CZK 50 per night.
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Southern Bohemia, České Budějovice |
The Parkhotel **** is situated on the edge of the town, not far from the centre. It provides complete first class services as to the range, quality and standard | ||
Location
The Parkhotel **** is situated on the edge of the town, not far from the centre. It provides complete first class services as to the range, quality and standard
Equipment and services
The Parkhotel **** offers comfort accommodation in double to four-bed rooms furnished according to four-stars (first-class) standard classification. The rooms are attractive, spaceous and cosy, inspired by the four-season motif which features the individual floors.
You can book single rooms (SGL), double rooms (DBL), three-bed rooms or four-bed-rooms, as well as air-conditioned apartments.
All rooms can be modified to twin rooms. A bathtub is available in 20 rooms, three rooms are suitable for disabled guests.
Each floor offers 2 smoking rooms adjacent to a smoking corner.
All accommodation and dining areas of the Parkhotel are barrier-free. Areas of the hotel reception and the lobby bar are covered with WI-FI internet connection
Leisure opportunities
The hotel has a fitness studio, sauna, steam room, whirlpool, massages.
There is a 18-hole and a 9-hole course, a driving range. The Golf Club Hluboká nad Vltavou can provide both equipment and a trainer for a beginner lesson.
A network of bike trails, both easy and challenging, belongs to the most extensive ones in the Czech Republic.
One hour trip on a boat (the pier at the bridge to Zámostí)
The Hosín Airport with sightseeing flights by plane, balloon, tandem skydiving, parachuting with an instructor.
Sports area at the left bank of the Vltava River offers a wide range of sports activities: both in-door and open-air tennis courts with artificial and red clay surface, children court with artificial lawn and a swimming pool, two football playgrounds, two baseball grounds, a large playground for children, red-clay volleyball courts.
Summer beach volley ball, inline skating.
Aquapark – an in-door swimming pool in Podskalí with two pools, counter-current, tube chute, chutes and whirlpools.
Further information
Accommodation services of the reception desk 24 hours a day.
Reservations of the relax studio, or the beauty shop.
Reservations at the Park Restaurant, the Hunter´s Lodge or in the Lobby Bar.
Exchange of currencies, room service (12 hours a day), breakfast packages.
Laundry and ironing, telephone waking service, porterage (in/out), baggage room.
Bike rental. Secretarial services.
Attended car park belonging to the hotel.
Dogs allowed.
Facilities available: restaurant, lobby bar, lounges, conference room.
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Southern Bohemia, České Budějovice |
A newly restored South-Bohemian country farm in the Hosty village now serves for recreation. It is lonely estate in a picturesque valley at the confluence of Lužnice and Vltava rivers, not far from the Týn nad Vltavou town. | ||
Location
A newly restored South-Bohemian country farm in the Hosty village now serves for recreation. It is lonely estate in a picturesque valley at the confluence of Lužnice and Vltava rivers, not far from the Týn nad Vltavou town.
Equipment and services
Capacity of the homestead is 100 beds in 28 rooms, that are double to four-bed rooms
with own bathroom and TV. Outside the homestead there are other 28 beds in 8 rooms with own bathroom.
Guests are welcome in the dining room with an arc ceiling for 90 persons. Adjacent saloons are suitable closed parties. There is also a restaurant with all-day service. Breakfast, half board, full board, possibility of individual meal orders, specialties of Czech and foreign cuisine. A bar in a former granary with a pleasant atmosphere for evening meetings.
Leisure opportunitiesand surroundings
Tennis court, footballtennis, volleyball, table tennis, darts, mini-golf.
Cycling, tourism.
Rental of boats and sports equipment.
Boat trips.
Nature swimming pool 150 m from the building.
Surrounding forests with abundance of mushrooms, blueberries and cowberries.
Further information
The nearest shop – 6 km - Koloděje nad Lužnicí.
Dogs allowed for an additional fee of CZK 60 per night.
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Southern Bohemia, Český Krumlov |
The hotel is located at the edge of the picturesque little town of Dolní Dvořiště, right on the border crossing to Austria - Wullovitz. | ||
Location
The hotel is located at the edge of the picturesque little town of Dolní Dvořiště, right on the border crossing to Austria - Wullovitz.
Equipment and services
The hotel has 20 spacious comfortable rooms with own bathrooms, equipped with TV, telephone, connection to the Internet, additional beds can be placed in all rooms, thus the capacity of can be enlarged up to 60 guests.
The hotel facilities include a restaurant, a lounge, a conference room with its own bar, sauna and whirlpool.
Further information
Adjacent to the hotel is a petrol station, the last in the Czech Republic before crossing the borders to Austria. A large car park available in front of the hotel for 30 passenger cars and several coaches.
Pets allowed for a supplementary fee.
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Southern Bohemia, České Budějovice |
The hotel is situated in a charming quiet street in the centre of České Budějovice, bus 5 min walk from the main square of Přemysl Otakar II. | ||
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Location
The hotel is situated in a charming quiet street in the centre of České Budějovice, bus 5 min walk from the main square of Přemysl Otakar II.
Equipment and services
The hotel provides accommodation in altogether 28 rooms. All are equipped with a TV and a bathroom.
- 22 double rooms
- 6 single rooms
(placing of and additional bed possible).
Leisure opportunities
Indoor Swimming Pool, Open-air Swimming Pool, Fitness Studio, Cinema, Theatre, ZOO, Visit to Hluboká nad Vltavou Chateau, Český Krumlov, Třeboň and others.
Leisure opportunities
Indoor Swimming Pool, Open-air Swimming Pool, Fitness Studio, Cinema, Theatre, ZOO, Visit to Hluboká nad Vltavou Chateau, Český Krumlov, Třeboň and others.
Further information
The restaurant offers not only a wide choice of dishes of the Czech cuisine but also Dutch specialties.
Newly open terrace provides 30 seats for dining, the restaurant offers over 40 seats.
Dogs allowed without a fee.
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Southern Bohemia, Písek |
The hotel is situated in a calm environment of the town´s sports park close to the Otava River It is only several hundred meters from the picturesque town of Písek, that is well-known for its oldest stone bridge in Central Europe. The location offers attractive walking and cycling trails. | ||
Location
The hotel is situated in a calm environment of the town´s sports park close to the Otava River It is only several hundred meters from the picturesque town of Písek, that is well-known for its oldest stone bridge in Central Europe. The location offers attractive walking and cycling trails.
Equipment and services
The hotel offers accommodation in 20 double rooms which are all equipped with a SAT TV, telephone and bathroom. Four rooms out of these, on the first floor, have a terrace of 4 x 4m.
In some rooms additional beds can be used. To satisfy your needs we also offer two apartments with a high standard equipment. The three floors of the hotel are served by an elevator.
There are 70 seats in the hotel restaurant, in summer, it can be enlarged by another 60 seats on the terrace of the hotel. Open daily from 11.00 to 23.00.
There are three conference rooms for either 60, 30 or 15 people.
Leisure opportunities
In the close neighborhood of the hotel you will find:
Three lawn area for football, a tennis hall, one football ground with artificial surface, a hockey playground, a multipurpose hall - 400 m from the hotel, athletic- stadium with tartan surface (eight lanes), 15 tennis courts – about 500 m, two bowling lanes – about 400m, hockey stadium – about 600 m.
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Southern Bohemia, Český Krumlov |
You will find the hotel in the historical centre of the town, 200 m from the entrance to the castle. The hotel is a converted original Renaissance house from the 16the century. | ||
Location
You will find the hotel in the historical centre of the town, 200 m from the entrance to the castle. The hotel is a converted original Renaissance house from the 16the century.
Amenities and Services
There are four comfortable double rooms furnished in a romantic style and three suites.
The rooms are equipped with TV SAT, CD player, minibar, and a bathroom with a corner bathtub.
Connection to internet through WiFi possible in the hotel.
Leisure Activities
Sightseeing of the castle and other historical monuments in Český Krumlov and the surroundings.
Other Information
Safe-deposit box, fax, scanner, copier available at the hotel.
Parking arranged at the area of the Eggenber Brewery for a charge of CZK150 per day.
Dogs allowed for an additional fee of CZK 200 per night.
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Southern Bohemia, Český Krumlov |
The guesthouse***, lies at the bottom of Křížová hora Mt. which offers one of most wonderful views of the town. | ||
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Location
The guesthouse***, lies at the bottom of Křížová hora Mt. which offers one of most wonderful views of the town.
Equipment and services
The guesthouse offers eight comfortable double rooms and one apartment. In three of the rooms an additional bed can be placed. Every room has own bathroom, telephone, hairdryer, radio, SAT TV. There is also a safe-deposit box and minibar. Use of these facilities is charged for separately.
Seven rooms have their own balcony or a terrace, one room has a French window.
Leisure opportunities
The placement of the hotel is ideal for walking and guided trips to the surroundings
of Český Krumlov, Dívčí kámen castle ruin, Čertova stěna rock formation and other sites.
Further information
A foyer with TV and a terrace.
Parking at the car park in front of the guesthouse.
The reception offers various services like fax, exchange office, souvenir shop. It also sells individual trips and guided tours, concert and theatre tickets and arranges rental of bikes, boats as well as taxi services.
Dogs allowed for an additional fee.
A garage available.
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Southern Bohemia, Český Krumlov |
The guesthouse is locate in a lucrative site in the centre of Český Krumlov, on a small island created by the Vltava River and a millrace. The windows of the guesthouse offer a beautiful view of the Krumlov Castle, the Castle Tower and the Vltava River. The historical centre of the town is about 50 m from the hotel. The central attended car park is about 100 m from the house. The building of the guesthouse dates to 19th century. Originally a town house with a joinery has underwent a complete restoration in 2007. | ||
Location
The guesthouse is locate in a lucrative site in the centre of Český Krumlov, on a small island created by the Vltava River and a millrace. The windows of the guesthouse offer a beautiful view of the Krumlov Castle, the Castle Tower and the Vltava River. The historical centre of the town is about 50 m from the hotel. The central attended car park is about 100 m from the house. The building of the guesthouse dates to 19th century. Originally a town house with a joinery has underwent a complete restoration in 2007.
Equipment and services
There are single, double and three-bed rooms with own bathrooms and SAT TV.
An apartment with a kitchenette is also available.
A pleasant restaurant.
Internet is not available.
Leisure opportunities
You might enjoy sightseeing of Český Krumlov also from the water level of Vltava River – the guesthouse is ready to lend you rafting boats. They can also arrange a transport of rafts to the Větřní village, from where you will float to your guesthouse within half an hour.
Fans of fishing can use a private pond, about 10 km from Český Krumlov, and enjoy their own catch.
You can also borrow bicycles, make a trip to the surroundings and visit attractive sites like Kleť Mt (1084 m) or Dívčí Kámen Castle Ruin. Well marked bike trails will lead you to a number of wonderful places.
Further information
Pets allowed. Baby bed available.
Bike rental in the family house.
There are many hotels and pensions in the city centre. As in other Czech towns, pensions are the best option. Just ask at the tourist information - there are two of them in the centre. One is next to the city hall, the other one south of central Premysl square.
- www.c-budejovice.cz Official website of České Budějovice. Useful to read before visiting. Comes in English, Czech and German.
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