Czech Family Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Prague to Bohemia
Your guides will meet you in Prague and take you to Kokořinsko nature preserve, a forested landscape laced with hiking and biking trails. We will discover this beautiful area filled with bizarre sandstone formations and traditional villages partly by bike, partly by foot, before we reach impressive medieval Kokořín Castle.  Our reward for climbing it´s once unconquerable tower will be the amazing view of this wonderful area. Next stop will be rare rock-cut house, deserted only few decades ago. Arriving at our first hotel, the Zamek Liblice, you will be welcomed into this 17th-century zamek (chateau) with exceptional hospitality and treated to lovely rooms filled with 18th- and 19th- century museum quality furniture. Before we retire to a noble slumber, we will dine at the hotel’s award-winning restaurant and become familiar with the bohemian specialty par excellence –pilsner beer.  

Meal: Light lunch & dinner
Destinations visited: Prague, Kokořinsko
Distance cycled: 32 km / 19.8 miles

Day 2: The Bank of the Vltava
After a delicious breakfast, we will drive to Veltrusy water channel, where you will have a great opportunity to “get wet”. From novices to experts, everyone will have great fun on 500-meter long man-made canals with many rapids, big waves and whirlpools! After a picnic lunch we will be ready to bike one of the most beautiful bike trails along the Vltava river banks all the way to Prague. As we pedal, we will see many zameks, -  glorious summer chateaus that competing  noble families had built. On our way to Prague we will pass beautifully sgrafittoed walls of the 16th century palace of Nelahozeves - famous composer Antonin Dvořak was born almost literally in its shadow - baroque pearls Veltrusy and Trója chateaux all settled in a nature reserve with a wild rocks valley. Once in Prague one will be free to relax or take a stroll through one of the most popular cities in Europe. Dinner is on your own, get dressed for a night on the town, or a quiet meal – whichever you prefer – the evening is yours to choose.

Meal: Breakfast & picnic lunch
Destinations visited: Nelahozeves&Veltrusy& Troja Chateaux, Prague
Distance cycled: 38 km / 23.6 miles

Day 3: The Palaces of Moravia
But the capital can’t hold us for long, not when we have so much to see in Moravia!  We will be transferred from Prague to Břeclav on the Czech/ Austrian border.  Your bikes will be ready to take you into the UNESCO heritage sites of Lednice and Valtice.  These two towns contain two palaces of the Lichtenstein family; between them is one of the biggest “English parks”. Don’t be surprised to turn a corner and come upon a triumphal arch of Roman proportions, an Arabic minaret or some other of plenty memorials spread in this area. The highlight of the day will be a Falcon demonstration of critically endangered birds of prey, as they fly freely in their natural habitat and hunt maquettes of animals in the gardens at the Lednice Chateau.  In Valtice chateau, we will descend into the aged wine cellars dating back to 14th century, before we join former iron curtain border patrol roads. Just over twenty years ago, a Czech could be arrested (or worse) just for being as close as two kilometers to this road; now there are colza flowers growing where the electrified Iron Curtain once stood.  You can decide whether to bike the whole way or take the van to Mikulov, an artist town guarding one of the few medieval Jewish cemeteries remain in Central Europe, with an impressive chateau or a renaissance square.  In this gorgeous town we will stay two nights at Hotel Temple. 

Meal: Breakfast & dinner
Destinations visited: Lednice, Valtice, Mikulov, Iron curtain road
Distance cycled: 50 km / 31 miles

Day 4: Wines in Sklepy on the way to Austria
Leave the bikes behind and take a hike.  Your guides will take you up into the Palava Hills -  the Provence of Moravia some call it. It is protected by UNESCO for its variety of flora and fauna, with their two castle ruins that afford spectacular views of the vineyards and wilderness of the surrounding area. At the end of our hike we will descend into unique folklore baroque architecture village Pavlov.  From there we will be transferred to Nové Mlýny water dam, where you’ll take windsurfing lessons. The rest of a day you can spend with some beach time playing volleyball, take out a paddle boat, try out the trampoline or some other summer activities. On the way back we can stop to see one of the oldest statues known to man in the town of Vestonice. This small statue of a fertile woman dates back between 29,000-25,000 years. In the late afternoon it is a perfect time to explore Mikulov. Dinner tonight will be at the very special Eat and Art Gallery, a unique place where you will eat with all your senses! The chef will reveal to us one of her secrets during a special Strudel making lesson.

Meal: Breakfast & Lunch, dinner
Destinations visited: Palava Hills; Dolní Věstonice, Mikulov, Nové Mlýny water dam
Distance hiked: 7 km / 4,4 miles

Day 5: Kings, Monks and the Wachau Valley
In the morning a van will transfer you to the stunning, stunning, UNESCO-protected Wachau Valley in Austria. Starting in the historical town of Krems, we will ride a bike route seemingly through time into charmed medieval villages, under castle ruins and by some of the most  beautiful viticulture land in the world. Here the vines cascade off the terraced mountains almost into the Danube river. We will pass the fortress and town of Dürnstein where Richard the Lion-Hearted was imprisoned returning from the third crusade. When we get to the Benedictine Monastery in Melk, we will leave the bikes and land behind, riding back to Krems by a sightseeing boat  that transports people up and down the Danube – just another way to marvel at the Wachau Mountains. A final toast awaits us at our hotel in Krems, and a delicious meal to show off the delightful cuisine of Austria.

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Destinations visited: Wachau Valley, Dürnstein, Krems, Weisskirchen, Melk
Distance cycled: 44km / 27,2 miles

Day 6: Na Shledanou
Your guides can take you on an optional ride along the river. Or you can spend the morning relaxing and enjoys Krems. Afterwards, your guides will drive you to the last UNESCO site from our list,  to Vienna -  imperial capital of Austria. Wherever your next destination is, you will be carrying memories that will last a lifetime. 
Complete satisfaction.

Meals: Breakfast
Destinations visited: Vienna
Distance cycled: 0 km / 0 miles