We%26#39;re planning a May 2006 trip to the region including the following:
Day 1: train Dresden to Prague
Days 2 %26amp; 3: sightsee in Prague
Day 4: train Prague to Vienna
Days 5 %26amp; 6: sightsee in Vienna
Day 7: train Vienna to Salzburg
Day 8: sightsee in Salzburg
Day 9: train Salzburg to Munich
However, Cesky Krumlov looks very enticing. And its right in the middle of a triangle between the above cities.
Any suggestions how to include it and get to and from the other cities? Any thoughts about what to give up to include it? The Czech and Austrian rail websites show the connections to take a very long time.
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Cesky Krumlov is definitely worth visiting!! If you are up for it, you could fit it in on day 4 by taking an early bus from Prague arriving in Cesky Krumlov at 11am - spend the afternoon there - and then take a bus at 4pm to Ceske Budejovice where you could catch a train at 6 pm to Vienna (arriving in Vienna at 10:30pm). A bit hectic, but well worth it!
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You could go from Prague to Vienna via Cesky Krumlov.
There%26#39;s now a international bus service between the Czech Republic and Austria (Vyssi Brod and Bad Leonfelden) that makes it easier to go to Vienna, althoug it includes many changes! (at least 3)
If you need information on that, just contact me. Mind that the busses only run Mon-Sat.
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You can also go from Prague to Krumlov by some early bus, spend a night there. At 11:00 every day leaves Krumlov VW Transporter for up to 11 people which goes to Linz - train station. In 20 minutes leaves the train to Wien (Vienna). This shuttle bus costs about 500 CZK (25 USD) and it is the best option. Infocenter at the town square knows how to book it.
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For the public bus to Linz, you have the following options:
Cesky Krumlov dep. 7:20 Mon-Sat
Kaplice zel.sto arr. 7:38
dep. 7:39
Bad Leonfelden arr. 8:25
dep. 8:35
Linz Hbf. arr. 9:25
Cesky Krumlov dep. 14:30 Mon-Fri
Vyssi Brod nam. arr. 15:20
dep. 15:20
Bad Leonfelden arr. 15:34
dep. 15:35
Linz Hbf. arr. 16:25
Cesky Krumlov dep. 16:15 Mon-Sat
Bad Leonfelden arr. 17:05
dep. 17:05
Linz Hbf. arr. 17:55
Infos from www.idos.cz and fahrplan.oebb.at
For trains from Linz to Vienna, have a look at http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.exe/en
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Hi,
We are taking a train Prague to Vienna and would like to visit Cesky Krumlov. My problem is what do we do with our luggage?
Thanks
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I just want to let you know, 2006 is Mozart%26#39;s 250th birthday celebratiaon in Austria. There will be celebrations everywhere. Book early.
I believe we stopped in Cesky Krumlov on our way up from Austria to the Czech Republic and Prague. Check and see if there are lockers in their train stations. (Many folks do that all over Europe)
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does anyone know how to do this trip backwards [Vienna to Prague via Cesky Krumlov]? I will be in Vienna in December and I fly out of Prague. It would be great to be able to work in CK.
Thanks
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RobbiAUSTRIA has the best recommendation of all!
www.idoz absolutely efficient!
The train rides are about 3-6 hours (depending on transit time).
The bus ride doubles in timing.
Give yourself lots of time for transit.
Typically journey scenario (Prague --%26gt; Linz--%26gt; Franz Josef Banhof vice versa).
At Linz, there are usually train servicing and the custom checks in train. We were backpacking and kept the backpack on top of our seats (there are some form of holders).
You can book all these online should you be concerned that tickets are hard to get. As we are taking a 6 am train (ticket booths not opened yet), I booked everything online. Second class is quite pleasant and you can get secured seat numbers too (in case of peak seasons). It takes about 2-3 weeks to get the tickets via post (we are in Singapore), thus plan carefully.
Our journey witha Stop by at Krumlov (Prague --%26gt; Cesky Budejovice/ Change train to Cesky Krumlov). Really have to take note of the transit time. We missed our train and has to wait at Cesky Budejovice station for 4 hours. There are not much waiting areas though. But there is a reasonably priced cafe (turn right at the station exit). Do not understand a word they say though (czech language maybe); menus all in czech.
Note that there is a Cesky Budejovice j.v. and a Cesky Budejovice s.v. when you do the booking online. They are just a small stop before and after the main station. Really small hut looking station.
The trick question here is when you alight at Cesky Krumlov, you have to probably grab the first cab you see and be FAST! The long walk down from the train station to the town (20 minutes at least) with no road signs makes the fare worth it. Definitely, worth paying for the trip uphill to the train station unless you are backpacking light.
Lockers at Budejovice will not even fit a partially loaded Deuter 40. Forget about the lockers if you have a suitcase.
Lovely Krumlov. Do drink some the Eggenberg beer too! Good Italian restaurant at Latran 10 Hotel Dvorak.
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Hi there. Not sure if this will help, but i only just visited Cesky last week and this is how i got there:
From Prague, hired a car and drove 2.5 hours to Cesky (easy drive). Was grateful that i drove because it is a tricky place to get into by public transport. Then after staying 2 nights, we drove to Salzburg (again another easy 3 hour drive) and dropped off the car there. Would have also been just as easy to drive to Vienna but we skipped V for S.
Car hire was a little pricier than normal because you need to pay an excess to drive iin/out of Czech, and then to drop the car off at a different location to the pick up spot also incurs a small fee. Definitely worth it tho...Cesky is like a less-touristy beautifully serene Prague!
Enjoy!
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There are 8 of us traveling to Prague, Vienna and Budapest in early April. We would like to take a side trip from Prague to Cesky Krumlov for a day (return the same day) -- I was thinking that maybe we could hire a van with driver -- any suggestions?
Thank you.
Eileen Ward
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