Rent a car in Prague or Ceske Budejovice?
Mar 5th, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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Rent a car in Prague or Ceske Budejovice?
We will be traveling around Southern Bohemia
from Ceske Krumlov to Trebon, Suchdol nad Luznici and Telc centering in Ceske Budejovice.
Would it be better to rent the car in Prague or take the train to Ceske Budejovice and rent the car there?
Thanks,
Bert
from Ceske Krumlov to Trebon, Suchdol nad Luznici and Telc centering in Ceske Budejovice.
Would it be better to rent the car in Prague or take the train to Ceske Budejovice and rent the car there?
Thanks,
Bert
Mar 5th, 2006 | 02:30 PM
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Bert,
If you are returning to Prague for a return flight to the USA, it would be easier and less time-consuming to rent a car in Prague.
The drive from Prague to Ceske Budejovice is about 1 1/2 hours. The train from Prague to Ceske Budejovice is a minimun of 2 1/2 to as much as 4 hours. (The local Czech Republic trains, although very inexpensive, are not well-maintained or particularly clean.)
Getting out of Prague from the Hertz location at Karlovo Namesti was super easy. The return into Prague was also very painless.
If you plan on returning to the Prague airport location, leave a little extra time because of road construction.
The rates from Auto Europe may be even less expensive than Hertz, but I have not checked their "intown" locations in Prague for easy of departure from their city center locations.
You can get a good directional plan from either the mappy.com or viamichelin.com web site to get "in and out" of Prague.
Also, the Czech National Tourist Office in NYC has a super "free" map of Praha that has all streets marked for directions (one way or two way), along with every traffic light.
It sure made getting in and out of town very easy, even when I was navigating solo from the south of Prague into Mala Strana, and from Mala Strana to the autoroute to Germany.
Cesky Krumlov, Trebon and Telc were among my favorite sightseeing trips in Bohemia. Ceske Budejovice has some very inexpensive jewelry and quality crystal shopping on the main square. (Much better prices than Prague or Ceske Krumlov.)
Outside of the main square, the black tower, and the Budvar brewery, Ceske Budejocive has little else to recommend it other than very, tasty and inexpensive beer halls.
If you are returning to Prague for a return flight to the USA, it would be easier and less time-consuming to rent a car in Prague.
The drive from Prague to Ceske Budejovice is about 1 1/2 hours. The train from Prague to Ceske Budejovice is a minimun of 2 1/2 to as much as 4 hours. (The local Czech Republic trains, although very inexpensive, are not well-maintained or particularly clean.)
Getting out of Prague from the Hertz location at Karlovo Namesti was super easy. The return into Prague was also very painless.
If you plan on returning to the Prague airport location, leave a little extra time because of road construction.
The rates from Auto Europe may be even less expensive than Hertz, but I have not checked their "intown" locations in Prague for easy of departure from their city center locations.
You can get a good directional plan from either the mappy.com or viamichelin.com web site to get "in and out" of Prague.
Also, the Czech National Tourist Office in NYC has a super "free" map of Praha that has all streets marked for directions (one way or two way), along with every traffic light.
It sure made getting in and out of town very easy, even when I was navigating solo from the south of Prague into Mala Strana, and from Mala Strana to the autoroute to Germany.
Cesky Krumlov, Trebon and Telc were among my favorite sightseeing trips in Bohemia. Ceske Budejovice has some very inexpensive jewelry and quality crystal shopping on the main square. (Much better prices than Prague or Ceske Krumlov.)
Outside of the main square, the black tower, and the Budvar brewery, Ceske Budejocive has little else to recommend it other than very, tasty and inexpensive beer halls.
Mar 5th, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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May I suggest a nice place to stay? It's near Buchlovice. Here's website:
http://www.buchlovpark.cz/EN/welkom.html
http://www.buchlovpark.cz/EN/welkom.html
Mar 7th, 2006 | 10:32 PM
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If you will decide for rent the car in Prague I have for you any suggestion for your itinerary. If you will visit town Telc continue to region South Moravia and visite the towns Mikulov and Valtice.
South Moravia is wine area and historical town Mikulov is center of Czech viniculture. There is Unique Viticultural Exhibition in the Chateau Mikulov. The display also includes a remarkable vat from 1643 in the Chateau cellar. When I tell you that a craftsman and his three assistants worked on it for 38 weeks to finish it, you will not be surprised by its noteworthy capacity - 101,400 litres. There is very interested exhibition of historical wine presses too and large picture gallery of the Dietrichsteins' familie portraits in the Chateau Mikulov.
Mikulov was center of jewish comunity in the Moravia. The jewish sigts in Mikulov: The historical Jewish Quarter, synagogue with museum of the history of Mikulov's Jewish quarter and the large Jewish Cemetery. The cemetery contains around four thousand gravestones. I recommend you accommodation in the former Jewish Quarter in Hotel Templ **** ([email protected] )The hotel has been built in historical interior of renaissance house. Part of this house is a temple (small synagogue), which has been rebuilt into gallery.
Very seductive chance is to explore viticulture and wine in small wine-cellars of mikulover wine-growers, taste local wines. The cellar of Mr. Solarik (Pod Kozim Hradkem) is very unusual. It is located in the limestone cave.
Near from Mikulov is Lednice-Valtice Area, the large-scale landscape park protected by UNESCO. From Lednice you can return to Prague by highway. It takes 3 hours.
More information about town: www.mikulov.cz and more photos see on www.funnyholiday.cz
South Moravia is wine area and historical town Mikulov is center of Czech viniculture. There is Unique Viticultural Exhibition in the Chateau Mikulov. The display also includes a remarkable vat from 1643 in the Chateau cellar. When I tell you that a craftsman and his three assistants worked on it for 38 weeks to finish it, you will not be surprised by its noteworthy capacity - 101,400 litres. There is very interested exhibition of historical wine presses too and large picture gallery of the Dietrichsteins' familie portraits in the Chateau Mikulov.
Mikulov was center of jewish comunity in the Moravia. The jewish sigts in Mikulov: The historical Jewish Quarter, synagogue with museum of the history of Mikulov's Jewish quarter and the large Jewish Cemetery. The cemetery contains around four thousand gravestones. I recommend you accommodation in the former Jewish Quarter in Hotel Templ **** ([email protected] )The hotel has been built in historical interior of renaissance house. Part of this house is a temple (small synagogue), which has been rebuilt into gallery.
Very seductive chance is to explore viticulture and wine in small wine-cellars of mikulover wine-growers, taste local wines. The cellar of Mr. Solarik (Pod Kozim Hradkem) is very unusual. It is located in the limestone cave.
Near from Mikulov is Lednice-Valtice Area, the large-scale landscape park protected by UNESCO. From Lednice you can return to Prague by highway. It takes 3 hours.
More information about town: www.mikulov.cz and more photos see on www.funnyholiday.cz
