About this route
Route overview
The most photogenic town in the Czech Republic in one comfortable day with a private chauffeur — Cesky Krumlov, a medieval town on a bend of the Vltava inscribed on the UNESCO list in 1992, the second largest castle residence in the Czech Republic after Prague Castle. Standard plan: 9:00 hotel pickup in Prague, 10:45 arrival in Cesky Krumlov (170 km via D3 motorway and local roads, about 1 h 45). UNESCO Old Town tour 4 h with a licensed guide: Krumlov Castle with the second largest castle facade in the country (13th-18th centuries, Renaissance Tower with frescoes from 1591, Masquerade Hall rococo 1748, Baroque Castle Theatre with original 1766 stage machinery — one of only three preserved in Europe), the Latran quarter with stone guild houses, Namesti Svornosti Square with the Renaissance Town Hall from 1597, the Vltava river bend seen from the castle bridge (the most famous Czech postcard view), the 14th-century Minorite Monastery with a Gothic cloister garden, the Lazebnicky Bridge with its wooden roof over the Vltava. 13:30 lunch at Krcma U Dwau Maryi by Parkan — a medieval tavern by the Vltava with traditional Czech cuisine (svickova, vepro-knedlo-zelo, Eggenberg beer from the local brewery). 14:30 gondola ride on the Vltava (1 h through the bends under the castle and Lazebnicky Bridge, a perspective of the town from river level). 16:00 return to Prague (170 km, about 1 h 45). EUR 580 Mercedes E-Class. Service runs 24/7 with flight tracking if pickup is at PRG.