
Český Krumlov
Český Krumlov
A fairy-tale UNESCO town wrapped in a bend of the Vltava.
Regional travel guide
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14 reviewed places with translated details, map access and itinerary planning for South Bohemia.
Plan South Bohemia with 14 reviewed places, practical details, map links and a personalised regional itinerary.

Český Krumlov
A fairy-tale UNESCO town wrapped in a bend of the Vltava.

Český Krumlov
Bohemia's second-largest castle with a candy-striped tower and Baroque theatre.

Hluboká nad Vltavou
A dazzling white neo-Gothic chateau modelled on England's Windsor.

Třeboň
A renaissance spa town among vast medieval fishponds and peat-bog trails.

Lipno nad Vltavou
Czechia's biggest reservoir — a summer water playground and winter ski resort.

Holašovice
A perfectly preserved UNESCO village of pastel 'rural Baroque' farmhouses.

Šumava
The 'Green Roof of Europe' — deep primeval forest, glacial lakes and peat bogs.

Zvíkovské Podhradí
The 'king of Czech castles' on a rocky spur above the confluence of the Vltava and Otava.

Jindřichův Hradec
The third-largest castle complex in the country, beside a large fishpond.

Červená Lhota
A scarlet Renaissance water chateau on a rock island in the middle of a pond.

Orlík nad Vltavou
A neo-Gothic Schwarzenberg chateau at the water's edge of a huge Vltava reservoir.

Tábor
The fortress town founded by the radical Hussites, riddled with medieval tunnels.

Třeboň
The largest fishpond in the Czech Republic (489 ha), engineered 1584-1590 by Jakub Krčín near Třeboň.

Hluboká nad Vltavou
A lakeside zoo focused on European and farm animals, beside a hunting-themed chateau.
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