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Třeboň and the Třeboň area
- 48 hours in TřeboňTřeboň · Weekend – Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. Choose who you are travelling with and the plan adapts. You can share a link to the version you picked.
- A relaxing weekend in TřeboňTřeboň · Rest – Třeboň can be wonderfully slow. All it takes is two things: book a treatment in advance and book nothing else.
- Day trips from TřeboňTřeboň · Day trips – From Třeboň everything is close. Jindřichův Hradec, Nové Hrady, Hluboká and two UNESCO sites can each be done in a day – and you are back by the fishpond in the evening.
- From České Budějovice to TřeboňTřeboň · Getting there – The regional capital is only 22 kilometres from Třeboň. The bus is fastest. The train takes a detour, but with a bike it is a good choice.
- From Český Krumlov to TřeboňTřeboň · Getting there – Krumlov is a town for one day, Třeboň a landscape for several. Together they make the ideal South Bohemian week – and the drive between them is under an hour.
- From Prague to TřeboňTřeboň · Getting there – You can get from Prague to Třeboň without changing – on a direct fast train that stops right by the spa. By car it takes about two hours.
- Private rooms in TřeboňTřeboň · Private rooms – In a small spa town, a room with local people is often the most personal and often the cheapest way to spend the night. It does have its own rules, though. Here is what to look out for.
- The fishponds around TřeboňTřeboň · Fishponds – The fishponds of the Třeboň area are not nature. They are structures: dams, outlets and kilometres of canals built by fishpond engineers from the late 15th century onwards. That is why they show so clearly how a landscape works.
- Třeboň by bikeTřeboň · Cycling – The Třeboň area is the flattest part of South Bohemia. The whole protected area lies between 406 and 541 metres above sea level, so what decides your day is not fitness but how many dams, canals and fishponds you want to see.
- The Třeboň spaTřeboň · Spa – Třeboň is an official spa town, and its treatments use peat (slatina) – fen peat from the surrounding bogs warmed to body temperature. Its two spa houses belong to the town and, besides treatment, also offer short stays just for rest.
- Things to do in TřeboňTřeboň · Things to do – Třeboň does not have dozens of attractions. It has about ten, and you can reach all of them on foot or by bike. Here they are, in order of how well they tell you where you are.
- Třeboň in summerTřeboň · Summer – Summer is when Třeboň is liveliest: dams full of bikes, café terraces on the square, the little train round Svět. Know a few tricks and you can have it to yourself even in August.
- When it rains in TřeboňTřeboň · Rain – Rain suits Třeboň – the fishponds darken and the town retreats under its arcades. And there are enough roofs here for a whole weekend.
- Třeboň in winterTřeboň · Winter – In winter Třeboň goes back to the locals. The dams are empty, mist hangs over the fishponds, and the spa is the best place to hide from the frost.
- Třeboň with a dogTřeboň · With a dog – Kilometres of dams, pine forests and few cars. The Třeboň area is wonderful for dogs – but it is also a bird protection area, and that changes the rules of the game.
- Třeboň with childrenTřeboň · With children – Flat ground, short distances, water at every turn and pools for rainy days. Třeboň is one of the easiest places in Czechia for a weekend with small children.
- Třeboň without a carTřeboň · Without a car – Třeboň is one of the best places in Czechia for a car-free holiday. A direct train from Prague, two stations in town, bike hire at the station and flat land where you simply do not need a car.
- TřeboňSouth Bohemia · Třeboň area – A Renaissance town on the Zlatá stoka canal, wedged between the Svět and Rožmberk fishponds. Nobody comes here to tick things off. People come to cycle along the dams, for a peat wrap at the spa, for carp, and for the evenings when the sky opens up over the water.
- Where to stay in TřeboňTřeboň · Where to stay – In Třeboň, distance from the square does not matter – you can cross the whole town in twenty minutes. What matters is whether you want to wake up to church bells, the ducks on Svět, or nothing at all.
Regions
- A quiet weekend in VysočinaVysočina · Peace – Vysočina has no big mountains and no famous resorts. It has gentle hills, fishponds, villages of timber houses and three UNESCO sites – and, above all, a silence you will no longer find elsewhere in Czechia.
- Český KrumlovSouth Bohemia · UNESCO – The historic centre in a bend of the Vltava has been on the UNESCO list since 1992. By day it fills with tour groups. Mornings and evenings belong to those who stay the night.
- Forest cabins in ŠumavaŠumava · Cabins – Šumava is the largest national park in Czechia. A cabin in the forest here does not just mean silence – it also means rules, a winter that lasts until April, and tracks no car can reach.
- Where to stay in KrkonošeKrkonoše · Where to stay – Krkonoše – the Giant Mountains – are not one place. Špindlerův Mlýn and Pec are busy resorts, Rokytnice and Harrachov the quieter west, Janské Lázně a spa town in the mountains. And the huts on the ridges are a world of their own.
Types of accommodation
- Chata or chalupa?Stay Atlas · Types – Even native Czech speakers mix these two words up. But for choosing a stay the difference is real: a chalupa is a house in a village, a chata is a building put up for recreation – often in the woods, by the water and without neighbours.
- Guesthouse, hotel, apartmentStay Atlas · Types – A penzion is not just a “smaller hotel”. It has its own definition: 5 to 20 rooms and services comparable to a hotel, but no restaurant. And the stars? They are voluntary.
- Log house (roubenka)Stay Atlas · Types – A roubenka is a house of timber beams laid horizontally on top of each other and joined at the corners with carpentry joints. It smells of wood, crackles with the stove, and in winter it can be the cosiest place in the mountains.
- Spa accommodationStay Atlas · Types – Czechia has dozens of officially designated spa towns providing spa care. But staying at a spa does not only mean being treated. Here is how to find your way around the system.
- Glamping and tiny housesStay Atlas · Types – Glamping is camping where you do not have to put anything up or carry anything in. You sleep in nature, but in a bed. You pay for the experience – so it is worth knowing exactly what you are buying.
- Staying with a dogStay Atlas · With a dog – “Dogs welcome” means something different everywhere. In some places the dog may sleep on the bed, in others only in the hall. And national parks have their own rules.
- Staying with childrenStay Atlas · Family – With children you don’t worry about stars, but about stairs, a kitchenette and whether there is somewhere to run around. Here is a list that will save you a first evening of improvising.
- Private sauna and hot tubStay Atlas · Wellness – “Private wellness” is one of the most common wishes today. In practice, though, it can mean a sauna just for you, a shared hot tub in the yard, or an hour a day for an extra charge.
- Farm staysStay Atlas · Types – Morning milking, eggs from the henhouse, horses over the fence. A farm is the shortest way to show children (and yourself) where food comes from.
Field notes
- Holidays from the stationField notes – Not every destination is a struggle without a car. Here are five places where you step off the train and the weekend can begin.
- The landscape of two skiesField notes – Around Třeboň there is more water than hills. When the wind drops, the whole sky is mirrored in the fishponds and suddenly the landscape has two skies.
- Třeboň carpField notes – Carp from the Třeboň area enjoys the same kind of protection in the European Union as many famous cheeses and hams. And Czechoslovakia was already protecting its name in 1974.