South Bohemian Region: Hotels and Accommodation

At Lipno Reservoir, you can enjoy water sports, fishing, swimming and cycling; winter sports are also available at the Lipno Ski Resort.

You may want to find and book a hotel in the South Bohemian Region for your trip.

Winter and Nature

As active holiday options, South Bohemia offers water sports, golf, skiing and adrenaline sports.

Away from roads, cycling in Šumava National Park is restricted to built-up areas and designated cycle paths; rafting is permitted on sections of the Vydra, Otava and Vltava rivers.

Šumava National Park offers self-guided trails for children and adults. The accompanying worksheets contain activities, maps, photographs and illustrations.

Cycling and Exercise

The network of designated cycle routes in South Bohemia covers nearly 10,000 kilometres; there are also more than one hundred opportunities for cycling tours. The South Bohemian cycle network passes through fishponds, river landscapes and areas with historic landmarks. In addition, the region has more than 5,000 kilometres of marked hiking trails and a dense network of marked cycling routes.

Train journeys in South Bohemia can be combined with cycling because trains offer bicycle transport. In Jindřichův Hradec, you can take trips on a narrow-gauge railway through the South Bohemian countryside.

Water and Fishing

Fishing is possible along most sections of the shore at Mrhal Pond near Rudolfov; there is also a beach, a wooden jetty and refreshments.

South Bohemia has a long tradition of fishing and fish farming. There are opportunities for recreational and sport fishing around České Budějovice–Hluboká.

Culture and History

Holašovice preserves buildings of folk architecture from the 18th and 19th centuries in the South Bohemian Folk Baroque style. The UNESCO-listed South Bohemian village comprises 23 farmsteads arranged around a rectangular village green, as well as a chapel, a smithy, a cross and a fishpond.

At Hluboká Castle, the tour of the state rooms includes the piano nobile, salons, dining rooms, the library, the private rooms of Princess Eleonora and a weapons exhibition. In suitable weather conditions, the castle tower offers views of the surrounding countryside.

The historic centre of Český Krumlov is UNESCO-listed and lies on both banks of the Vltava below a castle founded in the 13th century. Bechyně has a long-standing ceramic tradition and one of the oldest ceramic schools in Europe. Tábor is an important site in Hussite history and was founded in 1420.

Cuisine

South Bohemian cuisine focuses on carp and other fish from the region’s hundreds of fishponds, including trout and pike-perch; they are prepared in many different ways.

The South Bohemian beer trails comprise six routes through the region; they include brewery visits in Hluboká nad Vltavou, Týn nad Vltavou, Dražíč and Dolní Bukovsko.

Geographical Classification

Skopoje [Hosín-Dobřejovice], Kameniště [Hluboká nad Vltavou-Poněšice] and Hora [Hluboká nad Vltavou-Poněšice] are located in the immediate vicinity of the South Bohemian Region. Zdoba is located in the wider regional surroundings of the South Bohemian Region.

Subregions

For further information, see the subregions Český Krumlov District, České Budějovice District, Tábor District, Písek District and Prachatice District.

For the higher-level travel overview: Czechia.

More Destinations

More places within the same destination:

Olomouc, Central Bohemia, Pilsen.