CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Český Krumlov it runs 239 km to Český Krumlov; allow about 4 h of riding. On the way it passes Holašovice Historic Village, Schlögen - Kastell, Schlögen - Vicus and back through Schlögen - Kastell. It crosses from Czechia into Austria - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules.
The Vltava makes a series of tight loops through the south Bohemian hills, and Český Krumlov sits inside one of them like a stone kept in a closed hand. The old town, the castle on its rock above the river, and the bridges and rooftops are all squeezed into the bend. It is a very small place, only about fourteen thousand people, but it has the air of something much larger, because for centuries it was the seat of powerful noble families, first the Rosenbergs and later the Schwarzenbergs and Eggenbergs, who built and rebuilt the castle until it had grown into dozens of buildings around a string of courtyards.
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Cesky Krumlov is where the day begins. Next is Holašovice Historic Village.
Holašovice looks like a village painted from memory by someone who loved it. A long rectangular green sits in the middle, with a pond and a small chapel, and around it stand more than twenty farmhouses with gabled fronts in rich, ornate plasterwork, some in white and pale yellow and some in soft blue. The style is called folk Baroque, or peasant Baroque, and the houses were mostly built in the nineteenth century, when wealthy farmers dressed their gables in a local version of the grand style of the cities. It has been on the UNESCO list since 1998.
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Holašovice Historic Village comes up 29 km in.
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58 km in you reach Holašovice Historic Village. Next is Schlögen - Kastell.
The Danube here performs one of its most famous tricks. Forced by hard granite, the river makes two tight hairpin turns, the Schlögener Schlinge, doubling back on itself in a loop so neat it looks drawn with a compass. From the viewpoint on the wooded slope above, a short walk from the road, you look down on the river curling around a forested spur, and it is one of the classic images of Upper Austria.
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Schlögen - Kastell, about halfway. Next is Schlögen - Vicus.
The Danube does something remarkable at Schlögen. Forced by hard granite, the river makes a tight double hairpin, the Schlögener Schlinge, turning back on itself twice in a deep, wooded valley in Upper Austria, and the view of it from above is one of the most famous in the country. A short walk from the river up through the forest leads to the Schlögener Blick viewpoint, where you can see the river coiling below like a green-brown snake between steep slopes.
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Schlögen - Vicus sits at 116 km, about halfway. Next is back through Schlögen - Kastell.
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back through Schlögen - Kastell comes up 145 km in. Next is back through Holašovice Historic Village.
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174 km in you reach back through Holašovice Historic Village.
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back through Holašovice Historic Village, late in the day. Next is Cesky Krumlov.
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The route ends here after 239 km.
Cesky Krumlov → Holašovice Historic Village is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Holašovice Historic Village → Schlögen - Kastell is 91 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Schlögen - Kastell → back through Holašovice Historic Village is 91 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Holašovice Historic Village → Cesky Krumlov is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.