Krkonoše Mountain Roads · part 3

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Near Třebotov

   Just beyond Prague's south-western edge, the landscape changes abruptly. The city's apartment blocks give way to wooded hills and limestone cliffs, and the Berounka river winds through a valley lined with summer cottages, villages and the occasional factory. You start and finish on the plateau above the valley, near Třebotov and Černošice, a pleasant, practical place to start and finish rides without fighting through the centre of the capital.

   Read the complete Near Třebotov write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Krkonoše Mountain Roads checkpoint 8 is where the day begins. Next is Scenic stretch near Sedlčany.

2. 2. Scenic stretch near Sedlčany

   Sedlčany sits in the Central Bohemian uplands south of Prague, in a landscape of low hills, forests, fields and fishponds. The town itself is modest, with a market square, a Gothic church and a scattering of shops and cafés, but the countryside around it is the real attraction.

   Read the complete Scenic stretch near Sedlčany write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Scenic stretch near Sedlčany comes up about 74 km into the recorded legs. Next is High point near Votice.

3. 3. High point near Votice

   The hills around Votice belong to the Central Bohemian uplands, a rumpled country of fields, fishponds and small forests between Prague and Tábor. Votice itself is a modest market town with a square, a church and a few thousand inhabitants, a quiet place where the main event of the day might be the arrival of the bus. It has a bakery, shops and fuel, which is all a rider really needs from it.

   Read the complete High point near Votice write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   This is where the road stops climbing. Next is Back to Krkonoše Mountain.

4. 4. Back to Krkonoše Mountain

   The title of this stop is a mountain range far to the north, but you are in the rolling farmland of central Bohemia, east of Prague, around the small town of Kouřim. The Krkonoše, the Giant Mountains on the Polish border, lie more than a hundred kilometres away, and this is the quiet, gentle country you cross on the way home. The land is a mixture of fields, orchards and woodland, with long views across the plain and the occasional church spire.

   Read the complete Krkonoše Mountain write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Back to Krkonoše Mountain closes the day.