Trips » One-Day Bicycle Trip To Karlstejn Castle
One-Day Bicycle Trip To Karlstejn Castle
One day bicycle trip (6 – 10 hours)
Guided group tour or Self guided individual tour
Length 32 km
Grade of difficulty: Easy
The best view of the country is from a saddle of a horse (or the saddle of a bike).
Combine culture and sport! Visit the magical and most visited castle in the Czech Republic and learn more about the country! Join us for a full-day bike tour!
The Guided group tour Includes:
- pick up from your Prague hotel
- welcome briefing
- map of Prague
- rental of a 21 speed bicycle
- water bottles and safety helmets provided
- brief bicycle training course
- friendly English-speaking guide
- lunch at Karlštejn (2 course menu including one drink)
- emergency service on the route
- train ticket and transport pass for return to Prague hotel
Price: 1.500 CZK per person (approximately = 60 EUR, 90 USD, 45 GBP)
The Self-Guided individual tour Includes:
- welcome briefing
- map of Prague
- rental of a 21 speed bicycle
- water bottles and safety helmets provided
- brief bicycle training course
- panniers (if required)
- bicycle repair kit (per group)
- map and route book (per group)
- AVE hot-line assistance service
- train ticket and transport pass for return to Prague hotel
Price: 600 CZK per person (approximately = 24 EUR, 37 USD, 18 GBP)
+ 300 CZK per group
Difficulty: Easy ride suitable for recreational cyclists, 32 km (20 miles).
Departure: Daily from 1st April till 31st October, weather permitting, except Mondays. We pick you up at your hotel reception at an appointed time (usually between 8-9 am).
Return: Back to Prague between 4 pm and 8 pm, depending on your activities at Karlštejn (for example, castle tour, sightseeing, shopping in the castle neighbourhood, golf course). You return to Prague by train and public transport to your hotel.
Bicycles: Modern mountain bikes with front suspension and 21 or 24 speeds, equipped with bike computer, front bag, mud-guards, etc.)
Program of the guided trip:
Pick up at the appointed time and place (provided at the time of booking). We start the ride from the bike rental garage in Prague 5, Pod Barvířkou 6, at approximately 9:30 am. The tour is mostly on cycle tracks with virtually no traffic. Since the whole route follows rivers, there are almost no hills. There are several typical small Czech pubs on the way to Karlštejn Castle. We usually stop for a beer and other refreshments at one or more of them.
We reach Karlštejn at about 1 pm. The cycling part of the trip ends here unless you are taking advantage of prolonging the tour (see Additional offer below). Your bikes are transported back to Prague. Lunch is served in a traditional Czech country restaurant with Czech cuisine.
You have a free afternoon to explore the shops in the village and take an optional tour of the castle.
You receive a railway timetable, map of Prague and ticket for the trip back to your hotel. The train from Karlštejn to Prague leaves every 30 minutes.
The Programme of the Self-guided trip can differ from the guided one. There are many tracks to Karlstejn Castle. The client obtains more than one posible choices of routes to the castle and it is up to his or her decision and ability how difficult and how long a tour he/she wishes to choose. The tour can also start at the client’s Prague hotel, if the client took a guided trip with AVE the previous day and has already obtained bicycles and all materials.
Discounts (the guided trip):
- Student Discount: 10 % off the trip price for students under 26
- Multi Trip Discount: 10 % off the trip price of the second and further trip
- Group Discount: 10 % off the trip price for groups of four or more people
- Pick-up Discount: 10 % off the trip price for clients who travel to the start point of the trip by themselves
Two or more of the trip discounts above can be applied simultaneously!
Reservations: By 8 pm the evening before you want to join the tour. Tours can be booked at your hotel reception or at all tour box offices in Prague or call the AVE travel reservation centre on tel. 222-318-849, mobil: 724-011-083 or e-mail mucha@avetravel.cz
Advanced reservation: Request a tour
Free cancellation: 24 hours in advance
Additional offer: We can arrange prolonging this guided tour for self-led bicycle trips with pre-recorded routes and maps in Prague surroundings.
We wish you a pleasant cycle-ride with AVE Travel.
General Conditions: For Guided tours the participants must stay with the group and the guide at all times. Separation from the group can result in being left behind and will be at the customer’s expense.
