Along Morava River

Day 1 - Prague - Horní Morava

(225 km / 135 miles by minibus or car)

Guided Group tours usually start on the scheduled day at 9 a.m. Self-Guided tours and non-schedule tours start at the clients' request on any day from the beginning of April to the end of October.
Pick up at hotel or airport in Prague and transfer to Horni Morava (225 km = 135 miles by minibus or car), checking in at the hotel, adaptation of bicycles to match to bikers' body dimensions, practical training in safe cycling (guided group tours only), dinner at town.

Day 3 - Šumperk - Olomouc

(63 km / 38 miles by bicycle)

We start cycling through the valley of the Desná river on lesser used roads. Outside the town of Úsov we will avoid car roads and use a nice path through the river forest.
You can enjoy a visit to the attractive Renaissance chateau in Úsov. During the 40 minute walking tour of Mladečské jeskyně (caves) you can admire the stalactical formations in all kind of shapes.
Our tour will take you to Litovel - known as the Venice of Haná. The Morava river flows with six streams through this town. The river even flows under the city-hall and square.
The open-air museum in Přikazy has an exhibition of Haná settlements and historical residential houses.
We will stay overnight in Olomouc. This city is on the UNESCO heritage list thanks to the Plague Column of the Holy Trinity. It is also the largest grouping of Baroque statues in the framework of a single sculpture in central Europe. The cathedral of St. Václav and the archbishop's palace is also worth visiting. The palace is also famous for the coronation of Franz Joseph I during the Habsburg monarchy.
Olomouc also has fortress buildings, built during the war between Austria and Prussia for supremacy in Central Europe during the 18th century

Day 5 - Kroměříž - Strážnice

(60-74km / 45miles by bicycle)

We will enjoy a brand new special cycling path along the Morava River today in the morning. Then there is a short section on roads without traffic followed by one of oldest and most popular cycling paths in the country. These paths will take you along the Morava River and Bata's floating channel banks. We will cycle along an interesting border point between the Haná, Valašsko and Slovácko counties near Otrokovice. These are the most historical and powerful districts of Moravia. At Napajedla we will see one of the best horse-breeding farms which rears English thoroughbred horses.

Bata´s floating channel was built during 1935-1938 for the industrial transportation of lignite from Hodonín into Otrokovice where Bata´s factories were, as well for touristic reasons. We will pass through Velehrad, the most well-known pilgrimage site with the basilica of St.Cyril and Methodius. The regional museum in Staré Město has an exhibition of artifacts from settlements of the oldest state system, Velká Morava.

It is possible to visit another exhibition of old aircraft in Kunovice, where some of the exhibits were made in a nearby aircraft factory.

We will stay overnight at a little town of Strážnice. Entrance into the town was guarded by two fortified gates built in 16th century as prevention against Turks. This town is also famous for the biggest annual folklore festival in the Czech Republic.

Day 7 - Valtice - Lednice - Prague

(23km / 14miles by bicycle and 260 km = 160 miles by bus)

Our last cycling day: after breakfast, we will visit the Valtice chateau and then cycle through
the Lednice-Valtice complex. At the end of the 18th century, the local aristocratic family, the House of Liechtenstein, began to create a unique manmade landscape complex. The complex is registered in the list of UNESCO World Heritage monuments. After 20 km we will stop at the Lednice chateau and English-style landscaped garden. You will have enough time to visit the chateau, explore other monuments around or simply relax in the garden. In the early afternoon, we will return to Valtice and take a shuttle back to your hotel in Prague.