Tips for trips

The Třeboň region is ideal for all sorts of tourism.

The lowlands, rich in forests and fishponds and interwoven with a dense network of cycling trails and educational paths, provides a terrain suitable for recreational sportsmen and beginning cyclists. The cycling signposts, including maps, offer the chance to plan long and short bicycle trips of various degrees of difficulty.

The most highly recommended are the educational cycling paths called “Okolo Třeboně” (Around Třeboň). (It is the continuation of a long distance cycling route, Greenway Prague – Vienna) and „Rožmberk“.

We recommend a walk or a cycle-trip:

The “Okolo Třeboně” (Around Třeboně)  Educational cycling path– 39 km, 22 stops
This path follows a circular path through countryside full of woods and fishponds east of Třeboň. It runs along rarely travelled class III asphalt roads, as well as forest paths and pond dikes. The route starts on the dike of Svět pond and continues along the dike of Opatovický pond. It leads farther to “Spálená borkovna” (The Exploited Peatbog), where peat is dug that is used in the spas. From here the route leads along a forest path to the hunting lodge called Barbora and then cuts across Zlatá stoka (The Golden Canal), before heading to the dike between Nový and Starý Kanclíř ponds and then to the villages of Lutová (where the route intersects with the long distance cycling route Prague - Vienna), Stříbřec and Stará Hlína. The route cuts across the stream of Nová řeka (the New River), where Ema Destinnová used to go fishing and passes ponds Vyšehrad and Starý and Nový Vdovec. Along the dike of Vítek pond the route leads to the largest pond in the Czech Republic, Rožmberk, and returns to Třeboň around Nová Hlína.

The “Okolo Světa” (Around the World) Educational path – 12 km, 16 stops
This educational path forms a closed circle around Svět pond (on the south-west edge of the city of Třeboň). It provides basic information on the development of the landscape of the Třeboň region, as a result of a long-term mutually beneficial co-existence of man with surrounding natural world, as well as on the history and the present state of fish-farming and spa treatments, on folk architecture, on major communities of organisms and on characteristic plant species and basic ecological relations in nature. The majority of the route leads along field and forest paths. You can find here rest stops with benches, many of which provide a nice view over the surrounding landscape. In the park on the southern side of Svět pond it is possible to visit the Schwarzenberg Tomb.

The “Rožmberk” Educational path – 22 km, 12 stops
This route begins and ends in Třeboň. Its educational component concentrates on fish-farming and fishpond cultivation. So it is logical that the route leads around the largest Czech pond, – Rožmberk, with a the surface area of about 420 hectares. The closest section of the dike of Rožmberk pond is located approximately 4 km from Třeboň. Rožmberk is actually a reservoir on the Lužnice River, the water of which is retained by a huge two-stage dam. The dam is not only an impressive technical achievement, but also an interesting natural-science locale. It is covered with robust, hundred year old oaks, the hollows of which are nested by various bird species. In winter Rožmberk is one of the centres where sea eagles can be found. You can catch sight of  multitudes of water birds all year round and especially in autumn, when you can see thousands of ducks, geese, plovers, herons and other bird species.

National nature reserves, and the „Červené blato“ (Red Bog) educational path – 4 km, 6 stops
Červené blato is situated at the border of the Třeboň Protected Landscape Area in the direction of Nové Hrady. The route starts in the settlement called Jiříkovo Údolí (about 17 km from Třeboň). It ranks among the most interesting natural reserves in the Czech Republic. The reserve protects one of the best-known and most accessible peat bogs of the Třeboň region. The majority of the route has a consolidated surface; hence, ordinary sports footwear will suffice. Examples of the interesting flora are bog pine and itshybrids, March Tea (Ledum palustre), blueberry, bog-bilberry and other species. The fauna is also very interesting, especially for researchers. Visitors will be attracted especially by the abundance of butterflies and moths.

Tereziino údolí /Theresa’s Valley
Also called “Terčino údolí”, it is found in the close vicinity of Nové Hrady. It is a landscape park,  established in 1756, at the behest of Countess Theresa Buquoy, in the area of the former pheasantry. Visitors will find a large number of exotic woody plants, ponds, an artificial waterfall, an Empire style bath house, called Lázničky, i.e. “baths”, from 1788 to 1797 and the Blue House from 1806, damaged by the flood of 1915. There is a 5.5 kilometre-long nature trail leading through the valley, and if you follow the red marked route, you will get to a memorable tree. Theresa’s valley is a national nature monument.

Fishponds of Chlum
The fishponds near Chlum comprise one of many localities of the TřeboňProtected Landscape Area  that are recommended to visitors interested in natural attractions and generally to those who are looking for relaxation while rambling through nature in the surroundings of Třeboň. The locality includes an extensive system of large fishponds separated from one another by narrow dikes. There are many islands with broken shorelines  surrounded by old growth forest. The Chlum fishpond system is a valuable botanical and ornithological locale, whose large colonies of birds can be watched from the dikes. The nearby forest complex is a nesting place of the sea eagle. Because of poor public transportation service in the area, we recommend travelling by car or to include the visit to the moors in one-day bicycle trip.

Fishpond system of Naděje
North of Třeboň, near the village of Frahelž, is found the Naděje fishpond system, which is one of the most spectacular parts of the region of Třeboň. It is situated between the agricultural countryside and a vast forest complex. The individual fishponds are separated from each other by mere lines of dams with alleys of trees, prevailingly oaks. They have charming names e.g. Naděje (Hope), Láska (Love), Víra (Faith), Skutek (Deed) or Dobrá Vůle (Good Will). The fishponds of the Naděje fishpond system are a regular hunting area of grey herons, great cormorants, but they are also regularly visited by sea eagles. They are also occasionally the nesting place of the black-crowned night heron.

Sand dune near Vlkov
The sand dune makes up a natural reserve with the area of 0.8 hectares and its height reaches 4 – 6 metres above the surrounding countryside. It has, owing to its characteristic shape, rare flora and fauna dependent on the sandy soils a notable natural formation that has been protected since 1954. It is situated near the village of Vlkov nad Lužnicí.

Monument to Ema Destinn
The granite monument near the Nová řeka Canal stands near Stříbřecký Bridge, where the famous singer used to go fishing. It bears her own verses. Visitors will also find a memorable common oak of a great size, which is over 350 years old and 22 metres tall.

Château Jemčina
The little hunting lodge of Jemčina is found at the crossroads of several hiking and bicycle trails, in an isolated place amidst forests. The first written record comes from 1348, when this residence was called Nový Dvůr, i.e. the New Court. The name starts coming up from the year 1548, and is derived from a part of the nearby weir of the Nežárka River. Most of the time, the chateau belonged to the noble family of Černín and became famous especially in the years 1790 to 1821 for its par force hunts for deer and fallow deer. The most valuable part of the chateau is the Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk, built in the years 1767 – 1769. The chateau houses a permanent exhibition focused on the history of the chateau game enclosure, hunting and the nature protection of today. The complex houses a restaurant and offers a possibility of accommodation in apartments. Tel: + 420 384 791 384.

Stříbřec
A village in a fishpond scattered countryside, decorated with a few preserved estates in the style of folk architecture. At the time of Nazi occupation (1940–1945) the author Ivan Olbracht lived here; his stay is commemorated by a monument in the school garden. There is protected pear tree, which is 100 years old, reaching the height of 10 m.

source: Information and Cultural Centre of the Town of Třeboň