We did spend a few days here at the lovely campsite, the weather was excellent and we enjoyed the peacefulness and the bird watching, Yellowhammer, Lapwing, Wheatear, Song Thrush and Marsh Harrier were all busy around here, to name a few.
Jindřichův Hradec has an impressively big castle, so we paid a visit to see some of the rooms. It was interesting to visit, although only a few of the rooms were ‘old’ as most were reconstructed after a fire in 1773. There were a couple of surprises; a bed that Napoleon once slept in, which he apparently said was “very comfortable”, and a Fortepiano that Mozart played on quite frequently—although this came from Vienna originally. We managed to sneak a few photos in before being told that we weren’t allowed to take any.
Aside from the castle and a couple of typical styled buildings from the region, the town is quite normal and has a sort of nice ‘place you would be happy to live in’ kind of vibe.
We spent the next day, heading south towards the Austrian border, stopping at a couple of places to break up the journey.
First was Telč, another UNESCO place. You could see why, the plaza with it’s perfect houses was wonderful to look at, even better over lunch with a beer and a pizza.
After that, we stopped at another place that we have no real fighting chance to pronounce, Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou. An unimpressive small town really but with a monumental palace in the middle of it. A baroque building, built to impress back in the 1700s. We didn’t go in as we were to late for a tour—it’s a shame you can visit these places on your own—but the outside was enough to keep us happy.
We kept on going south and wild camped near the border in a small parking spot near a nature reserve, Podyjí National Park, and finally met some fellow wildcampers in a T4.
Freddy and Nanya from Sweden have just recently set of and are travelling across many parts of Europe too. It was nice to chat to them over a beer—in our van, to escape the rain.
They had also been backpacking in Asia, so we had many stories to share. Hopefully, we’ll see them again somewhere down the road.
On their recommendation, we walked around the nature reserve for a couple of hours the following day. There was some great views down to the valley below and over towards Znojmo. We got very sweaty as it was rather humid in there but were rewarded with some interesting fauna, including some pretty blue-headed lizards.
Not long after, we made our way south over the border and into Austria. After a couple of hours, we arrived at the Danube Valley and parked up for the night near Dürnstein, but more on that later…
Jindřichův Hradec
Telč
Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou
Podyjí National Park
Jindřichův Hradec has an impressively big castle, so we paid a visit to see some of the rooms. It was interesting to visit, although only a few of the rooms were ‘old’ as most were reconstructed after a fire in 1773. There were a couple of surprises; a bed that Napoleon once slept in, which he apparently said was “very comfortable”, and a Fortepiano that Mozart played on quite frequently—although this came from Vienna originally. We managed to sneak a few photos in before being told that we weren’t allowed to take any.
Aside from the castle and a couple of typical styled buildings from the region, the town is quite normal and has a sort of nice ‘place you would be happy to live in’ kind of vibe.
We spent the next day, heading south towards the Austrian border, stopping at a couple of places to break up the journey.
First was Telč, another UNESCO place. You could see why, the plaza with it’s perfect houses was wonderful to look at, even better over lunch with a beer and a pizza.
After that, we stopped at another place that we have no real fighting chance to pronounce, Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou. An unimpressive small town really but with a monumental palace in the middle of it. A baroque building, built to impress back in the 1700s. We didn’t go in as we were to late for a tour—it’s a shame you can visit these places on your own—but the outside was enough to keep us happy.
We kept on going south and wild camped near the border in a small parking spot near a nature reserve, Podyjí National Park, and finally met some fellow wildcampers in a T4.
Freddy and Nanya from Sweden have just recently set of and are travelling across many parts of Europe too. It was nice to chat to them over a beer—in our van, to escape the rain.
They had also been backpacking in Asia, so we had many stories to share. Hopefully, we’ll see them again somewhere down the road.
On their recommendation, we walked around the nature reserve for a couple of hours the following day. There was some great views down to the valley below and over towards Znojmo. We got very sweaty as it was rather humid in there but were rewarded with some interesting fauna, including some pretty blue-headed lizards.
Not long after, we made our way south over the border and into Austria. After a couple of hours, we arrived at the Danube Valley and parked up for the night near Dürnstein, but more on that later…
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| Patriotic these Czechs, lots of these billboards on the roads |
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| Great campsite, nearly had it all to ourselves |
Jindřichův Hradec
Telč
Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou
Podyjí National Park
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