From Písek to Sudoměř and back

Type: Bicycle route Distance: 40.7 km Difficulty: Medium Vertical 50 m Rating: 100/5

Slapy Region (Slapy), Czech Republic

From Písek to Sudoměř and back

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Hot to get to the car park ? If you are coming in direction from Ceske Budejovice, turn right in front of a Shell petrol station then at an roundabout right again and you will arrive at a large car park. If you are coming in direction from Prague or Plzen, turn behind a river in front of a Agip petrol station right, go across a main road, turn left and you will arrive at a car park. For those who are coming in direction from Tabor: Go through the whole city to a side road leading to a busy road. Here turn right in direction to Praha/Plzen. At a nearby Shell petrol station turn right and at a roundabout take a first exit which will lead you to a car park.

You can also use our site's connection to the google maps: Click on the "Car parks" option then select the car park point on the map. Then just press "How do i get here" button and fill in your starting point. 

From the car park head left, past a Peugeot car shop, to a river. Here turn left and continue upstream Otava River. Keep along the river till you arrive at a stone bridge. You will be going along good quality forest cycling path only at rocks will the path narrows. At this short part be careful because you can meet other cyclist coming the opposite way. At the stone bridge turn left to an asphalt road and after a short climb turn right, back to the river.

Then you will go along the asphalt road to a confluence with Blanice River. When you will be passing a restaurant you already are going along Blanice. Behind the restaurant in a climb will the road get a bit worse. Behind a forest you will arrive to a main road, not far from Putim city, and continue straight. Watch out for cars, there is a stop sign!

At a road sign Putim, turn right. At the next crossroads keep left towards a church. Behind the church, turn right. You are in a square at the restaurant U Cimbury. From here, continue right, towards a river. Before you reach a bridge and weir there is a police station from the film The Good Soldier Schweik. Near the bridge is also a pub frequented by cyclists.

Cross an iron bridge and turn right. There is a very nice view of the village. After a moment you will cross a main road towards cottages. If you go in the rainy season, turn left and follow the road towards Ražice. Here turn right to another interesting place where the battle of Sudoměř was fought. If you go straight past cottages, the paved road will turn to a very decent dirt road. Behind cottages is a Y-shaped crossroads, where you turn left. Here begins the worse part of the journey to a nearby pond. At the point where the road starts to go downhill are stones and roots in the road so be carefull. Our outdoor-bikes made ​​it fine. Infront of Řeřabinec Pond at the information sign, turn right onto a dam.

Behind the pond you will along a dirt road reach an asphalt road and a T-shaped crossroads. Cross the road straight. At the pond Velký Markovec will await you today's worst section of the trip, but good bikes can handle it just fine. You will come to a signpost, where you turn left towards a mound. There were ruts from tractor. Fortunately this nasty stretch was not too long.

Behind a railway crossing join an asphalt road and turn right. On your left hand you will have the pond Markovec u Žižky. You will come to a marked side road leading the mound, where you turn left. Pass a car park and at a crossroads turn left towards the memorial. Then return to the crossroads and go straight to wooden statues representing the Hussite warriors.

From the sculptures continue along a nice road to an asphalt road, where you turn sharply right. Along a slight downhill you will get to Sudoměř village. At the beggining of the village is a viaduct with a stone ramp. On the square turn left and continue in direction of Čejetice.

In Čejetice turn right into the centre of the village. Go through the village along the main road. At the end of Čejetice is the village merging with Přeborovice village. This is the place where those arriving in direction of Strakonice join to the route. They will turn left to Štěkeň. You will turn right and go across a river.

At the beginning of Štěkeň village at a bus stop turn left. You will pass a house where lived Karel Klostermann (Czech and Austrian writer). On a square, turn left towards a castle. In front of the castle, turn right and after a while left in a nice complex. Its an ideal place to sit. Then return to the village square and continue along the main road towards Kestřany.

From Štěkeň continue through Nové Kestřany to Kestřany. Here it is really much to see. If you want to see the chapel of St. Cross, turn right towards Lhota u Kestřan. After a while you will arrive at a river, where you can find the chapel on your left hand. After a visit of the chapel, return back to Kestřany and go right, towards the village square. When you arrive at village square you will have a church on your right hand and two magnificent fortress on your left. One fortress is being reconstructed. This is the Upper of the fortress. Lower Fortress is already reconstructed. It's a wonderful place where you will certainly spend some time. Then continue along the football pitch outside of the village. At a nearby right-hand bend you can also find a side road leading to very nice golf course.

Return to the crossroads in the the bend and turn left towards the nearby Zátaví village. Go throught the village along a main road. behind the village you will come to a bridge over the a river where you went at the beggining of the route. Behind the bridge turn left and continue along the river to a side road in front of an island. Here turn right and go past Peugeot car shop back to the car park. 

  • Písek car park

  • U Smetáka crossroads

  • The confluence of Otava and Blanice River

  • Restaurant at the confluence

  • Church of St. Vavřinec

  • Restaurant U Cimbury

  • Švejkovská CK stanice

  • Stone bridge over the river Blanice

  • Řežabinec Pond

  • Car park at the mound.

  • Žižkova mohyla (mound)

  • Wooden statues

  • House of Karel Klostermann

  • Štěkeň castle

  • Chapel of St. Cross

  • Church of St. Kateřina

  • Upper Fortress Kestřany

  • Lower Fortress Kestřany (Barchovská)

  • Golf Course Kestřany

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  • Písek car park Písek car park

    Starting point of the route.

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    Písek car park Písek car park
  • For those arriving in direction from Strakonice For those arriving in direction from Strakonice

    For those arriving in direction from Strakonice. This place can be found at a roundabout in direction to Ceske Budejovice. Carry your bikes up the stairs and continue left along a wall. Cycling trail No. 1045 will lead you to Přeborovice, where you turn left and continue towards Štěkeň as described.

    After completing the circuit go through Čejetice and behind it turn left onto Přeborovice. The cycling trail No. 1045 will take you back to Strakonice. 

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