Hluboká nad Vltavou

Type: Walking route Distance: 10.3 km Difficulty: Easy Vertical 79 m Rating: 100/5

South Bohemian cities (Jihočeská města), Czech Republic

Hluboká nad Vltavou

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From the train station Hluboká n. Vlt. Head north (if you are facing the station building, left) to a junction, where you turn right. Continue along the main road for about 750 meters to a distant busy road. Just before the road turn left to a underpass.

From the car park at Zoo Go across a road, on your left hand you will have a hunting chateau and the Zoo. After visiting those head along a path along Munický Pond towards city Hluboká nad Vltavou. After a while, you will see a small chapel of St. Roch on your left hand. Cross the road, go pass the small chapel and continue towards a underpass.

Go through the underpass beneath the main road. Behind a bridge, turn left. At a pound will the path change from paved to a dirt one. Continue up the path along a small canal, which leads to the famous bike path from Ceske Budejovice to Hluboka nad Vltavou. Here turn left. You will arrive at a crossroads Podskalská meadow. From here follow the blue tourist signs.

  • In the case that you will go after it rains or during fishing events at the pond (and the underpass will be closed or flooded) , go to the other side of the main road, turn right and continue along the road. After a moment, turn left towards nearby village Bavorovice, where at the beginning of the village, turn left again and continue along the football field towards Hluboka nad Vltavou. (bypass the pond Naděje)

Continue along the trail past sports and relaxation center, golf course and sports complex towards Hluboká n. Vlt city. You will reach the end of the trail, where you will go over the main road and then head left. Here you will leave the blue tourist signs and join the red ones. At the next intersection turn right and then go left into one-way road along a stone wall.

You have reached the square of the Czechoslovak Army, continue straight past the church into Masarykova Street. At the information center, turn right and then right again into Bezručova Street. From now on you are no longer following the red hiking signs. Along a gentle climb past souvenir shops you will arrive at the Hotel Štekl, behind which is the entrance to the castle gardens. On the southern edge of the garden is an amazing view of the České Budejovice.

After visiting the castle and castle gardens go back along Bezručova Street to the intersection at the information center and go straight, into Zborovska Street. At the end of the street turn right into Nad Parkovistem Street. Here you will join the yellow hiking signs. Go through a central car park towards a supermarket, where turn left to a roundabout. Go across a road and go straight, to a nearby pond Munický (itinerary point - at a roundabout). At the shore, turn left and continue along the pond to the zoo. For those of you who have parked in the car park at the zoo will this be the end of the trip.

For those who arrived by train:
If you feel like go visit the Zoo Hluboká. Then behind a hunting chateau turn right, onto a road. Behind a left turn at a crossroads U Vondrova, turn from the main road left, the signpost U Vondrova is difficult to see. Go along garages to an intersection, where you turn right and go back to the train station Hluboká n. Vlt. 

  • [Train station Hluboká n. Vlt. : 5 m] Train station Hluboká n. Vlt.

    After getting off the train, go left along the street U Sudárny. 

    The starting point of the route. 

    Direction of the route

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  • [An intersection near a high school : 371 m] An intersection near a high school

    Turn right and join the blue tourist signs. Go past a high school and continue straight until you reach the main road. 

    An intersection near a high school

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  • [Side road to a underpass : 1,262 km] Side road to a underpass

    At the main road turn left into a underpass. If the underpass is flooded (it happens especially in rainy weather), turn right and go over the road using pedestrian crossing. 

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  • [Underpass : 1,332 km] Underpass

    Turn sharply to the right and walk under a road. 

    Underpass Underpass

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  • [Behind the underpass : 1,390 km] Behind the underpass

    Behind a small bridge turn left. 

    Behind the underpass

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  • [Along a small canal : 1,883 km] Along a small canal

    Continue along a small canal. 

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  • [Podskalská louka(meadow) crossroads : 2,185 km] Podskalská louka(meadow) crossroads

    At the end of the path turn left, onto a bike path. Continue along the bike path past sports center and a golf course. 

    Podskalská louka(meadow) crossroads Podskalská louka(meadow) crossroads

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  • [Side road at sport center : 2,922 km] Side road at sport center

    Turn right. On the right side there is a sports and leisure center on the left side is a golf course with views of the castle Hluboká. 

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  • [Hluboká n. Vlt. crossroads (near a golf course) : 3,810 km] Hluboká n. Vlt. crossroads (near a golf course)

    Go through a pedestrian crossing and turn left. Here you will leave the blue tourist signs and join the red ones. 

  • [Side road : 4,030 km] Side road

    At the next intersection turn right and then go left into one-way road along a stone wall. 

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  • [Čsl armády Square : 4,248 km] Čsl armády Square

    At the square continue straight past the church into Masarykova Street. 

  • [Behind the church : 4,416 km] Behind the church

    Behind the church, turn right and then right again into Bezručova Street. (Here you will leave the red hiking signs) 

    Behind the church

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  • [In front of the castle : 4,780 km] In front of the castle

    The path to on the right leads to the castle gardens and the on the left to the entrance of the castle with guided tours. 

  • [Hluboká Castle : 5,000 km] Hluboká Castle

    After visiting the castle return back into Masarykova Street. 

    National Cultural Monument Hluboká Castle is one of the most beautiful castles in the Czech Republic. Builded in the 15th century at place of formal stronghold from the 13th century. Originally named Froburg. Origin of its present name Hluboká (deep) is not entirely certain. According to the rumors it should be named either after deep wells or deep forests which surrounded the castle in the past. The castle got its current appearance during the 19th century when Johann Adolf II von Schwarzenberg, impressed by the Windsor Castle, ordered a reconstruction of the castle in the romantic style. 

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  • [At the information center : 6,410 km] At the information center

    From the castle you have returned back to the information center, where at an intersection continue straight. 

  • [Nad Parkovištěm Street : 6,573 km] Nad Parkovištěm Street

    Along Zborovska Street you will get to this intersection. Here turn right into Nad Parkovistem Street. (From here follow the yellow hiking signs) 

  • [Near a roundabout : 6,921 km] Near a roundabout

    Go past a supermarket towards a nearby roundabout. Go through the pedestrian crossing and continue straight along a path towards Munický Pond. At the pond, turn left and go along its shore to a zoo. 

    Go past a supermarket towards a nearby roundabout. Go through the pedestrian crossing and continue straight along a path towards Munický Pond. At the pond, turn left and go along its shore to a zoo. 

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  • [Zoo and Museum of hunting, forestry and fishing : 8,541 km] Zoo and Museum of hunting, forestry and fishing

    After a visit of the zoo, continue past a hunting chateau and behind it turn right. 

    ZOO Hluboká nad Vltavou - Zoo was opened in 1939, specializes mainly in animals living in the Czech Republic, but you can also find here several species of exotic animals.

    Museum of hunting, forestry and fishing - Close to the zoo is a hunting chateau, which serves in part as a museum. 

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  • [At a car park : 8,677 km] At a car park

    Behind a hunting chateau turn right. 

  • [Crossroads behind the ZOO : 9,121 km] Crossroads behind the ZOO

    Turn left.

  • [U Vondrova crossroads : 9,330 km] U Vondrova crossroads

    Turn left from the main road. 

  • [Back to the train station : 10,044 km] Back to the train station

    Turn right and continue back to the train station. 

  • Train station Hluboká n. Vlt.

  • Sport and relax center

  • Information center Hluboká n. Vlt.

  • St. Jana Nepomucký Church

  • Restaurants and souvenir shops

  • Hotel Štekl

  • Hluboká Castle

  • Viewpoint at the Castle

  • Central cark park

  • Zoo and Museum of hunting, forestry and fishing

  • Car park at the ZOO

Hints and Tips

Wear outdoor shoes, you will go 500 meters along unpaved road. 

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  • Car park at the ZOO Car park at the ZOO

    Paid car park at the zoo. 

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