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Kopečku
(1.5km, 30 minutes). From Na Kopečku, keep on the blue-marked trail
to
Hodějov Pond
(7.5km, 2½ hours). A yellow trail then runs west to
Smítka
(2km, 45 minutes) where it joins a red trail heading north to
Klec
and a primitive
campsite (6km, two hours).
From there, for a further 13km (four hours), the red trail runs north, past more
fish ponds, forests and small villages to
Veselí nad Lužnicí
, a major railway
junction. Camping is allowed only in official campsites throughout the protected
landscape region. You can also ride this route on your mountain bike.
An alternative 12km leisurely route runs around the Rybník Svět (
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) fish pond on a well-marked trail (around four hours), beginning just south of the
in Czech, German and English, and also takes in the Schwarzenberg Mauso-
has details on other walks in the area and can help with bike-hire info.
Tábor
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The town of Tábor, south of Prague, earned its place in Czech history in the 15th cen-
tury as the home of the most radical wing of the Hussite movement. These days, there
aren't many radicals left, but Tábor makes for a convenient lunch-and-a-stroll stop-
over on the trip south toward České Budějovice and Český Krumlov. The most inter-
esting sights here are Hussite-related: there's an educational museum on Hussite his-
tory, and some of the town's centuries-old underground passages, used by fighters
during wartime, have been opened to the public. There are also two excellent hotels
and a handful of clean, reasonably priced pensions.
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