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Czech Greenways cycling tour
Vienna - Cesky Krumlov - Prague
Cultural Events
You might wish to adjust the times of
your Czech Greenways cycling tour to
coincide with
the following
festivals
and
cultural events:
Czech
Greenways cycling tour
Valtice - Cesky Krumlov
Dates:
|
|
Self-guided
tours: |
Every
day from April
to the end of October |
| Guided
tours: |
| June
16-23, 2012 |
| (Includes The
Festival of the Five-petalled Rose, Cesky Krumlov) |
| July
7-14, 2012 |
| August
18-25, 2012 |
| September
7-14, 2012 |
| (Includes Palava
Wine Festival, Mikulov) |
| |
Mikulov
Concertus
Moraviae (June 2012) - International Music
Festival of Thirteen Towns.
The
International Guitar Festival (July 2012)
- Festival with master-classes
of interpretation and concerts by world-class guitarists.
http://www.guitarfestivalmikulov.com/
The
Sixth Festival of the Nations from the Podyji (July
2012) - presentation of
the original cultural and culinary specialties of the nations living in the
Podyji region.
Festival
Of The Three Neighbors (August 2012) - Meeting
of folklore ensembles.
Eurotrialog
Mikulov (August 2012) - Central-European Music
Festival with pop,
rock, alternative and ethnic music.
Kampanila (September
2012) - International Choir Festival.
Pilgrimage
to Holy Hill (September 2012) - Traditional
pilgrimage to the Black Loretan
Madonna on Holy Hill in Mikulov.
Palava
Wine Harvest Festival (7-14 September 2012)-a
grand event with a historical
fair and wine market, historical and folk costume parades, wine tasting, a
program of
events for all ages and local culinary specialties.
http://mikulov-kultura.wz.cz/ (in
Czech)
Golden
Grapes of South Moravia Competition (September
2012) - International brass
band show.
Valtice
Valtice Wine Fair (11-12 May 2012) - Prestigious
wine exhibition.
http://www.vinnetrhy.cz
Znojmo
Znojmo
Wine Festival (September 2012) - One of the
biggest wine harvest
festivals in the Czech Republic. Try Burcak, young wine only weeks old.
http://www.znojemskevinobrani.cz
Telc
Holidays in Telc (July- August 2012) -
Folk festival, theatre, discussions,
performances and exhibitions.
http://www.prazdninyvtelci.cz/index.php
European
Meeting of Folklore Ensembles (May 2012) -
International festival of folklore.
Hot-air
Balloons above Telc (July 2012) -
http://www.telc.balon.cz/
Telc
Steam-Engine Summer (July-August 2012) - Historical
train trips.
Historical
celebration Zachariáš from Hradec and Kateřina from
Valdštejn
(19-20 August 2011) - Historical celebration.
Jindrichuv
Hradec
The
Folk Rose Festival (July 2012) - Folk groups
from all over the world perform
their music and dances.
South Bohemia Musical Festival: Concertino Praga (June 2012).
Trebon
ANIFEST (May
2012) - Annual International Festival is a festival of
animated films
from all corners of the world. Oscar winning works are presented side by side
with new
talent. http://www.anifest.cz/af2007/en/
Czech-Moravian
Meeting of Brass Music (June 2012)
Trebon
Cultural Summer (June-September 2012) - Concerts
by various chamber
ensembles in the Church of St.Mary Regina and St.Giles and in the chapel of
Schwarzenberg Tomb.
Around
Trebon Music Festival (June
2012) - Around Trebon Festival is one of the
longest-running, multigenre festivals in the Czech Republic. It was first organized
in 1992.
The festival offers a variety of musical genres, unusual combinations of concerts
and
theatre performances, street happenings, competitive and fun races, and other
entertainment.
http://www.okolotrebone.cz/
Krcin´s
Trebon (July 2012) - Historical celebration.
Homage
to Emma Destinn (August 2012) - Open air festival
of classic music.
Cesky
Krumlov
The
Festival of the Five-petalled Rose (22-24
June 2012) - Historical Renaissance
festival with parades of people in medieval clothes as well as music concerts
and
historical demonstrations.
http://www.ckrumlov.info/docs/en/atr40.xml
Festival
of Chamber music (26 June-8 July 2012) - Festival
of the classical music with the longest tradition in
Cesky Krumlov. Part of the festival comprises of ‘Music
through the
Ages’ where music can be heard on the tour route of Cesky Krumlov Castle.
http://www.ckrumlov.info/docs/en/atr34.xml
The
International Music Festival (20 July–25 August
2012) - Largest of Cesky Krumlov´s
festivals. It has been going since 1992 and includes music of all periods with
the
participation of renowned instrumentalists, singers, chamber ensembles, choirs
and
symphony orchestras.
http://www.auviex.cz/index.php?l=en
Festival
of Early music (July 2012) - Medieval, Renaissance
and Baroque music
played on original musical instruments where the original musical sources and
the customs
of interpretation of the period are respected.
http://www.ckrumlov.info/docs/en/atr34.xml
Jazz
at the Summer´s end (5-8 September 2012) -
International jazz and alternative
music festival. In addition to traditional venues the spontaneity of cafes,
small bars,
squares and unusual spaces are used for performances.
Celebrations of St.Wenceslas (28-30
September 2012) - Autumn fair, celebration of good
food and drink, theatre pieces, and concerts for St.Wenceslas Day (Patron Saint
of the
Czech Lands).
http://www.ckrumlov.info/docs/en/atr34.xml
Prague
International Prague Spring Music Festival (May–June
2012) - International
music festival featuring orchestral and theatre series, church concerts, recitals,
morning
concerts chamber music and symphony orchestras.
http://www.festival.cz/en/
Khamoro (May
2012) - Roma Festival strives to show the richness and
complexity of Roma culture and traditions. The festival is divided into 3 sections
-
professional, cultural and media. The festival strives on the one hand to present
Roma
culture, art and traditions as an integral part of Czech, European and world
culture.
http://www.khamoro.cz
Verdi
festival (August-September 2012)-traditional
festival of Verdi operas.
http://www.opera.cz/en/
Prague
Autumn (September- October 2012) - International
music festival.
http://www.pragueautumn.cz/en/soubor1.php
International
Jazz Festival (October-November 2012).
Weather
The Central European continental climate
consists of long, hot summers and cold,
snowy
winters. The best time for Czech Greenways cycling tour is between April and
October.
In the
summer months it can get quite hot. May
June and September are generally good
months to
take
advantage
of the cooler, but still warm
weather.
CNN
Weather
Crowds
It
must be noted that, according to the tourism calendar, the
first two weeks in August
are when most people go for their
holidays. Generally July and August are the busiest
months. We
mention this with regard to seeing cultural monuments and
UNESCO protected
areas with greater ease and with less people
around.
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