Amber
Trail
Mikulov - Cesky Tesin
7-day
/ 6-night
Self-guided or guided cycling trip.
Length: 315 km / 196 miles
Trip
rating: Moderate
Description:This
cycle route takes you
South - North
from the Austrian to
the
Polish
borders and
leads through
South and
North Moravia.
The trail follows an
old amber
trading route - the Amber
Trail - which as early as the time
of
the
Celts, connected the
Baltic
region
with the
Mediterranean sea.
Amber
was one of the most valued
commodities
of the time. It starts
in the
winemaking landscape of South
Moravia,
with its main
landmarks of
the Palava
hills and continues through
the
Moravian
metropolis of Brno to the
Moravian Karst, under which lies
the
most interesting cave system in the
Czech Republic.
The
journey takes
you
through the Drahan highlands
and the
Hana
plain
to
the ancient
town of
Olomouc and further to the Moravian
gate around castle Helfstyn,
the
spa town
of Teplice
nad
Becvou and on through historical Stramberk and Hukvaldy
to
the
border
town of Cesky
Tesin.
2013
Dates
|
Self-guided
tours
|
|
| Every
day from April to the end of October |
Guided
tours
|
|
| June
3-9 |
|
| July
22-28 |
|
|
|
