Time
to go
Weather
The Central European continental climate
consists of long, hot summers and
cold,
snowy
winters. The best time for cycling
tours is between April and October.
In the
summer months it can get quite hot.
Bear in mind that it will be cooler on
the
mountain
tours at this time. May June and
September are generally good months to
take
advantage
of the cooler, but still warm
weather.
Dates:
|
|
Self-guided
tours: |
Every
day from April
to the end of October |
| Guided
tours: |
Version
A:
|
| May
8–15, 2009 |
| (Includes Valtice
Wine Fair, Valtice) |
| June
14–21, 2009 |
| (Includes The
Festival of the Five-petalled Rose, Cesky
Krumlov) |
| July
11-18, 2009 |
| September
11-18, 2009 |
| (Includes Palava
Wine Festival, Mikulov) |
| Version
B: |
| May
16-23, 2009 |
| July
4-11, 2009 |
| August
22-29,
2009 |
| September
7-14, 2009 |
| (Includes Tabor
meeting, Tabor) |
| Send
us an email for custom guided tours in different
dates. |
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.
Cultural Events
You might wish to adjust the times of your tour to coincide
with
the following
festivals
and cultural events:
Vienna
Vienna
Spring Festival (14-18 March 2009)
http://www.musikverein.at
International
Youth and Music Festivals (11-14 July 2009)
http://www.austrianfestivals.at
The
Vienna Festival (May-June 2009) - Renowned for
its superb international
theatrical performances, also invites
musical ensembles
and
opera companies from all over the
world, in addition
to staging many
Austrian musical
productions.
http://www.festwochen.at/
World
Choral Festival (23-27 May 2009)
http://www.austrianfestivals.at
Jazz-Fest
Wien (27 June- 17 July 2009)
http://www.viennajazz.org
Valtice
Valtice
Wine Fair (8-9 May 2009) - Prestigious wine exhibition.
http://www.vinnetrhy.cz
Mikulov
Concertus
Moraviae (June 2009) - International Music Festival
of Thirteen Towns.
The
International Guitar Festival (June–July 2009)
- 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
2009) - presentation of
the original cultural and culinary specialties of the nations living in the
Podyji region.
Festival
Of The Three Neighbors (August 2009) - Meeting
of folklore ensembles.
Eurotrialog
Mikulov (August 2009) - Central-European Music
Festival with pop,
rock, alternative and ethnic music.
Kampanila
(September 2009) - International Choir Festival.
Pilgrimage
to Holy Hill (6 September 2009) - Traditional pilgrimage
to the Black Loretan
Madonna on Holy Hill in Mikulov.
Palava
Wine Harvest Festival (11-13 September 2009)-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
2009) - International brass
band show.
Znojmo
Znojmo
Wine Festival (11-12 September 2009) - 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 (24 July-9 August 2009) - Folk festival,
theatre, discussions,
performances and exhibitions.
http://www.prazdninyvtelci.cz/index.php
European
Meeting of Folklore Ensembles (23 May 2009) - International
festival of folklore.
Hot-air
Balloons above Telc (July 2009) -
http://www.telc.balon.cz/
Telc
Steam-Engine Summer (July-August 2009) - Historical
train trips.
Historical
celebration Zachariáš from Hradec and Kateřina from Valdštejn
(14-15 August 2009) - Historical celebration.
Jindrichuv Hradec
The
Folk Rose Festival (July 2009) - Folk groups from
all over the world perform
their music and dances.
South
Bohemia Musical Festival: Concertino Praga (20
June 2008).
Trebon
ANIFEST
(1-4 May 2009) - 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 2009)
Trebon
Cultural Summer (June-September 2009) - 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 2009) - 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 2009) - Historical celebration.
Homage
to Emma Destinn (August 2009) - Open air festival
of classic music.
Cesky Krumlov
The Festival of the Five-petalled
Rose (19-21 June 2009) - 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 (3-10 July 2009) - 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 (17 July–22
August 2009) - 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 (9-16 July 2009) - 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 (3–6 September 2009) - 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 (25-28 September
2009) - 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
Tabor
Hussite
Days (May and June 2009) - Theatre presentations
of the life of the
15th century
Catholic reformer Jan Hus.
The
Tabor Meeting (11-13 September 2009) - Medieval
celebration with markets,
fireworks,
fencing
and demonstrations of historical crafts.
Summer
of culture in Tabor (July–September 2009) - Open
air concerts, historical
evenings,
exhibitions.
Prague
International Prague Spring Music Festival (12
May–4 June 2009) - 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 2009) - 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 2009)-traditional festival
of Verdi operas.
http://www.opera.cz/en/
Prague
Autumn (12 September-1 October 2009) - International
music festival.
http://www.pragueautumn.cz/en/soubor1.php
International
Jazz Festival (October-November 2009).
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