Lonely Planet says that Cesky Krumlov is the Czech Republic's only world class sight apart from Prague. It is the most fairy tale town with a Rennaissance castle towering over the 17th century landscape. And there is a river running right through the town below the castle.
I had heard about its beauty and resolved to go and see it. I was not disappointed.
The castle occupies a promontory high above the town. It began life in the 13th century but acquired its present appearance in the 16th to the 18th centuries under the ownership of two noble families. The town is a web of backstreets, alleyways, bridges and river banks - delightful to just wander around and get slightly lost.
The most difficult exercise is to decide which of the many photos we took we should select to post on this blog. It was a truly lovely place to visit one of the nicest I had ever been.
I mean how can you forget this?
A photo displayed in the town taken from above - not one of ours.
This was the view from the window of our lodgings.
Dinner at a riverside cafe. Note the sandbags. The river was up but it had not flooded. You can see the strong current running.
And the last shot of Cesky Krumlov - one of the bears that are in an enclosure below the castle near where the moat may have been. There have been bears kept for centuries in this enclosure. The bear was part of the noble shield of the owners of the castle.
Wow, lovely.
ReplyDeletePoor bear.