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Karlstejn Castle

Road Bike | Private

A road bike tour around the famous Karlstejn Castle

A road bike tour to the famous Karlstejn Castle, in the Prague area.

The tour is available in 3 versions: easy, medium and advanced. (more details in the tour info section above). You can decide which version while riding and they all cost the same.

We will enjoy going up and down the Czech hills. We will go through many typical Czech villages where you will feel like nothing has changed in the last 50 years. We will stop for a coffee or something to eat in one of the rural Czech pubs on the way.  And of course, you will see the most famous castle in the Czech Republic, Karlstejn.

You will enjoy the true Czech Republic, so close to the city centre of Prague but still, you will feel so far away from the crowd of the Old Town Square which we will leave safely through minor roads and cycling paths from our shop.

Please, sign up for this tour only if you have experience with road biking.

Bikes used for this tour: Defy 1 Advanced HRD Carbon

Check the 3 versions in details:
Easier Version
Medium Version
Advanced Version
Easier Version
  • Km: 65 approx.
  • Diff. in altitude: 600 mt
  • Hours: 5/6,5 approx. (3,5/5 hrs riding)
  • Level of difficulty: For riders with experience on a road bike

Road-biking-to-Kasltejn-castle-easy

45%

Bike paths

52%

Minor roads

3%

Main roads

Medium Version
  • Km: 85 approx.
  • Diff. in altitude: 1200 mt
  • Hours: 5/6,5 approx. (3,5/5 hrs riding)
  • Level of difficulty: For riders with experience on a road bike

Road-biking-to-Kasltejn-castle-medium

36%

Bike paths

61%

Minor roads

3%

Main roads

Advanced Version
  • Km: 120 approx.
  • Diff. in altitude: 1800 mt
  • Hours: 5/6,5 approx. (3,5/5 hrs riding)
  • Level of difficulty: For riders with experience on a road bike

Road-biking-to-Kasltejn-castle-advanced

36%

Bike paths

60%

Minor roads

4%

Main roads

Tour Schedule and logistic
Karlstejn castle opening hours
Tour highlights
Tour map
Tour Schedule and logistic

Schedule

Advanced bike tours are only private so this tour runs everyday all year long.

Biking tour to karlstejn castle

The reason why we don’t run advanced group tours is that, based on our experience after riding with thousands clients, riders have very different level of fitness and technical skills and this can lead to a loss of quality of the tour.

Logistic

Meeting point is our office in Vratislavova 508/3, Praha 2. The tour starts at 9.30 a.m.  The tour will end at our shop.

Karlstejn castle opening hours
Karlstejn castle is open to public:

  • November, December and February only Saturday and Sunday
  • January is closed
  • From March to June and from September to October everyday excpet for Monday
  • July and August every day

The interior of the castle is nice but not extraordinary, its beauty is in the external part so we recommend to take the tour even if the castle is closed.

 

Guided tours of the castle – Private tours have the maximum flexibility but what about group tours?

Normally, 90% of the riders don’t visit the castle because its beauty is in the external part. Anyway, if somebody from the group wants to get the 1 hour guided tour of the castle (the so called “Tour 1”), the other participants must respect it and wait comfortably in one of the many restaurants and cafes.

We recommend you not to book the visit in advance as we don’t know how long it will take to complete the ride as the peace of the tour is tailored to the slowest rider. You can buy ticket directly at the castle even though it might be fully booked during the highest season (June-August).

More info about the guided tour here

Tour highlights

From our shop we immediatly hit the cycling path along the river which will take us safely to the outskirt of Prague where we will start climbing our first hill. We will be soon riding nice rolling hills with very low traffic. We will cross many typical Czech country villages and get a real idea of what  Czech Republic really looks like.

Later we will visit the famous ex quarry called Amerika, the local Grand Canyon :) After that the easy tour will enjoy a descent through the forest that will lead to Karlstejn while the medium and advanced tour will head for a beautiful valley where a famous monastery, called Svaty Jan pod Skalou, is located under a stunning rock cliff. After that a long uphill followed by a long downhill will take us to Karlstejn castle.

At that point the easy and the medium tour will head back to Prague following the Vtava river while with the advanced tour we will start climbing the other side of the valley. A very long and demanding uphill, made famous by Armstrong in 2003 whom still hold the record for the fastest climb, will take us on a locally famous hilly area called Brdy where we will ride up and down for several km until we will arrive in the outskirt of Prague and descend once again to the river which we will follow until our shop.

Tour map

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Why to come on tour with BIKO

Experience

BIKO has already 8 successful years behind and it is run by Filippo who, before fouding BIKO, worked more than 12 years as a marketing an event manager in big corporations.

Proven track record

We won the Trip Advisor certificate of excellence for 7 years in a row. More than 98 percent of our reviews on Trip Advisor, Facebook and Google are 5 stars. The other are 4 stars.

Professionality

In BIKO we use top bicycles. We fairly pay our guides and as a result we attract professional guides that speak fluent English, are well trained and they attend first aid courses.

Uniqueness

Our tours are rigorously off-the-beaten-path and as we run small groups, the places we go to, stay pristine. We are the first outdoor company in Prague and we continue to innovate year after year.

“ The bikes were kitted accordingly and also at the right price. The weather was beautiful and the carefully chosen routes by Marek were simply awesome, with lovely scenery, historic monuments and castles, monasteries etc. Marek constantly provided us with historic facts and also information about the towns we passed through. The pace ridden by out tour guide was in line with our ability and he was very accommodating with our wishes”

Joseph, DubaiTrip Advisor

Prices – Guided tours

Per person – Advanced tours are only private
Individual tour
4500 czk180 €
Private group of 2
3300 czk130 €
Private group of 3+
2800 czk110 €
The price of the tour includes:
  • The price includes:
  • Carbon road bike rental + helmet
  • Guiding
  • 1 bottle of water
  • Coffee break
Book the tour!

Booking, payment and cancellation policy

We close the bookings at 4 p.m. of the day before for organizational reasons.

If you are last minute don’t loose your hope, just drop us a message and we will try to accomodate you!

PRIVATE tour reservation

Payment

To reserve the tour we ask only for a small deposit of 500 CZK / 20 euros total (for all of you). This fee will be taken off the price when you pay the balance on the day of the tour. In our shop you can pay:

– CASH (preferred payment)

– With credit card and Paypal

– With Euro at our in-house exchange rate 1€=25 CZK

 

Cancellation policy

We have a very generous cancellation policy so you don’t have to be afraid to commit.

Only if you cancel 48 – 0 hours before the tour, the DEPOSIT will be not refunded.

So you have the possibility to check reliable weather forecast just before the trip and decide whether to go or not.

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Our bikes

Giant Defy Advanced 1 HRD – Carbon

Choose the longer route. Climb higher mountains.

This all-new endurance road bike is purpose-built to help you tackle long-distance road rides in all types of conditions. It’s smooth, it’s efficient, and it’s fast.

Group and disc brakes: Shimano Ultegra. Classic pedals, spd and Shimano SL, Look Keo available.

Bike market value: 3000 €

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