Hluboka nad Vltavou Travel Guide

 balhannah Says:  Another beautiful building at Hluboka Castle is the Conservatory or decorative glasshouse, built as a connecting hall between the castle and the riding school building. It was built during the industrial revolution, so no expense was spared with the building, making sure... 

 balhannah Says:  After passing through the interesting Entrance door to the Castle, we have now entered the Inner Courtyard of the Castle.This is a lovely area, with plenty of seating around the edges. On the walls, are mounted Stag heads and some interesting Gargoyles. Lovely architecture... 

 balhannah Says:  When visiting the Castle, make sure you just don't walk inside, but stop and look at the Door Handle.The owners of the Castle, the Schwarzenbergs, were originally called the Lords of Seinsheim.Their proper emblem was a shield with silver and blue stripes. In 1599, after a... 

 balhannah Says:  Located at the southern end of the Castle, or what I call the back of the Castle, is another garden with a round pool, this is said to be where princess Krasomila in a fairy-tale film fell into. What is beautiful here, is the wrought iron work, and the spiral staircase and... 

 balhannah Says:  I read this is one of the most visited castles in the Czech Republic. I don't think I had to wonder why, as this Castle sits on a promontory above the Vltava River and exudes beauty!Originally a royal castle, Hluboka was founded in the 13th century by the Czech King Premysl... 

 balhannah Says:  The Castle park covers 58 hectares, so I only looked at the area nearest the Castle.The present shape of the garden was done along with the neo-Gothic remodelling of the chateau, in the years 1840-1871 under Prince Jan Adolf II of Schwarzenberg and his spouse Eleonore.The... 

 Dabs Says:  Although there are tours given in English, we arrived very late in the day and the only option left was to go on a Czech tour but they did have English text available so we could follow along. The Czech tour was 130kc, the English tours were 220kc, all of the castles we... 

 Dabs Says:  A castle has been on this site since around 1250, the 1st incarnation was a Gothic Castle. During the Middle Ages, it served as both an aristocratic property and a site of royal administration. In 1562 King Ferdinand I sold Hluboka to the Lords of Hradec who turned the... 

 Nadia7 Says:  The Schwarzenbergs embleme consists of four fields, the forth field is adorned with Turk's head with raven in commemoration of the victory of Adolf zu Schwarzenberg over the Turks near Raab. 

 Nadia7 Says:  Hluboka nad Vltavou is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, near Èeské Budìjovice. You can get there for example from Prague, by a direct bus, takes less than 4 hours. Direct buses aren´t that frequent, you can travel to Ceske Budejovice from Prague, it...