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  Biking Guides Available for Download
The first 4 Bike Guides (in a series of 7) can be downloaded here. The guides are in English, Czech and German, and include maps, points of interest, elevation and distance information.

Biking Guide 1: Prague - Tabor (4.8 MB PDF)
Biking Guide 2: Tabor - Slavonice/Vratenin (11 MB PDF)
Biking Guide 3: Slavonice/Vratenin - Valtice (4.7 MB PDF)
Biking Guide 4: Valtice - Vienna (5.4 MB PDF)

Sample GPX Files

Below are some sample GPX files to help in planning. Evaluate carefully and use with caution. Some route conditions may have changed since thse were created.

GPX File TRK Points Start End Distance (km)
GW_PV_Praha_Valtice_2008.gpx 14727 Prague Valtica 346.9
GW_PV_Valtice_Praha_2008.gpx 14727 Valtice Prague 346.9
Greenway-Praha-Wien-I-cast.gpx 999 Prague Slavonice 198.5
Greenway-Praha-Wien-II-cast.gpx 849 Slavonice Stammersdorf 207.7
Prague-Vienna-Greenways-Czech_Part.gpx 498 Prague Valtice 318.7
Prague-Vienna-Greenways-Austrian_part.gpx 499 Valtice Vienna 98.6

Maps
Czech Hiking Club logo The Czech Tourist Club (KČT) publishes a series of hiking and cycling maps based on detailed Surveying Authority contour maps. The scale is usually 1:50 000 or 1:75 000, and distances are given in kilometers. These maps can be purchased in any larger bookstore in the Czech Republic, on their website, at the he KČT TURISTASHOP or through the map manufacturer Trasa (see below).

SHOCart logo SHOCart, s.r.o. produces a series of 1:40 000, 1:50 000 and 1:60 000 scale hiking/cycling maps covering the Prague-Vienna Greenways. They can be purchased in the the Czech Republic, or on the SHOCart website (see below).

CZECH REPUBLIC
Maps by Region (see Intractive Map) KCT 1:50 000 SHOCart 1:40 000 SHOCart 1:50 000 SHOCart 1:60 000
Key Map Key Map Key Map Key Map
Map
EAN/ISBN
Description
Map
EAN/ISBN
Description
Map
EAN/ISBN
Description
Map
EAN/ISBN
Description
(1)
Prague - Tabor

Lower Vltava

Tynec nad Sazavou - Sedlcany - Sedlec
37 9788073243616 Prague East 419 9788072246977 Prague Surroundings South 19 9788072241682 125 9788072245291 Prague Surroundings
40 9788073244125 Benesov, Lower Sazava River 420 9788072246984 Sedlčansko 20 9788072242994 Sedlčansko      
41 9788073243524 Czech Siberia - Tábor North 438 9788072247165 Tábor, Lower Lužnice River 38 9788072241842   137 9788072245413 Tábor













(2)
Upper Vltava Valley

Cesky Krumlov
Ceske Budejovice
Trebon
72 9788073244408 Českobudějovicko 440 9788072247189   40 9788072242085   159 9788072245635 Českobudějovicko
73 9788073243845 Vltava pod Vyšším Brodem 436 9788072247141   36 9788072241736   157 9788072245611 Sumava Lipensko
74 9788073244743 Novohrad Mountains 442 9788072247202   42 9788072242887   160 9788072245642 Novohradské Mountains
75 9788073244415 Trebon - Upper Luznice River 441 9788072247196   41 9788072242054        













(3)
Greenways of Crafts and Beliefs

Jindrichuv Hradec
Telc
Slavonice

Bohemian Lake District
78 9788073242923 Czech Canada and Slavonica 445 9788072247233 Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Canada 45 9788072241743 163 9788072245673 Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Canada
77 9788073244491 Jihlava Hills and Pelhřimov South 444 9788072247226 Pelhřimovsko 44 9788072243624 Pelhřimovsko 162 9788072245666 Pelhřimovsko
98 9788073243876 Telč                  













(4)
Dyje River Valley

Vranov nad Dyji
Znojmo
81 9788073244255 Podyjí, Vranovská přehrada 447 9788072247257   47 9788072243631   164 9788072245680 Podyjí, Thayatal
82 9788073243265 Střední Podyjí 453 9788072247318 Podyjí, Thayatal, Vranov Dam 53 9788072242313   165 9788072245697 Znojmo













(5)
Lichtenstein Heritage Greenway

Palava Hills
Mikulov
Valtice
Lednice
88 9788073244279 Pavlovské vrchy 464 9788072247424 Břeclavsko, Pálava 64 9788072241583 Břeclavsko, Pálava 168 9788072245727 Pálava, Lednice-Valtice Area

Czech Tourist/Hiking/Cycling Topographic Map Series 1:100 000 (Shocart)
Czech, English, German [key]
Map
EAN/ISBN
Description
207 9788072242412 Okolí Prahy, Brdy, Křivoklátsko
209 9788072242740 Okolí Prahy - Posázaví, Táborsko
215 9788072242672 Českobudějovicko, Jindřichohradecko, Novohradské hory
216 9788072242771 Telčsko, Znojemsko, Podyjí
218 9788072242795 Okolí Brna - jih, Břeclavsko, Hodonínsko

  9788072246175 Morvaske Vinarske Stezky
Moravian Wine Trails (1:110 000)

  9788072247622 Greenway, Praha - Wien
Greenway PRAGUE - VIENNA Guide
English, German (there is also a Czech version)

The Guide describes the long-distance route Prague - Vienna. Each stage is marked on a single map, with the reverse side describing in detail the road conditions and environment. It also contains attractions and monuments, classification of surface, riding paths, color photos.

To get the English/German version, look for this note at the bottom of the description on the website: "POZOR, jedná se o AJ / NJ verzi."


SH 626 9788072246267 Cesko Cykloatlas (1:75 000)
Czech Cycling Atlas (A4 size)

AUSTRIA
Hiking Maps 1:50 000  FREYTAG & BERNDT
Map
EAN/ISBN
Description
WK 014 9783707907834 Östliches Weinviertel, March, Thayatal, Mistelbach
WK 013 9783850847001 Nationalpark Donau Auen, Lobau, Hainburg, Marchegg, Gänserndorf, Bruck a.d. Leitha
WK 015 9783707903386 Westliches Weinviertel, Leiser Berge, Stockerau, Hollabrunn
WK 011 9783850847070 Wienerwald

Where to get maps online or in the Czech Republic:
Besides the Prague addresses listed below, you can generally find maps in the larger bookstores and Infocenters in most towns.
  • Czech Tourist Club (Klub českých turistů/KČT)
    KCT Online
  • KČT TURISTASHOP Prague
    TURISTASHOP, Bělehradská 2020, Prague 63 (map)
    e-mail: kct@kct.cz
  • Trasa
    Map distributor of the Czech Tourist Club
  • SHOCart
    Major publisher of Czech and European tourist maps
  • freytag & berndt
    Publisher of SHOCart and other brands of maps
  • PhoneMaps
    Hiking/Cycling App for mobile phones and tablets. Project PhoneMaps is created with the cooperation of the companies freytag & berndt, SHOCart and Bergverlag Rother.
  • Cycloserver
    Comprehensive Czech cycling site (unfortunately, they have announced they will cease operations on February 28th, 2023)
  • Cycloatlas On-line
    Excellent interactive route planning site (unfortunately, they have announced they will cease operations on February 28th, 2023)
  • Rother
    Rother is an Outdoor App and Web Portal for hiking, cycling and more
  • Environmental Partnership Foundation (Nadace Partnerství)
    The Environmental Partnership Foundation sells SHOCart and other maps online
  • Knihy Kanzelsberger
    Dumknihy.cz is an online bookstore of the companies Kanzelsberger and Barvič and Novotný .
    Kanzelsberger is the largest Czech book chain currently operating 58 bookstores in Prague and other cities of the Czech Republic.
    Archeologická 2256/1 Prague 5 155 00
    Starostrašnická 56 Praha 10 101 00
    tel: 274 777 374
    web: www.dumknihy.cz email:dumknihy@kanzelsberger.cz