Křivoklátsko and the Bohemian Karst
Two days among castles, karst caves and flooded limestone quarries west of Prague — a weekend you set off for after breakfast. The programme splits naturally into a day in the Bohemian Karst and a day in Křivoklátsko, with a night at a campsite on the Berounka in between. The route runs mostly on secondary roads along the river, so even in a vehicle you have just collected you drive at a calm pace and without motorway traffic. It is an ideal first outing: nothing is rushed, nowhere do you have to get up in the dark, and yet you take in five places worth stopping for.
You set off after breakfast and stop first above the Velká Amerika quarry — going inside is permanently banned, so you take in the turquoise water below the white walls from the viewpoint above the rim. Then you move on to Karlštejn: you cannot drive up to the castle, so you park in the paid car park in the village and walk up the lane lined with stalls. In the afternoon you continue to the Koněprusy Caves, the largest cave system in Bohemia; the tour takes roughly an hour, runs with a guide only, and involves almost five hundred steps at a temperature of around ten degrees, so a sweatshirt comes in handy even in August, and in high season there is a queue at the ticket office. You round the day off by arriving at a campsite on the Berounka.
In the morning you move along the Berounka valley to Křivoklát. Capacity on the individual guided tours is limited, so book your ticket online in advance; the car park lies just below the castle and you walk the rest of the way. In the afternoon you drive to the village of Skryje, from where a nature trail called Po stopě trilobita (On the Trilobite's Trail) leads to the Skryje Lakes — two green pools beneath the rocks, about half an hour on foot from the village. The roads down into the valley at Skryje and Roztoky are narrow and drop steeply, so take it slowly with a longer vehicle and give yourself time; the return to Prague is then just an easy early-evening drive.
Up to 3.5 t (most motorhomes): a motorway vignette is enough, and only if you actually use the motorway. The prices valid from January 2026 are CZK 230 for a day, CZK 300 for ten days, CZK 480 for thirty days and CZK 2,570 for a year; vehicles running on CNG or biomethane, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles pay a reduced rate or nothing at all. This route, though, can be driven entirely on secondary roads through Beroun and the Berounka valley, so buy the vignette for getting out of Prague on the ring motorway rather than for the trip itself. Over 3.5 t: the vignette does not apply and the vehicle falls under the MYTO CZ electronic toll — you need an on-board unit and registration before you set off, and the toll is charged on motorways and selected first-class roads according to the kilometres driven. Parking is paid at Karlštejn, at the Koněprusy Caves and at Velká Amerika, so keep cash on hand for it.
Autokemp Karlštejn, Karlštejn — 48 electric hook-ups, new sanitary facilities, season from the beginning of April; outside the season by phone arrangement · Kemp Višňová – Hájek, Roztoky u Křivoklátu — takes caravans and motorhomes alike, restaurant, open from 1 May to 30 September (Easter and autumn weekends by arrangement) · Kemp Branov, Branov — a campsite in the Berounka valley not far from Křivoklát, open from 1 May to 30 September
Wild camping is out of the question in the Bohemian Karst and Křivoklátsko protected landscape areas — the night belongs in a campsite, and all three of the recommended ones lie within easy reach of both halves of the trip. In April and October, Višňová – Hájek and Branov are closed, so an off-season date rests on Autokemp Karlštejn — confirm the pitch by phone in advance. The car park at the Velká Amerika quarry is small, paid and closed off by a barrier (in the order of a hundred crowns a day); on weekend afternoons it tends to be full and a longer vehicle may not fit, so head there first thing in the morning, as day one of the route does.
The best equipped stop on the route is Kemp Višňová – Hájek in Roztoky u Křivoklátu: it has a chemical toilet disposal point and also sells propane-butane cylinders, so it is worth calling in even on a day when you are not sleeping there. You can top up drinking water at Autokemp Karlštejn, which has facilities with hot water. There is no motorhome service at the car parks at Karlštejn, Koněprusy or Velká Amerika.
Adria Twin
The Adria Twin is ideal for this route: it fits into the narrow, steeply descending roads down to Roztoky and Skryje and onto the small paid car park at Velká Amerika, where a longer vehicle would already be reversing out. At the same time it has its own washroom, so all you need is a campsite on the Berounka with a disposal point and one hook-up.
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