Třeboň and Jindřichův Hradec — ponds and Renaissance
Four days in the flat pond country between Třeboň and Jindřichův Hradec, where a motorhome parks easily and the bikes come into their own. Your base is Třeboň — a town inside preserved walls, with a chateau, peat spas and a brewery that has been at work since the 14th century. Around it spreads the Třeboňsko protected landscape area with the Rožmberk and Svět ponds, a short drive away stands the Červená Lhota water chateau, and Jindřichův Hradec holds the third largest chateau complex in the country. The route has not a single demanding climb or narrow hairpin, so we are happy to recommend it even for a first longer trip in a motorhome.
From Prague the route follows the D3 motorway and the last stretch to Třeboň runs across the flat, between ponds and pine woods. The afternoon is enough for the historic centre inside its preserved walls — Masarykovo náměstí with its arcades, the Budějovická Gate and the chateau where the last of the Rožmberks, Petr Vok, died in 1611. In the evening the Bohemia Regent brewery is worth a visit; beer has been brewed in Třeboň since 1379. Bear in mind that outside July and August the Třeboň chateau and most of the monuments around it are closed on Mondays, so if you arrive on a Monday, keep the town itself and a walk around the Svět pond for that day.
A day when the vehicle stays put and you set out by bike along the level tracks on the dams. Rožmberk is the largest pond in the country by area, its dam is lined with centuries-old oaks and Jakub Krčín spent a full six years building it from 1584. You can ride back along the Zlatá stoka, an artificial canal from the early 16th century designed by Štěpánek Netolický, which still feeds the whole pond system today. On the way, stop in Domanín at the Schwarzenberg Tomb — a neo-Gothic building from 1877 standing in an English park between the Svět and Opatovický ponds.
In the morning head north to Červená Lhota, a Renaissance water chateau built on a rocky spur above the Dírenský brook. Because of damage to the historic dam, the chateau pond has long been only partly filled and the boat rental is out of service, so the famous picture of the chateau ringed by water is not to be had at the moment — check the current state and the opening hours in advance on the monument's website, as in October it tends to open only on selected days. The afternoon belongs to Jindřichův Hradec: after Prague Castle and Český Krumlov, its chateau complex is the third largest in the country and contains a Renaissance rondel. The town museum holds the Krýza Nativity Scene, listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest mechanical folk nativity scene in the world.
On the last day head south to Nové Hrady, the highest-lying town in the České Budějovice area, where a Gothic castle founded in the 13th century by the Vítkovci family stands above the square and the Buquoy family resided until 1945. Terčino údolí begins right behind the town — a romantic landscape park from 1756, today a national natural monument; an easy circular trail leads through it to the artificial waterfall of 1817 and to the Swiss Chalet. After lunch you head back through the České Budějovice region onto the D3 and home — the return works out comfortably even with an afternoon stop for coffee.
Up to 3.5 t, which covers the vast majority of motorhomes, an electronic motorway vignette is all you need for the D3, the motorway you take from Prague in both directions. According to the price list at edalnice.gov.cz, the ten-day vignette costs CZK 290, the thirty-day one CZK 460 and the annual one CZK 2,440; electric and hydrogen vehicles pay a reduced rate. The roads between Třeboň, Červená Lhota, Jindřichův Hradec and Nové Hrady are free of charge. Above 3.5 t the vignette does not apply — the vehicle falls under the MYTO CZ performance-based toll, it must carry an on-board unit and you pay per kilometre driven on tolled motorways and selected first-class roads, with the rate depending on the emission class and the number of axles. There is no toll tunnel, ferry or mountain road anywhere on the route.
Autokemp Třeboň, Domanín u Třeboně — right on the shore of the Opatovický pond, takes motorhomes as well as caravans; in the 2026 season open from 24 April to 29 September · Autocamp U Pískovny, Tušť u Suchdola nad Lužnicí — a gated site with a reception and pitches with a 6 A hook-up, but places cannot be booked ahead, so call to check availability · Kemp Březák, Chlum u Třeboně — a family-run campsite with caravan pitches, some of them right at the water
The historic core of Třeboň lies inside the walls and you should not drive into it with a motorhome; the town runs a system of park-and-walk car parks and the information centre on Masarykovo náměstí hands out a map of them. At Červená Lhota you leave the vehicle in the main car park and walk to the chateau gate from there. The whole Třeboňsko area is a protected landscape area, so wild camping and overnighting outside campsites are not allowed here.
The most reliable place both to fill up and to empty is Autokemp Třeboň in Domanín — drinking water is piped throughout the site and there is a chemical toilet disposal point. For an October trip, though, bear in mind that it will already be out of season: fill the tank before you arrive and call ahead to check which of the other campsites are still running. In the southern part of the route, Autocamp U Pískovny in Tušť will do the job, and at your pitch you can also recharge the batteries before the run to Nové Hrady. Public service points outside campsites are practically non-existent in the Třeboň area, so plan accordingly.
Adria Matrix
The whole route runs across the flat and the longest leg is the drive home on the D3, so what counts here is space and calm driving rather than engine power. The Adria Matrix is a roomy semi-integrated with a double floor and storage spread through the whole vehicle, enough for the bike and swimming kit, and its loft-style interior with the panoramic window makes a rainy afternoon by the pond easy to sit out. The Matrix comes in eight layouts, so pick the one that gives you as much room for bikes and gear as you need.
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