Two Days Among the Ponds

A 44.8 km two-day walk through the Třeboňsko pond country, with an overnight stop in Třeboň.

The paths here run on dikes between water, reeds and pine woods, and the day’s rhythm is set by ponds rather than hills — this is the flattest hiking country in Bohemia. There is essentially no climbing, so the distance is the whole effort, and Třeboň splits it conveniently in half for the night.

Day 1 — Suchdol nad Lužnicí to Třeboň

From Suchdol station the route heads northwest through woods and pond chains via Hrachoviště to Domanín. Just past the village, in the park by the Svět pond, stands the Schwarzenberg Tomb — a short detour that is worth the time, and a fitting introduction to the family whose estate this landscape was. From the tomb the way rounds the Svět pond into Třeboň, with the whole evening for the square, the spa-town atmosphere and the local Regent beer.

Day 2 — Třeboň to Lomnice nad Lužnicí

The second day leaves through Břilice and swings west to the village of Dunajovice before turning north into the best of the pond country: the Velký and Malý Tisý national nature reserve, where the dike paths cross one of the country’s great bird reserves — open water and reed beds on both sides for kilometres. The walk ends at Lomnice nad Lužnicí station, on the railway line back through Třeboň.