Písek
Písek is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Písek is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 31,000 inhabitants. The town is located on the Otava River. It is a centre of education with a number of important schools.
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Worth seeing in and around Písek
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Písek Stone Bridge
The Písek Stone Bridge is the oldest preserved early Gothic bridge in the Czech Republic and by its originality, although deprived of its dominants, which formed its tower with gates, is one of the rarest medieval bridges in Central Europe. It spans the Otava River, a tributary of the Vltava.
200 m · bridge in Czech Republic · Wikipedia - 02Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic basilica in Písek in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has a nave, two aisles, and a bell tower on the south side of the western facade which has become a symbol of the town.
300 m · church in Písek District of South Bohemian region · Wikipedia
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Things to do
- 01Swimming Pool
2 sport PREUSS (RENT), Kollárova 486, pujcovna@preuss.cz.
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Where to eat
- 01Kozlovna U Plechandy
Traditional Czech cuisine; summer terrace with view of Písek Stone Bridge.
- 02U Reinerů
Czech cuisine, good beer Tandoor, Heydukova 172/10, menberu@seznam.cz.
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Getting to Písek
- Airports
- České Budějovice South Bohemian (JCL), 45 km · Václav Havel Prague (PRG), 88 km · Linz-Hörsching (LNZ), 119 km
- České Budějovice → Písek44 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · Kč70–95
- Prague → Písek89 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · Kč145–195
- Karlovy Vary → Písek138 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · Kč305–405
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Písek
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Písek. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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