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Písek

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

Písek
Písek · Wikimedia Commons
The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Písek 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
  2. 02
    Church 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Swimming Pool

    2 sport PREUSS (RENT), Kollárova 486, pujcovna@preuss.cz.

From Wikivoyage: Písek, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Kozlovna U Plechandy

    Traditional Czech cuisine; summer terrace with view of Písek Stone Bridge.

  2. 02
    U Reinerů

    Czech cuisine, good beer Tandoor, Heydukova 172/10, menberu@seznam.cz.

From Wikivoyage: Písek, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Písek

Airports
České Budějovice South Bohemian (JCL), 45 km · Václav Havel Prague (PRG), 88 km · Linz-Hörsching (LNZ), 119 km
  • České Budějovice → Písek
    44 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · Kč70–95
  • Prague → Písek
    89 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · Kč145–195
  • Karlovy Vary → Písek
    138 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · Kč305–405
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Not yet researched

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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    602 km
  2. 02
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    668 km
  3. 03
    HvarHR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    706 km
  4. 04
    KorčulaHR

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    742 km
  5. 05
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    756 km

If you know how people move in Písek – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Písek

  • Dolní Novosedlyvillage in Písek District of South Bohemian region4.2 km
  • Vrcovicevillage in Písek District of South Bohemian region4.4 km
  • Putimvillage in Písek District of South Bohemian region5.3 km
  • Vojníkovvillage in Písek District of South Bohemian region5.4 km