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NEW FOR  2008!
CROSS BORDER WALKING IN THE GREEN ROOF OF EUROPE

The Bayerischer Wald along with the Sumava National Park in the Czech Republic, and other protected regions, cover an area in excess of 2,000 square kilometers. This forested area is often referred to as “the green roof of Europe”. It has glacial lakes, castles, mountain views and a rich culture

Why walk with us?
Our walking holidays offer not just an escape from the stresses and strains of today’s hectic lifestyle, but also provide great exercise in the fresh air, in a wonderful location as well as comfortable, affordable accommodation. You should return home relaxed, revitalised and energised. Isn’t that what a holiday should be all about?

How we walk
Our walking groups consist of no more than 16 people. Each walk is guided by native English speakers, who live in and know the area well. We offer single centre walking holidays with itineraries that are flexible and fun, showing you the best of the area by foot and taking in local sights, culture and more. All the week’s walks are easily reachable by local public transport.

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WALKING HOLIDAY PROGRAMME

Day one: Arrival - sometime between 4 & 7pm. Welcome meeting with buffet and evening orientation stroll around village. A chance to get to know your fellow walkers.

Day two: Travel to Bodenmais for a linear walk back to Bayerisch Eisenstein, ascending via Rissloch waterfalls, to Kleiner Arber and Grosser Arber (1456m) then cable car ride and walk down to the guesthouse.

Day three: Free day. Enjoy an optional excursion by coach to Prague or join us on a stroll along forest tracks and river paths to the Haus Zur Wildnis. (National Park information centre). with train ride back to Bayerisch Eisenstein

Day four: Our first walk across the border into the Czech republic, taking in a castle and the Jewish Synagogue museum at Hartmanice.

Day five: Walking from the village to Schwelhäusl, up through the forest to Falkenstein, back to Zweislerwaldhaus to cross the border in the forest before descending via Zelezna Ruda back home.

Day six: Journeying into the Czech Republic once more for a circular walk from the village of Prasily. A steady climb to a glacial lake, Iron Curtain Observation tower (1315m) and descent to a river path back to Prasily.

Day seven: Free day. With optional excursion by train to Passau and a boat trip on the Danube.

Day eight: Departure after breakfast.

Please note the above programme is subject to change, depending on local conditions. The final selection of walks will be made by the walk leader.

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FOOTPATH INFORMATION

As a general rule, our walks are suitable for people with an average level of fitness so you do not need to go into training before your holiday and you do not need to be an experienced walker.

Please note that each day’s walking will be on average 6-7 hours and cover distances in the region of 12 to 20 kilometers.

Generally  the walking will be on good paths with occasional rocky sections. The walks will involve some steeper sections and rise in altitiude from around 700m to 1456m above sea level.

Walking boots with good ankle support are essential. We also recommend that all walkers have treking poles.

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What the holiday includes:

7 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms
Buffet breakfast and 4 packed lunches (for guide walk days only)
Welcome evening buffet
Schnapps tasting evening
4 guided walks
The cost of local public transport to and from walks, with the exception of excursions and activities on free days.
Cable car ride
Services of walk leader
Map of area and all walk notes

Flights and transfers are NOT included
Entrance fees to castles, museums, viewing towers etc are NOT included (in general these cost the Czech equivalent of 2 - 5 €uro per person

How to get here.

Munich is the most easily accessible airport to Bayerisch Eisenstein and has a range of direct flights from the UK.

www.easyjet.com - flights from Stansted

www.ba.com - flights from Gatwick & Heathrow

www.lufthansa.com - flights from Birmingham, Heathrow & Manchester

Munich airport has it’s own train station and you can travel to Bayerisch Eisenstein, with two changes - Munich Hauptbahnhof and Plattling. Travel time approximately 2.5 hours. Up to 5 people can travel from the airport to Bayerisch Eisenstein, for as little as 27 €uro with a “Bayern Ticket”. These can be bought from automatic ticket machines at the station or for 29 €uro if bought from the station ticket office. Bayern tickets are valid from 9am to 3am the following day. Note: the last train of the day arrives at Bayerisch Eisenstein at 9.11pm. Timetables, ticket information etc. can be found on www.bahn.de For an English language version of the site, click on the option on the left hand side of the homepage.

Contact us to check availability, enquiries or to make a booking.