Day Trip by car from Prague to Vienna

Today we are travelling to Vienna with 3 stops. Oliver was our driver for the day and we discovered he is also an owner of the Daytrip Company we booked with. We were upgraded to a Mercedes 8 person van so we could spread out in comfort. It helped that he loves driving it!! Leaving Prague and continuing well into our drive, were the beautiful bright yellow canola fields.

Stop 1 Kutna Hora: We saw the Sedlec Ossuary Chapel adorned with human skeletons. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have, in many cases, been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel.
The area is known for its silver mining and has a chocolate museum and chocolaterie. They make their chocolate the same way it was manufactured in Kutná Hora some 100 years ago, bringing back the long forgotten recipes and introducing new ones. Our last sight was Saint Barbara Gothic Church overlooking a vineyard.

Stop 2 Trebic: We went to the Benedictine Monastery & the Jewish Quarter, which is a Unesco Site with 2 Synagogues and a cemetary. Leaving Trebic we passed through winding farmland as far as the eye could see, but no farmhouses in sight. We saw so many cyclists in this area as well.

Stop 3 Lednice Chateau & Park: The Lednice Castle is from the 14th Century & is a Unesco World Heritage Site. We walked 5 km through the gardens and followed the paths around the lake to the old aquaduct.

There are 1000's of turbines on the outskirts of Vienna.
We arrived at our apartment. It has so much character with beautiful old staircases and no elevator. We settled in then walked for groceries and enjoyed a charcuterie for dinner. We enjoyed the day seeing the countryside and some interesting sites.Read more