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IdyllicPrague Cottages are in a delightfully quiet tranquil location.
Cherry Tree Cottage
was originally built as an acoustic studio for film dubbing to take advantage of
the
quiet location. Bicycle track 8100 passes by the IdyllicPrague Cottages
through a
delightful forested National Park
called "Tyche Udoli" which means "Silent Valley".
But the IdyllicPrague Cottages are only 10km (15 minutes) from Prague Airport
so inevitably
there is occasional aircraft noise. It is hard to find any countryside
anywhere in Europe
that is not occasionally subjected to some aircraft noise.
The aircraft noise at the IdyllicPrague Cottages is limited for the following reasons: -
 | There are 4 approach flight paths to Prague Airport,
so aircraft are visible from the Cottages only 25% of the time (this will depend on other factors such as weather conditions, but aircraft traffic control are obliged to vary the flight patterns) |
| At the point of descent past the Cottages the
aircraft are on minimal engine glide so the engines are typically at their quietest |
| Aircraft are normally only just visible just above
the other side of a forested ridge. The forested ridge seems to make a good job of deflecting the aircraft noise from the Cottages |
So typically there is only aircraft noise 25% of the time, and when there is
aircraft noise it
is not intrusive. Guests sometimes mention animal noise, they rarely
mention aircraft noise.
This map comes from www.prg.aero/en/prague-airport/environment/noise-monitoring/approach-to-solving-the-noise-issue/
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Click here for details of horse riding and horse drawn carriages direct from your Cottage.
See www.expats.cz/prague/article/czech-cooking/picnicking-and-barbecuing-in-prague/
Conifer
Cottage is not on a road, but is on "cycle track 8100".
(But do not worry, cars and
taxis can drive up to the house!)
By request, we will be
pleased to provide you with bicycles.
Following a stream flowing down into the Vltava river, cycle
track 8100 runs
through a delightful forested National Park
called "Tyche Udoli" which
means "Silent Valley". Inclines are
gentle and the track has a
reasonable surface, making cycling
and rambling
easy and pleasurable. Click
here for photos.
On reaching the main Vltava river, cycle tracks continue along both banks of
the river.
Particularly to be recommended is the chain ferry, which for
15kc will carry you and your
bicycle across the river to explore further cycle
tracks on the far river bank.
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The cycle tracks, paths, forests and lakes of the National Park are as
popular with
ramblers as with cyclists. The tranquil valley and
enticing paths lead to intriguing
wild life discoveries. Click here for photos
Cerny Vul translates as "Black
Bullock". A sign on the cycle
path
states "Cerny Vul is a site of rich
archaeological finds. A
Neolithic
ceramic bull's head found here gave
the village its name."
Únětice culture is the name given
to an early
Bronze Age
culture.
Walking from the Cottage. The Cottage is on "Cycle Route
8100" which is
clearly
marked. It is also marked as the
"blue route" with
white/blue/white trail
markers.
As you
leave the Cottage you can turn left or right. On foot, we
generally turn
left.
If you turn right you will eventually reach
Okor castle
- (click here) for
www.zamky-hrady.cz/6/okor.htm.
Turning left will follow the stream down
through
"Tiche Udoly"
(silent valley national park) to the main river.
One small
complication
- as you leave the Cottage and turn left onto Cycle Track 8100,
you will walk
past
two lakes on your right. Then suddenly the cycle track is signposted
up a very
steep
track to the left. You can follow that if you like - but we generally
walk
straight on
into "Unetice Village" and
Unetice Village Shop. If you keep heading
in
the same
direction with the stream on your right, you will rejoin "Cycle Track 8100"
soon
enough.
When eventually the stream you have been following
meets the main river, turn
left and follow the main river downstream. (Cycle Track 8100 takes a detour
around
the streets, but we recommend that you stay with the path by the stream,
it is a more pleasant walk.) After about
a mile, you will reach the "rope ferry"
across the main river. It is great fun
to cross
the river on the "rope ferry" - and
Cycle Track 8100 continues for miles the
other
side. Alternatively, having crossed
the river you can turn right
and continue up
river until eventually you will arrive
at Prague Zoo. That is a long cycle ride,
so
it would be
an extremely long walk!
Another alternative is not to cross the river, but to carry
on on the same
side of
the main river, following the
river down stream. After about a mile the railway
is
on
your left, and a steep hill rises on your left. At the top
of that hill is an extremely
ancient Church, still in use,
claimed to be "the first Church in Bohemia" and situated
in the fascinating village of "Levý Hradec". Click
on the following
links for more pictures and information
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.
Do have a look at the IdyllicPrague photos to get some
idea of where
you can walk. We love it!
For more details of "Tiché údolí" Silent Valley National Park click here
For a blog written by an enthusiastic local cyclist, click here.
http://www.praguebikeblog.blogspot.com/
Maybe 10 minutes drive from the cottage is the ruin of
Okor castle, set in a delightful village
www.zamky-hrady.cz/6/okor.htm
For more details of the Prague 6 area
www.praha6.cz/eng/
"Silver Mountain" was once the source of European silver currency
and is the origin of the word "dollar"
www.kutnahora.cz/index.php?lns=2
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/732/
A chapel built of human bones can be found at
www.ludd.luth.se/users/silver_p/kutna-1.html
Cesky Raj (Czech Paradise) is a delightful area to explore,
maybe only 1 hour from the cottage
www.ceskyraj.cz/english/start.htm
Prague is fantastic for theatre, opera, concerts etc
www.opera-rkm.cz/operagala/
There are many fascinating castles in Czech Republic
www.zamky-hrady.cz/2/hrady.htm
Karlstejn is the most famous castle near to Prague.
www.zamky-hrady.cz/2/karlstejn.htm
There are several spa towns in Czech Republic
www.karlovyvary.cz/static/soucasnost_5_2.asp?LangId=2&Kol=2
Cesky Krumlov is a favourite historic Czech town
http://new.ckrumlov.cz/php/webcam/index.php?lang=en
Telc gives a wonderful feeling of history and calm
www.telc-etc.cz/telc/?target=webcam
The Krkonose mountains form a natural northern border with Poland
www.ergis.cz/krkonose/index.php?lang=en&menu=2&search_filter=2&typ=menu
There are plenty of useful ideas here http://www.czu.cz/en/?r=957&i=1675
There is a University Campus near IdyllicPrague in Suchdol.
From Cerny Vul walk through the forest past 2 lakes to Únětice (click
here)
Walk past the Únětice shop. After the 3rd lake on your right, turn
diagonally
right up the hill through forest. At the top is Suchdol
Here are some suggestions from the University website: -
| Finance |
| Travel |
| Communication |
See http://www.prazskestezky.cz/unet/index.html
See http://envis.praha-mesto.cz/rocenky/chruzemi/cr2_antx/chu63.htm
The valley of the Únětický potok brook and adjacent slopes and plateaux in the respective cadastres. Cadasters: Roztoky nr. Prague (district Prague-West), Suchdol and Prague 6. Area: 114.2343 ha. Elevation: 195 - 300 m above sea level. Established by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Education No. IX-357-2-51 of August 10, 1951, the Ordinance of the Ministry of Education No. 100.988/51 of September 9, 1951, and the Ordinance of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic No. 14 200/88 of November 29, 1988.
Protection of the general character of the landscape, indigenous flora, minor fauna and geological formations.
The bedrock consists of Proterozoic rocks with the prevalence of greywackes, siltstones and shales and a powerful strip of lydites (silicites in the west. There are also veins of porphyric and basalt rocks. Loamy and stony screes, deluvium, loess with rankers and brown earths on top, relics of tropic weathering. Dispersed boulders below lyditeridges.
Large woods with alternating cow-wheat oak and hornbeam, woodrush oak, heather oak and hornbeam and maple woods. The formerly mown valley meadows change spontaneously into alder woods. The northern bare slopes used to be covered with large heaths which receded after forestation. Similarly the acidophilous rocky steppes and sandy areas on southern slopes are becoming overgrown with shrubs - hawthorn, dog rose, blackthorn and in succession sequence with ash and oak trees. The number of important species includes Corydalis pumila in oak and hornbeam wood, Alyssum montanum on the prophyrite vein, Biscutella varia on the diabase vein, and Corynephorus canescens and Helichrysum arenarium on sandy terraces.
The wood is partly natural and continuous (testified to by the presence of Acalles comutatus), partly artificial, including alien wood species (false acacia, red oak, and others). This is reflected also in invertebrate fauna: typical and significant species can be found in natural parts of the forest only. The number of ground beetles includes e.g. Amara nitida, Poecilus virens, Pterostichus burmeisteri and Abax ovalis, the number of phytophagous leaf beetles e.g. Clytra quadripunctata, Cryptocephalus marginatus, Phylotreta ochripes and Aphtona cyanella, the snout beetles the terricolous Brachysomus echinatus, Trachodes hispidus. The oaks host Polydrusus marginatus and Curculio pellitus, the hazel Curculio nucum, the elm Magdalis armigera, the scots pine Polydrusus impar and others. Plectophloeus erichsoni erichsoni from the Pselaphidae family was found here. The butterfly species include e.g. the swallow-tail (Papilio machaon) and the scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius), the small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) and the garden tiger (Arctia caja). The gastropods are represented by Perforatella bidentata. Numerous vertebrate specis, especially birds. Nesting site of the green and the grey woodpeckers and the wryneck. There are about 50 species of passerines including the icterine warbler, the serin, the bullfinch, the goldfinch and the yellow-hammer. Some 20 mammal species. However, the suslik and the hamster have disappeared.
The better part of the area (over 100 ha) is covered with mixed woods at present with the prevalence of oaks (42.5%), pines (21.4%), hornbeams (10.9%) and birches (7.7%). The admixture of the red oak propagates intensively by shoots. Inadequate wood species planted after the Second World War devastated completely some valuable areas, such as the area covered with Filipendula ulmaria below the Kozí hřbety ridge.
The forest was influenced anthropically as early as in the prehistorc time. There is a Hallstatt mound burial ground on the plateau. The slopes were used as pastures and subjected to secondary forestation only at the beginning of the 20th century. The area is threatened by heavy tourist traffic (from the nearby city). Forest management conforms with the approved forest management plan. Accidental tree felling, hunting, grazing. There is an educational track through the reserve.
Kubíková (1985), Kubíková, Molíková (1980).
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