In 1889 the Czech Tourist Club painted a red trail mark here. It still leads to Karlštejn.
Beroun → Karlštejn · 8.6 kmThe trail marks lead.
The trail marks lead.
Vokolo tells the story.
Listen in and get to know where you ride. Vokolo tells you about castles and legends along the way and suggests where to stop for lunch or coffee.
Stories along the way.
Beroun start
Tetín Castle 2.8 km
By tradition, Princess Ludmila was murdered here in 921. You hear it before the climb starts.
Svatý Jan pod Skalou 4.4 km
A hermit named Ivan is said to have lived in a cave under the cliff, and the church was built right onto it. You pass it in seconds and still hear the whole story.
Karlštejn 8.6 km
One castle, four narrators.
400 m ahead
Plain and unhurried. Says the thing and gets out of the way.
Charles the Fourth laid the first stone in 1348, and he built this place for one job: to hold the crown jewels of an empire. They sat in a chapel near the top, its walls set with more than two thousand polished stones. The king is said to have climbed that last stretch to the door barefoot.
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It talks as you pass. It remembers what it told you.
- 1 kmLooks up the road and picks a pace from your speed.
- 400 mPicks something worth knowing. Castles, battles, legends, whatever you care about.
- 0 mTalks. The story ends about as you pass the place.
- Next timeSame ruin, next layer: another owner, another fire, one more legend.
We are letting riders in a few at a time.
The first routes run around Prague and the Berounka valley.