Alternative to staying in Cesky Krumlov?

3 nights in Cesky Krumlov (I like Cesky Krumlov) or 3 nights in Budapest? Budapest wins. If you already have departure tickets out of Vienna then you fly Prague to Budapest then train up to Vienna. Technically about 3 hours faster hotel to hotel than a trains.

Now you have 3 world class cities and Budapest will have the lowest density of tourists of the three.

Favorite Video of Budapest https://youtu.be/1nd5AtZIrTk?feature=shared Bourdain on how visually pleasurable Budapest is https://youtu.be/0nd9DuDGCz0?si=aa0c19KaJHEtabkX

Thanks, Mr E,
We’re staying in Budapest for a week so no worries! We go to Budapest after Vienna where we’re also staying for 8 nights.

GeoffB, I’ve been reading your TRs and have been finding them helpful.

We don’t do 1 night stops anymore and would prefer not to do 2 nights, which is what we would do.

Has anyone been Trebon? Is that place to stay instead?

We stayed 3 nights in Cesky Krumlov and enjoyed it very much. We took a walking tour, visited the castle, had leisurely dinners, and had drinks at a jazz bar.
We also like to keep our stays to at least 3 nights.

paulesue, then do Cesky Krumlov. Worth it.

Okay, you’ve convinced me. We’ll stay in Cesky Krumlov. We’re slowpokes these days, anyway, and like to take breaks during the day. I think we’ll be fine for 3 nights as long as we can get away from large crowds.

You chose well.

Cesky Krumlov
Is a very small town, very touristic in the day time.
Tour buses, with bored children, who just may ruin your day, while you try to eat lunch,
its quiet and nice at night, look for the ghost, dressed all in white, who roams the streets near the river at dusk.
Places close early, open late.
We arrived via train from Prague
There's only 1 guy who's a taxi, totally un reliable.
He was eating lunch at the small restaurant by the train station, which we were very lucky for that.
Would have been a long hilly walk to the center of town
We waited 30 min, for him to finish eating to get a ride to our hotel.
If you need to leave the area, from your hotel, maybe a staff member can drive you, ask first.
We had to do this as no taxi service.
Trains are not very often in Cesky, no train station office.
Flixbus is a better option.
3 days in Cesky, to me seems to long, its small. very old and interesting.
We spent arrival day and the next day, was enough.