Transport

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The Bioacademy Venue - Horticultural Faculty of Mendels University is in the outskirts of small town Lednice on the right side by the road No. 422 heading to Valtice.

By car

  • from all directions apart from the South take the D2 motorway (Brno - Bratislava)leaving at EXIT 41 Podivín, then follow road No. 422 to Lednice
  • from Vienna and the South cross the border at Drasenhofen-Mikulov and from Mikulov follow the local road straight to Lednice or cross the border at Schrattenberg - Valtice and from Valtice take the road No. 422 to Lednice

road map here

By bus or train

The timetables and connections for Czech public transport (buses and trains together including fares) can be found on IDOS: http://www.idos.cz (English and German version as well)

Bus: The closest international bus station is Brno. From Brno by train to Breclav (max.1 hour, 3 Euro) and then by local bus to Lednice (10 min, 1 Euro)

Train: Breclav is closest international connection to Lednice (10 km, with regular bus connection every hour , costing 1 Euro)

NOTE: The bus stop for Lednice is not in front of the Breclav train station (these are only town buses), but about 300 m North!!!

From Vienna

a)Bus from airport Schwechat:

1) lowcost Student Agency bus to Brno

  • goes 4 times a day: 9:15am 11:15 am 18:15 pm 20:00 pm
  • the journey Vienna - Brno takes 3 hours and costs 12 Euro
  • Info and on-line reservation (only): Student Agency, +420 224 999 666, florenc@studentagency.cz

2) regular bus to Bratislava (SK)

  • from airport Schwechat to Bratislava bus station
  • each hour at half past(8:30,….23:30)
  • takes 1h, costs 6 aprox. Euro),
  • in Bratislava: walk 15 min. or take trolleybus no. 210 (0,50 Eur) to Bratislava hlavná stanica (main train station) and change for train to Breclav (each hour, aprox.1 h, 8 Euro)and change for local bus to Lednice

b)Train: from Vienna city (usually Südbahnhof) there are also regular trains direct to Breclav (taking approx. 1 hour).

From Prague

Airport Ruzyne: You can use public transport (bus No. 119 changing to metro line C “red”) either to “Nadrazi Holesovice” train station or “Hlavni nadrazi” main station , both on line C, (depending on further conection),costs 1 Euro You can go go from Ruzyne airport to train station Praha - Holesovice Station or to the Main station (“Hlavni nadrazi”)by taxi (20 Euro).

From Praha-Holesovice station or the Main station SC, IC or express trains go to Breclav ( 20, 17 or 14 Eur). In Breclav change to a local bus or taxi to Lednice (10 min, 1 or 10 Euro resp.) .

More information (including fares and timetables) at IDOS

By plane

  • Austria Vienna airport (80 km from Lednice

http://www.viennaairport.com)

  • Czech Republic Prague airport (300 km from Lednice

http://www.prg.aero/en/site/klient/klient_index.htm)

  • Slovakia Bratislava airport (100 km from Lednice

http://www.airportbratislava.sk/flashContent/default3.html)

  • Czech republic Brno local airport (45 km from Lednice, regular connection to Munich and London only, see:

http://www.airport-brno.cz)

Taxi

Contact for Taxi services:

  • Taxi Břeclav

+420 519322222

+420 602946640

+420 519373500

+420 519322333

+420 519327427

+420 519321888

  • Taxi Lednice

+420 519341341

  • Taxi Mikulov

+420 519512426