15° CWhere We Will Go
This year’s EXACT ITchallenge is going to take place in the beautiful atmosphere of the FAVORY stud farm (http://www.favory.cz/), in the picturesque landscape between Konopiště and Prague. You can try your luck in the race and then go horse-riding. For children there will be a race prepared too. They will also have the chance to have a ride on ponies or donkeys and have a look at other animals as well. There will be a picnic by fire and a bicycle race prepared for them.
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For the less experienced we have prepared a 35km track.
Favory farm´s program
For those interested in seeing more of the farm there will be guided tours around the farm launched every hour, starting from 12.00 a.m. – the tour takes approx. one hour, the price is CZK 70 per person. From the same time there will be 2 ponies, 1 donkey and 3 horses ready and saddled in the riding hall for people wishing to take a ride. Prospective riders have to buy a ticket at the bar in the former grain barn and submit it to the horse concerned :). The price of the ticket is CZK 20, which covers two rounds in the riding hall and one round in a carriage around the estate. The picnic fireplace and the sticks for cooking sausages will also be ready at 12.00 a.m. The children will exchange tickets for sausages at the bar which they can cook them on the fire.
 | Map of the track Here you can check a rough map of the race track. The track, one round, is 50km long. Hills and a beautiful view of the Konopiště castle are not missing. The race is run in a counter-clockwise direction. |
 | Navigation from Beneš The quickest way to get to Favory stud farm is via Benešov, past Konopiště castle, via Václavice, Chrášťany, Benice and Soběšovice where you have to turn right. Then you have to turn right once again, and you are at the farm. |
Favory stud farmFavory stud farm is based at the Benice baroque estate which is set in an isolated and beautiful mildly rolling landscape abundant with forests and large pastures, a landscape offering ideal conditions for horse breeding and, most importantly, cycling. The first reference to the Benice fort dates back to the 14th century. |   |
 | Okolo Konopiště race trackKonopiště castle was originally built as a gothic fortress imitating the French forts of the late 13th century. Its probable founder was the bishop Tobiáš from Benešov. Franz Ferdinand of Austria, who bought Konopiště chateau in 1887, has converted it to a spectacular imperial residence. Part of the chateau’s baroque garden is the Rose Garden with conservatories. |
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