Jezerní slať is an extensive peat bog and natural landmark situated in the Prachatice district in Šumava and is part of Šumava National Park. Located between settlements Kvilda and Horská Kvilda, the average depth of the peat is around 2,5 meters. The reservation extends in the elevation from 1057 to 1075 meters. Being the fourth […]
Hluboká Castle is considered one of the most attractive sights in the Czech Republic. It is situated in the south of Bohemia in Hluboká nad Vltavou. The monumental chateau is a National Cultural Monument of the Czech Republic and it offers ample history including several reconstructions and rebuildings. At first, it was a Gothic castle […]
Český Krumlov is a small city located in the South Bohemian Region in the Czech Republic. The population there is about 14 thousand. Its historic center is registered in the list of monuments protected as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Český Krumlov is considered as the capital of Šumava (The Bohemian Forest). Flowing through the […]
Brno is the second largest city in the Czech Republic and the largest city in Moravia. Brno is also the administrative center of the South Moravian Region. Its population is around 400 thousand. Brno offers almost countless cultural opportunities, such as many theatres and various museums, galleries, libraries, cinemas, but also two interesting castles: Špilberk […]
Velehrad is a village in Zlín Region, 6 kilometres away from Uherské Hradiště. The population there is around 1,3 thousand. One of the most important places of pilgrimage in the Czech Republic is located here. According to the lore, Velehrad used to be the capital of Great Moravia. This assumption was however not confirmed. There […]
Mikulov is a town in South Moravia. Situated on the periphery of Pálava, Mikulov is surrounded by loads of vineyards. Splendid baroque castle dominates the town and is a residence to the regional museum. The museum offers the largest exposition of Czech viticulture and the unique giant wine barrel, one of the largest barrels in […]
Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape is with the size of 283 square kilometers the largest European cultural-natural complex. Located near Břeclav in the South Moravian Region, not far from Austrian borders, it consists of two monumental chateaux surrounded by splendid gardens (Lednice and Valtice), beautiful hunting lodges, gorgeous small buildings and unforgettable lookouts. The complex is registered […]
On the site of the original castle from the 14th century, built on a monumentally high cliff, stands the Hrubá Skála Chateau. Reconstruction of the castle changed it into a more comfortable noble Renaissance residence in the second half of the 16th century and in the middle of the 19th century it was again regothicised. […]
A ruin of a castle from the Middle Ages (14th century) out of which a big tower has been preserved (diameter 9 meters). It is the dominant of the Vranovský ridge. There are also remnants of walls of the inner castle as well as those of rooms which were cut in the rock. In the course of the Hussite […]
A natural place of interest situated on the north-west margin of the Jičín basin. The rock town was created through eroding of the originally compact table of rectangulary shaped sandstones of the latest chalk period with characteristic basaltic places: Svinčice (415 meters), Velké Hůry (458 meters) and Přivýšiny (464 meters). It is a real paradise for rock climbers and tourists. […]