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Country, CZ

Czechia

The best routes use the dense transport network without treating every destination as a Prague day trip.

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Brno

Brno is a lively university city of markets, cafés, Špilberk Castle and modern architecture, with strong regional transport.

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Děčín

Děčín sits where the Ploučnice meets the Elbe, with a hilltop castle, river scenery and useful transport into Bohemian Switzerland.

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Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary follows a wooded river valley where colonnades, springs and hillside walks sit within a distinctive spa town.

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Olomouc

Olomouc is a compact Moravian city of baroque squares, the Holy Trinity Column, university life and useful east-west rail links.

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Plzeň

Plzeň combines a handsome central square with brewing history, industrial heritage, museums and straightforward rail access from Prague.

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Prague

Prague combines a walkable medieval centre with castle districts, major museums, riverside neighbourhoods and easy rail trips into Central Bohemia.

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Český Krumlov

Český Krumlov curls around the Vltava below a large castle, with compact lanes that become much quieter outside day-trip hours.

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Kutná Hora

Kutná Hora brings together the former silver town, St Barbara’s Cathedral and the separate Sedlec monuments within an easy rail journey from Prague.

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Mariánské Lázně

Mariánské Lázně spreads its colonnade, springs and formal parks across a quieter spa setting near the German border.

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Mikulov

Mikulov sits below a château and Holy Hill among South Moravia’s vineyards, with a strong Jewish heritage and easy rail links.

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Telč

Telč centres on a remarkably intact arcaded square, a Renaissance château and ponds that frame the small historic town.

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Třeboň

Třeboň is a compact spa town surrounded by historic fishponds, flat cycling routes and the protected landscape of Třeboňsko.

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Bohemian Paradise

Bohemian Paradise is a broad sandstone and castle landscape with separate gateways at Turnov, Jičín and Mnichovo Hradiště.

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Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape

Lednice-Valtice is a large designed landscape of two palace towns, formal parks, ponds and smaller monuments spread across South Moravia.

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North Bohemia

North Bohemia uses Děčín as a rail gateway to the Elbe valley and the sandstone landscapes of Bohemian Switzerland.

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South Bohemia

South Bohemia combines Český Krumlov, Třeboň’s pond landscape and handsome historic towns with slower rural journeys between them.

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South Moravia

South Moravia pairs Brno’s city culture with Mikulov, the Lednice-Valtice landscape, vineyard routes and the caves north of the city.

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West Bohemia

West Bohemia links the spa towns of Karlovy Vary and Mariánské Lázně with Plzeň’s urban history and industrial culture.

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Bohemian Switzerland

Bohemian Switzerland protects sandstone towers, forest valleys and viewpoints along Czechia’s northern border with Germany.

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Moravian Karst

The Moravian Karst is a protected limestone area north of Brno, known for show caves, the Macocha gorge and wooded walking routes.

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Šumava

Šumava is a large border landscape of mountain forest, peat bogs, rivers and scattered villages in southwest Czechia.

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