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south-moravia.com TheSouthMoravia southmoravia The Romantic Region Published by the Tourist Authority South Moravia in cooperation with TIC in South Moravia and Regional museum in Mikulov PÁLAVA AND The project Strengthening of Marketing Activities and Development of Partnerships in the South Moravian Region was implemented with the contribution of funds from the LEDNICE-VALTICE state budget of the Czech Republic from the program of the Ministry for Regional Development. AREA © South Moravia – photo bank, authors: Marek Topolář, Erik Knotek, m-ARK, Jan Miklín, archiv Mikulovsko z.s.p.o. Leave your worries and your car at home when travelling around South Moravia – you can use www.idsjmk.cz BRNO 1 2 LEDNICE-VALTICEʼS DELIGHTS A HUGE SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX The Lednice-Valtice Area, the Extra tip: The Minaret can be The largest swimming pool Extra tip: Follow in the footsteps garden of Europe! The largest reached on foot or on water complex far and wide with of the Romans and Germans in artistically designed landscape from the castle. The castle water from a thermal source Pasohlávky, at the Mušov visitor in the world, listed among the has magnificent interiors and full of beneficial minerals – this centre, the gateway to the UNESCO World Heritage sites the local greenhouse has a is Aqualand Moravia. Only 20 Roman Empire. The Nové Mlýny since 1996. See the Apollo circuit for those who are not minutes by car from Brno, with reservoirs can compete with any Temple, Pond Chateau, Border fond of long tours. In Lednice, magnificent views of Pálava. alpine lake. Apart from swimming Chateau, New Farmyard, Three let yourself be pampered in Kids are interested in the 20 and windsurfing, these bodies Graces, Chateau Jan, Obelisk, the Perla spa house or with toboggans and water slides, of water invite you for a boat trip, Reistna Collonade or Rendez- iodine-bromine sea water a while adults prefer the sauna or for cycling or hiking around vous in an endless trip across little further in the Lednice Spa world. their shores. You can enjoy local historic styles. Resort. wines wherever you go. www.zamek-lednice.com/en www.aqualand-moravia.cz/en 3 4 A ROYAL TOUR ON FOOT OR BY BIKE WINE TASTING AT CHATEAU VALTICE The Border Chateau is a delicious from the bistro. This beautiful Baroque chateau the chateau park. temple of fantastic food. The invites you to its opulent Essens restaurant will delight Extra tip: The Lednice Ponds interiors, to the chateau garden Extra tip: The Valtice you, it won first place in the nature trail is 12 kilometres long, and especially to some wine underground is a historic Gourmet South Moravia 2019 and you will encounter such tasting. The perfectly renovated labyrinth from the 13th century. show. The amazing grounds gems as the Apollo Temple or chateau cellar is a beautiful The total length of the 13 invite you to a café with a the Three Graces on the way. backdrop for a hundred of best interconnected and renovated bowling alley, an outdoor The trail starts in the Lednice wines of the Czech Republic of cellars is 900 metres. Go on a heated swimming pool, a wine chateau park and leads around every current season. Welcome self-guided tour free of charge cellar and a hotel. If you are just the entire three ponds where to the National Wine Salon of with your kids or come for wine passing by on your bike, have you can enjoy looking at rare the Czech Republic. When you tasting with your friends at any some ice cream or something birds and rare woody plants. are done with wine tasting, visit time of the year. www.chateaudefrontiere.com www.zamek-valtice.cz/en 5 6 WANDERING AROUND PÁLAVA WINE AND LANDSCAPE VIEWS The Archeopark Pavlov will Extra tip: A tour along the Blue Mountains is a micro- have a single step to climb. turn you into a fan of prehistory. mountain ridge of Pálava? Start region of 5 villages with a large Its futuristic appearance has in Pavlov, climb to the ruins of number of lookout towers. For Extra tip: The wine cellars in won several prestigious awards Dívčí Hrady (Maiden Castle), also example the Kraví Hora near Vrbice are along the route of for its unusual architectural known as Děvičky, and then to Bořetice in the Independent Moravian wine trails. A folk design. Technology has been the hilltop of Děvín. The views Federal Republic of Kraví Hora. architecture preservation enthusiastically employed here. are worth it! Follow the red Here you will find the unique area – that is the seven storeys On 500 square metres, you will tourist marker of St. Jacob’s trail Dvorek Café Wine Bistro. The of wine cellars on a hillside. see objects for hunting and for and you will get to the viewpoint Slunečná lookout tower near Taste Neuburg, Traminer or the everyday life, art and rituals, at Orphan’s Castle. Visit Cafe Velké Pavlovice resembles a Welschriesling! There is a burial and magic of early Homo Fara in Klentnice with a museum grapevine. The Walk Above the church and a beautiful view on sapiens. of coffee grinders! Vineyards near Kobylí does not the top of the hill. www.archeoparkpavlov.cz/en www.modrehory.cz 7 8 ALMOND TREES AND LAVENDER PÁLAVA WINE & OTHER GOOD THINGS The only almond tree orchard Extra tip: Discover the Sonberk The Pálava Protected Landscape Věstonice brought world-class in the Czech Republic, and winery in Popice. It features an Area, a UNESCO World Heritage commotion to this small village. the largest in Central Europe, outstanding building designed site and the warmest part of This figure of a naked woman is located in Hustopeče. A by architect Pleskot, sensitively the Czech Republic, has been dates back to 29,000–25,000 nature trail full of great views set among the terrain, offering popular since time immemorial, BC, and is undoubtedly the of the landscape leads there an unforgettable view of the as evidenced by a number of oldest known ceramic statuette and a lookout tower is the vineyards and the Pálava archaeological sites. Prehistoric in the world. A 3.5 km long destination! It is best to go hills. Visit a lavender farm in encampments of mammoth archaeo-trail leads through and see the almond trees with Starovičky. The month when hunters have been found between the area up to Pavlov. Among pink blossoms in March and lavender is entirely in bloom is Dolní Věstonice and Pavlov. wine nature trails, the twenty- April. Moreover, the Festival of June. kilometre Mikulov trail can be Almond Trees is held in March. Extra tip: The Venus of Dolní recommended. www.hustopece.cz/en/hustopece--the-heart-of-vineyards-and-almond-trees www.palava.ochranaprirody.cz/en 9 10 THE ATTRACTIONS OF MIKULOV LICHTENSTEIN FOOTPRINTS Even from a great distance Extra tip: Mikulov is a famous Don’t miss the Empire Extra tip: Břeclav is not far from the majestic castle tempts you mecca for excellent cuisine. Pohansko Hunting Lodge in there. The best place you can to come and visit it. No wonder, The Kuk Bistro serves fresh the Lednice-Valtice Area. On learn about well-known family even Napoleon himself spend homemade bread and soup, foot or by bike. The simple is the Liechtenstein House. It the night here! The chateau aromatic coffee and local building is surrounded by houses a collection of all models is the seat of the Regional wines. The Drogérka Bistro has arcades and observation decks, of the buildings in the Lednice- Museum in Mikulov and houses a tempting menu and a sweet the reliefs depict the stories of Valtice Area, you will learn how great exhibitions. The chateau bar. There is an irresistible view ancient heroes. Walk through they were made. Remember to garden with many terraces of the chateau and the Holy the exhibition on a Slavic fort visit the Jewish synagogue and is one of the largest chateau Hill from the Volařík winery. from the ninth century and the the chateau in Břeclav, too. There and garden areas in the Czech The Tanzberg Hotel serves outdoor model with a replica of is a great view of the town from Republic. traditional Jewish dishes. this cult site. the tower in the middle. www.rmm.cz/index_en.html www.muzeumbv.cz/zamecek-pohansko 11 12 SOUTH MORAVIA’S DAZZLING NATURE MIKULOV AND AROUND The confluence of the Morava the Lednice-Valtice Area and The Dietrichstein Tomb on the Extra tip: It is less than 2 and Dyje rivers in the middle Pálava. Pálava is a landmark with square is the last resting place kilometres on foot from Mikulov of deep floodplain forests is its steep slopes covered with of members of this famous to the Na Turoldu Cave, which a must-see place. The dense steppe, forests and vineyards. family. You will see findings from has 7 floors. You feel like at the network of meandering river Full of floodplain meadows and the graves and much more. bottom of a coral reef inside branches and flooded pools is a forests, the south of the reserve The synagogue in Mikulov has the cave, near the emerald lake paradise for black storks, black in the floodplain of the Dyje unique four arched domes surrounded by calcite crystals. kites, eagles and bee-eaters. River contrasts with the central and attracts visitors with an Rare species of bats nest there part of the reserve, a landscape exhibition about Rabbi Löw. in the off-season. Walk along St. Extra tip: The Dolní Morava created by humans in the 19th With 4,000 tombstones, this Jacob’s Trail to Table Mountain biosphere reserve has a double century.