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Advertum, production www.jizni-morava.cz, EuroVelo Trails in South Moravia The Iron Curtain Trail – EuroVelo 13 The Prague-Vienna Greenway The Liechtenstein Trails www.kr-jihomoravsky.cz, 111, 647 541 tel.: Brno, 82 601 3/5, náměstí Žerotínovo Region, Moravian South the by Published South Moravia – the crossroads of European cycling trails Cycling through the history and the present of Europe A greenway through the heart of Europe Through the Garden of Europe and four centuries of the Liechtenstein Estate It is impossible to overlook South Moravia on the European map of transcontinental cycle trails. The view of the silhouette of Mikulov from Austria was the only physical connection Prague and Vienna – the gateways to Central Europe. For 10 years, they have Unique, unrepeatable, wonderful – this is how visitors describe the Lednice- Three of the 14 long-distance EuroVelo trails, which cross Europe from east to west and from with home for many people who had led the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. been connected by the Greenway trail and hundreds of cyclists from all over the Valtice area, the former estate of the Lords of Liechtenstein where they spent north to south at a total length of almost 80,000 km, pass through our region. Europe was divided into the Eastern and Western Blocks until 1989. The east consisted world have discovered the unique beauty and diversity of the natural environ- 400 years building a composed landscape, gardens, engineering structures The EuroVelo project is coordinated by the European Cyclists’ Federation based in Brussels and of states with undemocratic communist regimes which prevented their citizens from ment and the historical towns of our country. and in particular tens of magniicent summer houses, hunting buildings, its aim is to develop cycle tourism as an environmentally friendly means of transport and at travelling freely. They therefore constructed impassable barbed wire, electriied fences under the su- The idea for this trail led to cooperation on its development by 25 large Czech chapels and small and large châteaux in Lednice and Valtice. the same time as a sustainable economic source for the regions and towns on these trails. pervision of the border police along the borders with democratic Western Europe. towns and cities and tens of municipalities and non-proit organisations. It was Many cycle trails pass through this “historical garden of Europe”. However, The goals of this European project are highly ambitious and the South Moravian Region is Since 2004, a number of European states and organisations have aligned themselves with the ini- the irst ever cycle trail marked with yellow signs and the irst cycle trail marked with a trail logo the majority of the most attractive places and historical buildings are connected by one network proud to be involved with it. By 2013, we hope to have most of the routes marked using the tiative of the Member of the European Parliament Michael Cramer who had the idea of creating in the Czech Republic. It was also the irst to use original information panels: they symbolise the consisting of the six interconnected circuits of the Liechtenstein Trails. The small coat-of-arms of uniform EuroVelo methodology and we want these trails to eventually fulil all of the criteria the Iron Curtain Trail. This tail would connect the local networks of hiking, horse riding and cycling spires of Viennese and Prague churches and they constitute an unmistakeable part of this trail. the house of Liechtenstein has been used to mark the trails with the permission of this aristocratic concerning surface quality, markings and safety. The east and west of Europe are connected by trails as the main trail leading from the Barents Sea through all of Europe to the Black Sea. The Iron Nowadays, the Prague-Vienna Greenway is ofered as an exclusive cycle tourism product by several house. It is possible to choose, for example, the Poštorná – Reintal border crossing as the starting route 4 – the Central Europe Route which terminates in the towns of Roscof (the westernmost Curtain Trail is an open museum of the history of Europe. If it is successfully completed, it will be the large international travel agencies. It enters the territory of the South Moravian Region from Austria point for the main circuit, the Prince’s Trail. It is an intersection for several cycle trails, including promontory on the coast of France) and Kiev in the Ukraine. It is 4000 km long. The north and holder of at least two irsts: it will be the largest museum and the longest cycle trail in the world. It at Valtice and then leads through the Mikulov and Znojmo areas and on to the region’s westernmost international trails, and the Moravian sections of the Liechtenstein Trails connect with the Austrian the south of Europe are connected by route 9 – the Amber Route which leads from Gdansk on will be a route across Europe and across history. Tourists from all over the world will be invited to the village – Vratěnín. Local places of interest hang from it like pearls on a necklace: for example, the section of the network there. The entire network of Liechtenstein Trails is about 130 km long and the Baltic coast to Pula on the Adriatic. It is 1930 km long. Both routes intersect in Brno. The places where people were not allowed to go for 45 years. 160 km of this unique trail will pass along Tiree Chmelař Herb Garden in the area of the Valtice Château. The lady who bore this name was the it includes attractive monuments such as the romantic Temple of Diana (known as the Rendez- third route is the Iron Curtain Route, designated as route 13, which leads along the border the border of South Moravia and Lower Austria. It will be trail number 13 in the EuroVelo network. It founder of the Prague-Vienna Greenway Citizens’ Association, which she established in Valtice in vous), the pseudo-gothic Chapel of St. Hubert, the Nový dvůr farmstead, the picturesque Temple of with Austria in our region. Europe rides to us along the EuroVelo routes and we ride to Europe! is one of the South Moravian Region’s main cycle trail priorities. If you like our invitation, come and 1997. The starting point is in the Central Park in Prague 13 and it ends in the Viennese suburb of Apollo, the artiicial ruin of John’s Castle, the Fishpond Château, the water works and the Lednice The EuroVelo coordinator on behalf of the Czech Republic is the Nadace Partnerství (Partner- have a look at the South Moravian section of the Iron Curtain Trail. You will ind the last remnants Stammersdorf. It is a total of 470 km long. We wish you a pleasant and beautiful trip! Fishponds, the Border Château with its large hall of mirrors, the scenic Rajstna Colonnade and many ship foundation) based in Brno. www.greenways.cz of the Iron Curtain’s barbed wire obstacles near Břeclav and to the south of Znojmo, as well as at www.greenways.cz others. If you would like a recommendation for a destination, the Wine Salon, a wine shop with the the Iron Curtain Museum near Valtice. The Iron Curtain Trail’s coordinator is the Nadace Partnerství (Partnership foundation) based in Brno. www.greenways.cz. 100 best wines of the year, is based in the cellars of the Valtice Château. Deinitely a pleasant ending to a day here, in South Moravia. www.lichtenstejnske-stezky.cz www.jizni-morava.cz The Moravian Wine Trails The Brno-Vienna Cycle Trail The Krakow-Moravia-Vienna Greenway Cycle trails 1200 km through the orchards and vineyards of South Moravia and beautiful information panels with benches from afar. Their structure is reminiscent of wine South Moravia and Lower Austria in two days A journey through the nature and traditions of our regions South Moravia is sun and wine. South Moravia by bicycle is the Moravian Wine Trails. Throughout presses and they also attract attention with the helixes which were typical for the screw presses The Brno-Vienna cycle trail constitutes more than just the symbolic connection of the neighbouring The three green trees in the symbol of this trail symbolise the never-end- in South Moravia the ten years of their existence, they have become a cycling legend which is not only known in which were once used when processing grapes. But the best thing is to go on a Saturday trip or even regions of South Moravia and Lower Austria. It is an exceptional opportunity for cyclists to combine ing avenue of fruit trees which should line the cycle trail from Krakow to the Czech Republic. The plains of the Znojmo area, the downs of the undulating landscape of the a four-day trip along a Moravian Wine trail and we hope that all those about to go on holiday have cycling in Brno and in the countryside of both winemaking areas and typical big city cycling in Vi- Vienna. They contain a hidden message about the original varieties of Modré Hory (Blue Mountains) around Velké Pavlovice, the ascents to the steep vineyards on the an unforgettable two weeks on the Moravian Wine Trails.