Central Bohemia
Karlštejn Castle
The gothic crown of Bohemia on its forested crag — the most storybook castle within an hour of Prague.
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Kutná Hora
A UNESCO silver town where a cathedral sails over terraced vineyards — Prague's grandeur without Prague's crowds.
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Konopiště Château
A lakeside château with a legendary rose garden — built for romance by history's most famous husband.
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Křivoklát Castle
A royal gothic castle deep in protected forest — the wild, quiet alternative to Karlštejn.
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Český Šternberk Castle
An eight-century fortress still owned by its founding family, rising sheer above the Sázava river.
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Kokořín Castle
A fairy-tale tower in a sandstone canyon — the landscape that inspired the greatest Czech love poem.
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Průhonice Park
A 250-hectare UNESCO landscape park at Prague's edge — rhododendron heaven with a château mirror-pond.
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Mělník
A château terrace over the meeting of two rivers, with a thousand years of vineyards below.
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Orlík Castle
A white Schwarzenberg castle at the water's edge of the Vltava lake — best reached by boat.
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Bohemian Switzerland
Europe's largest natural sandstone arch and gorges out of a fantasy film — nature's own cathedral.
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Ještěd
A space-age tower on a mountain summit — sunsets above the clouds and dinner inside an icon.
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Bohemian Paradise
Sandstone towers, a château on the rocks and ruined Trosky's twin fingers — the original Czech romantic landscape.
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Sychrov Château
A rose-pink neo-gothic château of the French Rohans, with an English park made for slow walks.
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Adršpach Rocks
A rock city with towers named The Lovers and an emerald quarry lake — Frozen's film set, in real life.
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Kuks
A baroque terrace above the Elbe lined with Braun's Virtues — the most theatrical staircase in Bohemia.
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Litomyšl
A UNESCO renaissance château covered in sgraffito, in the town where Smetana — composer of the Moldau — was born.
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Hluboká Castle
The white "Windsor of Bohemia" — the country's most romantic castle by public vote, wrapped in gardens.
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Třeboň
A renaissance spa town on a great pond, with a sunset dam avenue of ancient oaks.
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Telč
The prettiest square in the country — a UNESCO row of pastel gables ringed by ponds.
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Loket
A gothic castle town in a granite river loop — Goethe's favourite, and a Bond film's Montenegro.
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Mariánské Lázně
A wedding-cake spa town in a green bowl — cast-iron colonnades, a singing fountain and Goethe's last love.
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Olomouc
Moravia's baroque capital — a UNESCO column, six fountains and Prague's beauty with none of its crowds.
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Lednice-Valtice
The "Garden of Europe" — a UNESCO landscape of palaces, a minaret and lake islands built purely for beauty.
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Mikulov
A wine town under white cliffs — the Holy Hill chapel walk and cellars carved beneath a baroque château.
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Moravian Karst
A 138-metre abyss and an underground river you cross by boat — the most extraordinary "venue" in the country.
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Kroměříž
A UNESCO baroque Flower Garden with a rotunda at its geometric heart — parterres built for promising things.
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Moravian Tuscany
Rolling wave-fields that photographers cross continents for — Tuscany's curves with Moravian light.
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