Southern Moravia relaxing

S o u t h e r h M o r a v i a To u r i s t R e g i o n

S o u t h e r n M o r a v i aR E L A X I N G

Untouched nature, wonderful country fresh air and

sweetly shining sun are as if made for happy holidays.

The Southern Moravia is on top of that one of the

healthiest regions in the Czech Republic having a

good reputation as a family region, where everybody

can find what they are looking for. The wide offer

will meet everybody’s tastes and expectations – for

families, individuals or groups, eager for adventure,

treats for mind and body or cultural and social life.

Treat yourself and come to spend a few days in the

region in the heart of Europe, in the land of gently

undulating hills, picturesque vineyards and excellent

wines, fruit orchards and historical monuments.

So see you soon!

Welcome to The Southern Moravia

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The Southern Moravia – land of magnificent flavours, scents and experiences to discover throughout the whole year

SpringTime of Easter, time of new scents, fresh green grass

and fragile flowers. Spring in The Southern Moravia

boasts of colours; has the creamy touch of snowdrops,

golden tones of perfumed honey and bright colours of

the first pasque flowers. It is time to get out, spread

your wings and fly…

SummerLong summers full of sun are made up of moments

of irresistible flavours and scents. Summer in The

Southern Moravia is not only the time of colourful

folklore celebrations, castle concerts and summer

festivals, but also the time of cycling trips, horse-riding

and enjoyable lazing around under the umbrellas of

renowned coffee shops…

AutumnDazzling scents of freshly harvested grapes and

ripened fruit intermingle in the air. Old wooden barrels

in the wine cellars are being filled with wine, The

Southern Moravia dresses itself into the fire colours of

autumn. It is a time of grape gathering, a time of long

walks and flying kites…

WinterThe times of Advent and Christmas markets, silver

stars and green mistletoe. On frosty days in The

Southern Moravia you won’t be able to resist the

temptation of the radiant young wine perfumed by

the sun, you will catch the distant scent of roasted

chestnuts and experience moments of incredible

serenity relaxing in harmony with nature…

ContentsWelcome to The Southern Moravia page 2–3

Wonderful relaxation on two wheels page 4–9

Dry roads and good walking shoes page 10–13

The magic of Moravian wine page 14–17

For the small and the big swimmers page 18–21

It’s just not it without sport page 22–25

Forest, water and hunting page 26–27

Romantic holidays in the country page 28–29

Let them pamper you page 30–31

Cultural treasures and living customs page 32–35

The best of The Southern Moravia page 36–37

Brno and environsThe second biggest city in the Czech Republic and

at the same time the business and social centre of

the Southern Moravian region offers local as well

as foreign visitors a plentiful range of cultural and

social events, trade fairs and exhibitions, theatres,

museums, cinemas and shopping centres including

quality supplementary services. The uniqueness of

the region is the perfect blend of all possibilities the

city offers with a number of tourist destinations in its

environs, which is a paradise for all lovers of nature,

cycling and hiking trips. Families with children will

appreciate the sightseeing boat trips on the Brno dam,

zoo or some of the charming children’s playgrounds.

Only a few kilometres from Brno you can also fi nd

the Austerlitz Battlefi eld, where the French Emperor

Napoleon Bonaparte in 1805 achieved one of the

most famous victories in history.

Moravian Karst and environsMany kilometres of marked tourist routes, deep

forests, fl owering meadows and rocky valleys,

ponds and ironworks, ancient castles, charming

chateaux with more than a thousand caves – this

is the Moravian Karst, lying only 20 km from Brno.

The pleasant and unspoilt environment is ideal for

relaxation and sports in the open countryside – hiking

and cross-country skiing, cycling and horse riding.

Inviting you for a visit are four legendary caves, where

you can admire the fragile beauty of the underground

world, take a walk on the bottom of the Macocha

Abyss and on the boats you will sail through the dark

water of the subterranean Punkva river. After the trip

you can choose from various other specialities in

this region – fi shing, swimming in indoor as well as

outdoor swimming pools, rides in carriages, cable car

or eco-train.

Pálava and Lednice-Valtice area

In the charming land of historical chateaux,

colonnades, sculptures and forest temples you

will not only fi nd the biggest remaining preserved

swamp forest in Europe, but also two places listed

in the UNESCO index – The Lednice-Valtice Cultural

Landscape, the largest composed landscape in the

world, and the Pálava biosphere reserve. Just from

Pálava the visitors can admire the breathtaking view

over the oasis of relaxation with neatly arranged

vineyards and beautiful villages and country-towns.

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Visiting-Card of The Southern Moravian Region

Where does it lie?In the south-eastern part of the Czech Republicby the border with Austria and Slovakia

Area 7,066 km2

Population 1.1 million

Regional capitol Brno (the second biggest city in the Czech Republic)

Other important towns Blansko, Břeclav, Hodonín, Vyškov, Znojmo


Region Znojmo and Podyj í

Pálava and Lednice-Val t ice area

Slovácko

Brno and environs

Moravian Karstand environs

Here all fun and entertainment are taken care of:

trips, extensive network of cyclo-routes, surfaces of

the large Nové Mlýny dams entice all windsurfers,

yachters and of course fi shermen; but you can also

cruise on pedal boats, or just swim and relax, play

footballtennis, tennis or mini-golf. So that nobody gets

bored on the holidays this region has on top of that a

number of indoor and outdoor swimming pools, you

can go horse-riding, play squash or enjoy the magic

of paragliding. Even children will enjoy themselves,

as waiting for them is an amusement park, infl atable

castle or the boat trips on the Dyje river.

SlováckoThe region on the border with Austria and Slovakia

is the best elixir for all admirers of the sun and

relaxation – in this undulating land of vineyards and

spas your body and spirit will be revitalised. But it also

is a region of contrasts – stretching to the north are

deep leafy forests of the Ždánický les and the Chřiby

mountain ranges, south of this area is bordered by the

White Carpathiens mountain range. Between them in

the wide valley full of green meadows and charming

swamp forest the Morava river creates magnifi cent

meanders. Someone may be charmed by the boat

trip on the Bata Canal, someone else by the trip

to the charms of the UNESCO biosphere reserve

White Carpathiens or the magic world of folk songs,

folk costumes, dances, celebrations and traditional

handicrafts. Hundreds of kilometres of marked tourist

trails attract visitors to meet the summer world of the

mountains. Families with children will appreciate the

zoo, open-air-museum with a rich folklore programme

and observation fl ights, during which they will see The

Southern Moravia lying wide open.

Region Znojmo and PodyjíThe sunny and fertile lowlands, fruit orchards, Podyjí

National Park and several castles and chateaux – this

is just a small selection from the enticing possibilities,

which this region on the border with Austria offers. The

beautiful countryside invites you to enjoy all kinds of

activities. You can for example admire the charms of

the smallest and youngest National Park in the Czech

Republic, called Podyjí, with a dense network of

marked tourist trails and cyclo-routes, go out for trips

by foot or by bike, visit the museum of horrors, a castle

zoo or the unique collection of stuffed animals in the

Bítov castle, listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

During summer months all admirers of water and the

sun are drawn like a magnet by the Vranov dam, the

elder visitors can go on a unique wandering journey

following the footsteps of wine through famous

vineyards and picturesque wine cellars, topped by the

yearly Znojmo Historical Vintage Festival.

No matter if you travel alone, with a group of friends, with children or as a couple, you certainly should not forget to take a bicycle with you. Awaiting you is a land, which was perhaps made for cyclists and no wonder that especially in the lowlands of The Southern Moravia the bicycle is up to the present day the most common and most popular means of transport. The pleasure from riding on two wheels is enhanced by the dense network of regional cyclo-routes including the unique and extremely popular Moravian Wine Path, which is followed up by ten

circuits through individual wine-growing areas of The Southern Moravia, which will satisfy not only fans of fast riding on straight roads, but also lovers of historical monuments and more difficult cycling terrain. Cycling trips can of course be made more interesting by visiting numerous historical highlights, look-outs, caves, forest spring fountains, technical monuments and educational paths. Especially families with children will appreciate a lot of opportunities for summer swimming.

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W o n d e r f u l r e l a x a t i o n o n t w o w h e e l s

Moravian Karst Circuit

It took nature a very long time to prepare all the surprises on this route for you – stalactite formations in caves, deep abyss as well as white limestone rocks. If you are visiting the Moravian Karst for the fi rst time, you will be really surprised. And if you have already seen theses places, then you know why you are coming back again.

Route length: 23 kmRoute diffi culty level: semi-diffi cult, several climbs Starting point: Skalní Mlýn (Rocky Mill)Other suitable starting points: Sloup, Ostrov u Macochy, Blansko

From Skalní mlýn (Rocky Mill) we go on the small road following the red tourist mark (and at the same time the long-distance cyclo-route No 5, called Amber Path) to Pustý žleb; the educational path Macocha partially joins our way. We reach The Punkva caves, pass the bottom station of the cable-car and we continue through a long valley to Sloup. We can stop and go to visit other caves – Sloupsko-šošůvské – and we continue along the red mark and at the same time cyclo-route No 5075 around the church up to a steep hill, through Šošůvka and then through the meadows following the cyclo-route No 5078 to Holštejn. We can make a short turn-off to the local castle ruins and then we continue to Ostrov u Macochy. The Amber Path once again joins us for several kilometres. We can stop at the Bal-carka cave and by the stone wind-mill. We continue on the road through Suchý žleb (cyclo-route No 5082) towards Vilémovice and Jedovnice and following the direction signs we go to Macocha. On the road we go back to Suchý žleb and go down the hill as far as Skalní mlýn (Rocky Mill); on the way we can see the rocky Čertův most (Devil’s Bridge) and visit Kateřinská cave.

Central Information Service Skalní Mlýn – www.cavemk.cz

Hotel Stará škola ***

679 13 Sloup 30 Tel.: +420 516 435 483, 603 535 043Fax: +420 516 435 383e-mail: [email protected]

Hotel Skalní Mlýn ***

Skalní mlýn 96, 678 01 BlanskoTel.: +420 516 418 113Fax: +420 516 418 114e-mail: [email protected], www.skalnimlyn.cz

Accomodation

Circa 138 m deep abyss was cre-ated by the collapse of the cave dome ceiling. The subterranean river Punkva fl ows through this area, in the walls of the abyss are entrances into the caves. Two look-out bridges offer a view into the depth.

Valuable archaeological and palaeontological excavation site, discovery of skeletons of the cave bears. Sometimes held in the mas-sive dome, 95 metres long and 44 metres wide, the biggest in the Moravian Karst, are classical as well as popular music concerts.

Cave in the rocky headland of the Balcar Rock stands out with its rich and many-faceted stalactite decoration. Findings of fi replaces and tools from the Old Stone Age prove that the fi rst inhabitants lived in this area already in the ancient times.

Extended labyrinth of the subterra-nean part of the Sloupský brook, al-most 7,5 km long. The cave is made up of two storeys with a height dif-ference of 70 metres, both storeys are connected by the deep abysses with a beautiful stalactite decora-tion. Part of the cave space serves for speleo-therapeutic treatment of children. A part of the cave complex is the tunnel cave Kůlna, world-fa-mous archaeological site and at the same time the most signifi cant set-tlement of Neanderthal man. During the Second World War it was used as an underground factory for the manufacture of weapons.

Balcarka

The whole countryside with val-leys, abysses, subterranean rivers and more than a thousand cave labyrinths lures many visitors every year. Unbelievably beautiful underground world and surface karst formations are the work of a long development of nature, especially the ability of water to dissolve some minerals, above all limestone. Open to the public are the caves Punkva, Bal-carka, Kateřinská and Sloupsko-šošůvské caves. The interest in the Punkva and Kateřinská cave exceeds visitors’ capacity espe-cially in the summer season, it is necessary to make reservations in advance. The entrance point to the central area of Moravian Karst is in Skalní Mlýn (Rocky Mill), the elec-tric eco-train takes visitors to the Punkva caves and the cable-car leads to the Macocha Abyss.

www.cavemk.cz

Landscape preservation area Moravian Karst

Kateřinská cave

Sloupsko-šošůvské caves

Macocha

The most visited cave in the Mora-vian Karst. The sightseeing tour leads through the labyrinth of caves with beautiful stalactite decoration to the bottom of the Macocha Abyss and then on boats along the subterranean river Punkva to the Masaryk dome.

The Punkva caves



Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape

The magnifi cent trip will take you to the largest artistically composed landscape in the world, created by human hands with exceptional sensibility. During two hundred years a beautiful world was created, where free nature blends with parks and chateau gardens, ponds and rivers are supplemented by canals, and all that is crowned by two magnifi cent chateau residences and a number of smaller archi-tectural buildings. The fi nal element missing – is just you.

Route length: 39 kmRoute diffi culty level: easy, prevail-ing fl at profi leStarting point: LedniceOther suitable starting points: Břeclav, Valtice, Sedlec

From Lednice we go along the cyclo-route 5066 towards Podivín. Behind the bridge over the river Stará Dyje we turn right to the Velké Pavlovice wine route, on the right hand side we pass the gardens of the Lednice chateau with the Minaret and we go to Janohrad. On the small bridge we again cross the Stará Dyje river and on the cyclo-route No 41 around the Hunting Lodge we go back to Lednice, where we join the cyclo-route No 5045. We go on the dam between the Mlýnský and Prostřední (Middle) ponds and behind them we turn right towards the temple of Three Graces. We go up the asphalt road and go left to Nový dvůr. We can take a small turn-off (circa 3 km) to Apollo’s Temple and go the same way back. We continue through the forest to the crossroads Ladenská alej, we pass the forest chapel of St. Hubert and Rendez-vous, go on through the lane called Ladenská alej and we go down to Valtice. Here we join the Mikulov wine-growing route (and at the same time cyclo-route No 411), which leads us to the colonnade at Rajstna. We turn right and around the customs of-fi ce Valtice – Schrattenberg we go to the village of Úvaly and then between fi elds and vineyards as far as to Sedlec. On the village green we turn right and along the bank of the Nesyt pond. We follow the cyclo-route No 41 going back around Hraniční zámeček (Border chateau) through Hlohovec to Lednice. Behind the dam between the Hlohovecký and Prostřední (Middle) ponds we can have a look at the Rybniční zámeček (Fishpond chateau) on the right.

Tourist Information Centre Lednice – www.lednice.czTourist Information Centre Valtice – www.radnice-valtice.cz

Garden of Europe covering an area of almost 200 km2 between Břeclav, Lednice and Valtice was built by the powerful aristocratic family of Liechtenstein. In May 1997 the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape was listed in the UNESCO World Index of Cultural and Natural Heritage.

The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape

Hotel Hraniční zámeček ****

691 43 Hlohovec 16Tel.: +420 519 354 354Fax: +420 519 354 353e-mail: [email protected]

Penzion Onyx ***

Nejdecká 176, 691 44 LedniceTel.: +420 519 340 068, 519 340 535Fax: +420 519 340 174e-mail: [email protected]

Accomodation

The town was established around the medieval keep, in the 16th century a chateau was built on its site, today being a pearl of romantic architecture, one of the most popular chateaux in the Czech Republic. Its current ap-pearance it gained during the Neo Gothic reconstruction in mid 19th cen-tury; the greenhouse dates back to the same period. Found in the cha-teau is an exhibition depicting the development of the gardens, hunting and game-keeping, the surrounding gardens and parks naturally blend into the swamp forest. It is possible to take a boat trip along the chateau Dyje from the chateau water works as far as the Minaret and Janohrad.

Lednice

A town with an urban preservation zone and richly decorated baroque chateau, once the residence of the Liechtenstein noble family. Very popular are the yearly Valtice Wine Markets, found in Valtice are many wine shops and wine bars, the chateau houses the National wine-

growing centre and national salon of wines of the Czech Republic. Situ-ated on the square is the church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The local secondary agricultural school is the only one in the Czech Republic that has wine-growing specialisation.

• Minaret – romantic building in Moorish style from 1798–1802. Sixty metre high tower with galleries serves as a look-out• Apollo’s Temple – built in 1818, with eight Doric columns and mythological scenes• Temple of Three Graces – Clas- sicist colonnade from 1825, hall with a mosaic fl oor. A group of sculptures of the Ancient god- desses chiselled by M. Fischer from a single piece of stone

• Janohrad – Pseudo-Gothic imitation castle ruins from 1807–10, ornithological permanent exhibition and hunting exhibition• Nový dvůr (New Courtyard) – large Imperial-styled farmhouse from 1809–10, since the end of the 19th century they have been breeding riding horses, nearby race course• St. Hubert – open Neo Gothic chapel in the middle of the forest glade• Rendez-vous – also called Di- ana’s Temple, massive building in the shape of a Roman Victory Arch from 1810–12• Colonnade at Rajstna – monumental Classicist building from 1811–17, decorated with fi gures form Ancient mythology. From the terrace there is a beautiful view over the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape• Hraniční zámeček (Border Cha- teau) – Classicist building from 1826–27 standing on the historical border between Moravia and Lower Austria • Rybniční zámeček (Fishpond Chateau) – Imperial style chateau from 1814–17, established here in 1926 was the fi rst biologi- cal research centre in Moravia

Valtice

Salets

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To the secret of wine

The Znojmo region, the biggest wine-growing region in the Czech Re-public offers thanks to its size varied types of terrain and landscape, beautiful nature and a plentiful range of historical monuments. Vine has grown here already since the time of the old Romans – and the slightly undulating terrain, sunny lowlands and straight roads be-tween vineyards are as if made for beautiful cycling trips.

Route length: 53 kmRoute diffi culty level: easy, prevailing asphalt roads Starting point: Znojmo

From Znojmo we go on the road to Oblekovice, where we turn left towards Jaroslavice and go through Načeratice, Derfl ice and Strachotice to Slup. Behind Slup we turn left towards Oleksovičky, before the bridge across the canal we turn right, we cross another bridge and we continue directly past the houses and we turn right. After a few hundreds of metres the route leads us to the bank of the Jaroslavice fi shpond. Along its banks we continue to Jaroslavice. We head towards Znojmo and behind the wine-growing company of Znovín we turn left onto the cyclo-tourist route No 5007. Around the Kočičí (Cat), Ovčí (Sheep) and Vinný (Wine) hills we go to Dyjákovičky and Chvalovice. Here we turn left and immedi-ately right on the road towards Šatov. Before the church we turn right on the road to Havraníky, in Nový Šaldorf by the chapel we turn left and after Sedlešovice after crossing the bridge over the Dyje river we turn left and around the Louka monastery we return back to Znojmo.

Tourist Information Centre Znojmo – www.znojmocity.cz

Hotel U Divadla **

náměstí Republiky 16669 02 ZnojmoTel.: +420 515 224 516Fax: +420 515 223 521

Penzion Devět Mlýnů **

671 81 HnaniceTel.: +420 515 232 556, 515 232 719Fax: +420 515 232 556e-mail: [email protected]

Accomodation

One of the oldest Czech towns and at the same time the wine-growing centre with an excellent reputation and tradition. The historical town centre surrounded by fragments of the medieval fortifi cation wall is full of zigzag-ging streets, romantic views and stylish nooks. Famous history of the royal town is commemorated in Znojmo every year in mid September by the grandiose celebration of Znojmo historical vintage festival. Tens of thou-sands of visitors are taken back to the atmosphere of peaceful May days of the year 1327, when King John of Luxembourg arrived with his large reti-nue to this medieval town to confi rm the historical privileges of Znojmo.

Znojmo

Wine-growing village with a unique technical monument, Renaissance water mill from the 16th century with functional grinding plant, four water wheels, canal and exhibition depicting the development of milling techniques.

Wine-growing village is the seat of Znovín Znojmo, the biggest wine-producing company in the Znojmo region, which for many years has been preparing a Wine-growing Tourist Programme – tours through the wine cellars and vineyards at the various places of the Znojmo region, accomplished by tasting wine from the Znojmo wine-growing region. Besides many little streets with wine cellars found in Šatov also is the Painted Wine Cellar with paintings by the one-handed painter on sandstone walls and an accessible infantry log-cabin, a part of the Czechoslovakian fortifi cation from 1936–38.

According to the legend in the Hnan-ice forest once lived a devout hermit Daníž, famous for his healing abili-ties. The spring, which was gushing nearby his hut, got the name Daníž’s spring and later a chapel was built on top of it. Already since the 13th century pilgrims from the whole of Europe have been coming to the

miraculous and healing spring in the chapel of St. Wolfgang. The original modest church was too small and so between 1483–1487 a three-nave church was built, today it is partially Gothic and partially Baroque.

Šatov

Slup

• Urban preservation zone• Unique, partially accessible underground with a 30 km long several storey labyrinth of cor- ridors and cellars dating back to the 13th–17th centuries• Romanesque rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St. Catherine with unique frescoes

• Znojmo castle and chateau with a permanent exhibition depicting the history of Znojmo and the region• Premonstraterain monastery in Louka – wine cellars, museum of coopery and wine-growing, Art Gallery, congress centre

Hnanice



Through the countryside of the Battle of Three Emperors

On the 2nd December 1805 on the hillocks and in the valleys east of Brno one of the most signifi cant events of European history of the 19th century and at the same time one of the most famous battles of the Napoleonic wars took place – the Battle of Austerlitz. The battleground rightfully be-longs among the most attractive tourist localities of The Southern Mora-via and due to its extraordinary signifi cance was declared to be a pro-tected historical zone in 1992. Every year at the beginning of December pious and commemorative events together with mock-battles take place at various locations starting from Austerlitz (Slavkov), through to the Peace Memorial Mohyla míru and up to Santon, Žuráň and Šlapanice.

Every year hundreds and thousands of admirers of war history come to the place where on the 2nd December 1805 one of the biggest battles of the Napoleonic wars took place – the Battle of Austerlitz. Due to the fact that leading their armies personally were the French Emperor Napoleon I., the Russian Czar Alexander and the Austrian Emperor Franz II., the battle is also called “The Battle of the Three Emperors”. Up until the battles of Borodino and then of Leipzig the Austerlitz massacre was by sheer soldier power of 160,000 and number dead and wounded the bloodiest and big-gest confl ict of the Napoleonic wars. The battle of Austerlitz really was one of Napoleon’s biggest victories, although he was weaker in number, he succeeded in conquering the Allied Armies thanks to masterful tactics and strategy.

Austerlitz battlefi eld

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Accomodation

Route length: 40 kmRoute diffi culty level: easy to semi-diffi cult Starting point: ŠlapaniceMarking: on the marked cyclo-routes, specifi c marking within the Austerlitz Battlefi eld

From Šlapanice square we turn right around the church and climb up the Žuráň knoll (last 50 m leads on the path through the fi elds). From Žuráň we go down to the main road No 430 and we follow it to the right to the motorest Rohlenka, where we turn left under the hillock of Santon (this stretch 2,5 km long leads on a very busy road). From Santon we go down to Tvarožná and then we go back to the main road towards Blažovice. We cross the main road, pass through Blažovice and we continue towards Zbýšov to the crossroads by the chapel, where we turn left to the cyclo-route No 5097, which we follow to Křenovice. Here we leave the cyclo-route and cross the railway continuing on the straight road to Slavkov, where we go to the square under the chateau. In Slavkov we again join the cyclo-route No 5097 and we follow it through Vážany and Hrušky back to Křenovice, and through the crossing, which we already know, we continue to Prace. Here we turn left following the direction sign and we slightly rise to the Mohyla míru (Peace Memorial). From here we go down to the other side of Prace hillock to Sokolnice and around the pheasantry through Kobylnice we return back to Šlapanice. Along the way we will see several stations of the Educational path “Battle of Three Emperors”, but to visit all the 29 stations would take at least two days.

Information Regional Centre AUSTERLITZ – www.slavkov.czwww.austerlitz2005.cz, www.austerlitz2005.com

The hillock west of Tvarožná was the French artillery base. The hill-ock was before the battle altered and surrounded by three belts of trenches for infantry. The altera-tions of the terrain also destroyed the original chapel. Today’s Chap-el of the Virgin Mary of the Snow dates back to 1832.

The knoll situated between Šlapa-nice and Podolí, one of the most famous and at the same time most historically valuable localities of the Austerlitz battleground. From here Emperor Napoleon saw the legendary sun of Austerlitz, “le soleil d´Austerlitz”. The plaque with a map shows the positions of the individual armies before the decisive battle.

Santon Žuráň

Stone Art Nouveau structure, standing for almost a hundred years on the highest point of Prace knoll, in the place of the crucial fi ght of the Battle of Austerlitz. The memorial was built as a timeless memento to victims of all wars. The exposition in the nearby museum depicts the course of the battle and military equipment of the period.

the town’s name in the German language is Austerlitz, which is known all over the world. On the 6th Decem-ber 1805 the Peace Treaty between France and Austria was signed in the Slavkov chateau. The Baroque chateau with a large park in the style of French Baroque gardens today houses a permanent Na-poleonic Exposition. Synagogue, Jewish cemetery, golf course, rid-ing school, sport shooting range.

Peace Memorial (Mohyla míru)

Slavkov

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From the fresh green spring through dazzling summer days full of sun-shine as far as the late golden autumn you can admire nature, monuments, highlights and old traditions of The Southern Moravia. Waiting for the small and the big cyclists are ten wine-growing regions, ten tourist circuits and a total of more than a thousand kilometres of well marked cycling routes. If you want to take just a short trip to an interesting destination or if you go on a two-week journey – is up to you. Favourable climate and affordable tour-ist services will guarantee a pleasant stay throughout the whole year.The remarkable project of the wine-growing routes is a common project of the wine-growing villages of The Southern Moravia and the Partnerství Foundation. Wine-growing routes differ from the common cycling routes not only by the more dense marking but also in the way they are led through the countryside. They do not lead straight, but zigzag through the countryside and link the places of signifi cance and charm from the point of view of the wine-growing region introduction. Routes usually lead on quiet roads, somewhere on dirt or forest roads, they are passable even after rain and you can ride on them on mountain bikes as well as standard road bicy-cles and you don’t need to worry about any steeper climbs or declines.On the special maps issued for every wine-growing route, you will fi nd enough information about lengths of individual routes, their altitude pro-fi les and surface conditions. Marking of all routes can be easily recognised from the common logo in the colours of individual routes and yellow metal plates. Interesting points and services in the vicinity of the routes you can fi nd on the information signs with pictographs, besides them in all villages on wine-growing routes you can fi nd a board with a general map.

www.stezky.czwww.vinarske-obce.cz

Moravian wine-growing routes

Real lovers of cyclo-tourism can take each of the circuits on the Moravian wine-growing routes separately and visit the most beautiful vineyards, streets with wine cellars and monuments of vine fertile The Southern Moravia. But if you want to see really the best from every region, get on the red-marked Moravian wine route. It is 242 km long, leading up to the slopes of the White Carpathiens in the east as far as the Podyjí Na-tional Park in the west and links all ten regional circuits.

Moravian wine route

• The longest Znojmo wine-growing route (163 km); leads cyclists also to Šobes, according to the experts one of ten best quality wine-growing localities in Europe• The youngest one is the Brno wine-growing route, marked in summer 2003• Two shortest routes lead through the smallest wine-growing regions of Moravia. 24 km long circuit will lead you through the Bzenec region, 60 km long route leads through the Mutěnice region• Leading into the southernmost part of Moravia is the 113 km long wine-growing route Podluží

• The largest wine-growing village in the Czech Republic, Velké Bílovice with more than a thousand wine-growers, lies on the 109 km long Velká Pavlovice route• Leading to the easternmost point is the 74 km long Uherské Hradiště wine-growing route, which partially lies in the South Moravian region, partially in the Zlín region• The northernmost is the 84 km long Kyjov wine-growing route, at the same time it lies on the very border of vine-growing

• The most UNESCO monuments can be found on the 82 km long Mikulov wine-growing route. Visit the biosphere reserve Pálava and the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape, the largest composed area in the world• The most beautiful village in The Southern Moravia lies on the 101 km Strážnice wine- -growing route. Hroznová Lhota is the winner of the competition “Village of the Year in South Moravian Region” in 2001, in 2002 the nearby village Blatnice won the same competition

Superlatives of the Moravian Wine-growing Routes

Dry roads and good walking shoes

The joy of spending the day together in fresh air, plenty of healthy outdoor exercise and lots of interesting experiences – The Southern Moravia offers all this and much more to everybody who wanders through the countryside by foot. Never mind if you go quickly or slowly, if you travel with children, as a couple or with a group of friends, you can choose from a palette of various routes and destinations, exactly according to your taste and mood. We can offer you peaceful strolls around medieval towns through castles and chateaux

as well as climbing on the hills and wandering around in deep forests for the more demanding. Awaiting attentive tourists are educational paths, look-outs, rock faces of Pálava, deeply engraved meanders of the bordering river Dyje, dark karst glens in the Moravian Karst and lots of other remarkable places, where you just cannot get to any other way except by foot. And along the way you will of course find many ponds for swimming, children’s playgrounds and other places of interest for the small and the big.


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D r y r o a d s a n d g o o d w a l k i n g s h o e s

From Ivančice to the Heavenly Rose

Wandering between orchards and vineyards in the Jihlava river val-ley is as if made for relaxation for body and mind. On top of that you will get to know the town, where the world famous painter was born, visit one of the most beautiful towns in The Southern Moravia with the romantic ruins of a medieval monastery and fi nally you can also taste the local excellent wines, especially Frankovka, Zweigeltrebe or Blue Portugal.

Route length: 20 kmTerrain: undulating, in some sections short steep climbsStarting point: Moravské BrániceOther suitable starting points: Ivančice, Dolní Kounice

Starting from the railway station in Moravské Bránice we follow the red tourist mark going up hill towards Ivančice. We go along the vineyards and between fi elds, through the forest and then we go down to the valley to the Střibský Mill, originally a Renaissance building from the 16th century. Behind the mill we turn right following the mark and between holiday houses we rise up to a small stone look-out, which offers a breathtaking view over Ivančice, the opposite forest on the Rena hillock and the Jihlava river valley. From the look-out we go on directly

to Ivančice. After we look at the town we go back to the red mark, cross the river and through a park with an open-air theatre and another small look-out we go up to the Rena hillock; on the rocky headland on the left hand side from the road once existed a fortifi ed settlement, remaining today are ran-domly placed mounds and shallow moats. We follow the mark as far as the Ivančice railway viaduct; the torso of the older bridge on the opposite side of the valley is a reminder of the older viaduct built between 1868–1870, on which construction allegedly participated the famous constructor A. G. Eif-fel. We go down under the bridge and along the river we reach Nové Bránice. The mark turns left, but we continue straight to Dolní Kounice to the ruins of the monastery Rosa Coeli, Heavenly Rose, and after looking around the town we go back on the opposite bank along the road to Moravské Bránice, where the red mark takes us safely back to the railway station.

Cultural and information centre Dolní Kounice – www.dolnikounice.czCultural and information centre Ivančice – www.muiv.cz

Penzion Princ ***

Jana Fibicha 12, 664 91 IvančiceTel.: +420 546 452 630Fax: +420 546 451 494

Penzion Na Vyhlídce

Lukov 26, 669 02 ZnojmoTel.: +420 515 236 059, 737 679 229sweb.cz/penzionnavyhlidce

Accomodation

The town, where Alfons Mucha was born, one of the most signifi cant Art Nouveau painters; in Mucha’s House on the square is a memo-rial to this artist and a permanent exhibition. Dominating the town is a Gothic church with a Renaissance tower, located in the Palace of the Lords of Lipá from the beginning of the 17th century is the town hall. The synagogue and Jewish cemetery, one of the oldest in the Czech Repub-lic, commemorates the former Jewish community. In Ivančic asparagus used to be grown; these traditions come alive every year in May during the popular Asparagus Festival.

A picturesque town with a number of interesting architectural sights. The Way of the Cross will lead you to a Baroque pilgrimage chapel, stand-ing proudly above the town is a Renaissance chateau and situated below are the ruins of the Gothic monastery Rosa Coeli, remaining from the monumental complex is only the partially collapsed church of the Virgin Mary. Dolní Kounice is also a signifi cant wine-growing town; grown here are one of the best blue varieties in Moravia.

Ivančice

To the Hardegg Look-Out

There is no need to promote the Podyjí National Park; many people know that the trails above the meandering Dyje river are one of the biggest tourist attractions in the Czech Republic. On top of that the fresh air, beautiful countryside and waiting at the end is a fairytale castle… Don’t hesitate.

Route length: 8 kmTerrain: fl at, not diffi cultStarting point: Čížov

Starting from the parking lot before Čížov we go through the village, where we join the blue tourist mark. We can visit the Visitors’ Centre of the Podyjí National Park, have a look at a small exhibition and then we head on the asphalt road towards the state border. Espe-cially if you travel with children, you should certainly accept an offer for a ride in a carriage or riding a horse. Before the road starts to drop steeply into the Dyje river valley, we turn right and after circa 500 metres we reach a small arbour above the river. This is the Hardegg look-out, which offers a breathtaking view over the smallest Austrian town Hardegg with the castle of the same name. Found in its interior is a museum exhibition of the Mexican Emperor Maxmilian Habsburg, executed in 1867, and the collections of Art of the Old American Nations – Mayans, Aztecs and Incas.

Visitors’ Centre of the Podyjí National Park – www.nppodyji.cz

The bordering village and also the border crossing for cyclists and pe-destrians. Found in the village is the Visitors’ Centre of the Podyjí National Park with a permanent exhibition of the protected area. Remains of the so-called Iron Curtain commemorate the times when the Znojmo region was the “border of peace and socialism” and the local monument and countryside were kept secret from tourists.

The youngest and the smallest national park in the Czech Re-public stretches from Znojmo as far Vranov nad Dyjí and its main feature is the bordering river Dyje. It is not suitable for boating, however, it is absolutely fantastic for fi shermen and those who want to enjoy its magic and grace. The most beautiful is the middle part of the fl ow between Podhradí and Znojmo, where it created a deep romantic valley with countless meanders. The western part of the valley is fl ooded by the water of the thirty kilometres long lake of the Vranov dam, the eastern part belongs to Podyjí National Park. The variety of the nature environment and extraordinary abundance of fauna and fl ora species is in respect to such a small area absolutely unique.

Podyjí

Čížov

Dolní Kounice



In this charming country-town with a preservation zone we can admire many sights – Imperial-styled chateau, Gothic castle ruins, beautiful square as well as “Western town”. Found here is also the old Jewish quarter, or – so-called – ghetto, which is one of the best preserved monuments of Jewish culture not only in The Southern Moravia but also in the entire Czech Republic. On top of that out of all the Jewish communities in Moravia only Boskovice and Holešov were considered to be a separate municipality – “town within a town”.

Route length: 1,5 kmNumber of stations: 27Time: one to two hoursStarting point: Boskovice, Hradní street

Jewish communities have been living in The Southern Moravia for many centuries, leaving behind lasting footprints. Their rich history was ended by the Second World War. Some monuments have re-mained up to the present day – and just the old Jewish quarter with a synagogue, spa and cemetery is one of the most interesting places in Boskovice. The fi rst mention about

the Boskovice Jews dates back to the 1st half of the 13th century, although the enclosed Jewish town (ghetto) was established only in 1727. Two and later three gates and several chains used to separate it from the rest of the town. Architecturally limited space of the Jewish ghetto with circa a hundred houses caused many tragedies: the quarter was several times af-fl icted by extensive fi res, at the beginning of the 18th century its population badly suffered from the plague epidemic. Despite this in mid 19th century in Boskovice lived more than two thousand Jews, which represented a third of the town population. Just as other Jews from surrounding areas also the local people were dragged into the concentration camps in 1942, only 14 people came back.The educational path leads through the entire Jewish ghetto. Besides al-most eighty houses you can see a fountain, shops, historical gate as well as a synagogue, which houses a Jewish museum. The former ghetto is protected as a unique urban complex.

Town Information Centre Boskovice – www.boskovice.cz

Pension Zlatá Růže ***

Třída kapitána Jaroše 3680 01 BoskoviceTel.: +420 516 452 523Fax: +420 516 454 556e-mail: [email protected]/pension

Penzion Vinařský Dvůr ***

Malá strana 198, 691 42 ValticeTel.: +420 519 352 737, 519 352 425Fax: +420 519 352 425e-mail: [email protected]

Accomodation

When you get tired and exhausted from the history, you can have a rest in the countryside. In Bosko-vice you have a choice of three tour circuits, three health routes. Altogether they are almost twenty kilometres long and they meet in the centre point on the main square. Built along them are sev-eral resting-places and they will

lead you for example to the charming arboretum with rich collections of wood species, to the romance of the Wild West to “Western town”, to the Gothic castle ruins or to the surrounding forests.

Health Routes

Wine-growing educational route Valtice

Town with a beautiful Baroque chateau, place of the yearly Valtice Wine Markets, the seat of the National wine-growing centre and Na-tional salon of wines, a number of wine bars and wine shops… Where else would we fi nd an educational wine-growing route other than in Valtice, the town decorated and perfumed by wine?

Route length: 5 kmNumber of stations: 19Time: two to three hours, for people on foot as well as cyclists; in the chateau park it is necessary to push the bikesStarting point: Valtice – square

From the square, where we can fi nd a map of the route and basic infor-mation about local wine-growing traditions, we go towards the cha-teau. We walk to the Chateau cellar, where we fi nd detailed information about the oldest Valtice wine cellar from 1430, and we walk through the garden around the tennis courts and one of the four former Duke’s cellars. Through the gate we get out between the fi elds and vineyards, we get on the asphalt road and we turn right. The following four stations will intro-duce us to what is going on in the vineyards during the individual seasons. We take a short break in the middle of the vineyard by the Cross Wine Cellar, we will discover the history of wine-growing in the Czech Republic and admire the view over Valtice and environs. The route leads us steeply down and then a long climb follows to the highest point of the wine-growing route, which is the colonnade on Rajstna. The knoll offers a beautiful view to the north, towards nearby Pálava, swamp forests near Lednice, forests on the slopes of the Chřiby mountain range and White Carpathiens. Past the boards summarising the history of the Mikulov wine-growing region and Valtice we reach the road and we turn right. Approximately after 500 metres we turn right again to the dirt road and to the vineyards of the Secondary wine-growing school Valtice, where other information boards are found. Directly in the vineyard we can have a look at the examples of the individual varieties of vine, various types of cultivation and formation. Along the vineyard, or on the road we continue towards Valtice, we pass around the building of the Secondary wine-growing school and through the little streets with wine cellars we wind back to the square.

Tourist Information Centre Valtice – www.radnice-valtice.cz

Monuments of the Jewish town in Boskovice

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Believe it or not, in the environs of large towns you can fi nd places where time has stood still – for example in the valley of the Ponávka river on the northern outskirts of Brno. Let’s go to discover long for-gotten scents and colours. Tree bark, damp soil and the glitter of the water surface, as well as the never-ending movement of small crea-tures, these are experiences, which revitalise and brighten our lives.

Route length: 9,5 km Number of stations: 5Time: two to four hours, for people on foot as well as cyclists, ideal for families with childrenStarting point: Brno – Mokrá hora, by the tennis courts

The Health route leads mostly through the forest or on its edge and has only small altitude differences. The fi rst route-station is by Mokrá Hora in a wide valley mead on the confl uence of two brooks. On several places along the route we will come across the old railway embankment and re-mains of bridges, which are remnants of the old railway track from Brno to Tišnov. By the second route-station we can admire the sculpture gallery

in nature, the third route-station will lead us to the former railway station. On the spot where the road to Jeh-nice leaves our route, we can fi nd a small deserted granodiorite quarry, the typical mineral of the Brno mas-sif. We will also stop by a small lake, rich with small creatures including crayfi sh, and along the red tourist mark we reach Lelekovice. From here we head up towards Babí lom and from the look-out fi nally we can enjoy the view over The Southern Moravia from a bird’s eye view.

Health Route Brno – Lelekovice and Babí Lom Look-Out

(562 m above sea level)The rocky mountain ridge with for-ests and the highest look-out point in the environs of the Brno city, popular tourist destination. The look-out on the southern end of the ridge is almost fi fty years old, dur-ing favourable weather conditions it is possible to see about a third of The Southern Moravia and a part of Austria. When the weather is really clear, we can also see the 200 km distant peaks of the Alps.

Babí lom

Slovácko lying open

The way to the fi rst – and so far the only – look-out in the White Carpathiens Protected landscape area leads through genuine and inimitable Slovácko. With a bit of luck you will see more than painted houses, because the local villages keep their unique atmosphere on special occasions as well as on ordinary days. So, welcome to Slovácko!

Route length: 15–19 kmTerrain: semi-diffi cult, climb to the Travičná look-out Starting point: Strážnice

From the square in Strážnice we follow the red tourist mark and the slightly rising dirt road will lead us to Tvarožná Lhota. Here we turn right, for about a kilometre we continue on a small road and then we leave it turning slightly right. For some time we slightly rise to the peak of Travičná (380 m). In the atrium of the look-out we can discover more about the countryside as well as history of the White Carpathiens, the exhibition also depicts the local folk traditions and available is also information about interesting sights in the vicinity, for example about the reconstructed wind mill in Kuželov. The more than fi fty metre tall look-out offers a breathtaking view over Pálava, part of Austria, Ždánice Forest and Chřiby with the Buchlov cas-tle as well as Vizovice Hills and Hostýn Hills. To Strážnice we can return either the same way or to take the longer way through the recreational resort Lučina. In the second case we follow down the Health Route with see-saws and monkey-bars (and at the same time the red mark) to the crossroads Pod Travičnou, in summer we can go swimming in the nearby natural water reservoir, and then we follow the blue mark through the Radějovka river valley back to Strážnice. In Radějov the blue mark turns off to the left; we continue straight on the marked Šumárnická Educa-tional path, which will lead us back to Strážnice square.

Education and Information Centre Bílé Karpaty – www.bilekarpaty.cz

Hotel – restaurant Babí lom

664 31 Lelekovice 28Tel.: +420 541 232 366, 776 766 91Fax: +420 541 232 366e-mail: [email protected]

Autocamp Lučina

Tvarožní Lhota 5, 696 64 KněždubTel.: +420 518 337 525, 518 337 726Fax: +420 518 337 525e-mail: [email protected]

Accomodation

The fi rst mention dates back to 1086, when Strážnice was a rich market town, protected by a water castle. Remaining from the original fortifi cation are two gateways, Veselská and Skalická. On the site of the castle today stands a Neo Renaissance chateau with a large English-styled park. A unique permanent exhibition of folk music instruments in the chateau. Another highlight is a complex with the Piarist buildings with a monastery and church. The former Jewish ghetto with ritual spa, synagogue and cemetery remind us of the signifi cant Jewish community.Strážnice is also a town of folklore and folk Art; every year on the last weekend in June the International folklore festival is held. The Open-air museum of Slovácko – Museum of the Village of the South-eastern Mora-via with a rich cultural programme.

Strážnice

Protected landscape area and a biosphere reserve, listed in the UNESCO Index. A typical picture of the White Carpathiens is a countryside of large mead-ows with scattered small fields, orchards and pastures, thanks to the leafy forests it resembles a huge English-styled park. The highest point of The Southern Moravia is Velká Javořina (970 m), since 1845 a traditional meeting place of Czechs and Slovaks. The White Carpathiens are covered by a dense network of cyclo-routes and tourist routes.

White Carpathiens


The magic of Moravian wine

Red and white, variety of flavours and scents, the clever hands of Moravian wine-growers and the mystical atmosphere of wine cellars – this is the wonderful world of wine. After all vine already had its roots in The Southern Moravia during the time of Roman settlement, and it’s no wonder that the local colour of the Southern Moravian country cannot be thought of without its picturesque streets with vine-presses and wine cellars, many wine bars and wine

barns, where just as in the old days the wine is sold “under wicht”. Among popular destinations of the wine experts are wine-growing exhibitions, stylish wine shops, historical wine cellars and legendary vineyards, for the really inquisitive visitors there are also specialised wine-growing programmes and instructive wine-tasting. After all – can you imagine any better relaxation than a moment with a glass of excellent wine? Well, there is no rush…

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T h e m a g i c o f M o r a v i a n w i n e

Wine-growing events and programmes

Wine-growing traditions of The Southern Moravia offer an array of wonder-ful fl avours, scents and experiences, which you can discover throughout the whole year. At the turn of winter and spring, when the wine is already “matured”, you should visit one of the wine-tasting events, try the best wines of a particular wine-growing area and evaluate together with wine-growers, how last year’s yield turned out. From the early spring to the late autumn you can admire the colourful splendour of traditional village feast – for the occasion of the celebration of the patron of the village or the local church. On feast day, usually Saturday, the village is spick and span, the parade of the youth in folk costumes goes from one end of the village to the other, standing on the village green is the decorated May pole and loud celebrations go on all night, often to the next (...and next...) day. However, among the most treasured moments in the wine-growing vil-lages is the vintage, time, when the whole year’s effort of wine-growers reaches its peak at harvest time. The most famous and most popular vintage festivals are the Znojmo and Pálava vintage festivals. The histori-cal parades go through the towns of Znojmo and Mikulov accompanied by clanging of the church bells and festive fanfares. The medieval handicraft markets and army camps fi ll up the town centres, music sounds from every nook and cranny and people dance and rejoice on the squares. The spectacular medieval splendour is crowned by knight jousting, groups of historical fencing, theatres, competitions for children and festive evening fi reworks. But above all – the gates of the town’s wine cellars are opened and the local wine is tasted – not only the matured wine, but also new half-fermented wine.Even if you missed the vintage festival you should still come, you will certainly fi nd something according to your taste from the selection of tens and maybe hundreds of wine exhibitions, which are held throughout the whole year. Maybe you will be lucky and will take part in Wine Blessing, winter wine-growing celebration, held on St. Martin’s Day. On that day the wine-growers meet in the church, where the samples of wine are blessed; according to the traditions the wine-grower should then pour at least a few drops of blessed wine into each wine barrel in his cellar. St. Martin cel-ebration is accompanied by wine-tasting, celebrating and a big banquet, crowned by the golden roasted Martin goose. Bon appetite!

Box offi ce and information:• Znojmo vintage festival Tourist information centre Znojmo – www.znojmocity.cz• Pálava vintage festival Tourist information centre Mikulov – www.mikulov.cz

If you are not interested in the col-ourful world of folklore celebrations, then you should visit the Valtice Wine Markets, a noble celebration of all wine-growers and wines. Every year at the beginning of May hundreds of wine lovers arrive at the chateau riding school at the Valtice chateau. Valtice Wine Markets are not only a competition of wine-grow-ers capable of supplying wine for the market, but also a social event. The tradition is also awarding the prestige prize of CHAMPION VVT and gold, silver and bronze medals to the three best wines of each variety or kind of wine. Perhaps due to the fact that the Valtice Wine Markets are one of the most strictly judged exhibitions in the Czech Republic, these awards are a matter of prestige and represent individual wine-growers. It is proved by the interest of consumers, who when buying wine seek the bottles marked with the medal of Valtice.

Společnost Valtické vinné trhy – Valtice Wine MarketsP.O.Box 37, 691 42 ValticeTel. +420 519 361 315, Fax: +420 519 352 330e-mail: [email protected], www.vinnetrhy.cz

Hotel „N“ ***

Přímětice 62, 669 04 ZnojmoTel.: +420 515 241 672Fax: +420 515 241 704e-mail: [email protected]

Pension Sonne

Malá Strana 197, 691 42 ValticeTel.: +420 519 352 765, 606 431 601Fax: +420 519 352 723e-mail: [email protected]

Accomodation

Already for several years the wine-growing tourist programme has been enticing lovers of wine and travel to one of the most famous wine-growing regions in the Czech Republic. The Znojmo region, a charming nook of The Southern Moravia, has really a lot to offer. Nevertheless it is not only about delicious and perfumed wines, awarded by a number of prestige local and international prizes. The wine-growing programme will lead the visitors to such interesting and attractive places, as for example the Cross Wine Cellar in Přímětice, the largest of its kind all around the world, archive of the oldest Czech bottled wines in Jaroslavice or the popular Painted Wine Cellar in Šatov, decorated with paintings by a one-handed folk art-ist. An experience you will never forget is the tour in the most beautiful Moravian vineyard Šobes, lying in the romantic valley directly in the Podyjí National Park, as well as the enticing wine-tasting of typical varieties of the Znojmo region and specialities of the local cuisine in Moravian Wine Cellar in Šatov. The synonym of success of the Znovín company is the Louka monastery in Znojmo, where besides unique Premonstraterian wine cellars, wine shop and visitors’ centre, the guests will fi nd the museum of coopery and wine-growing, Art Gallery and congress centre. All these places are during the main tourist season open in such a way, that you can make a nice trip by bicycle, on foot or by car and visit selected sights all in one day. The many faces of the charming countryside, unique atmosphere of wine cellars and excellent wine – this is the visiting card of the wine-

growing tourist programme.

Znovín Znojmo, a.s.Šatov 404, 671 22 ŠatovTel. +420 515 266 620e-mail: [email protected], www.znovin.cz

Wine-growing tourist programme

Valtice Wine Markets



Wine, wine shops and wine cellars

Can you guess what makes you and your friends happy?A small hint: what is the symbol of The Southern Moravia?The answer is simple: wine. The straight lines of vineyards on the slopes of The Southern Moravia, the glittering potion, picturesque architecture of wine cellars, the sun hidden in mellowing grapes and berries, alluring atmosphere, tradi-tions, family heritage, noble hobby as well as hard work, crowned by pure joy – all this and much more is contained in every bottle of local wine. You can enjoy it directly in the authentic environment of local vineyards and wine cellars, taste and buy in the wine shops, and perhaps to take it home with you as a precious and stylish souvenir. Just Moravian wine, carefully corked and wrapped, can be a memory, which will keep you warm and which even after many years will remind you of the charms of the fertile land, full of wine, sun and pure human happiness.But how to pick the best one? Instead of a long description we would rather offer you a few practical hints.• What is it? Wine-growers in The Southern Moravia usually grow thirty-fi ve traditional and lesser known varieties of vine. From the white varieties the most popular are Valtelina, Rhine Riesling and Italian Riesling, Müller Thurgau, Sauvignon and Chardonnay, from the red varieties the traditional four – St. Laurent, Limberger, Zweigeltrebe and Portugieser.• Typical for The Southern Moravia are quality label wines. The popularity of these wines in the Czech Republic is growing from year to year, wines are bought more often in specialised shops and the interest in quality brands is increasing. • In the middle of tough competition the wine producers try to grab the attention of customers with wines of higher and higher quality. The scale of quality of wines in the Czech Republic starts from common table wines and goes on through to quality mixtures of several varieties (label wines) to the varietal wines and fi nally to the wines with an attribute.• Wines with an attribute are made from sweeter grapes than quality wines and according to the sugar content they are named with attributes of cabinet (19), late gathered (21), selection from grapes (24) or selection from berries (27 degrees). This assortment is complemented by the barrique, straw, ice and sparkling wines. Stated on the labels of all attributive wines is the producer, vintage, wine-growing region, village or vineyard.• No matter if you buy wine in a shop or wine cellar, almost always the prise is considered. Unfortunately the rule that the dearer is the better does not apply, because you often pay for rarity, popular brand or ambitions of the producer. However, it is not good to skimp, choose with no feelings or without a drop of luck. All in all we can say that in the Czech Republic you will get good quality for a surprisingly low price.

The National Salon of Wines is based in the premises of the Na-tional wine-growing centre in the Valtice chateau. The company fo-cuses on training and professional education of wine-growers and wine-tasters, promotion of wine-growing and wines, it also organ-ises the competition Salon of Wines of the Czech Republic, the highest and most prestigious competition in the country. Only wines made from local grapes can be included in the competition. The expert committee judges the samples of wines and

every year selects a maximum of one hundred wines which are given the right to mark the bottles with the prestigious label “Salon vín České republiky” – “Salon of wines of the Czech Republic”. The above-mentioned collection of the hundred best Moravian and Czech wines is placed in the cellars of the Valtice chateau as a permanent wine-tasting exposition. Visi-tors have the opportunity to taste all the displayed samples, or to select among wine-tasting programmes, supervised by a sommelier.

National Salon of Wines – Národní salon vínZámek 1, 691 42 Valtice, Tel.: +420 519 352 744 , e-mail: [email protected]

Excellent Moravian wines and the romantic atmosphere of castles and chateaux create the perfect combination, which charms every visitor to The Southern Moravia. Therefore let the network of stylish wine-shops Vinum Bonum to dazzle you. Three of them are found directly in the charm-ing noble residences, the fourth one you can fi nd on the square in Valtice. Besides a wide selection of wines including wine-growing specialities and gift packs the Vinum Bonum wine-shops offer a large choice of goods, closely related to the wine serving culture: glasses, sommelier utensils, expert literature, souvenirs and pictures. The offer is crowned by the se-lection of wines for long-term storage and so-called big wines, produced in small quantities, which often become valuable collectors’ items and jewels of private wine collections.Vinum Bonum wine-shops include a wine cellar in Valtice, dating back probably to 1680. The classic brick vaulted cellar is found in the premises of the former Franciscan monastery, very close to the old town fortifi cation wall. It is divided into two sections; the fi rst serves for small wine produc-tion and small storage archive, in the second section is the sitting area with a maximum capacity of 90 seats. These premises are used for wine-tasting events with commentary, evenings with wine and dulcimer music, company and presentation events. Of course you can also buy not only bottled wines from Moravian producers, but also barrel wine.

Chateau wine-shop Vinum Bonum – Lednice chateauZámek 1, 691 44 Lednice

Chateau wine-shop Vinum Bonum – Rájec-Jestřebí chateauZámek 1, 679 02 Rájec - Jestřebí

Chateau wine-shop Vinum Bonum – Valtice chateauZámek 1, 691 42 Valtice

Wine-shop Bonum in the Wine-growing House in ValticeNám. Svobody 16, 691 42 Valtice

Contact:Tel.: +420 602 871 936, 519 352 083, Fax: +420 519 352 083 e-mail: [email protected], www.vinumbonum.cz

Wine CellarHradební 114, 691 42 ValticeTel.: +420 602 871 936, 519 352 083 Fax: +420 519 352 083 e-mail: [email protected]

Vinum Bonum Wine-shops

In the cellar premises of the Renaissance house U Synků in Hustopeče u Brna you can fi nd the permanent wine-growing exposition of the Velké Pavlovice wine-growing region. You can admire the beauty of historical cellars and utensils, used in vineyards, for production and storage of wines. A sommelier will guide you for the entire time of the tour, awaiting you are also various wine-tasting programmes including refreshments and folklore performances. In the pleasant stylish atmosphere you can not only taste wine, but also buy in a well-stocked wine-shop.

Permanent wine-growing exposition and wine-shop – Dům U SynkůDukelské nám. 23, 691 42 Hustopeče u BrnaTel.: +420 519 413 792, 519 412 909, wine-shop +420 519 413 083

Permanent wine-growing exposition – House U Synků

National Salon of Wines

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The winery is found in the reconstructed buildings, stretching back in history to the 17th century. The company looks after 68 ha of vineyards in the warmest region of the Czech Republic, on the foothills of Pálava in Mikulov, Bavory and Perná. The production is environment friendly, lim-ited usage of chemicals, lesser burden on vine bushes, reduction of crop and care of individual grapes. The company Tanzberg Mikulov focuses exclusively on production of high quality attributive wines, whilst the basic philosophy is to create the most natural product possible. Therefore the winery is equipped with the most advanced technology and the processing of grapes is carried out immediately after gathering.Found in the winery Bavory is besides production premises also a wine-shop, where waiting for individual visitors as well as smaller groups is daily wine-tasting. For sale are wines of quality vintages in the varieties of Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Valtelina, Italian Riesling, Rhine Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Limberger, Zweigeltrebe, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon. The company also offers special programmes with supervised wine-tasting in the agreed amount and varieties in the cellar premises with a professional guide.

Tanzberg Mikulov a.s. – Vinařství Bavory692 01 Bavory 132, Tel.: +420 519 500 040e-mail: [email protected], www.tanzberg.cz

Tanzberg Mikulov – Winery Bavory

The fi rst written mention about Čejkovice dates back to 1248 and is connected with the keep, built by the members of the Templar Knights Order. Together with the keep built were the Templar cellars, still legen-dary for their size, which were and still are used for storage and matur-ing of wines. Whilst the cellars are the property of the Čejkovice wine-growing co-operative, the former Templar keep was converted into the Zámek hotel – and believe us, that accommodation in the stylish Gothic keep can really be a very pleasant experience, especially if you spice up your stay here by a visit to the local chateau wine-shop with a complete assortment of wine from the Mutěnice wine-growing region or the wine bar U Templářů with a capacity up to 170 seats. Favourable climatic and geographical conditions together with the tradition of quality processing and storage of wines in the Templar cellars put Čejkovice among the most signifi cant wine-growing regions in The Southern Moravia. The assortment of wines, sold under the brand name Templářské Sklepy, will certainly satisfy even the most demanding lovers of wine.

Templar cellars Čejkovice696 15 ČejkoviceTel.: +420 518 362 628, 518 362 705, Fax: +420 518 362 628 e-mail: [email protected], www.templarske-sklepy.cz

Lechovice Wine cellars belong among the traditional producers of quality natural wines in the Znojmo wine-growing region. The total area of their vineyards is circa 120 ha and all the quality varietal wines in the Lechovice Wine Cellars are produced exclusively from the grapes from their own vineyards, because only this connection gives the company the right to emphasise on the wine labels, that it was “fi lled by the wine-grower”. Used during the production are classic as well as modern production technolo-gies, the production of the best quality wines is located in the cellar in the chateau park from the 18th century.The assortment of white varieties includes Müller Thurgau, Valtelina, Italian Riesling, Rhine Riesling, Pinot Blanc and Moravian Muscat, red varieties are represented by Limberger and St. Laurent. Among the most valued wines belong Gewürtztraminer with a full-bodied spicy fl avour and the high quality Sauvignon. The visitors are welcomed to the excursion through the historical cellar with wine-tasting and to the wine restaurant with excellent cuisine. You can also order a performance of fencers and dulcimer music, or you can watch the displays of the classic method of production process of sparkling wines, try the sparkling wines by candle light and the selected wines directly in the vineyard.

Wine cellars Lechovice671 63 Lechovice 60, Tel.: +420 515 271 209, Fax: +420 515 271 209e-mail: [email protected], www.vslechovice.cz

Lechovice Wine cellars

Hotel Zámek ***

696 15 ČejkoviceTel.: +420 518 362 538Fax: +420 518 362 530e-mail: [email protected]

Hotel Weiss **

671 63 Lechovice 56Tel.: +420 515 271 601, 708 250 291Fax: +420 515 271 151e-mail: [email protected]/hotel-weiss

Accomodation

Hotel Centro ***

Husova 8, 693 01 HustopečeTel.: +420 519 413 760, 519 413 762Fax: +420 519 413 764e-mail: [email protected]

Hotel IrisOREA HOTELS CLASSIC***

Lužní 215, 692 01 PavlovTel.: +420 519 515 310Fax: +420 519 515 314e-mail: [email protected]

Templar wine cellars Čejkovice

For the small and the big swimmers

A hot summer lit by the blazing sun is luring you into the water. The dams and reservoirs, ponds and rivers of The Southern Moravia provide a huge variety of ideas and possibilities. You can enjoy the water for days – swim and laze around in the sun with swimsuits or without them, go fishing, diving, cruise the water surface on yachts, windsurfing boards and paddle boats, or with children build fantastic castles

from sand, paddle by the bank and finally under the beach umbrella laze around watching kids going wild on the children’s playgrounds. Anything is possible – and if it cools down there is nothing easier than to choose from a variety of indoor swimming pools, to go to the indoor aquapark or to go on a romantic boat trip on one of the rivers or dams.


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F o r t h e s m a l l a n d t h e b i g s w i m m e r s

Sun, water and The Southern Moravia – a wonderful cocktail for summer holidays

Don’t you believe it? Give us a moment to persuade you. A pleasant climate, besides outdoor and indoor swimming pools a number of natural water reservoirs with interesting environs tempting for cy-cling and hiking trips, quality services, low prices, beach with grass, sand or stones, lit in the sun as well as hidden in the forest shade. Just come and get to knowThe Southern Moravia for yourself.

Hotel Rado ***

Havlíčkovo náměstí 572679 06 JedovniceTel.: +420 516 442 603, 606 208 893Fax: +420 516 442 603

Autocamp Olšovec ***

679 06 JedovniceTel.: +420 516 442 835, 516 442 134Fax: +420 516 442 216e-mail: [email protected]

Accomodation

Autocamp ATC Merkur

691 22 PasohlávkyTel.: +420 519 427 714, 519 427 624Fax: +420 519 427 501e-mail: [email protected]

Recreation centreLaguna Pasohlávky **

691 22 PasohlávkyTel.: +420 519 427 737, 519 427 751Fax: +420 519 427 624www.pasohlavky.cz

Camp Bítov

671 10 Bítov-HorkaTel.: +420 515 296 353, 603 287 992Fax: +420 515 296 353e-mail: [email protected]/mucha_karel

DROPS – Accomodation, camp ***

Zámecká 202671 03 Vranov nad DyjíTel.: +420 515 296 260, 603 568 560

A lake on the Dyje river in the Znojmo region, around which you will fi nd several beautiful castles and chateaux. Prepared for summer guests is everything you can think of: accommodation in hotels, guesthouses, log cabins, cottages as well as camping sites, quality restaurants and ordinary refreshments, hire of boats, pedal boats, canoes, windsurfs, kayaks and various sporting equipment, tennis courts and playgrounds for volleyball and badminton, bowling and minigolf. You can also go for a sightseeing trip on small electric boats with a maximum capacity of 12 persons.

In the beautiful environment below Pálava is the place where yachters and water sports lovers from all over Europe come to meet. That’s why there is a rich range of tour-ist services: hire of row boats and sailing boats, windsurfi ng school and hire, hire of bicycles and sporting equipment, beach vol-leyball playground, tennis courts, not forgetting a helter-skelter, chil-dren’s and minigolf playgrounds and summer cinema. When wan-dering around Pasohlávky on foot or by bicycle don’t forget to visit Hradisko, which is with its 220 m the highest point in the area. From there the visitors have a beautiful view over the entire water area of Nové Mlýny from Drnholec up to Nové Mlýny – but the place is interesting especially for its history. In the last century at Hradisko discovered were remains of a Roman army camp from the second century AD. In the northern part of the knoll we can still see the remains of excavation work of archaeologists and take an imaginary walk in the footsteps of the soldiers of Marcus Aurelius.

When looking over the middle reservoir of the Nové Mlýny lakes a church standing on an island in the middle of the water will grab your attention. It is the only visible remainder of the fl ooded village of Mušov, however, it has a very signifi cant cultural and historical value. The church of St. Linhart is originally a Romanesque structure from the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, after the later alterations only the southern wall of the nave with a portal and windows were preserved. During research in the church Gothic murals were discovered and a painting from the fi rst half of the 16th century. The middle reservoir is also an interesting Nature Reserve, where many species of waterfowl fi nd sanctuary and winter habitat.

Abolished village of Mušov

A popular recreation resort with several ponds lying in the Moravian Karst. The largest fi shpond Olšovec covering an area of 40 ha is used for breed-ing fi sh and recreation. It is famous especially among the owners of speed-boats; races and international competitions are regularly held here. Found here are also children’s playgrounds, many restaurants and of course the popular hire of row boats and pedal boats.

Jedovnice

Vranov Dam

Nové Mlýny reservoirs



Water tourism is quite rare in the Czech Republic. However, there is an exception, which is certainly worth visiting – the Bata Canal, tourist water canal cutting through Slovácko from the north to the south. A technical and nature monument, built between 1934–38 for agricultural irrigation and freight boats, navigable in the 65 km long stretch from Otrokovice to Petrov, in the neighbouring river parts and in the environs of Hodonín. For long decades it wasn’t used, the tourist boat trips were launched again in 1995. Now cruising on the Bata canal are several sightseeing boats and tens of small boats and crafts. In Spytihněv, Staré Město, Veselí nad Moravou, Strážnice and Hodonín you can fi nd boat hire, where you either pay for a boat trip or hire your own boat – starting from an hour cruise on a small craft or canoe up to several days trips on a houseboat. Every Sunday from May to August you can also go on a regular traffi c boat line between Veselí nad Moravou and Strážnice. This unusual experience can be still enhanced by a visit to wine shops, wine cellars, several castles and chateaux or educational paths.

Bata canal infocentreTel.: +420 518 325 330, Fax: +420 518 325 330e-mail: [email protected], www.batacanal.cz

Bata Canal – a place where the burning sun is bathing in the waves of the Morava river

The Brno Dam, called also Kníničská (by the former village, which was fl ooded and today lies on its bottom) was built on the Svratka river be-tween 1936 – 1940. Although its dam wall is only 120 metres long, it retains a lake covering an area of 252 ha and 10 km long. The trips to the Brno Dam cannot be imagined without trips on the boats, which have been cruising the surface of the lake for more than half a century. A rarity in Europe is not only the fact that the water transport is included in the city public transport, but also the ecological and quiet power of all the boats using accumulator batteries. Thanks to eleven stops along the dam you can plan a trip as long as you wish, you can go on a small circuit to the Veveří castle or to enjoy an hour trip to Veverská Bítýška, where the Brno Dam begins. The current fl eet is made up of two smaller single-decked boats and four double-decked ones.

Public Transport Commission – Dopravní podnik města BrnaHlinky 151, 656 46 BrnoTel.: +420 543 174 317, e-mail: [email protected], www.dpmb.cz

Sightseeing boat trips on the Brno Dam

The Lednice chateau park, included in the Lednice-Valtice cultural land-scape complex, was created and has been going through changes for at least three centuries. Neighbouring with the southern, geometrically reg-ular French part of the park is the northern English-styled park with a fi sh-pond and sixteen islands with bird colonies. The boat trips on the chateau river Dyje are getting more and more popular and thousands of visitors have already seen the romantic countryside of the swamp forests. Boats having a maximum capacity of sixteen persons set off from the stylish harbour below the Moorish water works in the chateau park and they take tourists on two routes. The fi rst shorter route offers interesting views over the chateau park and leads to the sixteen metre tall Minaret. The second longer route leads from the Minaret through the meanders of the Old Dyje and through the well-preserved swamp forest to the imitation castle ruins of Janohrad. The biggest boat of the fl eet on the chateau river Dyje is the nine-metre long iron raft, christened with a cute name Arnoštek, which a few years ago served as a ferry on the Vltava river near Prague. Now in its historical appearance resembling the 1920’s it can carry up to twenty passengers and besides people it also carries bikes.

1. PLAVEBNÍ s. r. o.21. dubna 3, 691 44 LedniceTel.: +420 603 516 358, 519 340 619, Fax: +420 519 340 584e-mail: [email protected], www.1plavebni.cz

Boat trips through the Lednice-Valtice landscape complex on the chateau river of Dyje

You can admire all the charms of the Dyje river around Břeclav or enjoy the view over the Pálava and its environs from the surface of the Nové Mlýny reservoirs. In the harbour in Břeclav you can fi nd two larger boats with a capacity of 24 persons and several powerboats for four persons. In the Merkur harbour in Pasohlávky two sightseeing motor boats are ready, one of them can carry up to 45 persons. The big boats are usually covered, they offer refreshments and plenty of seats. It is possible to arrange simple and cheap accommodation at the camping site in Pasohlávky.

Water transportation – Lodní doprava BřeclavMlýnská 459, 691 46 BřeclavTel.: +420 723 968 410, 602 772 072, Fax: +420 519 355 313e-mail: [email protected], www.lodnidoprava.com

Sightseeing tourist boat trips on the Dyje river and Nové Mlýny reservoirs

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Helter-skelter 80 m, water slide 15 m, water cave, wild river, massage beds, water mushroom, 25 m long swimming pool, children’s paddling pool with a water slide, two playgrounds for beach volleyball, playground for small football, pétanque, two tables for ping-pong and 9-pin bowling, umbrellas and sporting equipment hire, refreshments with a pleasant sitting area. In the complex is also a caravan camping site for 22 caravans (entry to the outdoor swimming pool included in the accommodation price).

Outdoor swimming pool POHODAÚnanov 384, 669 02 ZnojmoTel.: +420 515 228 617, 515 265 649, Fax: +420 515 228 704e-mail: [email protected], www.obecunanov.cz

Pohoda Outdoor swimming pool and caravan site

Recreation complex with a swimming pool 50 x 20 m and children’s swim-ming pool 13 x 16 m with a water slide. Found in the complex are refresh-ments, children’s swings and monkey bars, playground for volleyball and tennisfootball, 9-pin bowling, minigolf and table tennis. In a separate area next to the outdoor swimming pool is the caravan site, offering accom-modation in buildings and log cabins, with a self-service restaurant, bar and clubroom.

Autokempink StrážniceBzenecká 1533, 696 62 StrážniceTel.: +420 518 332 037, 602 862 731, Fax: +420 518 332 041e-mail: [email protected], www.camp.cz/straznice

Outdoor swimming pool and caravan camping site Strážnice

Indoor swimming pool 20 x 12,5 m, whirlpool bath, Finnish and steam sauna. Indoor swimming pool with attractions – massage jets, geysers, pearl baths, helter-skelter 44 m, children’s indoor swimming ptool with water mushroom

and water castle, outdoor swimming pool with attractions – wild river, helter-skelter 90 m, massage bench. Outdoor swimming pool 50 x 21 m, children’s paddling pool, playground for beach volleyball.

Aquapark VyškovSportovní 752/5, 682 01 VyškovTel.: +420 517 343 313, 517 348 745e-mail: [email protected]

50 m long indoor swimming pool, relaxation heated swimming pool, gym, fi tness, sport shops, refreshments.

Swimming stadium KOMETASportovní 4a, 602 00 BrnoTel.: +420 541 425 831, Fax: +420 541 425 835e-mail: [email protected], www.kometaps.cz

Swimming stadium KOMETA Brno

Accomodation

Hotel Dukla **

Dědická 29, 682 02 VyškovTel.: +420 517 346 622, 517 344 666Fax: +420 517 348 942www.hotel.cz/dukla-vyskov

Hotel Slavia ****

Solniční 15/17, 662 16 BrnoTel.: +420 542 321 249, 542 215 080Fax: +420 542 211 769e-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

Aquapark Vyškov

• Outdoor swimming pool Pod Horkou 2, 679 04 Adamov

• Swimming complex Blansko nám. Svobody 3, 678 01 Blansko Tel.: +420 516 412 592

• Indoor swimming pool Blučina V Lázních, 664 56 Blučina Tel.: +420 547 235 143

• Indoor spa Boskovice Sušilova ul., 680 01 Boskovice Tel.: +420 516 452 286

• Outdoor swimming pool Červená zahrada 680 01 Boskovice

• TJ TESLA BRNO Halasovo náměstí 7, 638 00 Brno Tel.: +420 545 222 672

• Outdoor swimming pool KPS Křižíkova 68, 612 00 Brno

• Outdoor swimming pool Ždánská, 685 01 Bučovice

• Spa Zábrdovice Zábrdovická 25, 615 00 Brno

• Outdoor swimming pool Kraví Hora, 602 00 Brno

• Outdoor and indoor swimming pool Fibichova 1, 690 02 Břeclav

• Outdoor and indoor swimming pool ul. Koupelní , 695 01 Hodonín Tel.: +420 518 353 034

• Outdoor and indoor swimming pool Brněnská 50, 693 01 Hustopeče Tel.: + 420 519 411 173

• Swimming complex Kuřim Blanenská 1082, 664 34 Kuřim Tel.: +420 541 230 390

• Outdoor swimming pool Česká 17, 679 61 Letovice

• Outdoor swimming pool Republikánské obrany 5 692 01 Mikulov

• Outdoor swimming pool 671 72 Miroslav

• Outdoor swimming pool Moravské Málkovice 682 01 Vyškov

• Outdoor swimming pool complex TJ Sokol Němčičky 664 66 Němčičky

• Outdoor swimming pool Kaunicova ulice 684 01 Slavkov u Brna

• Outdoor swimming pool 679 13 Sloup 1

• Town outdoor swimming pool 696 32 Ždánice

Other outdoor and indoor swimming pools in the region

It’s just not it without sport

Someone can relax by doing nothing; others like to play sports in their leisure time. It makes no difference if you belong among those who are happy with an hour of tennis once or twice a week or those who can’t imagine their holidays without struggle, sweat and joy of exercise, in The Southern Moravia you will certainly find the right entertainment according to your taste. Waiting for you are golf courses, tennis, squash, ricochet as well as bowling,

admirers of sport shooting and horse-riding will also be satisfied. It makes no difference if your family wants to do everything together or you prefer to enjoy yourself individually, if you are beginners, advanced or you are only planning to discover the mystery of the chosen kind of sport, anything is possible. No matter which adventure you will go for, you certainly won’t be bored and will take home the most beautiful memories.


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I t ’ s j u s t n o t i t w i t h o u t s p o r t

Already in the early Medieval Age the kings forbid their knights to play golf, because it was distracting them from their practise of fi ghting arts. Even they knew that golf is not just fun for a Friday afternoon, but for the whole life. In the Czech Republic golf be-longs among sports, which during the several past years has gone through a boom. In The Southern Moravia lovers of the green sport can fi nd two eighteen-hole and one nine-hole golf course, which in many respects will overcome all their expectations.

An eighteen-hole golf course established in 1994. Including a driving range, putting and pitching green it covers an area of 70 ha. A golf course of the links type features a large number of sandpits and more than three hectares of water surfaces. Accessible for the public is the chateau acad-emy in the Slavkov chateau park. After the game you can refresh yourself in the pleasant Spike bar with a view over the golf course complex or to buy golf equipment in the well-stocked pro-shop.Access: the Slavkov u Brna exit from the highway Brno – Vyškov, in the town follow the signs marked Golf courseSeason: April – November

Golf Club AusterlitzNa golfovém hřišti 1684 01 Slavkov u BrnaTel./Fax: +420 544 423 511, 544 423 512e-mail: [email protected], www.gca.cz

Golf

Accomodation

Parkhotel ****

Veslařská 250, 637 00 BrnoTel.: +420 543 236 350, 543 236 351Fax: +420 543 235 191e-mail: [email protected]

Hotel Sokolský dům ***

Palackého nám. 75684 01 Slavkov u BrnaTel.: +420 544 221 103Fax: +420 544 221 103e-mail: [email protected]

Grandhotel Brno ****

Benešova 18/20, 657 83 BrnoTel.: +420 542 518 111Fax: +420 542 210 345e-mail: [email protected]

An eighteen-hole golf course in the virgin nature of the Drahanská Highlands offers beautiful pano-rama views over the surrounding countryside. Driving range with fi fty tees, practise bunkers, putting and chipping green as well as a stylish clubroom with a restaurant, bar and sheltered terrace, pro-shop and parking lot for 230 cars.Access: from the road E 461 Brno – Svitavy, turn off to Boskovice, at the end of the town turn towards Benešov and Kořenec; distance from Boskovice 11 kmSeason: April – October

SG&CCKořenec 152, 680 01 BoskoviceTel./Fax: +420 516 467 504, 516 467 016e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

A nine-hole golf course in the com-plex of the Brno racing circuit covers an area of 20 ha. It has an extremely interesting terrain with an altitude difference between individual holes from 15 to 30 metres. The visitors will appreciate the easy acces-sibility from the highway D1 (circa 2,5 km) and also the friendly atmosphere for beginner players.Access: exit 178 Ostrovačice from the highway D1 Praha – Brno or exit 182 Kývalka, further towards Grand Prix Paddock, 2,5 kmSeason: March – November

Golf klub AMK Automotodrom BrnoP.O.BOX 98, 656 98 BrnoTel.: +420 546 216 462e-mail: [email protected], [email protected], www.gkab.cz, www.grb.cz

Golf Club Austerlitz

Hotel MoraviaLasákův Mlýn ****

Dukelská 77, 680 01 BoskoviceTel.: +420 516 454 441, 516 454 657Fax: +420 561 453 589e-mail: [email protected]/restaurace

Sokrates Golf & Country Club

Golf klub AMK Automotodrom Brno



Found in the Brno park Lužánky are two complexes of tennis courts. The lower complex by Lužánecká street includes six courts, grand-stand, sauna and restaurant. It is an ideal place for holding tourna-ments. The upper complex on the Lidická street includes four courts and practise wall.

BLTC BrnoDrobného 45 a, 602 00 BrnoTel.: +420 545 215 594, 549 245 672, e-mail: [email protected]

Brno Lužánky Tennis Club

The advantage of this tennis club is its beautiful location in the middle of a forest, in a valley sheltered from the wind. Found in the complex are seven open clay courts and one asphalt court with a practise wall, in winter there are three clay courts in an infl atable hall. The offer doesn’t forget about tennis lessons with a trainer, camps and boot-camps for individuals, collectives and tennis teams, tennis school and training for all age and performance categories. The complex also includes a restau-rant with a terrace, sauna with a small swimming pool and tennis sports shop with a string service.

Tennis complex ZnojmoHorní Leska, 669 02 Znojmo, Tel.: +420 515 222 015

Excalibur Club Tennis Znojmo

Found in the complex are sport halls for tennis, as well as for volleyball and indoor football. Halls have an artifi cial surface and artifi cial lights for night operation. The offer is supplemented by infra-sauna, so-larium, indoor swimming pool with an opening roof, area for relaxation on deck-chairs, refreshments and parking lot.

Sport and relaxation complex of the company ČAS Znojmo s. r. o.Suchohrdelská 20, 669 02 ZnojmoTel.: +420 515 226 989, 728 549 272, Fax: +420 515 226 986e-mail: [email protected]

The guesthouse offers three clay tennis courts and in winter a tennis hall, squash court, bowling with two alleys and a relaxation terrace with a bar-becue area. Suitable for company presentations and training courses, as well as for private accommodation. Sporting grounds are available also for the public.

FINO CLUB ModřiceU hřiště 737, 664 42 ModřiceTel.: +420 547 216 711Fax: +420 547 216 711e-mail: fi no@fi nobrno.czwww.fi nobrno.cz/club

FINO CLUB Modřice

The modern hotel offers not only comfortable accommodation, but also a whole range of services and accompanying programmes. One of them is focused on tennis, because the hotel has a large infl atable tennis hall, which can be used throughout the whole year. Available for visitors is a tennis school and sparring partners. The hotel complex also includes an outdoor swimming pool with a helter-skelter and minigolf.

Hotel Koupaliště LetoviceU Koupaliště 10/82, 679 61 LetoviceTel.: +420 516 474 643, Tel./Fax: +420 516 474 481 e-mail: [email protected]

Hotel Koupaliště Letovice

Six clay courts in the beautiful environment of the chateau park in Veselí nad Moravou.

LAWN TENIS CLUBZámecká 94, P.O.BOX 53, 698 01 Veselí nad MoravouTel.: +420 910 835, 606 885 226

LAWN TENNIS CLUB

Sport and relaxation complex of ČAS Znojmo

• TJ Start Brno Loosova 1b, 638 00 Brno

• Tennis hall Kohoutovice Voříškova 59, 623 00 Brno

• TC Classic – IP Sport Brno Žabovřeská 3, 616 00 Brno

• Zetor ŽLTC Brno Bubeníčkova 52, 615 00 Brno

• Tennis hall Brno-Slatina Tuřanka 1, 627 00 Brno

• BTK Ingstav Brno J. Obrovského 2, 635 00 Brno

• TC MJ Tenis Brno Novolíšeňská 10, 628 00 Brno

• SK Bosonohy Hoštická ulice, 642 00 Brno

• Tennis hall Slováckého tenisového klubu Haškova 2760, 690 02 Břeclav

• LTC Hodonín Brněnská 3983, 695 01 Hodonín

• Tennis hall Kaunicova 1, 684 01 Slavkov u Brna

• TK Sportcentre Šlapanice Dlouhá 98, 664 51 Šlapanice u Brna

Other tennis halls

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Short horse-riding trips or several day journeys in a saddle, as well as weekends and summer holidays for children and adults – this is the Nosislav Keep, small family farm with many big and small animals, offering peace and relaxation: • Horse riding with a professional guide for beginners and advanced riders• One-day trips for a group of two to four riders• A several day trip for a group of three to four riders• Firm and travelling camps for children, can be combined with cycling• Horse-riding school in a free round range or in the hall• Relaxation stays with exercise on horses• Programme for one-day and several-day school trips• Accommodation in an ancient water keep in the style of “at granny’s cottage” or in an independent apartment

Tvrz Nosislav KeepNa Tvrzi 72, 691 64 Nosislav, Tel.: +420 723 073 073, 547 238 424e-mail: [email protected], www.volny.cz/nosislav-tvrz

Complex with a horse riding hall 18 x 60 m, sand riding school 25 x 70 m and stable for 18 horses.

Horse-riding school Uherčice691 62 UherčiceTel.: +420 519 418 166, 723 467 070e-mail: [email protected]

A guesthouse with stylish restau-rant offers horse riding and horse riding lessons for beginners and advanced.

Guesthouse and restaurant Horse Farm671 63 Lechovice 9Tel.: +420 515 271 438Fax. +420 515 271 619e-mail: [email protected]

Nosislav Keep

Horse-riding school Uherčice

Guesthouse and restaurant Horse Farm

This offer is dedicated to those who are considering recreational horse riding, but do not know when and where to start. In the agro-tourist com-plex Crow Colony – Osada Havranů they can fi nd a stable with a complete background for riders and their companies, horse riding school, where the beginners under supervision gain their fi rst experience, skilled trainers and vacant boxes for stabling of their own horses. More advanced riders will appreciate riding through the nearby Podyjí National Park. Awaiting visitors is also hippo-therapy, tasting of local wines, tour to a local wine cellar with refreshments and accommodation.

Agrotourist stable Osada Havranů – Crow ColonyHnanice, 669 02 ZnojmoTel.: +420 606 767 786, 721 734 752, Fax: +420 515 221 080e-mail: [email protected]

A family farm, focused on breeding horses and milking cows, offers horse riding lessons, hippotherapy and relaxation stays in the coun-try. Accommodation available in a building, or in camp for tents and caravans.

Horse farm TrnkaKřepice 52, 671 40 BěhařoviceTel.: +420 515 252 272, 723 401 582farmatrnka.webpark.cz

A guesthouse in farming style offers accommodation, horse riding and pony riding, trips in a carriage along the popular routes in the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape.

Hippoclub Lednice21. dubna 4, 691 44 LedniceTel.: +420 519 340 477, 736 625 745Fax: +420 519 340 885e-mail: [email protected]

Hippoclub Lednice

The caravan camping site lies in a quiet area, suitable also for easy hik-ing and cycling trips. Guests can select form a wide choice of services for example a swimming pool, bicycle hire, horse riding and rides in a carriage, children’s play area, table tennis, volleyball court, minigolf and

tennis court. It is also possible to book visits to a wine cellar with wine tasting and country evenings.

Camping CountryHluboké Mašůvky 257, 671 52Tel./Fax: +420 515 255 249e-mail: [email protected]

Camping Country

Farm Trnka

Crow Colony Hnanice


Forest, water and hunting

The old carvings defying time remind us of pictures of hunting. However, the former pastime of aristocrats had already a long time ago turned into entertainment for some, a sporting event for others. One way or the other, all admirers of hunting will find in The Southern Moravia a plentiful choice of possibilities. In the hunting grounds, game parks and pheasantries bred for centuries have been fallow deer and moufflons, red deer, roe deer as

well as wild boar. And as the hunt is a special event, where everything has its stable place, it is of course that prepared for all guests are hunting guides, interpreters and stylish accommodation.If you prefer fishing to historical rituals, you will appreciate not only plenty of fish in the trout and non-trout waters, but also the opportunity to get a fishing permit for attractive tourist areas, or even the special offer to catch trophy fish.

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Game-keeping and hunting

The most signifi cant administrator of the hunting grounds is the Forestry Works – Lesní závod Židlochovice. The hunting guests have the opportu-nity to hunt hoofed game – fallow deer, mouffl ons, red deer, roe deer and wild boar – in the game reserves and on the free hunting grounds. The breeding and hunting of pheasants has an almost three hundred year old tradition in the Židlochovice area; traditional hunts in the historical pheas-antries in a day reach 500 – 1,500 pieces of pheasant game.All hunting guests or groups have an interpreter and hunting guide at their disposal. The excised trophies are prepared for assessment and passing over to the guests within 24 hours.The guests can stay in the hunting lodges of the Forestry Works, or di-rectly in the Židlochovice chateau. It offers six single and thirteen double bedrooms, as well as seven suites for the more demanding clients. For the pleasant stay of the guests available is a hunting dining room, a pink lounge and a main social hall, as well as the chateau Art gallery, exhibi-tion of the contemporary signifi cant game trophies and a modern confer-ence centre with a capacity of 100 persons.

The Forestry Works – Lesní závod Židlochovice manages the game re-serves Soutok (4600 ha), Moravský Krumlov (2600 ha), Bulhary (1250 ha), Klentnice (560 ha) and Termanec (120 ha).

Lesy České republiky, s.p.Lesní závod Židlochovice667 01 ŽidlochoviceTel.: +420 547 231 004Fax: +420 547 231 016e-mail: [email protected]

The Židlochovice state chateau belongs among the best preserved hunting chateaux in Europe and to-gether with the historical pheasant-ries and the deer game reserves it creates a unique hunting complex, following the hundred year old hunting tradition of this region. The former water keep from the 13th century underwent several re-constructions and was turned into a representative noble residence. The Baroque alterations of the cha-teau were performed by Duke Sintzendorff (1696–1743), who also had a signifi cant infl uence on the hunting development of the Židlochovice estates. The Habsburg Archduke Fridrich, who owned the chateau between 1895–1918, mainly infl uenced the present appearance of the Classicist hunting chateau. In this period in Židlochovice the grandiose hunts for small game were organised and the Archduke with his family brought to the chateau trophies of game, hunted down on the hunting grounds of the entire Austria-Hungary. In 1918 the Židlochovice chateau was transferred to the ownership of the Czechoslovakian Republic and it also became a popular summer residence of the fi rst Czechoslovakian president T. G. Masaryk.

Fishing

Thanks to the nature and climate conditions the fi shing-grounds of the Southern Moravian region belong among the richest in the whole Czech Republic. Besides the most interesting localities in the trout and non-trout waters, we can offer you a contact to the Moravian Fishermen’s Union, where you can fi nd information regarding all the fi shing-grounds including contacts to their keepers, as well as detailed information about fi shing tickets and permits.If you are not a member of the fi shermen’s union, you will need a permit for fi shing for the particular fi shing-ground, which you can get in the branch offi ces of the Moravian Fisherman’s Union, at the councils and in the accommodation facilities in the vicinity of the fi sh-ing-grounds. Foreign fi shermen besides the permit also need to buy a fi shing ticket, which is available at the councils in towns and villages.

Moravian Fishermen’s UnionSoběšická 83, 614 00 BrnoTel./Fax: +420 548 523 437, 548 526 336, www.mrsbrno.cz

• Dyje – from the dam of the Vranov reservoir to the water reservoir in Znojmo. This fi shing-ground lies in the Podyjí Na- tional Park and is subject to special regulations (appointed and marked access roads, marked places for fi shing)

• Jihlava – from Hrubšice to the confl uence with the Oslava river• Říčka – from Ochoz village to the reservoirs in the Marian Valley• Svitava – from Zboněk village to the weir in Blansko

Trout waters

Fishpond Pod mlýnem in SedlecA fi shpond rich with fi sh with a big portion of trophy fi sh – carps, amurs and barbels – lying by the village of Sedlec in the Pálava Protected Landscape Area. Fishing daily from April 1 to October 31, night fi shing after prior agreement. Permits are available right in the complex, there is also a park-ing lot, sale of fi shing equipment, processing of fi sh, refreshments, photo-graphs with the catch, accommodation in double bed log cabins and other services. The complex can be hired and reserved for private groups.Telephone to the complex: +420 519 513 266

Fishpond TěšeticeAn intricate water reservoir in a beautiful and peaceful environment sur-rounded by forests reaching down to the water. Among the fi sh can be found carps, amurs, silver carps, barbels, pike perch and breams. This

water is ideal for beautiful trophy carps. Fishing is possible from April 1 to August 31 from 6:00 to 21:00, from September 1 to December 31, or before the water becomes frozen, from 6:00 to 19:00. Accommodation is available in the cottage on the bank of the reservoir.Telephone to the complex: +420 604 781 201, +420 515 221 355, +420 515 275 221

Fish Farm – Rybníkářství Pohořelice a.s.Vídeňská 717, 691 23 PohořeliceTel.: +420 519 424 372–5Fax: +420 519 424 243e-mail: [email protected]

We would like to invite you for carps, amurs and barbels

• Dyje – from the water reservoir in Znojmo to the Upper Nové Mlýny reservoir and from the Lower Nové Mlýny reservoir to the state border• Vranov reservoir – to the state border in Podhradí nad Dyjí• Nové Mlýny reservoirs – including the neighbouring water reservoirs and dead arms of the Dyje river• Jihlava – from the Cvrčovice village to the Nové Mlýny reservoirs

• Křetínka – water reservoir• Morava – from Veselí nad Mora- vou to Lanžhot• Svitava – from Bílovice nad Svi- tavou to the mouth of the Svitava river into the Nové Mlýny reservoirs• Svratka – from Štěpánovice to the mouth of the Svratka river into the Brno Dam and from its dam to the mouth of the Svratka river into the Nové Mlýny reservoirs • Brno Dam

Non-trout waters

Židlochovice Chateau


Romantic holidays in the country

Are you looking for a place where you would feel really good? Holidays in the country in The Southern Moravia offer ideal conditions for peaceful moments, days and weeks. Picturesque country, undisturbed lifestyle and private atmosphere of cottages and farms are in these fast-moving times very precious. What is awaiting you? Besides other things you can peek into the mystery of agriculture and farming, maybe just at the time of country fairs and harvest

festivals, which are inseparable from this lifestyle. Holidays in the country mean long walks through forests and meadows, fishing, horse riding and also for your children to get familiar with the farm animals so closely that they can “pat” them. And because the way to The Southern Moravia’s love is through the stomach, you mustn’t forget to try freshly smoked meat, crispy bread and home-made cheese, accompanied by excellent Moravian wine and fruit.

Holidays in the country and green holidays

Where can you spend your green holidays?

Country tourism offers accommo-dation possibilities in small camping sites, farms, summer apartments, guesthouses and country hotels. The accommodation facilities hav-ing a certifi cate by the Association of Entrepreneurs in country and agro tourism of the Czech Republic are included in the national tourist offer of country tourism called Holidays in the Country.Some of the accommodation facilities comply with the higher international criteria ECEAT International – European Centre for Ecological and Ag-ricultural Tourism. They are marked by the special emblem and can be included in the prestige European programme Green Holidays.

ECEAT CZ – European Centre for Eco Agro TourismŠumavská 31b, 612 54 BrnoTel./Fax: 541 235 080e-mail: [email protected], www.prazdninynavenkove.cz

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Right in the heart of the wine-grow-ing region, in the centre of vineyards and under the romantic limestone rock faces of Pálava, awaiting the guests is the peasant house, in which the original features of the ru-ral architecture are still preserved,

including the wine cellar. The house operates from April to September, available for guests is a parking area, bicycle and sporting equipment hire. In the environs you will fi nd excellent conditions for cycling, swimming and water sports, you can go horse riding or enjoy the local gastronomic spe-cialities in many restaurants. Home-made wine, barbecue and pleasant sitting area in the sheltered atrium guarantee pleasant evenings.

Contact address: Ing. Pavel Raszka, Bořetická 4, 628 00 BrnoTel./Fax: +420 544 215 814, 602 551 542Address of the house: U Razsků, 691 86 Perná 151

Perná – At the Raszka Family

Do you prefer higher standard services and wish to live in comfort even in the country? Then you should choose a hotel in a small village, which includes an English-style bar fi replace and a stylish wine bar with outdoor seating area. You can admire the charms of The Southern Moravia on bi-cycles, which you can hire in the hotel; the famous cyclo-route Amber Path cuts through the nearby environs, close by water reservoirs Nové Mlýny offer an unlimited array of water entertainment and social activities. But you can also go to Pálava or to the picturesque historical town of Mikulov.

Hotel Drnholec ***nám. Svobody 8, 691 83 DrnholecTel.: +420 519 519 307, 519 519 217Fax: +420 519 519 360e-mail: [email protected]

Hotel Drnholec

The environs of Nová Ves offers above all excellent conditions for all fans of water sports and stays by the water – and who is not satisfi ed with sev-eral ponds in the close vicinity, can get on their way to the nearby Nové Mlýny reservoirs. You will fi nd accommodation on the fi rst fl oor of the fam-ily house, which is very well equipped. The owner is a vine-grower, lives on the ground fl oor and looks after a small farm. Directly in the house you can hire sporting equipment or bikes and go for a trip to Pálava, to the Led-

nice-Valtice Cultural Landscape, nicely on the fl at countryside around large water reservoirs or up to the hills to the charms of vineyards and wine cellars.

Address: Jan BrhelNová Ves 84, 691 23 PohořeliceTel. +420 519 425 019, 519 425 570

Nová Ves – At the Brhel Family

A small village with a famous pil-grimage church, surrounded by many forests and meadows, is as if made for wonderful family holidays. Awaiting you is a small farm, whose owners grow crops and potatoes, breed poultry, cows – you can try to milk a cow!, goats, pigs, rabbits, cats and dogs. You will be staying

right by the farm, in a small camp for two to three caravans or fi ve to ten tents. Available for the guests are the sitting area around the open fi re place and parking place, wooden shelter with hot water, two showers, WC, washbasin, sink for washing dishes and electricity connection for caravans. The camp is in operation from the beginning of June to the end of August. In the close environs of Vranov you will discover many other attractions – horse riding, stylish restaurants with regional specialities and also a popular destination for lovers of more challenging tourism – the rocky range Babí lom with a look-out.

Address: Markéta Kousalová, Kateřinská 82, 664 32 Vranov u BrnaTel. +420 541 239 168

Are you tempted by romantic high-lands with deep forests? Then you should pick for your country holiday Benešov, situated in the heart of Drahanská Highlands at the altitude of 720 metres. You can stay in a nice, modern equipped recreation house with a big fence and large lawn.The owners have a stable with three riding horses of the Hafl ing breed, which of course they saddle up also for their guests, but you can also hire mountain bikes, play table tennis, volleyball or footballtennis, go for a sauna, sit by the camp fi re or on the terrace under a pergola, whilst your children go wild in the children’s play area and by the 9-pin bowl-ing. In Benešov you will also fi nd a minigolf course and good restaurants, mushroom pickers will enjoy themselves in the near by forest, water lovers will appreciate swimming in the pond and relaxation by the water.

Contact address: Květoslava Kubalíková, Jeřabinová 3, 602 00 BrnoTel. +420 543 249 054, 602 501 259Address of the cottage: Chalupa Na Pavlově, 679 53 Benešov 223Tel. +420 516 467 248

Benešov – cottage Na Pavlově

R o m a n t i c h o l i d a y s i n t h e c o u n t r y

Vranov u Brna – camp site


Let them pamper you

Dreams about walks under the arches of a colonnade, drinking healing mineral waters, promenade concerts and crispy spa wafers belong among the dreams, which can come true. How and with what you will pick to enrich your stay in The Southern Moravia is only up to you. For someone the “healthy” holidays can’t be without fitness and recondition exercise, stretching, aerobics and body building. But The

Southern Moravia is also a paradise for admirers of wellness. Wonderful holidays, where the main part is played by swimming pools with thermal water, light saunas, whirlpools, steams perfumed by the scent of herbs, massages, wraps and above all relaxation and the motto “no stress and no rush”, rightfully are becoming more and more popular. Join us and enjoy yourself!

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L e t t h e m p a m p e r y o u

One of the youngest spas in the Czech Republic having its own nat-ural healing source – iodobromide water with a high content of iodous salts, one of the best quality waters of its kind in Europe. Therefore the essential part of the treatment is in the iodobromide baths, wraps and traditional methods of hydrotherapy. In a modern pavilion with a thera-peutic swimming pool and whirlpool the clients can enjoy classic hand massages, underwater and refl ex massages, pearl, addition, herbal and whirlpool baths, electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, paraffi n wraps and gas injections, available is also myostimulator, individual and group exercises. In Hodonín the treatment is specialised especially in the locomotive system and circulation disor-ders, but also anyone who is eager for relaxation and harmony will be welcomed. The spa complex further offers accommodation in a hundred of double bedrooms, for the more demanding guests there are suites avail-able. Together with the stay in the spa of course also belong trips to the environs, to chateaux, wine-growing celebrations and traditional feasts, boat trips on the Morava river or visits to the wine cellars. For sporting activities bicycle hire is available, you can go for a walk in the spa park or visit the Hodonín zoo and other places of interest.

Spa – Lázně HodonínMěšťanská 140, 695 04 HodonínTel.: +420 518 321 164, Fax: +420 518 321 166e-mail: [email protected], www.laznehodonin.cz

The relaxation and rehabilitation centre provides all basic kinds of rehabili-tation treatment. A team of professional physiotherapists will prepare a re-habilitation programme for you, which can involve depending on individual requirements and specifi c disorders the following procedures: • Kineziology analyses – an entrance examination for the purpose of specifying the therapeutic programme• Hydrotherapy – whole-body or limb whirlpool baths• Rehabilitation exercise – individual or for groups, under supervision• Exercise on balls and stationary bicycles• Refl ex and muscle massages• Soft techniques and mobilisation of peripheral joints and backbone• Electrotherapy – according to the doctor’s recommendations there are various kinds of physiotherapy available (ultrasound, magnetotherapy, diadynamic, BTL apparatus with a number of currents with analgesic, relaxing and other effects)The spa house is situated in a quiet part of the town Slavkov u Brna and thanks to its facilities it is also suitable for company weekend seminars, training courses and business meetings, as well as for special occasions, family holiday or sports clubs. Available are suites, double bedrooms and a single room with easy access for disabled, bar and club room.

Spa house – Lázeňský dům Slavkov – Austerlitz Medical s.r.o.Zlatá Hora 1466684 01 Slavkov u BrnaTel.: +420 544 227 485Fax: +420 544 227 489e-mail: [email protected]

Spa House Slavkov

A town with rich folklore and cultural traditions is a signifi cant centre of Slovácko, the Masaryk Museum in the Baroque chateau com-memorates the well-known local countryman, the fi rst Czechoslovakian president T. G. Masaryk. Hodonín offers quality tourist services and a wide choice of sporting activities, situated in the south-western part of the town is the zoo.

Hodonín

The sanatorium is situated in a reconstructed Renaissance house form the 12th century in the his-torical centre of Znojmo. It provides services on the basis of the latest scientifi c fi ndings and technologies from the West in a perfect blend with traditional Chinese techniques from the East. It specialises in clients with locomotive system disorders, but the additional services include regeneration, relaxation, wellness, spa treatment as well as alternative treatment. In the reception of the Sanatorium the exhibitions of local artists are regularly held.

Sanatorium for backache treat-ment of MUDr. Milan PodlipnýDivišovo náměstí 10669 02 ZnojmoTel.: +420 515 223 207, 515 260 666, Fax: +420 515 260 555e-mail: [email protected], www.sanatorium-podlipny.cz

Spa Hodonín

Sanatorium for Backache Treatment

A spa complex offering massages and baths with sulphur natural mineral water. The range of services includes also bowling, restaurant with bar, social hall and accommodation.

Community centre – Společenský dům – Orlovna ŠitbořiceOsvobození 403, 691 76 ŠitbořiceTel.: +420 519 421 367

Community centre Šitbořice


Cultural treasures and living customs

The Southern Moravia offers plenty of possibilities of culture, entertainment and the joy of shopping. The range of possibilities in front of you is at least as varied as the local countryside. Every day something is going on, everywhere and for everybody – concerts of classical music, folklore festivals and last but not least the stylish castle celebrations and folklore festivals, where enticing visitors are historical fairs, shows of historical handicrafts and knight

jousting. You should certainly take your children to the romance of the Wild West in the western town or to one of the zoos. Every year there are many grand celebrations and events, standing out among them are commemorative and pious events for the anniversary of Napoleon’s Battle of Three Emperors. When you also consider good accommodation, food and drinks, high quality and affordable prices, you will find out that there is no reason to hesitate.

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Folklore

The well of folklore tradition in The Southern Moravia is really deep and appears to be bottomless. The roads are lined with many Holy Crosses, chapels, Way Side Columns and sculptures of saints, the nostalgia of the old times breathes from the brightly coloured ornaments protruding from the white rendering on the walls of old dwellings. Visitors to this countryside are of course attracted by the colourful airy folk costumes, ancient customs and forgotten trades, not forgetting characteristic dialects, tender lyric and brisk rhythmical folk songs, melodies of dulcimer musical ensembles and dances. In various places in the region held every year are various folklore celebrations and the imaginary gates of the vil-lages and towns during the festive days are wide open to welcome hundreds and thousands of visitors.

Every year at the end of June the town of Strážnice comes to life by the magic of folk songs, danc-ing and folk costumes, customs and other aspects of traditional folk culture. This oldest and most signifi cant folklore festival in the Czech Republic tries to rescue and introduce traditions of folk culture not only from Bohemia and Moravia, but also of other nations and ethnic minorities. Folk-lore ensembles from the Czech Republic and abroad, and even the representatives of the ethnic minorities meet here every year. A part of the Festival includes performances of children’s ensembles and a series of programmes in the environment of the open-air museum – Museum of the Village of the South-eastern Moravia. Lovers of folk songs and music as well as lovers of wine and regional gastronomy will certainly also enjoy themselves – in other words anyone can choose what they de-sire from the programme selection.

Institute of folk culture – Ústav lidové kultury, 696 62 StrážniceTel.: +420 518 332 092, 518 332 132, Fax: +420 518 332 101e-mail: [email protected], www.ulk-straznice.cz

International folklore festival Strážnice

A signifi cant folklore celebration held once every four years, in which taking part are tens of folklore and music ensembles from the Kyjov region and its wide environs. During four August days from Thursday to Sunday Kyjov is dedicated to folk traditions and customs, songs, the richness and beauty of folk cos-tumes. The programme of the folk-lore festival includes besides stage

performances also events, which regularly repeat. On Thursday it is the brass band show, on Friday erecting the May pole, on Saturday a folk fair and a big folk costume parade through the town. The main Sunday event is the Ride of Kings and pulling down of the May pole.

Tourist information centre KyjovTel.: 518 610 180, 518 613 302, Fax: 518 612 357e-mail: [email protected], www.kyjov.com

The scene of yearly folklore celebrations is in Velká nad Veličkou, the centre of the Horňácko area and at the same time the entrance point to the White Carpathiens. Rich traditions of folk art and folklore, which take place in the second half of July, present visitors with a rich palette of entertain-ment – fairs, performances of the children’s dulcimer music ensembles, women’s choirs, regional artists and composed programmes of individual ensembles.

Council – Obec Velká nad Veličkou696 74 Velká nad Veličkou, Tel.: +420 518 329 201, Fax: +420 518 329 201e-mail: [email protected], www.obecvelka.cz

Horňácko celebrations

The centre of the folklore life in the Podluží area is in the town of Tvrdonice. In the local complex during the fi rst weekend in June the folklore celebra-tions Podluží in Song and Dance take place, after the Strážnice celebra-tions the second most famous folklore festival in Moravia. During these days to Tvrdonice come not only folk music ensembles but also the young and old in traditional folk costumes, to show and perform for visitors folk songs, customs and rituals, as well as the art of singing “ornament”, dance and music. Included in the festival is a brass band show, village youth com-ing on horse drawn carriages and the main event of the celebrations, intro-

ducing the ensembles and groups from Podluží and guests from other regions, local and foreign.

Council – Obecní úřad Tvrdonice691 53 TvrdoniceTel.: +420 519 339 203e-mail: [email protected]/cze/obce/tvrdonice

Podluží in song and dance

Accomodation

Hotel Club ***

Komenského 596, 697 01 KyjovTel.: +420 518 614 313Fax: +420 518 616 982e-mail: [email protected]

Flag Hotel ***

Předměstí 3, 696 62 StrážniceTel.: +420 518 332 059, 518 332 060Fax: +420 518 332 099e-mail: fl [email protected] ag.cz

Moravian Slovakian Year in Kyjov



Brno – the city of culture, festivals and classical music

The variety of culture, which Brno offers, is at least as diverse as the entire Southern Moravia. You can start for example with a walk around local historical squares, busy city streets and courtyards of old palaces. Just these places during summer turn into unu-sual stages, where in front of the eyes of local and foreign tourists the old and contemporary art comes to life. There certainly was a good reason why this city became the home and inspiration source for many artists, scientists and composers. Brno really has a lot to offer – museums and galleries, theatres, cinemas, multi-movie theatres, concerts, libraries, music clubs and social multipurpose halls, literary coffee shops and tea rooms, various clubs for all age groups, markets, folk celebrations and festivals all year round – this is Brno, sacred to Muses.

Ten days of entertainment, more than two hundred events of all kinds and hundreds of thousands of visitors – this is a brief statistic of the more and more popular festival. The programmes are concentrated mainly in the centre of the city, at the Brno dam, the complex of the Brno trade fair and exhibition centre and the castles of Špilberk and Veveří.

What can you see and hear during those days? Here is just a random se-lection of the colourful range offering the most enticing possibilities, for ex-ample the regular fi reworks competition show Ignis Brunensis, traditional meeting of hot-air balloonists, rides in historical trams and buses, open-air concerts and theatre performances, historical fairs, car races, folk castle celebrations… All in all if you want to come to Brno and have fun, the tradi-tional festival at the turn of May and June is the best choice for you.

Cultural and Information Centre of the City of BrnoTel.: +420 542 211 090, Fax: +420 542 210 758e-mail: [email protected], www.kultura-brno.cz

The biggest project of its kind in the Czech Republic, a series of six sacred music concerts between Palm and White Sundays, is the yearly crown of signifi cant Christian celebrations in The Southern Moravia. Since 1997 the festival has been held in the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Brno at Petrov under the authority of the Bishop of Brno.

ARS/KONCERT s.r.o.

Easter Festival of Sacred Music

The biggest celebration of classical music in Moravia commemorating signifi cant anniversaries of famous composers and at the same time refl ecting signifi cant contemporary music trends. Every year it involves circa thirty symphonic and chamber concerts, a number of instrumental and vocal recitals, opera and ballet performances as well as various new kinds of stage performances. Every year during three autumn weeks apart from music of the Czech com-posers premiered are works of many signifi cant international authors. The traditional stage of the symphonic concerts and opera performances usually is in the Janáček Theatre,

the smaller events are mainly held in the Besední House, the seat of the State Philharmonic Orchestra Brno. Included in the colourful mosaic of con-cert evenings is the Colloquium of Musicology, which refl ects on the festival theme in the discussions. Since 1996 the International competition of organ interprets has been included among the events.

ARS/KONCERT s.r.o.

The festival is a special occasion for those who like to explore something new and interesting in music. New music oversteps the classic conven-tions in all aspects. Concerts are mostly held at very unusual places, or in the famous Brno music clubs, the programme introduces various trends of contemporary composition in quality international interpretation, music carries in itself a risk of the unknown and with its unpredictable diversity and array doesn’t have to suit every listener. However those, who are will-ing to open themselves and listen, can during the Exposition of New Music fi nd what they have been looking for.

ARS/KONCERT s.r.o.Úvoz 39, 602 00 Brno, Tel.: +420 543 233 116, Fax: +420 543 233 358e-mail: [email protected], www.arskoncert.cz

Exposition of New Music

Chateaux, churches, synagogue, as well as the chateau greenhouse or the entrance hall into the noble Crypt make the premises, where another signifi cant Moravian festival, Concentus Moraviae, takes place, being the largest festival of old music in the Czech Republic. Every year during three weeks at the beginning of summer in fourteen basic Moravian towns in the environs of Brno and two additional towns, often at unique historical places, you can hear classical music in its best interpretation. One concert is always held in the Austrian bordering area. The interesting structure of the festival asks for a more demanding audience, therefore the concept of the programme of Concentus Moraviae is exceptionally worked out, qual-ity and it always brings something new. The festival had a very successful “French” annual and a not any less successful “Slavonic” concept, the lat-est innovations were jazz and klezmer – music of Jewish composers. The festival Concentus Moraviae, focused especially on the young, but already top musicians, attracts tens of artists from all over the world including the biggest stars of the new generation.

International Centre of Slavonic Music –Mezinárodní centrum slovanské hudby Brno, o.p.s.Vápenka 14, 636 00 Brno, Tel.: +420 542 213 053, Fax: +420 542 213 056email: [email protected], www.concentus-moraviae.cz

Music festival CONCENTUS MORAVIAE

International music festival Moravian Autumn

Brno – the City in the Centre of Europe

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The Brno zoo, opened at the end of summer 1953 at Mniší Mountain in Brno – Bystrc, on the area of 24 ha they breed almost a thousand species of mainly exotic animals. Among the main attractions belong, without a doubt, new, very modern expositions. Under the peak of Mniší

Mountain is for example a large Safari free range, common for zebras, gnu, giraffe and ostriches, which is a copy of subsahara savannah. The pavilion Tropical kingdom is home especially for the typical representatives of tropi-cal fauna – crocodiles, turtles, snakes and lizards together with monkeys from the Amazonian tropical forest and cute suricate meerkats. The pavilion Tiger’s Rocks, full of rock faces, lakes and waterfalls, is divided into two ranges – for the Sumatra tigers and Ceylon leopards. Joining this pavilion is the building of the Service Centre, from the restaurant in this building, when sitting by the table, it is possible to observe the cats directly through the glass wall. The latest exposition opened at the end of summer 2003, is the range for wolfs and Canadian beavers, featuring a replica of an Indian log cabin with a totem pole. For children there is a large playground and also nearby children’s zoo, full of animals for patting and stroking. In the Brno zoo you can spend a whole day; just to see all the animals will take you a few hours, but because the individual expositions are freely scattered in the for-est on the slopes and on a crest of the Mniší Mountain, you will be constantly surrounded by nature. For less fi t visitors there are electro-cars, which will help them to climb up the main slope of the mountain, in the top part of the zoo you can go for a ride in a small train.

Brno City Zoo – Zoologická zahrada města BrnaU Zoologické zahrady 45, 635 00 BrnoTel.: +420 546 432 311, Fax: +420 546 210 000e-mail: [email protected], www.zoobrno.cz

The zoo specialises in breeding of original kinds and species of domes-tic and farm animals from all around the world. The most popular ex-position is the Our Granny’s Yard, resembling an old farm yard, where you can pat and have a close look at various kinds of goats, sheep, pigs and poultry. For children the zoo-park has a whole range of attractions; besides see-saws and swings there are for example wooden sculp-tures of animals, used as monkey bars and forms. For fun of the small and the big there is also a small ceramic village, inhabited by small rodents – guinea-pigs and rabbits. The entrance to the complex cover-ing an area of 8 ha is found in the south-eastern corner of the chateau garden, which you can enter through the chateau complex directly from the centre of the town of Vyškov.

ZOO-PARK VyškovPalánek 424, 682 01 VyškovTel.: +420 517 346 356, 606 447 224, Fax: +420 517 346 356e-mail: [email protected]

Vyškov ZOO-PARK

Hodonín Zoo in the pleasant environment of the swamp forest breeds circa 450 animals of more than 150 species. Among the most signifi cant exposi-tions belongs Sea World, charming visitors by the unique beauty of the sea fauna and coral reefs, the pavilion of monkeys and the pavilion of exotic birds. Included in the complex is the children’s zoo with several kinds of animals “for patting”, accessible for children. In the box offi ce you can also buy food for animals and you can freely offer it to the animals in the Chil-dren’s zoo, as well as to goats and horses in other free ranges. The tour through the zoo, which covers an area of 7,5 ha takes one to two hours, however with children you will probably spend a longer time here. Awaiting the small visitors is the children’s play area and newly built playground, during the season there are also other attractions – jumping castle, motor-bikes, train and roundabouts. The zoo you can fi nd on the south-western outskirts of the town, in the quarter of Bažantnice. Free parking is circa 200 metres from the main entrance.

ZOO HodonínU červených domků 3529, 695 03 HodonínTel: +420 518 346 271, 606 741 106, Fax: +420 518 343 413E-mail: [email protected], www.zoo-hodonin.cz

The western town Wild West Boskovice is an amusement nature park built in the complex of a former sand quarry, which very much resembles country-side scenes from adventure movies. Every year in the amphitheatre held are new performances from the Wild West times, in the Buffallo Bill Show Arena you can see the wild riding of riders, cattle and horses. Not missing is also a trapper village with a stylish restaurant Tavern and famous cemetery Boot Hill. On top of that you can listen to stories of the fur trappers, buy Indian nick-nacks or stay in the hunter’s log cabin. If you are eager for Indian ro-mance, then you should get on your way to the Indian village, where you can sleep in a real Indian tee-pee. Awaiting you in the small town is a number of saloons with well-known country dancing, horse riding, artifi cial rain for long summer days and if you got a headache from all those attractions, you should certainly visit the Dr. Quinn offi ce. By the way, western town doesn’t overlook children. Every day there are competitions, games, slides and monkey bars waiting for them. You certainly won’t get bored.

Wild West BoskoviceKomenského 50, 680 01 BoskoviceTel.: +420 602 544 660e-mail: [email protected], www.wildwest.cz

Romance of the Wild West

Hodonín Zoo

Brno city Zoo


Holiday Programmes

Friday• arrival to Slavkov• in the morning playing on the golf course Golf Club Austerlitz (see page 23)• in the afternoon a tour to the chateau and continuing the golf programme, or relaxation in the Spa House Slavkov (see page 31)• in the evening swimming in the aquapark in Vyškov (see page 21)• accommodation in Slavkov or Vyškov

Saturday• departure to Kořenec• in the morning and in the afternoon playing on the golf course Sokrates Golf & Country Club (see page 23)• in the early evening departure to Boskovice, tour through the Jewish town, or entertainment programme in the Wild West City (see page 12 and 35)• accommodation in Boskovice

Sunday• departure to Brno• in the morning playing on the golf course Golf club AMK Brno in the complex of the Masaryk Circuit (see page 23)• in the afternoon boat trip on the Brno dam (see page 20)• departure in the early evening

This programme can be undertaken from 1st April to 31st October, which is the operation period of the golf courses, as well as the other establish-ments mentioned above.

1. Prolonged weekend on the golf coursesThe Southern Moravia will fulfi l the desires of the small and the big for discovery, entertainment and adventure. In order to help you to fi nd out what in this fl ood of ideas matches your nicely spent holidays, we have prepared two suggestions for one week routes and sightseeing tours in such a way, so they include as many interesting destinations and events as possible. Just as experienced and skilled chefs we have prepared for you a unique culinary experience: For the entrée a couple of old historical towns, the main course is made up of hills, forests and picturesque slopes of highlands with a side dish of ponds, rivers and dams, salad is made of hiking and cycling routes, we add two handfuls of chateaux, castles and monasteries, as a dessert we serve theatres, concerts and festivals – and instead of the so-called icing on the cake comes excellent wine from Mora-vian vineyards and regional gastronomic specialities. So off we go!

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Friday• arrival to Strážnice• in the morning a tour to the Open Air Museum – Museum of the Village of the South-eastern Moravia• in the afternoon a trip to the Travičné look-out (see page 13)• swimming in the outdoor swimming pool in Strážnice (see page 21)• evening party in the wine cellar, accommodation in Strážnice

Saturday• departure to Hodonín• on the way a stop in Petrov and a tour to the preservation zone of wine cellars Plže• visit to the Hodonín Zoo and Hodonín Spa (see page 31 and 35)• in the afternoon a tour to the chateau in Milotice and a walk through the chateau park• in the early evening departure to Čejkovice, tour to historical Templar cellars (see page 17)• social evening in the Templar wine bar, accommodation in Čejkovice in the former Templar keep

Sunday• departure to Veselí nad Moravou• boat trip on the Bata Canal (see page 20)• departure in the afternoon

This programme can be undertaken from 1st May to 31st August, which is the operation period of all the establishments mentioned above. Besides that you can pick from the current offer of folklore performances and folk celebrations.

2. All the charms of folklore and wine

3. Long journey through The Southern Moravia

First day• arrival to Brno• tour to the historical city centre (Old Town Hall, Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Špilberk castle)• accommodation in Brno

Second day• in the morning a tour to the villa Tugendhat – UNESCO monument, world’s masterpiece of functionalistic architecture. The villa from 1930 is the most signifi cant European structure of the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe• for the rest of the morning free programme, shopping• in the afternoon a visit to the Moravian Karst, tour to the Punkva caves, trip by a cable-car to the Macocha Abyss (see page 5)• return through Křtiny, pilgrimage church of the Name of the Virgin Mary • dinner, a visit to a selected cultural event (for example see page 34)• accommodation in Brno

Third day• a whole-day trip to the Austerlitz battleground (see page 8) – visit to the knolls of Žuráň and Santon, tour to the memorial and museum at the Peace Memorial and the Old Post Offi ce, in the afternoon a visit to Šlapanice and a tour to the chateau and museum in Slavkov• evening relaxation in the Spa House Slavkov (see page 31)• accommodation in Slavkov

Fourth day• in the morning departure to Strážnice, a tour to the Open Air Museum – Museum of the village of South-eastern Moravia (see page 13)• a stop in Petrov and tour to the preservation zone of wine cellars Plže, then departure to Lednice and a walk through the chateau park• in the afternoon a tour to the Lednice chateau and the chateau greenhouse (see page 6), during the season a boat trip along the chateau river Dyje (see page 20), a trip to other sights of the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape according to individual choice• dinner and social evening in a wine cellar, accommodation in Valtice

Fifth day• in the morning a tour to the Valtice chateau and National Salon of Wines, a walk along the Wine-growing educational path (see page 12 and 16)• in the afternoon departure to Mikulov, tour to the town, regional museum with wine-growing exposition, a visit to the Dietrichstein Crypt, a walk through the former Jewish quarter and a visit to the Jewish cemetery, for more sporty visitors a climb to the Holy Hill and a walk through the Pálava Protected Landscape Area• dinner and social evening in a wine cellar, tasting of wine from the Mikulov wine-growing region, accommodation in Mikulov

Sixth day• departure to Znojmo, tour to the historical centre and town’s underground, visit and tour to the Louka monastery with wine-growing expositions (see page 15)• in the afternoon according to choice a tour to Bítov castle or to the chateau Vranov nad Dyjí, walk through the Podyjí National park to the Hardegg look-out (see page 11)• dinner and social evening in a wine cellar, tasting of wine from the Znojmo wine-growing region, accommodation in Znojmo

Seventh day• in the morning departure along the route of the Wine-growing Tourist Programme (see page 15), visit to the Cross Wine Cellar in Přímětice, the oldest bottled wine archive cellar in the Czech Republic in Jaroslavice and Šobes vineyard• departure

This programme is designed for bigger groups. It can be started on any day, the offer of activities is valid throughout the whole year with some exceptions.


W h o t o c o m e t o T h e S o u t h e r n M o r a v i a w i t h ? – I n c o m i n g t r a v e l a g e n c i e s

The travel agency offers romantic holidays at the ranger’s house Kančí obora in the Lednice-Valtice cultural landscape; ideal conditions for hik-ing, cycling, swimming in natural water reservoirs, fi shing and wine-growing tourism (the ranger’s house has its own wine cellar). The agency

also prepares individual tourist programmes and package programmes for various time periods. As additional programmes they offer rides in a car-riage and boats, visits to the birds’ reserve, trips to Pálava and hunting. Languages: English and German.

Travel agency IRRA, v.o.s.Předměstí 399, 696 62 StrážniceTel.: +420 518 332 184, Fax: +420 518 332 067e-mail: [email protected], www.irra.cz

Guide services, tourist programmes according to individual demand and package several-day programmes.Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Polish.

Travel agency L.7 – OAZALidická 7, 602 00 BrnoTel.: +420 549 255 326, Fax: +420 541 211 448e-mail: [email protected]

Travel agency L.7 – OAZA

The travel agency offers group stays focused on excursions to the wine-growing areas, folklore events and historical monuments of The Southern Moravia. Special programmes for students and seniors, excursions to the city of Brno and its environs, tourist programmes according to individual demand.Languages: English, German.

Travel agency ZMS-TOURS spol. s r.o.Sukova 2, 602 00 BrnoTel.: +420 542 215 227, Fax: +420 542 215 220e-mail: [email protected], www.zmstours.cz

Travel agency ZMS-TOURS

The travel agency provides accommodation in The Southern Moravia, spa and tourist programmes with a visit to the Punkva caves and Austerlitz Battlefi eld. Tourist programmes according to individual demand.Languages: English, German, Russian, professional guides also in French and Spanish.

Travel agency ČEDOKNádražní 10/12, 656 42 BrnoTel.: +420 542 321 267, 542 211 562, Fax: +420 542 213 179e-mail: [email protected], www.cedok.cz

Travel agency ČEDOK

The travel agency offers wellness holidays, wine-tasting and banquets in wine cellars, historical and chateau premises. Incentive tourism, visit to the Southern Moravian folklore events, excursions to breweries, wineries and traditional workshops. Accommodation in hotels and guesthouses, transport by microbuses and luxury buses. Individual tourist programmes according to demand.Languages: English, German.

Travel agency TRAVEL 2002 spol. s r.o.Moravské náměstí 4, 602 00 BrnoTel./Fax: +420 542 210 102e-mail: [email protected], www.travel2002.cz

Travel agency TRAVEL 2002

The travel agency offers excursions to The Southern Moravia focused on cultural, historical, technical and folklore monuments. Programmes of the excursions are accompanied by a gourmet theme, specialities of Southern Moravian cuisine, wine tasting, beer tasting in breweries, or a folklore per-formance. The agency also offers a guide, transport and accommodation services, tourist programmes according to individual demand.Languages: English, German, French, Hungarian, Croatian, Polish.

Travel agency ČEBUS, s.r.o.Běhounská 132/19, 656 34 BrnoTel: +420 542 217 898, 542 215 145, 542 210 046, Fax: +420 542 216 185e-mail: [email protected], www.acebus.cz

Travel agency ČEBUS

The travel agency provides incom-ing tourism within the entire Czech Republic, agency bus MAN, profes-sional guides in English, German and Italian, accommodation and stays for groups and individuals. Ac-commodation available also in the agency’s guesthouse NOVA by the Vranov dam, tourist programmes according to individual demand.

Travel agency NOVAVelká Michalská 1, 669 01 ZnojmoTel.: +420 515 221 383, 515 223 099, Fax: +420 515 221 383e-mail: [email protected], www.cknova.cz

Travel agency IRRA

• Agency RTIC s.r.o Náměstí 30, 692 01 Mikulov Tel.: +420 519 512 200 e-mail: [email protected]

• Travel agency SWISS SERVICE – Hotel Vranov Masarykovo náměstí 42 682 01 Vyškov Tel.: +420 517 333 300 Fax: +420 517 333 301 E-mail: [email protected] www.hotelvranov.cz

• Travel agency Relax Tours, s.r.o. Pekařská 2, 602 00 Brno Tel.: +420 543 232 910 Fax: +420 543 232 911 e-mail: [email protected] www.relaxtours.cz

• FRAMO – ZNOJMO spol. s r.o. Rudoleckého 25, 669 02 Znojmo Tel.: +420 515 222 073 Fax: +420 515 221 147 e-mail: [email protected] www.framo.cz

• Travel agency KUDRNA s.r.o. Bašty 2, 663 14 Brno Tel.: +420 542 216 764 Fax: +420 542 216 763 e-mail: [email protected] www.kudrna.cz

• Travel agency COLUMBUS Masarykovo nám. 4, 682 01 Vyškov Tel.: +420 517 346 020 517 333 255 Fax: +420 517 346 020 E-mail: [email protected]

Other incoming travel agencies

Travel agency NOVA

The travel agency offers complex programmes, for example sightseeing tours to the city of Brno focused on historical monuments and functional-ism, further trips to the signifi cant sites and places of interest in the region: Moravian Karst, Austerlitz Battlefi eld with Peace Memorial Mohyla míru, Porta Coeli monastery in Předklášteří, Templar Wine Cellars in Čejkovice, Slavonic Epic by Alfons Mucha in Moravský Krumlov. Travel agency also prepares tourist programmes according to individual demand.Languages: English, German, Russian, French.

Travel agency BVV FAIR TRAVEL s.r.o.Starobrněnská 20, 602 00 BrnoTel.: +420 542 218 930, Fax: +420 542 216 507E-mail: [email protected], www.bvv.cz/ft

Travel agency BVV Fair Travel


To u r i s t i n f o r m a t i o n c e n t r e s

• Blansko information offi ce “Blanka” Rožmitálova 6, 678 01 Blansko Tel.: +420 516 410 470, Fax: +420 516 410 480 E-mail: [email protected], www.blansko.cz/blanka, www.blanensko.cz

• Central information service Skalní mlýn Skalní mlýn 65, 678 25 Blansko-Skalní mlýn Tel.: +420 516 410 024, 516 413 575, Fax: +420 516 413 579 E-mail: [email protected], www.cavemk.cz

• Town information centre Boskovice Masarykovo nám. 1, 680 01 Boskovice Tel.: +420 516 453 253, Fax: +420 516 453 253 E-mail: [email protected], www.boskovice.cz

• Cultural and information centre of the town of Brno Radnická 8, 602 00 Brno Tel.: +420 542 211 090, Fax: +420 542 210 758 E-mail: [email protected], www.kultura-brno.cz

• Tourist information centre Břeclav Nám. T. G. Masaryka 3, 690 81 Břeclav Tel.: +420 519 326 900, Fax: +420 519 326 900 E-mail: [email protected], www.breclav.org

• Cultural and information centre Dolní Kounice Masarykovo nám. 2, 664 64 Dolní Kounice Tel.: +420 546 420 005, Fax: +420 546 421 304 E-mail: [email protected] www.dolnikounice.cz, www.dolnikounice.obec.cz

• Information centre of the town Hodonín Národní třída 36, 695 35 Hodonín Tel.: +420 518 352 577, 518 351 437, Fax: +420 518 352 577 E-mail: [email protected], www.hodonin.com

• Tourist information centre of the Hustopeče region Dukelské nám. 23, Dům „U Synků“, 693 01 Hustopeče Tel.: +420 519 412 909, Fax: +420 519 412 909 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] www.hustopecsko.net

• Cultural and information centre Ivančice Palackého nám. 9, 664 91 Ivančice Tel.: +420 546 451 870, Fax: +420 546 451 870 E-mail: [email protected], www.muiv.cz

• Tourist information centre Kyjov Komenského 616, 697 01 Kyjov Tel.: +420 518 610 180, 518 613 302, Fax: +420 518 612 357 E-mail: [email protected], www.kyjov.com

• Tourist information centre Lednice Zámecké nám. 68, 691 44 Lednice Tel.: +420 519 340 986, Fax: +420 519 340 986 E-mail: [email protected], www.lednice.cz

• Tourist information centre Mikulov Náměstí 30, 692 01 Mikulov Tel.: +420 519 512 200, Fax: +420 519 510 855 E-mail: [email protected], www.mikulov.cz

• Town cultural and information centre Miroslav Nám. Svobody 13, 671 72 Miroslav Tel.: +420 515 333 539, Fax: +420 515 333 608 E-mail: [email protected], www.mesto-miroslav.cz

• Tourist information centre Moravský Krumlov Smetanova 167, 672 01 Moravský Krumlov Tel.: +420 515 321 064, Fax: +420 515 321 064 E-mail: [email protected], www.moravsky-krumlov.cz

Tourist information centres

• Cultural and information centre Oslavany Široká 2, Dělnický dům, 664 12 Oslavany Tel.: +420 546 423 283, 604 108 641, Fax: +420 546 418 410 E-mail: [email protected], www.oslavany-mesto.cz

• Information centre Ostrov u Macochy 679 14 Ostrov u Macochy 107 Tel.: 516 444 328, Fax: 516 444 329 e-mail: [email protected], www.ostrovumacochy.cz

• Tourist information centre Pasohlávky 691 22 Pasohlávky Tel./Fax.: +420 519 427 624, Fax: +420 519 427 501 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], www.pasohlavky.cz

• Information Regional Centre AUSTERLITZ Palackého nám. 1, 684 01 Slavkov u Brna Tel.: +420 544 220 988, Fax: +420 544 220 988 E-mail: [email protected], www.slavkov.cz

• Information centre Sloup 679 13 Sloup 1 Tel.: +420 516 435 237, 516 436 016, Fax: +420 516 435 237 E-mail: [email protected], www.address.cz/sloup

• Information centre of the town of Strážnice Předměstí 399, 696 62 Strážnice Tel.: +420 518 332 184, Fax: +420 518 332 067 E-mail: [email protected], www.irra.cz

• Tourist information centre Valtice Nám. Svobody 4, 691 42 Valtice Tel.: +420 519 352 978, Fax: +420 519 352 978 E-mail: [email protected], www.radnice-valtice.cz

• Information centre Velké Pavlovice Hlavní 9, 691 06 Velké Pavlovice Tel.: +420 519 429 337, Fax: +420 519 429 337 E-mail: [email protected], www.velke-pavlovice.cz

• Information centre Bata Canal Zámecká 2, 698 01 Veselí nad Moravou Tel.: +420 518 325 330, Fax: +420 518 325 330 E-mail: [email protected], www.batacanal.cz

• Education and information centre White Carpathiens Bartolomějské nám. 47, 698 01 Veselí nad Moravou Tel.: +420 518 322 545, Fax: +420 518 324 792 E-mail: [email protected], www.bilekarpaty.cz

• Tourist information centre of the Vranov region Náměstí 47 671 03 Vranov nad Dyjí Tel.: +420 515 296 285, Fax: +420 515 296 285 e-mail: [email protected], www.vranov-region.cz

• Tourist information centre Vyškov Masarykovo nám. 1, 682 01 Vyškov Tel.: +420 517 301 310, 517 301 312, Fax: +420 517 301 301 E-mail: [email protected], www.vyskov-mesto.cz

• Administration of the Podyjí National Park Na Vyhlídce 5, 669 01 Znojmo Tel.: +420 515 226 722, Fax: +420 515 222 552 E-mail: [email protected], www.nppodyji.cz

• Tourist information centre Znojmo Obroková 10, 669 01 Znojmo Tel.: +420 515 222 552, Fax: +420 515 222 552 E-mail: [email protected], www.znojmocity.cz

• Visitors’ centre of the Podyjí National Park Čížov 176, 671 02 Šumná Tel.: +420 515 291 630 E-mail: [email protected], www.nppodyji.cz

For The Southern Moravia Region, Žerotínovo náměstí 3/5, 601 82 Brno produced by Agency Bravissimo, Masarykovo náměstí 15, 669 03 Znojmo, Tel.: +420 515 227 788, Fax: +420 515 242 011, e-mail: [email protected], www.bravissimo.cz in co-operation with Gandalf Studio, Kamenomlýnská 8, 603 00 Brno, Tel./Fax: +420 543 242 145. Texts: Mgr. Eva Obůrková, data processing: Ing. Vít Obůrka. Translations: Ing. Lucie Šebelová. Introduction photographs of the chapters: JAM studio – Aleš Jedounek and Vít Mádr (thanks for co-operation with photo-processing to: Filip, Mirek, Eva, Sabina, Jirka, Pavla, Milan, Petr, Alice, Petr, Pavel, Eva, Linda, Patrik, Michal, Radim, Jiřina, Stanislav, Sára, Radim, Petra and Petr). Photographs: Pavel Roubal, Aerofot Ing. Jan Vondra, Petr Lazárek, Luboš Vitanovský, Miroslav Ondejčík, Petr Horák, Dušan Velímský, Jiří Dobrovolný, Jan Halady, Pavel Do-soudil, Jiří Eisenbruk, Pavel Nesvadba, Libor Teplý, Michal Schneider, Agency Bravissimo archive, Gandalf Studio archive, Znovín Znojmo, a.s. archive, archive of The Southern Moravia Region, archive of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area and public service providers. Thanks to: Cyklo Kučera Znojmo, Institute of Folk Culture in Strážnice, Winery Smrčka Nový Šaldorf, Znovín Znojmo, a.s. with its seat in Šatov, National Wine-growing Centre Valtice, Tourist information centres of The Southern Moravian Region, Foundation Partnerství, ECEAT CZ. Scanning: Artax, a.s. Printed by: Tiskárna Reproprint, s.r.o.

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