Where to go
Regions
Eleven landscapes that differ from each other more than you would expect in such a small country. These are tourist regions, not administrative ones – which is why we draw them on the map as areas around a reference point, not as borders.
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Czechia on one map
Eleven tourist areas. Each leads to an editorial guide with Stay DNA, a map and practical information.
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- South BohemiaFishponds · Rural Baroque – A land of fishponds, Renaissance towns and low horizons. A flat centre for cycling, the Novohradské hory to the south and Šumava to the west.
- ŠumavaNational park · Glacial lakes – The country’s largest national park (685 km²): upland plateaus, peat bogs and glacial lakes. Lipno, the largest body of water in Czechia, lies to the south-east.
- KrkonošeSněžka 1,603 m · Skiing – The highest mountains in Czechia (the Giant Mountains) and the oldest national park (1963). Ski resorts in winter, ridge walks and mountain huts in summer.
- Bohemian ParadiseRock towns · Trosky – Sandstone rock towns, castles on rocks and short distances. Český ráj is the oldest protected landscape area in Czechia (1955).
- Bohemian SwitzerlandSandstone · Pravčická brána – A sandstone national park (České Švýcarsko) on the Saxon border. Pravčická brána is described as the largest natural sandstone arch in Europe.
- PragueUNESCO · Vltava – A historic centre on the UNESCO list since 1992. Where to stay so that you experience Prague rather than just walk through it.
- VysočinaSilence · Fishponds – Gentle uplands between Bohemia and Moravia. Three UNESCO sites, the Žďárské vrchy hills and plenty of room for doing nothing.
- South MoraviaWine · Pálava – Vineyards, wine cellars, the Pálava hills and the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape. The warmest corner of the country and the shortest way from table to bike.
- BeskydyLysá hora 1,324 m · Wallachia – The forested ridges of Moravian Wallachia, timber architecture and Lysá hora. The largest protected landscape area in Czechia.
- JeseníkyPraděd 1,491 m · Spa towns – The harshest climate in Czechia, Praděd and three spa towns in one valley. Far from everything, and empty for that reason.
- Karlovy Vary regionSpa triangle · UNESCO – Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně and Františkovy Lázně: three towns in the serial UNESCO site The Great Spa Towns of Europe (2021).