Type of stay
Wake up in the forest
Four national parks, dozens of protected landscape areas and sandstone rock towns. Staying in nature also means knowing the rules – in national parks, camping and lighting fires outside designated places are not allowed.
Where to go
- 1.
Šumava
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.
Nature: 10/10 (editorial score)
- 2.
Bohemian Switzerland
A sandstone national park (České Švýcarsko) on the Saxon border. Pravčická brána is described as the largest natural sandstone arch in Europe.
Nature: 10/10 (editorial score)
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Třeboň
A Renaissance town between the Svět and Rožmberk fishponds. Flat land for cycling, a peat spa, carp and a big sky over the water.
Nature: 9/10 (editorial score)
- 4.
South Bohemia
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.
Nature: 9/10 (editorial score)
- 5.
Krkonoše
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.
Nature: 9/10 (editorial score)
- 6.
Bohemian Paradise
Sandstone rock towns, castles on rocks and short distances. Český ráj is the oldest protected landscape area in Czechia (1955).
Nature: 9/10 (editorial score)
- 7.
Beskydy
The forested ridges of Moravian Wallachia, timber architecture and Lysá hora. The largest protected landscape area in Czechia.
Nature: 9/10 (editorial score)
- 8.
Jeseníky
The harshest climate in Czechia, Praděd and three spa towns in one valley. Far from everything, and empty for that reason.
Nature: 9/10 (editorial score)
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Vysočina
Gentle uplands between Bohemia and Moravia. Three UNESCO sites, the Žďárské vrchy hills and plenty of room for doing nothing.
Nature: 8/10 (editorial score)
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How to stay
- Chata (holiday cabin)A building put up purely for recreation, often in a cabin settlement by the water or in the woods.
- Log house (roubenka)A house built of horizontal timber beams joined at the corners. Typical of the mountains and foothills.
- GlampingCamping with comfort: furnished tents, shepherd’s huts, treehouses or houses on the water.
- Tiny houseA small, fully equipped house of roughly 10–20 m². Often on its own in the landscape.