Type of stay
Wake up with your dog
Dogs do best in open landscape without cars. Watch out in national parks: in Bohemian Switzerland the law forbids domestic animals from roaming free outside villages, and in Krkonoše dogs may not run loose.
Where to go
- 1.
Vysočina
Gentle uplands between Bohemia and Moravia. Three UNESCO sites, the Žďárské vrchy hills and plenty of room for doing nothing.
Dogs: 9/10 (editorial score)
- 2.
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.
Dogs: 8/10 (editorial score)
- 3.
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.
Dogs: 8/10 (editorial score)
- 4.
Bohemian Paradise
Sandstone rock towns, castles on rocks and short distances. Český ráj is the oldest protected landscape area in Czechia (1955).
Dogs: 8/10 (editorial score)
- 5.
Beskydy
The forested ridges of Moravian Wallachia, timber architecture and Lysá hora. The largest protected landscape area in Czechia.
Dogs: 8/10 (editorial score)
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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.
Dogs: 7/10 (editorial score)
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How to stay
- Chalupa (country cottage)A village house adapted for holidays. Often an original house in a village, with neighbours and a garden.
- Chata (holiday cabin)A building put up purely for recreation, often in a cabin settlement by the water or in the woods.
- Farm stayA stay on a working farm with animals, sometimes helping out. Also known as agritourism.