Around Znojmo
Nový Hrádek u Lukova
Castle ruins in the Podyjí National Park overlooking meanders of the Dyje River.
Lesná
Unique museum of motorcycles, sidecars, cars and interesting technical equipment.
Čížov
Border village with the Podyjí National Park visitors centre. Remnants of the so-called Iron Curtain date back to the times when the Znojmo region was the "borderline of peace and socialism“ and the local landmarks and natural beauties were hidden from tourists.
Laa a.d. Thaya
Austrian border town with many landmarks. Water castle, brewing industry museum. Thermal spa and pool.
Hardegg
The smallest town in Austria. Interiors of 12th century gothic castle feature a collection devoted to Maximilian I of Mexico and a collection of art of ancient American nations.
The Podyjí National Park
The smallest and youngest national park in the Czech Republic is situated along a deep valley of the meandering Dyje River. It features forested rocky hills, moor lads, deciduous forests and unique forest steppes. Tourists who wish to visit all natural sites and unique places can use almost ninety kilometres of hiking trails, more than one hundred kilometres of bike trails and many lookout points and rest areas – King's Throne, Sealsfield's Stone, Hardegg Lookout.
Jevišovice
Renaissance castle featuring collections of hand painted vernacular furniture and old keyboard instruments. Archaeological site is to be found nearby, as well as one of the oldest reservoirs in Central Europe, built in 1897 on the Jevišovka River.
Slup
Unique technical landmark, 16th century Renaissance water mill with a functional mill room, four water wheels, mill creek and an exhibition of milling equipment history and development.
The Vranov nad Dyjí chateau
Romantic Baroque chateau built on a buttress overlooking the Dyje River, the interiors document the culture of aristocratic lifestyle during the 18th and 19th century. Castle concerts, flower exhibitions, wine bank. The chateau is surrounded by beautiful nature of the Podyjí National Park with a dense network of marked tourist trails.
Vranov Reservoir
Favourite holiday resort on the Dyje River, built in 1930–1934, its dam is 60 metres high, the reservoir as such is 30 kilometres long.
Boat transport re-established recently on the Vranov Reservoir.
The Bítov Castle
Romantic castle above the Vranov Reservoir housing beautiful illusive paintings and natural history collections. A collection of 50 stuffed dogs is featured in the Guinness Book of Records, as the largest collection of its kind. Swordsmen performance, ZOO, archive wine tasting, wine archives, visual arts exhibition gallery, castle festivals every August.
Cornštejn
Accessible castle ruins above the Vranov Reservoir, former royal fortress that was a part of a line of castles the purpose of which was to protect the southern border of the Czech lands. Abandoned since the 16th century.
Moravský Krumlov
Renaissance chateau with accessible exhibition of the tapestry entitled Slovanská epopej (Slavonic Epic) by the Art Nouveau painter Alfons Mucha, who was born in the nearby town of Ivančice. A set of twenty monumental paintings depicts Slavonic nations' historical events. The chateau also features the memorial Paracelsus Hall.
Uherčice
Renaissance chateau complex with four courtyards and an English park with romantic buildings. Open for public in 1996, at the same time extensive renovation works were commenced. The progress of construction and renovation can be observed.
Riegersburg
One of the most beautiful Baroque churches in Austria, rebuilt according to a project of F.A. Pilgmar.
Sealsfield's Stone
A lookout point offering a view of the meandering Dyje River, a favourite place of novelist Charles Sealsfield who was born in the nearby village of Popice.
Heiliger Stein (Svatý kámen)
A cult site with foundations of a Marian church where only a small chapel remains on a hill above the Austrian village of Mitterretzbach.
Hluboké Mašůvky
Famous pilgrimage destination with a Baroque Visitation of the Virgin Mary Church.
Králův stolec (King's Throne)
A nice view of the Dyje River valley and the Znojmo Reservoir. According to legends Polish king Jan III. Sobieski watched the marching armies that rushed to help Vienna as it was besieged by Turks in 1683.
Kraví hora
A hill to the south of Znojmo offering the best view of the town, famous vineyards.
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