Adventures in the Czech Republic

Hluboka Castle is one of the Czech Republic's most popular tourist attractions. It is a 19th Century white wedding cake of a castle, ...

The journey to Pernstejn castle is a delightful one. It takes you through the beautiful wooded valleys of the Moravian Highlands and t...

Let us start my occasional series of posts on Czech castles with the castle often referred to as the "king of Czech castles" - ...

The Czechs proudly boast that their country has more castles per square mile than any other country. Of course that is partly explained ...

A few weeks ago I was visiting the Bohemian Switzerland and was making my way to Jicin when my satnav decided to take me on the s...

Many visitors to Cesky Krumlov Castle never make it into the Gardens. If they do they very seldom get beyond the formal gardens nearest the ...

Regular readers of my blog will know my views of the need for UNESCO to protect the important historic buildings of Cesky Krumlov against th...

In the moat of the castle at Cesky Krumlov there live four bears. Bears have been kept at the castle since 1707 and they are as popular as ...