Adventures in the Czech Republic

I first saw the Palava Hills from the road that runs from Brno to Vienna. The sun was shining and it caught the white cliffs that run alo...

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 ...

 Czech Paradise ( Český ráj) is one of my favourite areas in the Czech Republic. Because I offer walking holidays there, I have the p...

Olomouc is surprisingly absent from most tourists' must-see list. But then I suppose so are many wonderful places in the Czech Repu...

Two weeks ago I met with Petr Husek, the organizer of the Festival which will commemorate the 600th anniversary of Jan Hus' death in Ju...

When I was young there was quite a fad about the graphics of Alfons Mucha. It was the 1970s and his posters were blu-tacked to the bed...