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Dyje Lowlands

Sunlit and fertile lowland, orchards, Podyjí national park, castles and châteaux – this is only a small selection of the attractions situated at the border with Austria. In this paradise for all cyclists, wine connoisseurs and history buffs, you can also discover the beauty of the charming hilly landscape and the deep valleys of several rivers, such as the Dyje River, which is guarded by several large castles and romantic châteaux. The water stream of the Dyje is also surrounded by Podyjí, the smallest and newest Czech national park, with a dense network of marked hiking and cycling trails of all levels of difficulty.

The beautiful nature invites visitors to try one of the many sports opportunities offered by the landscape – from comfortable trips to demanding hikes, from horseback riding to cycling. If you like sunlit beaches, you will love Vranovský Reservoir or the summer open-air swimming pools Unanov and Znojmo. Wine connoisseurs may take a walk across the local vineyards and picturesque wine cellars and perhaps even attend the annual Znojmo grape harvest festival.

Bítov Castle – a Neo-Gothic castle with a remarkable collection of illusionary paintings and the legendary armory. The largest collection of stuffed dogs in the world (registered in the Guinness Book of World Records). Castle zoo, an exhibition of spooks and the wine archive.
Kornštejn Castle – a romantic ruin of a medieval castle situated at Vranovský Reservoir, a former royal fortress protecting the Czech borders. An impressive view of the surrounding landscape from the castle towers and terraces.
Hluboké Mašůvky – a notable natural pilgrimage place with the Baroque Castle of the Visitation of Virgin Mary. A healing cave with a curative spring called the Holy Well, a Way of the Cross and the Calvary framed by small chapels.
Chateau Jevišovice – a Renaissance chateau with collection of painted vernacular furniture and old keyboard musical instruments. An archeological excavation site and one of the oldest artificial lakes in Central Europe, built in 1897 on the Jevišovka River.
Podyjí National Park – a deep romantic valley of the Dyje River, one of the most beautiful fault-gap valleys in Central Europe. The westernmost site of many Pannonial plant species.
Přímětice – Cross Cellar – the largest wine cellar of its kind in the world, built by Jesuits in the shape of the cross in the early 18th century. A memorial to Prokop Diviš, the inventor of the lightning rod.
Painted Cellar in Šatovo – a wine cellar adorned with beautiful plastics and a guided tour through the vineyard, a part of the viticultural educational and wine-tasting program.
Slup – a 16th-century water mill – national technical monument with a functioning mill room.
Chateau Uherčice – a Renaissance chateau with four courtyards and an English park.
Chateau Vranov nad Dyjí – a magnificent Baroque residence set on a high cliff, with a precious castle chapel and a Hall of Ancestors. A lookout terrace, richly decorated interiors, wine archive and a park stretching over steep slopes.
Nový Hrádek – a romantic ruin of a Gothic castle and the remains of a Renaissance hunting castle in the middle of forests above the deep canyon of the Dyje River. An attractive view of the jagged banks of the Moravia-Austrian Podyjí Region.
Šobes – a vineyard on the slope of a steep rocky cliff situated above the Dyje River, ranked among the top ten European vineyard locations. In summer the visitors may taste the local wine directly at the vineyard.
Znojmo – a historic town with a marvelous Renaissance town center. A Romanesque rotunda with wall paintings, guided tours through the intricate maze of the Znojmo underground. Monastery with a unique Romanesque-Gothic crypt and with a museum of wine-making and cooperage.

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