Czech republic

The Czech republic was created on January 1st, 1993, when former Czechoslowakia split into two countries, Czechia and Slovakia. It is a small mountainous, country in Central Europe. First settlements in the area date back to the 5th century B.C. with a Czech nation first developing in the 10th century A.D. Prague, the capital of the Czech republic, developed in the 14th century into the cultural and political centre of Czechia. Nowadays Prague is a beautiful city which attracts a large number of visitors each year. The south of the Czech republic is a landscape of hills, forests and lakes. Here there are several beaufitul cities and castles, well worth visiting, many of them UNESCO world heritage sites.


Prague 163 photos of this scenic Central European capital along the Vltava river	Hluboka nad Vltavou castle 34 photos of the Hluboka castle, one of the most beautiful castles in the Czech republic	Kromeriz 36 photos of Kromeriz, a city in southeast Czechia, famous for its bishop's castle and flower gardens	Holasovice 16 photos of the historic folk village of Holasovice in the Czech republic, a UNESCO World Heritage site


Telc 41 photos of Telc, a small Czech town with a perfectly preserved historic centre	Lednice 49 photos of the impressive, UNESCO-listed Lednice castle in the south of the Czech republic


Ceske Budejovice 10 photos of Ceske Budejovice, a small city in southwest Czechia, home to the Budweiser brewery	Cesky Krumlov 28 photos of the picturesque city of Cesky Krumlov in the southwest of the Czech republic	Jindrichuv Hradec 15 photos of Jindrichuv Hradec in southern Czechia, a beautiful city with a castle on a pond


Olomouc 16 photos of the city of Olomouc in eastern Czechia famous for its Holy Trinity Column	Roznov pod Radhostem 19 photos of the open air museum in Roznov pod Radhostem with its collection of Wallachian buildings	Stramberk 26 photos of the beautiful village of Stramberk in the Moravian-Silesian hills in eastern Czechia	Loket 39 photos of the medieval city of Loket with its famous castle	Karlovy Vary 30 photos of the spa city of Karlovy Vary in the west of the Czech republic

Other Central Europe galleries: Austria ▪ Germany ▪ Hungary ▪ Poland ▪ Slovakia ▪ Slovenia ▪ Switzerland ▪ Principality of Liechtenstein ▪ Croatia

Related travelogues

Czech republic 2012: eight days spent in the south of the Czech republic visiting several beautiful sites, many of them in the UNESCO World Heritage list
Prague 2004: a four day visit to Prague, the beautful Czech capital, in August 2004

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