Are you planning a trip to Brno and want to have a truly authentic experience of the destination? Then you don’t have to be concerned because the main advantage of visiting Brno is that it is not overrun with tourists. There are no long lines, no crowds, and no tourist traps. However, I have made for you this list of activities that you should not miss if you want to experience Brno like a local.
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Travelling with toddlers can be challenging. It is good to plan in advance and find out what activities you can do in the destination you are coming to. As a mother of two who lives in Brno, I have written down a few tips for you to make your stay in Brno more enjoyable and less stressed.
During past years I have discovered Brno as a great place for children to grow up. There are so many places to go and so many activties to do with your children throughout the year. Many of them are listed on Brno tourist website Go to Brno.
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This article is for tourists who are coming to Brno for a couple of nights and wonder what they can do in Brno on their own, without a guide and private transfers. These tips take into account language barrier and effectivness of using public transport. I have avoided trips where you would have to change bus or train and where you would have to travel more than 1.5 hour from Brno.
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At the very beginning of Brno Day Trips agency in 2016, I contacted Kevin Rushby from The Guardian, who I had cooperated with before on another article, whether he would be interested in visiting Brno and introduce Brno to his readers. I was very happy that he agreed and in few weeks we met in Brno, where he spent 2 nights. You can read about his impressions in the article “Czech out Brno for a cheaper, calmer city break“.
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There is one event and one name through which is Brno generally worldwide recognized. The name is Josef Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, and the event is the Napoleonic battle of Austerlitz also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors. The battle, regarded as the greatest victory of Napoleon Grand Army which changed the map of Europe and its history, took place in the region to the east of Brno on December 2 in 1805.
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Don Parrish, ranking no 1. among the most traveled people in the world, visited Brno in October 2017. Don has visited literally every country in this world together with the South Pole. His visit of the Czech Republic was not first but it was his first visit of Brno city.
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This is my most favourite hiking day trip in the South Moravia I have already made several times and there is always something new to discover. This hike takes you to the highest point of Pálava Hills (Děvín Hill 549 m) and along the trail of the approximate length of 15 km, you are provided with beautiful scenery views on the surrounding landscape created of water dams, ponds, vineyards and fields, where are situated lovely small traditional wine villages.
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On July 22 me, my husband and my parents, we decided to join a bike trip through the Mikulov wine sub-region. The trip was organized for public by the Moravian Wine Trails, the project which is responsible for building of 1200km bicycle trail net in the region of the South Moravia.
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We overslept! What a surprise after all activities we experienced in the previous day. But luckily for us the pleasure cruise on Bata canal, we had booked in advance, started at 11AM. Have your heard before the name Bata? No? And what about the international Bata shoe company? For those who knows the company could be a surprise that the founder of the company was a Czech entrepreneur Tomas Bata.
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Slovácko, sometimes called the Moravian Slovakia, is an authentic ethnographic region characterized by rich folkore tradition, quality wine, nature protected landscape areas and UNESCO monuments located in the south-eastern part of Moravia on the borders with Slovakia and Austria.
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Walking trip to (Svatý Kopeček) Holy Hill in Mikulov town and wine tasting were 2 activities we had decided for to celebrate the beginning of the tourist season on April 1. With this date, all main tourist monuments after a long winter open their doors to guests.
And why Holy Hill? I have visited Mikulov town several times as a tourist and as a guide but never had time to walk up to Holy Hill. Since I knew the 1st of April was going to be a sunny day, I saw an opportunity for a nice walking trip to the top of Holy Hill to take these breathtaking pictures of Mikulov town, Pálava limestone ridge and picturesque landscape of the South Moravia and more importantly to get to know place better so I can introduce it to you.
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It had been some time having this trip on my mind. I had seen many beautiful pictures of this magic place and had read positive recommendations for visiting, but still was being busy to make this trip until one day. I had not planned it, I just woke up, looked through the window and saw a beautiful sunny day after a long winter so I could not have stayed at home. The decision was made. This was the day when I wanted to see the famous Rosa Coeli.
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4 of 8 UNESCO sights reached within a day from Brno are of Baroque origin.
The national tourist board Czechtourism has proclaimed the Baroque to be the central theme of tourism in the year of 2017. I must confess that the Baroque period was not of my favourite.
I often found it very ostentatiously ornamented and some could think even kitschy. I think it was mostly caused by the fact they I have not dedicated much attention to this period. But when I started to discover the legacy of the Baroque era in the view of tourism I was surprised of how big impact the Baroque has had on nowaday appearance of every city, town, village and the landscape.
So what Baroque is about?
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The very first trip, organized by Brno Day Trips, was for 2 journalists from Romania- Bogdan and Adina from eCoolTour-Oameni, Fapte, Idei . These two very kind persons travel around the world and write traveller blogs and tourist guide books for Romanian tourism market and this time they decided to explore Moravia. Before their arrival they had made very deep research of the area and had sent detailed request of which we selected most interesting places. Their main focus was on chateaux and castles. To be honest some castles I had not visited until with them so I was very excited to take part in their journey.
