Places to visit in South Moravia, Czechia
14 places to visit in South Moravia, Czechia, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape, Villa Tugendhat, Dolní Věstonice and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your South Moravia volume.
2 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 1 Famous place to visit · 11 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in South Moravia (2)
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Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
A landscaped estate of about 283 square kilometres in South Moravia, shaped over centuries by the Liechtenstein family. Two chateaux, ponds, parks and romantic follies such as the Minaret and the Colonnade make up a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Villa Tugendhat
A functionalist family villa in Brno designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and built in 1929 and 1930. Its open interior, onyx wall and glass wall onto the garden made it one of the pioneering works of modern European architecture, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Famous places to visit in South Moravia (1)
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Dolní Věstonice
An Upper Paleolithic site below the Pavlov Hills in South Moravia. Excavations here found the Venus of Dolní Věstonice, a ceramic figurine some 29,000 years old, and the remains of a hunter gatherer settlement.
Hidden gems in South Moravia (11)
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Brno Ossuary
An underground ossuary in the historical centre of Brno, partly beneath the Church of St. James. It was rediscovered in 2001 and is estimated to hold the remains of over 50 thousand people, making it the second largest ossuary in Europe after the Paris catacombs.
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Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
A Gothic cathedral on Petrov hill in Brno, rebuilt in the neo Gothic style in the early 1900s. Its two tall spires are a symbol of the city, and the bells ring at 11 am rather than noon.
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Macocha Abyss
A collapsed sinkhole in the Moravian Karst north of Brno, 138.5 metres deep. Visitors can look down from two platforms, and boats run along the underground Punkva river that flows at the bottom of the gorge.
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Mikulov Castle
A castle in the town of Mikulov in South Moravia, on the site of an old Slavonic settlement where the first stone castle was built at the end of the 13th century. It overlooks the town and the vineyards of the Pálava hills.
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Moravian Karst
A karst landscape north of Brno with more than a thousand caves. Visitors can tour the Punkva Caves and the Macocha Abyss, and the park is the largest cave system in the country.
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Pernštejn Castle
A castle on a rock above the village of Nedvědice and the rivers Svratka and Nedvědička, about 40 kilometres northwest of Brno. It came to be known as the marble castle of Moravia and is among the best preserved Gothic castles in the country.
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Punkva Caves
A cave system in the Moravian Karst north of Brno, near the town of Blansko, through which the Punkva River flows. Visitors can ride a boat on the underground river and look up into the Macocha Abyss, a sinkhole about 138.7 metres deep.
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Pálava Protected Landscape Area
A protected landscape and UNESCO biosphere reserve in South Moravia on the border with Austria. A chain of limestone hills rises above vineyards and lakes, and the highest point is Děvín at 550 metres above sea level.
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Vranov nad Dyjí Castle
A Baroque castle in the market town of Vranov nad Dyjí in South Moravia. It stands on a cliff above the river Thaya, 3 km north of the Austrian border and close to Hardegg, and is known for its oval Hall of Ancestors.
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Znojmo Castle
A castle in Znojmo in the South Moravian Region, on a rocky promontory above the Dyje river valley. It houses the South Moravian Museum, and the nearby Rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St. Catherine holds some of the oldest Romanesque wall paintings in the country.
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Špilberk Castle
A castle on a hilltop in Brno, begun in the first half of the 13th century by the Přemyslid kings and completed by King Ottokar II of Bohemia. It later became a fortress and a notorious prison, and today it houses the Brno City Museum.
Collecting in South Moravia
What are the best places to visit in South Moravia?
LOQAH lists 14 places in South Moravia. The best known include Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape, Villa Tugendhat, Dolní Věstonice, Brno Ossuary and Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in South Moravia?
14, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in South Moravia?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in South Moravia before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose South Moravia and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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