Summer holidays do not have to be just about crowded camps, hot roads and overpriced attractions. Just slow down a little and look in a different direction – for example, where the asphalt road ends, dirt roads begin and instead of noise you can hear only crickets and rushing trees. The countryside in the Czech Republic still hides places where time seems to have stopped. Ideal for families looking for real rest, silence, space for discovery and experiences that are not on flashlights.
Summer holidays do not have to be just about overcrowded aquaparks, hot cities or. If you are attracted to peace, nature and real comfort, then it may have come time to pack the suitcases a little differently. Not on the plane, but in the car. Not south, but in the countryside. Czech meadows, groves and hills offer surprisingly beautiful and little known places to relax, slow down and enjoy time with children differently – more real.
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Forgotten places you will love
In recent years, more and more people have turned their backs to mainstream destinations and are looking for what is disappearing – silence, authentic atmosphere and nature without fences and entry bans. And you will find more places in the Czech Republic than you would expect. Just don’t be afraid to ride a little from the main moves.
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One such hidden treasures are a heath well in Jeseníky. About this picturesque place with a chapel on the hillside of the mountains is known to old people and pilgrims rather than tourist guides. Children can run on the meadows, drink from a mountain spring and watch the sheep graze.
Or a natural park in the Brtnice valley in the Highlands – a quiet valley with a meandering river, trees that remember the Emperor of the Lord, and an old railway viaduct, after which the train occasionally passes like a fairy tale. No cars, no bustle. Just the murmur of the water, singing birds and peace.
Cottage, fire and stars over their heads
Try a cottage instead of the hotel. Today it is no problem to rent a beautiful country house for a weekend or a week. With children you can experience everything you may remember from your own childhood – chopping wood, roasting sausages, collecting eggs in a barn or evening bathing in a pond, where there is no sign “biting”.
For example, the surroundings of Komárovice in Podblanicko are absolutely ideal. Picturesque hills, old roads lined with linden trees, chapels in fields and villages, where neighbors still nod across the fence. The nearby ruins of the Castle Šelmberk offers children adventure and an adult view that is not forgotten.
Places where time runs differently
For example, if you go to the White Carpathians, you will find that there are locations where there is no mobile signal – and that’s good. In the vicinity of Žítková you can visit the remnants of old huts, and nature trails without people. Instead of souvenirs, you take a story that will be told – for example, about how you met the last grandmother of Žítková or collected blueberries straight from the forest.
An unforgettable tip is the surroundings of Nová Bystřice in the South Bohemia. This is where not only the tracks of the narrow -gauge rail, but also the rush. Children will love the path through the steam train through the forests, where time has stopped, and you can still enjoy a blueberry cake at the station where everything revolves around nostalgia.
Holiday as before – just a little better
Trips without brawn, bathing without admission, forests without prohibitions and evenings under the stars. All this can offer you a country holiday in the Czech Republic. What’s more – you will show children that the holidays are not only about screens and attractions, but Io freedom, sounds of summer, the smell of hay and friendship with nature.
Maybe this year you won’t go to the sea. Maybe not even to the Giant Mountains. But when you sit with the children by the fire, watch the fireflies and the cottages will smell the bubbly with cherries, you will find that you are not missing anything at all. And that the best holidays are sometimes just a few kilometers from home.
