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Palava hills (Palavske vrchy)

The Palava hills include the whole complex of limestone formations in the South Moravia. It is located among Dolni Vestonice and Horni Vestonice, Pavlov and Mikulov towns, about 50 kilometres from Brno. The Palavske vrchy is a system of hills, an unique UNESCO reservation, with plenty of protected plants and animals. It is also excellent place fot mountaineers and tourist. The massiv gradually sinks and lose in surrounding hilly country towards Mikulov.

The Lednice-Valtice complex, connected at large to Palava hills, is one of the most valuable pearl at imaginary treasury of historical and cultural wealth of Czech Republic. Romantic buildings like villas or hunting-lodge are set around in this open landscape. So we may visit for example Minaret, Januv hrad, Hranicni zamecek, Apollonuv chram, Belveder and others. The system of beautiful Lednice’s ponds is also a part of that.
Map of the area

List of places

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Breclav  Find the place on the map
Brezi  Find the place on the map
dam Nove Mlyny  Find the place on the map
Dolni Vestonice  Find the place on the map
Horni Vestonice  Find the place on the map
Hustopece  Find the place on the map
Lednice  Find the place on the map
Mikulov  Find the place on the map
natural preserve Devin  Find the place on the map
natural preserve Tabulova  Find the place on the map
Pavlov  Find the place on the map
Podivin  Find the place on the map
ponds Lednicke rybniky  Find the place on the map
Poštorná  Find the place on the map
ruin of castle Divci hrad  Find the place on the map
ruin of castle Novy hrad  Find the place on the map
ruin of castle Sirotci hradek  Find the place on the map
Valtice  Find the place on the map
Velke Bilovice  Find the place on the map
Velke Pavlovice  Find the place on the map

Places for bathing

The quality of bathing water for this region can be found HERE
 

Recommended routes

  Pavlov - Devin - mountain Stolova hora - Mikulov
  Pavlov -1,2km- ruin of castle Divci hrad -1km- Devin -2,8km- Kletnice -0,5km- ruin of castle Sirotci hradek -0,6km- mountain Stolova hora -2,6km- Turold - 1,8km- Mikulov (total about 10,5km)
 
  The Lednice-Valtice complex
  Lednice, chateau -2km- Minaret -2km- Lednice, chateau -3km- Apollonuv chram -2,5km- Novy Dvur -1km- Tri gracie -1,5km- St.Hubert -1,5km- Randez Vous - 4km- Valtice (total about 17,5km)
 

Cycling routes

From Mikulov around peaks Pálavské vrchy
Mikulov - Milovice - Kostel na rozcestí - Pavlov - Dolní Věstonice - Perná - Kočičí skála - Mikulov (total 29,2km)
 
The resort of Lednice - Valtice
Valtice - Hlohovec - Hraniční zámeček - Lednice - Janův hrad - Břeclav (Kančí obora) - Svatý Hubert - Valtice (total 30,1km)
 
The large circle in resort Lednice - Valtice
Valtice - Břeclav - Lednice - Bulhary - Pavlov - Mikulov - Sedlec - Valtice (total 50,9km)
 
Circuit in the Břeclav area
Břeclavská stezka - Beskydsko-Karpatská Magistrála - hradiště Pohansko - zámeček Pohansko - Františkův rybník - Poštorná ( (total 9,7 km)
 


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