Mist settles into the valleys of the Orlické Mountains, softening the edges of spruce forests that stretch across the border between Bohemia and Poland. These gentle peaks, rarely exceeding 1,100 metres, offer reliable snow for winter sports and well-marked trails for summer hiking. The region feels quieter than the better-known Czech resorts, with smaller crowds […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature
A walkway suspended over a roaring alpine river, carved into the vertical walls of a gorge over 15 metres high, was originally built in 1875 to make a geological wonder accessible to tourists who arrived by the new railway to the spa town of Bad Hofgastein, and today the Liechtenstein Gorge is still one of […]