Panská skála (Herrnhausfelsen) – best known and most visited geological reserves in the Czech Republic

May 19, 2011 by europeexplored No Comments

Panská skála (Herrnhausfelsen) is the most famous and most visited geological reserve in the Czech Republic — a striking natural monument of vertical basalt columns near the town of Kamenický Šenov in northern Bohemia, formed by the cooling of ancient volcanic lava into perfect hexagonal organ pipes that rise from the landscape like a stone […]

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České Švýcarsko National Park – climbers’ paradise in Czech republic

August 11, 2010 by europeexplored No Comments

České Švýcarsko (Bohemian Switzerland) National Park is one of the most photogenic landscapes in the Czech Republic — a fantasy realm of towering sandstone rock pillars, deep mossy gorges, and the iconic Pravčická brána, the largest natural sandstone arch in Europe, whose film-set appearance (it featured in The Chronicles of Narnia) draws hikers and photographers […]

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