Wind howls through the sandstone spires of Bohemian Switzerland as you approach the largest natural rock arch on the European continent. Pravcicka brana spans twenty-six metres across, a monumental stone bridge carved by millennia of wind and water. The arch frames a view of deep forested valleys and distant mountain peaks that stretch toward the […]
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The sound of the Robečský Stream grows louder as you descend into the steep, forested valley that locals call Peklo, or Hell. Despite the intimidating name, this national natural monument in the Czech Republic offers a landscape of serene beauty rather than damnation. Rocky cliffs rise on either side of the rushing water, carved by […]
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\n \n\n Updated: June 10, 2020 |\n\n\nBy Claire \n\n| \n\n\nMore\n\n \n \n \n \n Jasovská cave (or Jasovská jaskyňa in Slovak) is located in the Slovak Karst, near the village Jasov, in the south-eastern part of the Slovak Republic. The cave has been known since time immemorial. There were found artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic […]
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 cathedral. […]
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