Vysočina Region: 7 places worth a day trip
Pinsko lists 7 places in the Vysočina Region: 3 beer stops, 3 historic sites and 1 mushroom area.
Highlights include Bernard Family Brewery, Telč Main Square and Žďárské vrchy.
Beer3
- Bernard Family Brewery
Humpolec's brewery dates back to 1597. The Bernard family bought it at auction in 1991 and turned it into one of the country's best-known independent brewers.
- Chotěboř Brewery
A modern brewery in the Vysočina highlands, opened in 2009, brewing unpasteurised lagers from local water.
- Dalešice Brewery
The brewery where Jiří Menzel filmed Cutting It Short, brewing since the late 19th century in a picturesque yard with a museum.
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- Telč Main Square
A long Renaissance square lined with arcades and pastel gables, rebuilt after a fire in 1530. UNESCO since 1992.
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel's star-shaped church, built from 1719, is designed around the number five, after the five stars of the saint's legend. UNESCO since 1994.
- Třebíč Jewish Quarter & Basilica
The only Jewish monument outside Israel listed by UNESCO in its own right, together with the Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St. Procopius.