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balhannah Says: We found the Temple of Apollo on the banks of Mill Pond. The Temple, which is the Temple to the God of the Sun, dated back to 1817. It is impressive with its column's and a relief of the God of Apollo on a sun chariot.The interiors of the building is open to the public, and...
balhannah Says: As I walked around the park, I came to the area where the Boat's were.The Boat's are quite a good way to reach the sites located near and at the end of the Chateau Park. There are several walking paths, but it is quite a way to walk there and back!There is a short route that...
balhannah Says: You read right, and Aquarium in a Chateau!It is called the "Malawi" aquarium, and is situated in the former Stables [see photo]There are quite a few tanks, some with Coral and Moray Eels, Rays, Catfish, freshwater fish and they even have Piranha's! If you have been through...
balhannah Says: Thank goodness the garden was FREE ENTRY, as there is little else that is!I couldn't even go into the Greenhouse unless I paid money!Anyrate, the gardens are huge and lovely, although, like many of the Chateau's, they are mainly green with parterre's and some bright coloured...
balhannah Says: There is a "Bird's of Prey" show held at the Lednice Chateau put on by a company called "Zayferus."The profit's from the show go towards the preservation of Bird's of Prey.We didn't go to the show, as we have been to many, but if you do, you will see Eagle's, Owl's, Hawk's,...
balhannah Says: We came to Lednice because of the Chateau that dates back until 1222.The Chateau in the 13th century, belonged to the Liechtensteins who owned the nearby Valtice Chateau which we had previously seen.The Liechtensteins at one stage, were the wealthiest family in Moravia.In...
Veroali Says: In the north side of the chateau is situated 175-200 ha of gardens, meadows, ponds and forests. The landscape is definitely artificially created, nevertheless it is a protected area of birds. The north side incloses a river Dyje. When began this project of large gardens, a...
Veroali Says: All park around the chateau is separated into two parts: 175 ha english gardens and parks in the north and 10 ha french geometric gardens in the south. At the beginning there were not large flower-beds around the chateau. From 1886 started some layouts and created 10 ha...
Veroali Says: The chateau inside is just lovely. You can see, that Lichtensteins were rich and lived in luxus. The most interesting thing is wooden stair, which goes from the library to prince's bedroom. It was made without any nails. The interior is rich with carpets, pictures,...
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budapest8 Says: % got a bratwurst and a beer and Clara a langos with cheese, usual Central European standard at tourist prices!But I was annoyed they were selling free EU paid for maps and info! Naughty Naughty!I know because I got the same maps in the Tourist Info in Breclav and any...
Veroali Says: Lednice is situated in South Moravia, 10 km from Breclav. Public transportation From Prague : it is approximately 250 km. by bus or train to Brno, then by train to Breclav and by bus to Lednice. From Vienna : to Breclav by train and by bus to Lednice.The train...
To Lednice by bus from Breclav
budapest8 Says: Get a timetable from the tourist info opposite the modern church in the centre of Breclav. Buses go to Lednice from outside the BILA supermarket. Tickets about 12 Czech Kroner for adults and half for children.Or look at my pictures for more times...but timetables do change.
globetrott Says: Just opposite of the townhall in Lednice / Eisgrub you will see this great fountain made of marble.A guardian angel is standing on top and there are also some fine neo-gothic decorations on the fountain.There was just a bit of water coming out and I doublt that it would be...
globetrott Says: Bow and crossbow-shooting competitions take place in the back of the castle-park - just follow these funny signs that you may see at many places of the park.There are performances with falcons as well and umong the local people and mainly umong the children there was...
Star fish in Moravian Castles?
budapest8 Says: STARFISHStarfish are not actually a fish at all , but are animals belonging to the Phylum Echinodermata, and are further divided into two classes Asteroidea(sea stars) and Ophiuroidea(brittle stars). Although starfish are thought to be passive they can be quite a voracious...
Beware of poisonous snakes, spiders & crocs!
budapest8 Says: "Well if your good children, we can see the creepy crawlies and snakes!" Don't stick your hands in the glass containers! I think it cruel to imprison any living thing for humans to gawk at!Better to see them in the wild!I mean not to meet them face to face, but let...
Getting almost lost it's so big
budapest8 Says: Considering we visited in August and we walked down to the birds of prey area where theyhad a show going on at 4.30 pm it was not very busy at all. All the spectators were Czech to the bird showand I did see a group of 20+ Hungarians and the odd German and Austrian wandering...
budapest8 Says: allow a good 2 to 3 hours walking to cover the grounds from the Falconery area to the Minaret, the fish ponds and back to the castle!Possible to take horse carraige rides and boat trips to the Minaret.
balhannah Says: There is more that the main entrance to the Chateau. We stopped at the first one we came across which is the one in my photo.There was plenty of free parking here, different to the main entrance where a park was hard to find.We walked in through here, which I think may be...
Veroali Says: Let's take a walk through the chateau park to the Minaret located 2 km far away. Alois Josef I. from Lichtenstein wanted to built a new church for locals, but they did not agreed on a place, so angry Alois decided to built a mosque with minaret. The project made Josef...
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Watch out for the great variety of gargoyles and other sculptured animals, spitting out the rainwater.You actually find them all over the facade of the castle...
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The chateau is recently under reconstruction, the left part. So if you can wait with the visit, just wait till August (I guess). The heritage of UNESCO. I study horticulture at Mendeli...
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Lednice is located not that far from the Austrian border. The area is UNESCO listed as their are many Follies, Temples, Ruins, Colonnades scattered around the area. Not all of them are easy to...
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Lednice is popular for its beautiful castle with even more beautiful gardens. Castle has since 1996 been on UNESCO list and it it said that some trees in the gardens are older than 400 years. The...
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Lednice na Morave and surroundings
Just arrived back today from Czech Republic and visited Lednice yesterday...lots of pictures and info to come. Lednice (historical German name: Eisgrub) is a village in the Czech Republic which......
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