castle

Again one of my weekend trips to the castles in Czech Republic. This time I have chosen castle in the Pardubice Region of Eastern Bohemia called Nove Hrady. I have expected some large castle as I have read it should remind Austrian Schönbrunn. In the sense of shapes or architecture it can remotely reminiscent it but that all. This castle is much smaller, garden are beautiful, but one can walk through it in half an hour.

Not saying anything about this short photo set. I had few days off from work so I decided to visit place never been to.  It was a dull chilly day so I took few pictures from the bridge and went for a cup of coffee and cake to the nearby restaurant.

Having spent some time in Marianske Lazne I was driving in the near and far around. One day I decided to visit Loket castle. In the end this was a great journey as I did not drive there the shortest way and chosen way via the fields, villages. Looking back the journey itself was better than visit of the Loket castle itself. I enjoyed cattle by the road, especially staring cows and clouds gathering on the sky.

Spilberk Castle in Brno late morning and late afternoon. there were excellent weather conditions in the late morning and late afternoon so I took few pictures of Spilberk Castle in Brno. It seems the weather is going to be out of normal this year again.

Mikulov is a town on the way to Austria. And anybody travelling from Brno to Vienna have to pass it. City is not very big, but it is famous for its wine, brothels and a castle. The Mikulov castle cannot be overlooked and many people passing through this town come and visit it.
One day I did the same, parked the car in the centre and went up a small hill to visit the castle. As a building it is nothing exceptional, however garden is beautiful similarly as views from around the castle.

Ruined Castle Rabi  - During a short visit to my native city Klatovy I have made a trip to a nearby village Rabí to see the ruined castle of the same name. Even though the weather was not ideal and the sky was flat, no clouds, just fog, appearing from time to time, some pictures are really beautiful. To get better ones I need to plan way back and get pictures with the much better sky to see the beauty of the castle and the village itself.

Ruined castle are somehow interesting. The feeling when you pass by damaged, ruined walls, feeling of the history. One of the ruined castles visited is Cimburk. It is situated in the forest. Walk to its premises takes some time and effort. As soon as you enter the gate there are displayed ruins. At the moment being rebuilt.

From time to time I go for a shorter or longer trip. In this case I decided to travel bit further to explore Bitov Castle. Unfortunately, after two hour journey and walking through the forest I took some pictures of Bitov castle. To be hones the most beautiful on this trip was the nature surrounding it. Just a few pictures can prove my option.

Boskovice castle in winter, it is called castle but in reality is almost a ruin. Better say it is a ruin of old Castle. Next to this ruin is also a Chateau, however at the time of my visit it was closed so I took steep journey up to the castle and enjoyed beautiful view into the valley and forest. As the Boskovice castle was closed as well I just took few pictures of the walls, towers and near surrounding.

Svojanov Castle, I have heard too much about this castle, only superlatives. The journey to get to it was beautiful, however, the castle itself was a small disappointment to me. I cannot say I did not like it, but I felt as I have seen it somewhere else and now something, some parts were missing. So the photos presented are aimed more at the journey approaching the castle than itself.