What to visit in Czech Republic ?

Czechia runs at two speeds: Prague concentrates the tourist flows and a dense cultural life, while the rest of the country moves at a pace hurried visitors miss entirely. Czechs have a particular relationship with beer - not as folklore, but as a daily social practice - and an architecture that documents five centuries of history without major interruption, having escaped significant bombing in the Second World War.

The country organises itself into three large entities: Bohemia in the west, with Prague, Český Krumlov and the spa towns of Karlovy Vary; Moravia in the south-east, wine-growing and less visited, around Brno and Olomouc; and Czech Silesia in the north-east, industrial and often overlooked by classic circuits. The terrain stays moderate, with the Sudetes and Giant Mountains forming the natural borders with Poland and Germany.