Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Outside the Centre
AARCHITE
CHITECTURE
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VILA TUGENDHAT
(Villa Tugendhat; 515 511 015; www.tugendhat.eu ; Černopolni 45; adult/concession
300/180Kč; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun; 3, 5, 11) Brno had a reputation in the 1920s as a
centre for modern architecture in the Functionalist and Bauhaus styles. Arguably the
finest example is this family villa, designed by modern master Mies van der Rohe in
1930. Entry is by guided tour, booked in advance by phone or over the website.
If you can't book a tour, the front of the house is still worth a look for how sharply
it contrasts with many of the other contemporaneous buildings in the neighbourhood.
To find the villa, take tram 3, 5 or 11 from Moravské náměstí up Milady Horákové to
Černopolní, then walk 300m north.
MMUSSEUUM
MENDEL MUSEUM
(Mendelianum; 543 424 043; www.mendel-museum.com ; Mendlovo náměstí 1;
adult/concession 60/30Kč; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun Apr-Oct, to 5pm Nov-Mar) Gregor Mendel
(1822-84), the Augustinian monk whose studies of peas and bees at Brno's Abbey of
St Thomas established modern genetics, is commemorated here. In the garden are the
foundations of Mendel's original greenhouse.
MUSEUM OF ROMANY CULTURE
(muzeum romské kultury; 545 571 798; www.rommuz.cz ; Bratislavská 67; adult/conces-
sion 40/20Kč; 10am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 5pm Sun, closed Sat) This excellent museum
provides an overdue positive showcase of Romany culture. Highlights include a
couple of music-packed videos, period photographs from across Europe, and regular
special exhibitions.
MMUSSEUUM
BEST OF MORAVIA
SIGHTS | DRINKING | SLEEPING | ENTERTAINMENT
EATING
ASIAN
SIAN
KOISHI €€€
(
777 564 744; www.koishi.cz ; Údolní 11; mains 395-490Kč;
11am-11pm Mon-Fri,
9am-11pm Sat & Sun;
) Sushi master Tadayoshi Ebina and top seafood chef Petr
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