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1780Kč; )
The city's nicest hotel is a modern, four-star offering on the main
square, an easy five-minute walk from the Jewish Quarter. There's a good restaurant
in-house, plus extras like a music club and even a bowling alley!
HHOSTEL
STEL
TRAVELLERS HOSTEL €
800Kč, all incl breakfast; )
Right on the edge of the Jewish Quarter, these lovingly re-
stored private rooms and dorms look down onto a private courtyard.
PENSION
PENZIÓN U SYNAGOGY €
rooms in an atmospheric location near the Rear (New) Synagogue.
Mikulov
Explore
The 20th-century Czech poet Jan Skácel (1922-89) bequeathed Mikulov a tourist slo-
gan for the ages when he penned that the town was a 'piece of Italy moved to Moravia
by God's hand'. Mikulov is arguably the most attractive of the southern Moravian
wine towns, surrounded by white, chalky hills and adorned with an amazing hilltop
Renaissance chateau, visible for miles around. Mikulov was also once a thriving cul-
tural centre for Moravia's Jewish community, and the former Jewish Quarter is slowly
being rebuilt. Once you've tired of history, explore the surrounding countryside (on
foot or bike) or relax with a glass of local wine.
DISCOVERING MORAVIAN WINE
Compared to the wine regions of France, California, Australia or New Zealand,
the Moravian wine tourism experience is much more low-key and homespun.
Rather than flash boutique hotels or Michelin-star restaurants, the wine scene
here is more likely to involve energetic harvest festivals and leisurely cycle tour-
ing between family-owned vineyards.
