Greg's favourite places

Sudety

These are the most beautiful mountains of the world. A big Internet guide to this place is being prepared by SKPS.

Other mountains

• Tatras. The highest mountain range in Poland and Slovakia, very steep and rocky, though small in area.
The High Tatra Mountains
The Tatra Mountains Virtual Tourist
• Dolomites. Pretty mountain range in Italy, wonderfull place to go for climbing.
Alto Adige-Südtirol-Southtyrol
• Sumava. Something like a twin range to Sudety, located in Southern Bohemia.
  SUMAVA-the Green Roof of Europe

Cities

There is an archetype of a city, somewhere in my mind. It must have a market square, a city hall, some churches and a castle. And all of these should be placed in a nice natural landscape - some water and some hills. Note that this definition rules out a lot of famous places, like Venice (no hills), San Francisco (no market square), or even my home place Wroclaw (no hills). Are there any places, that comply to a definition like that? Yes! And here they are, some followed by a list of links, some still unkwnown on the Internet.

• Prague. The capital of Czech Republic is placed on several hills on both sides of Veltava. Charles' Bridge is the most famous of many, which allow crossing the river. Lots of towers offer incredible views of the city
Welcome to Prague
Prague Sights
Virtual Prague Home Page
Prague by Four Winds Travel
• Cracow. Former capital of Poland, still its cultural center.
Cracow City
Poland Now ! - Cracow
• Olomouc is located in Northern Morava (Czech Republic), has two (yes!) market sqaures, Upper and Lower. As the names suggest - hills are also there. But the most imporesive feature of this city is an uncountable number of fountains - they are simply on every street...
Olomouc
Mìsto Olomouc(Czech only)
Welcome to Olomouc
• Wroclaw - though no hills, I couldn't stop myself from putting some links to sites about my home town.
  Poland Now ! - Wroclaw
  Wroclaw,
• Kutna Hora was the second big city of Bohemia in middle ages, when in the surrounding hills silver mines were operating. When layers of the precious metal were finished, the fame of the city was gone, but it's beauty still remains, and it's easy to find, since there are no crowds, just wonderfull, mostly late gothic churches and palaces.
• Klodzko is situated in Sudety, dominated by a great fortress, and hides many tunnels, cellars and secret underground corridors. It also has a bridge, surprisingly similar to the Charles bridge, though not so large.

Other links to Sudety, Czechy and Silesia

Somehow a random collection, leading to many different sites about my region. I hope that with the expansion of Internet, this list will grow, too.

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Last modified on January 3rd, 1997.