Moravian-Silesian Region: 8 places worth a day trip
Pinsko lists 8 places in the Moravian-Silesian Region: 3 historic sites, 2 beer stops, 2 nature spots and 1 spa town.
Highlights include Lower Vítkovice, Ostrava; Radegast Brewery and Praděd.
Quick answers
- Which places in the Moravian-Silesian Region need booking?
- Book ahead for Radegast Brewery. The rest are walk-in or worth a quick check of opening times.
- What's seasonal in the Moravian-Silesian Region?
- Nothing here is seasonal, but opening hours change through the year.
- How far is the Moravian-Silesian Region from Prague and Brno?
- By car, Pinsko's places here are 3 h 45 min–4 h 45 min from Prague and 1 h 40 min–2 h 40 min from Brno, without traffic.
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- Lower Vítkovice, Ostrava
A former coal mine and ironworks turned cultural district, with a viewpoint at the top of Blast Furnace No. 1.
- Radhošť and the Radegast Statue
The sacred mountain of the Beskydy: the ridge path from Pustevny passes a statue of the pagan god Radegast, and the summit has a wooden chapel of Sts Cyril and Methodius from the 1890s. Legends of old gods and Christian missionaries meet here.
- Tatra Technical Museum, Kopřivnice
Kopřivnice has built vehicles since 1850. The museum shows Tatra's streamlined saloons and racing cars and the Präsident of 1897, the first car made in central Europe; the lorries have their own museum across town.