Olomouc Region: 11 places worth a day trip
Pinsko lists 11 places in the Olomouc Region: 3 beer stops, 3 historic sites, 3 spa towns, 1 nature spot and 1 mushroom area.
Highlights include Holba Brewery; Holy Trinity Column, Olomouc and Velké Losiny.
Quick answers
- Which places in the Olomouc Region need booking?
- Book ahead for Holba Brewery, Zubr Brewery and Bouzov Castle. The rest are walk-in or worth a quick check of opening times.
- What's seasonal in the Olomouc Region?
- Seasonal: Jeseníky Forests (Jun–Oct). The others aren't seasonal, but check opening hours before you go.
- How far is the Olomouc Region from Prague and Brno?
- By car, Pinsko's places here are 2 h 50 min–3 h 55 min from Prague and 1 h–2 h 50 min from Brno, without traffic.
Beer3
- Holba Brewery
The brewery of the Jeseníky mountains in Hanušovice, founded in 1874 and brewing with soft mountain water.
- Zubr Brewery
Přerov's brewery, founded in 1872 and named after the European bison on its label.
- Chomout Brewery
A microbrewery on the edge of Olomouc brewing unfiltered beers, with a summer garden near the Morava river.
History3
- Holy Trinity Column, Olomouc
A 35-metre Baroque column completed in 1754, the largest Baroque sculptural group in Central Europe. UNESCO since 2000.
- Bouzov Castle
A fairy-tale castle rebuilt around 1900 for the Teutonic Order and a favourite filming location.
- Svatý Kopeček Basilica
A Baroque pilgrimage basilica on a hill above Olomouc, built from 1669 where, legend says, a local burgher saw a vision of the Virgin. Pope John Paul II visited in 1995 and made it a minor basilica; the terrace looks out over the Haná plain.
Spas3
- Velké Losiny
Warm sulphur springs below a Renaissance chateau, in a village also known for its 16th-century hand paper mill and for the witch trials held here.
- Priessnitz Spa, Jeseník
Vincenz Priessnitz opened the world's first hydrotherapy institute here in 1822; cold-water cures are still given on the wooded slopes above Jeseník.
- Teplice nad Bečvou Spa
Carbonated mineral springs in the Bečva valley, next to the Zbrašov aragonite caves, the warmest in the country.