Highlands (Czech Republic)

The Highlands region (Czech: Kraj Vysočina, literally Highlands Region) is a region in the Czech Republic. It is a part of Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, an extensive and long range of hills and low mountains over 150 kilometres long, hence the name.

Cities

🌍 Jihlava. The region center and the ancient royal mining town
🌍 Chotěboř.
🌍 Havlíčkův Brod.
🌍 Humpolec.
🌍 Nové Město na Moravě.
🌍 Pelhřimov.
🌍 Telč. This town has a perfectly preserved Renaissance town centre surrounded by shallow man-made lakes and is one of the prettiest towns in the Czech Republic
🌍 Třebíč. Has one of Europe's best presereved Jewish areas
🌍 Třešť.
🌍 Velká Bíteš. A historical town at the border of Highlands and South Moravia, by the country's major highway
🌍 Velké Meziříčí.
🌍 Žďár nad Sázavou. Contains a fine pilgrimage church

Other destinations

🌍 Žďár Highlands (Žďárské vrchy).
🌍 Iron Mountains (Železné hory).

See

🌍 Ledeč nad Sázavou Castle.

Go next

Českomoravská vrchovina

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