A beautiful region is Eastern Europe’s answer to the popular Tuscany but sees hardly any tourists.
South Moravia is in the southwest of the Czech Republic and is home to the country’s second-largest city.
It is the country’s wine producer and the countryside is filled with vineyards growing fruit for the national treasure drink which wins international trophies.
It is divided into four wine-growing regions which make sweet, extractive and relatively expensive ice and straw wines.
Wine lovers can do tastings across the region at a number of vineyards as well as attend wine festivals and the annual harvest.
The area’s capital, Brno, has been described as a “kaleidoscope of UNESCO-listed functionalism and Austro-Hungarian glamour” by National Geographic.
Among the top things to visit are the main square Náměstí Svobody, the 13th-century Špilberk Castle, the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul and UNESCO-listed Villa Tugendhat.
Also in the area to see are the Brno Reservoir, the original ducal castle Veveří, and the Moravian Karst, a protected landscape.
The area has an average temperature of 26C during the summer and 1C in the winter, with an average of nine days of rain in August and five days in January.
There are direct flights to Brno from London airports. More airports across the country offer flights to Prague, a two-hour drive away.
The region has a number of places to stay such as hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, holiday lets and more.
