"OLOMOUC" Olomouc by billus

Olomouc Travel Guide: 253 reviews and 842 photos

Crumbling ochre facades enshrouded in scaffolding, carbon-monoxide-spewing Skodas, ancient trams and unreconstructed communist era hotels, Olomouc is the city that tourism forgot. Enter a self-service samosloozba cafeteria and point to the potato, sausage or cabbage specialty of your liking, down it beer and aluminum utensils. Elegant baroque domes, Gothic vaulting, Renaissance gables lined with cobblestones and streetcar tracks, Olomouc has everything, except investment. Way out in north eastern Moravia and off the Interrail radar, Olomouc is a pearl of Habsburg-era cultural achievement.
Who needs Prague, anyway?

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Intro Written Sep 11, 2002
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craic May 6, 2004 at 1:50 AM

Lovely stuff. But these plague columns!!!! What's that all about???
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alza Dec 10, 2003 at 4:31 PM

tks for Olomouc, hope to get there. You're right of course,St.Michael's is Gothic. also looks like a temple. My tree is up! keeps the house warm :-)
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tiganeasca Nov 10, 2003 at 5:06 AM

Thanks for sharing some wonderful pics and tips on an often ignored destination. Nice to read about these less-traveled places, thanks!
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prleprle Mar 19, 2003 at 11:33 AM

Excellent photos. Maybe forgoten but beautiful place.
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cbeaujean Oct 21, 2002 at 4:45 AM

fantastic page for a fantastic city i love,fortunately(?) "forgotten by tourism" but not by History...tks for pics!
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prunila Sep 28, 2002 at 8:32 AM

FELICIDADES!!! bILLUS FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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matcrazy1 Jun 19, 2002 at 8:16 AM

FANTASTIC travelogues!
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undermysky Apr 30, 2002 at 10:59 PM

But where`s the chutny stinky Olomouc Syr?
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patrikske Dec 1, 2001 at 7:12 PM

Wonderful page !
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keeweechic Nov 26, 2001 at 10:03 PM

Great scenes, great place. luv the cobblestones too