Prague has a special status in the Czech Republic - it is both a city and a region. As the capital of the republic, it contains most of the top state institutions (parliament, ministries, etc.), is home to many companies with national and international operations, and is a centre of commerce, education, science and culture. Over a thousand years of building and urban development have given the city the distinction of being one of the most beautiful places in the world, with eight million tourists a year, the vast majority of them from abroad. In addition to the many theatres, concert halls, galleries and monuments of all architectural styles, the numerous stylish pubs and cafés throughout the historic city centre attract visitors, like in Paris, London and other world capitals.

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The Central Bohemian Region forms a ring around the capital city of Prague, which is also its regional capital and the seat of other regional institutions of the Czech Republic. It is the source of both significant agricultural production, especially in the fertile Polabí region, and traditional industry (e.g. heavy industry in Kladno, the largest domestic Škoda car factory in Mladá Boleslav, etc.). Tourists are attracted in particular by famous castles (Karlštejn, Křivoklát, Český Šternberk, etc.), historical towns (Kutná hora, which is on the UNESCO list, Kolín, Mělník, etc.), as well as natural sites, especially around the Vltava, Elbe, Berounka and Sázava rivers.

The South Bohemian region, near the borders of Austria and Germany, with its fertile soil and favourable climate, is primarily agricultural, and is especially famous for its fish farming, but forestry is also important. These sectors are also represented in the region by manufacturing industries, including textile factories and engineering. Tourism is of great importance to the South Bohemian Region - both manmade destinations (the towns of Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, Jindřichův Hradec, Tábor, ..., the castles and chateaux of Rožmberk, Orlík, Hluboká, Červená Lhota, ... ) and natural destinations (Lipenská Dam, Šumava, Třeboň ponds, etc.) are popular.

The Plzeň region in the southwest of the Czech Republic is characterised by marked contrast between the regional city of Plzeň (170,000 inhabitants, the fourth largest city in the Czech Republic) and the smaller towns and villages in the rest of the region. Plzeň itself, at the confluence of four rivers, has been an important trading centre since its foundation in the 13th century. It became one of the country's leading industrial centres in the 19th century and is known worldwide for its beer.  Tourists are attracted mainly by the western part of Šumava and other border mountains of the region: on its territory, there are over one hundred and fifty small protected areas in addition to the Šumava National Park. The castles and chateaux of Rabí, Velhartice, Horšovský Týn and the Baroque monasteries in Plasy and Kladruby attract history lovers. A specific region of the Pilsen Region is Chodsko with a number of folk traditions, including bagpipe music. 

The Czech Republic is known as the "heart" of Europe because of its location.

It borders Germany to the west, Poland to the north, Slovakia to the east and Austria to the south.

The Czech Republic covers an area of 78,867 km². It is slightly smaller than Austria, 4 times smaller than Germany or Poland and 1.5 times larger than Slovakia. It is made up of historic parts of Bohemia, Moravia and part of Silesia. 

The Karlovy Vary Region is located in the western tip of the Czech Republic and is famous mainly for its spa industry (Františkovy Lázně, Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně), but its tourism industry is still developing through the sophisticated presentation of other attractive places such as historical monuments, as well as specially built sports and recreational centres. It also offers unique natural sites (Slavkovský les (Slavkov Forest), SOOS extensive peat bogs, and Doupovské hory (Doupov Mountains). The border region of the Ore Mountains attracts skiers in particular, and the region has a growing number of cycle paths, several golf courses and equestrian facilities. History-loving tourists head most often to Cheb Castle, Loket Castle and especially to the castle in Bečov nad Teplou with the rare medieval reliquary of St. Maurus.

The Ústí region in the northwest of the Czech Republic has long since lost the stigma of being the region with the worst environment as it was during the communist era when the region was dominated by acrid sulphur smoke from power plants and chemical plants and polluted rivers. Today, the region attracts visitors with its rich natural sites in the Ore Mountains, the Bohemian Central Highlands, Bohemian-Saxon Switzerland and the Elbe Valley with its many historical monuments, castles and chateaux. Characteristic agricultural products include the world-famous Žatec hops and fruit production.  

The Liberec Region is the smallest region of the Czech Republic. It lies in the north of the country and is the most forested region of the country. It is mainly known for its ski centres and terrains for downhill skiing, ski jumping and cross-country skiing, starting with the Ještěd mountain near the regional town of Liberec (with the famous silhouette of the hotel-television transmitter), through Harrachov, Rokytnice nad Jizerou and Jílemnice in the western part of the Krkonoše Mountains to the extensive cross-country skiing trail complex Jizerská Magistrála in the Jizera Mountains.  In the summer, the biggest magnet is the Máchovo Lake (actually an artificial water surface - the largest lake in the Czech Republic outside of South Bohemia) with a number of water attractions and a network of cycling trails in the surroundings. There is a total of 15 towns with urban conservation zones and castles and chateaux (Bezděz, Sychrov, Zákupy, etc.).

The Hradec Králové Region in the northeast of Bohemia offers both high mountains (especially the eastern part of the Krkonoše Mountains with the highest mountain in the Czech Republic - Sněžka) and interesting terrains for hiking and climbing (Adršpach and Teplice Rocks, Broumov Walls, the area around the Elbe and Orlice rivers) as well as a number of historical monuments (Častolovice, Hrádek u Nechanic, Kuks, Opočno, Ratibořice with Babiččiný údolí, etc.). The regional town of Hradec Králové, famous in part thanks to Queen Eliška Rejčka (Hradec is named after her), represents a rare symbiosis of historical and modern architecture. All lovers of exotic nature are familiar with Dvůr Králové - from the 1960s the first Central European safari was gradually developed in the local zoo.

The Pardubice Region, located on the border of Bohemia and Moravia, is part of the fertile Polabí region, but at the same time, it concentrates a number of industrial enterprises of various sectors and has a significant share in the Czech Republic's exports (third among all regions). The region is famous for horse breeding (stud farms in Kladruby and Slatiňany, Velká Pardubická), and the regional town of Pardubice is famous for its traditional gingerbread. Visitors will also find a castle with historical fortifications and a large Renaissance square. Other sights of the region include the castles and chateaux of Litice, Svojanov and Litomyšl. Especially the area around the Elbe and other lowland parts of the region are crisscrossed with numerous cycle paths, the rivers offer paddlers routes of varying levels of difficulty.

The Vysočina region is located in the middle of the country on the border of Bohemia and Moravia, named after the hilly area of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands (Vysočina), which forms a significant part of its territory and shapes its population (mostly small villages). To a large extent, the original nature has been preserved (extensive forests and pastures, numerous lakes), with only a few adjustments, with many historical monuments of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods and traditional folk architecture. Tourists are attracted not only by the three UNESCO monuments (Telč, Třebíč, Zelená hora) but also by other places (the castles of Roštejn, Lipnice, Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, Náměšt' nad Oslavou, the Kralice Bible Memorial, etc.). The highest part of the Highlands (around Nové Město na Moravě) is a magnet for cross-country skiers and a place of traditional international races.

The South Moravian Region is most often referred to as the "wine region", but it offers much more to its inhabitants and tourists. The regional city of Brno (the second largest in the country) is an important centre of industry and modern technology, education and culture. The predominantly agricultural nature of other areas of the region influences the appearance of the landscape, and numerous sights, both natural (Moravian Karst with the Macocha Abyss and several cave systems, Podyjí National Park, Brno and Vranov reservoirs) and historical (Lednice-Valtice area, Pernštejn and Boskovice castles, Mikulov and Vranov castles, etc.) attract visitors to the region. Foreigners interested in military history most often visit Slavkov and its surroundings, the scene of the legendary Battle of the Three Emperors in 1805, while lovers of folk traditions will be attracted by the wide range of folk art and traditional crafts.

The Olomouc Region lies in the central part of Moravia around the river of the same name, offering both the vast fertile lowlands of the Haná with numerous folklore traditions still alive today and a dense network of cycle paths, and the Jeseníky Mountains with a number of attractive natural sceneries and skiing terrains. The regional town of Olomouc is one of the oldest and most picturesque towns in the Czech Republic, and as the seat of the Moravian archbishops, it boasts a number of monumental sacral buildings. Other destinations for history lovers are the castles of Bouzov and Šternberk. The castles of Čechy pod Kosířem or Velké Losiny, rivers, ponds and the Plumlov reservoir attract people to swimming and water sports.

In the past, the Moravian-Silesian Region was mainly synonymous with mining and metallurgy, but nowadays it also has many other attributes. It offers its inhabitants and visitors a very rugged relief, from the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains with the highest Moravian mountain Praděd or the Moravian-Silesian Beskydy Mountains to the richly populated lowlands around historic Opava and the regional city of Ostrava (the third largest city in the Czech Republic), and there are three large protected natural sites in the region. In addition to traditional historical monuments (Sovinec and Hukvaldy castles, castles in Hradec nad Moravicí, Kravaří, etc.), the region offers a wide range of industrial and technical attractions (the Tatra Automobile Museum in Kopřivnice, the Mining Museum in Ostrava, the revitalised industrial complex in Dolní Vítkovice, etc.).  

The Zlín Region, located in the very east of the Czech Republic, has a very diverse landscape and historical tradition. Grain meadows and vineyards alternate with the mountains of the Chřiby, Bílé Karpaty, Javorníky and Moravian-Silesian Beskydy with a centuries-old tradition of pastoralism and wood processing. The region includes the two main folklore regions of the country - Slovácko and Wallachia, as well as the spa industry (especially Luhačovice with the unique architecture of D. Jurkovič).  In addition to the varied natural beauties (attractions include water tourism on the Bata Canal), the region offers numerous historical monuments (the castles and chateaux of Buchlov, Buchlovice, Chropyně, Lukov, Kroměříž, the Great Moravia Monument in Staré Město and the Archeoskansen in Modrá), sacral (the pilgrimage site of Velehrad with its Cyril and Methodius tradition) and folk (the Wallachian open-air museum in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm). The modern history of the region is represented above all by the regional town of Zlín, which is still associated today mainly with the integrated business project of the first republican Bat'a company, including its typical architecture.