Dolní Věstonice: Hotels and accommodation

At Dolní Věstonice I, Karel Absolon began the first systematic archaeological research into Palaeolithic sites below Pálava in 1924, under the auspices of the Moravian Museum. Dolní Věstonice I preserves the remains of a hunter settlement, numerous human and animal figurines, as well as jewellery and anthropological finds. It also contains the oldest evidence of new technologies, such as the production of ceramics and textiles.

Dolní Věstonice III contains finds from the stone industry that attest both to settlement by mammoth hunters and to traces of an older settlement of the Aurignacian culture dating from 40,000 to 35,000 years ago. In the immediate vicinity of Dolní Věstonice are a Great Moravian hillfort site and an extensive burial ground.

At the northern edge of Dolní Věstonice, at the Vysoká zahrada site, are the remains of a rampart and the ground plan of a church that stood there until the beginning of the 13th century. The Hutterite wine cellars form a small square ensemble at the so-called Husí plácek and can still be seen there today. Near Dolní Věstonice II, visitors can see the so-called Calendar of the Ages, a massive loess profile documenting Palaeolithic settlement.

The Víno Svoboda wine cellar in Dolní Věstonice offers guided wine tastings and sells wines directly on site. Sklep u Elišky a Toníka in Dolní Věstonice offers guided and unguided tastings of wines from the Červinka winery in Horní Věstonice. A small, seasonally changing selection of snacks may be served during wine tastings at Sklep u Elišky a Toníka.

The 16-kilometre Naučná stezka Věstonická nádrž educational trail passes through Dolní Věstonice. It runs along the middle Novomlýnská nádrž reservoir, which is considered an important bird sanctuary. The six stops along the Naučná stezka Věstonická nádrž educational trail focus on the birds and fish of the Novomlýnská reservoirs, the submerged village of Mušov and the restoration of the floodplain landscape.

The Pálava House of Nature offers experience-oriented programmes. It also features a modern interactive exhibition about the local fauna and flora, geological treasures and the region’s rich history.

Kurdějov, Jevišovka, Diváky, Nikolčice, Pavlov U Dolních Věstonic, Krumvíř, Borkovany, Popice

For the main travel overview: Břeclav District.