Lake Lipno

Lake Lipno

© Stockczech/Sheila Atter

Right down near the Austrian border, Lake Lipno provides a ’seaside’ that the people of a land-locked country such as the Czech Republic can enjoy. Around the small town of Frymburk the shores of the lake are crowded with holidaymakers from Germany and Austria as well Czechs, all enjoying the small beaches and filling the hotels and campsites that have sprung up all around.

But just a few kilometres away, in the tiny village of Hrdonov, the sole tourist attraction is the Hotel Fontana, discreetly set above the lake. A path leads down to a jetty that is home to sailing boats, their rigging tinkling in the wind, whilst just a few yards away a couple of rowing boats lie abandoned on the shore.

~ by stockczech on May 21, 2008.