Well, I do come from Moravia. So I am not very objective :-) But I have seen bit of world now and I still think, that Moravia is one of the most beautiful, still partially undiscovered part of Europe. Roznov, Stramberk and Hukvaldy. You can make a program around the region very easily. The Wallachian Open Air Museum is really worth visiting! You can spend the whole day there. Walk around the museum, have a typical Czech meal and enjoy the atmosphere. Especially before Christmas and during Easter there is a lot of things going on. Including traditional market, where the local crafts men are selling hand made goods.
If you are in Roznov you simply do not want to miss it. There are 3 main areas you can visit (The Wallachian Village, The Wooden Townlet and The Water Mill Valley), depending on how much time you want to spend there. You can be there just a few hours or all day. During the main season you can also visit traditional fairs :) Highly recommended!
The exposition is fine, sometimes the staff is not very talkative. Some temporary exhibitions are described just in Czech language, steady exhibitions are multi-language described.Prices in reastaurants, souvenir shops are reasonable, ocassional events in areal are sensible and nice
Can you imagine your life without elektricity? - There is a chance, the old village helps your imagination. You could be a farmer, much better if you would be a craftsman as it is not wise to rely on the weather. Learn the craft of the miller or the blacksmith, it might be useful in the case you are travelling in time.
I visited the Wallachian Open Air Museum and Village recently. It is located in Roznov in the southern part of this beautiful country. What a wonderful layout and easy access this place is. While wandering through the village one could see several venues that plied with real people, a trade hundreds of years old. The village itself with its wooden church as a center piece was magnificent as are the post office and cottages scattered all around. Unlike phony re-enactment villages I have seen, these are real houses that have been move to this location. Easy walking with graduated inclines makes this a wonderful place for the whole family to visit. Great places to sample traditional and especially authentic Wallachian food reasonably priced and lots of it.
This open air museum shows the way people of the region lived and worked. Many festivities take place here, often you can see traditional costumer, hear folklore music, and taste regional specialties including sourcraut soup kyselica, giant pastries frgály filled with plum jam, pear spread, poppy seed or blueberries, and hot honey wine medovina.
If you are enthusiasts of history and ethnography, visit this natural unikum.Návštěva worth it, especially when you got your kids and make it past the beautiful Valašska.Koupíte right frgál, okoštujete Wallachian plum brandy and I stop over originality of this museum and beautiful region.
Very nice museum od Walachian village, with all the things people used to work and live here. There all kinds of kitchen equipment, butter making hand "machine" , sewing machines etc. But its only open in late spring / summer / early fall. And try to check their pages for folklore festivals which are usualy at weekends. There is also a new watchtower on the hill above the village. Its a pretty nice walk , architecture of the watchtower is unbeliveable and sight is awesome!
This folk "museum" is a great way to see how people lived long ago -- one area was set in the outlying hills and the second area was representative of a small village. There was a small outdoor restaurant which served traditional Czech food and beer. We went through old mountains houses, barns, a windmill, and even a church. Then in the small village we visited tiny and large family homes, a post office, a store, and a church. Very informative and enjoyable.
In this place situated about an hour far from Ostrava, main Moravian City, East Czech Rep, you can discover a really nice WOOD TOWN, and do a step back into the past and experience the way the people used to live 200 years ago.Worth a visit, in the surrounded, nice mountains. Adapt fo a daily visit with family.