A beautiful Czech city has been hailed as a “mini-Prague”, offering the kind of architectural grandeur and world-famous beer culture you can find in the country’s capital – without the crowds of tourists.
Travelpulse.com named Olomouc, a city in the eastern province of Moravia, among some of the best holiday destinations for avoiding over-tourism, lauding its main square, where you can find “lovely pastel buildings with the UNESCO-listed Holy Trinity Column at its centre”.
The Holy Trinity Column, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since the turn of the millennium, is Central Europe‘s largest-ever grouping of Baroque statues within a single sculpture, standing 32 metres high
Visitors also marvel at the heliocentric Astronomical Clock on part of the northern wall of the town hall, which a reporter for The Independent who visited said was “far more riveting than Prague’s more famous one.”
The city, which is pronounced “Oh-la-moats,” is also known for its ornate fountains. At least 25 of them are in the city, seven of which are designed in a lavish Baroque style.
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