Moravian Karst, Boskovice and Pernštejn
The Macocha Abyss, two show caves and two castles on a loop where your motorhome stays parked at the campsite most days. The caves hold around seven to eight degrees Celsius all year round, so the Moravian Karst still works in the weeks when it is baking outside and the castles are unbearable. You set up base in the Blansko area and make short hops from there — to Macocha, to Sloup, to Boskovice, and on the last day, on the way home, to Pernštejn above the Nedvědička valley.
From Prague you take the D1 past Brno and then head north into the Svitava valley; with clear roads it takes roughly two and a half hours. It pays to park at the campsite straight away and travel light on the following days. Blansko itself is enough for the rest of the afternoon — it is known as the gateway to the Moravian Karst, and its chateau houses a museum with exhibits on the karst and on the local art cast iron.
Part of the Punkva Caves is toured by boat along the underground Punkva river, and the route also crosses the bottom of the Macocha Abyss; take a sweatshirt with you even in August. Buy your tickets online in advance — in the main season the time slots sell out. The Pustý and Suchý žleb gorges are closed to motor vehicles, so you park at Skalní mlýn and continue by eco-train or on foot. A cable car carries you up from the caves to the viewing platforms above the abyss.
The Sloup–Šošůvka Caves offer two routes — a shorter one of around seventy minutes and a longer one of about a hundred and ten minutes, which also takes in the Nagel Abyss. The last admission to the long route is considerably earlier than to the short one, so come in the morning. The afternoon belongs to the castle ruin above Boskovice, with its deep well and preserved treadwheel. Boskovice and Pernštejn cannot comfortably be managed in a single day, which is why we split them.
On the last day you head back through Nedvědice, where Pernštejn Castle stands above the Nedvědička valley — a national cultural monument and one of the most significant castles in Moravia. Keep an eye on the dates: in the main season it is usually closed on Mondays, and in April and October it opens only at weekends and on public holidays, roughly from nine to three. From the car park a forest path climbs to the first courtyard, and part of the path network is still closed after storm damage. From there you continue via Žďár nad Sázavou onto the D1 and back to Prague.
Up to 3.5 t, the class most of the motorhomes we sell fall into, a Czech electronic motorway vignette tied to the registration plate is enough: around CZK 230 for one day, around CZK 300 for ten days, around CZK 480 for a month and around CZK 2,570 for a year. Above 3.5 t no vignette is sold at all — the distance-based MYTO CZ toll applies instead, and for that you need an on-board unit and the vehicle registered before you set off. The route runs along the D1; on the lower-class roads around Blansko, Sloup and Nedvědice you pay nothing. The attractions charge fees of their own: the eco-train and the cable car are charged separately, and cave tickets are bought for a specific tour time.
Autokemp Olšovec, Jedovnice — 80 pitches with the option of an electric hook-up and five dedicated places for caravans and motorhomes, its own sanitary building; outside the main season, ask ahead whether the camping area is open · Baldovec Resort — kemping, Rozstání (Baldovec 319) — a year-round camping area for motorhomes, caravans and tents, from open ground to private fenced pitches, electric hook-ups; booking is compulsory in July and August
For the night, count on a campsite — the Moravian Karst protected landscape area is no place for wild camping, and during the day only the paid car parks at the caves and at the abyss are available. In the main season they are full by mid-morning, so set out early. Check the size limit and the price for a motorhome at Skalní mlýn by phone in advance, so that you are not left standing at the barrier for nothing. At Boskovice you can park in town and walk up to the castle, and below Pernštejn there is a car park for visitors.
Top up the water and empty the cassette at the campsite rather than out on the trip — Autokemp Olšovec in Jedovnice has a sanitary building and electric hook-ups at some of the pitches, and Baldovec near Rozstání is open all year and has hook-ups as well; ask at reception to show you the exact service point. There is no public self-service motorhome service point at the caves themselves; Skalní mlýn is for parking only.
Adria Compact
The whole Blansko–Sloup–Boskovice–Pernštejn loop runs along narrow roads and ends in paid car parks at the caves and below the castle, where the size of your vehicle matters. The Adria Compact is a compact low-profile motorhome — shorter and narrower than the larger Matrix and Coral low-profiles — so it manoeuvres more easily in the narrow valleys and the smaller car parks. It still has a full bathroom and kitchen for four days with no compromises.
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