Dolní Věstonice: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Dolní Věstonice combines an exceptional archaeological past with visible traces of regional history and wine tradition. In 1925, Karel Absolon discovered here the approximately 11-centimetre-tall Venus of Dolní Věstonice. The village is also associated with the discovery of the oldest woven textile, as well as with pottery made from fired clay and ash.

Culture and History

At Dolní Věstonice I, Karel Absolon began the first systematic archaeological investigation of Palaeolithic sites below the Pálava in 1924, under the auspices of the Moravian Museum. The site preserves 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 document both settlement by mammoth hunters and 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, there is also a Great Moravian hillfort site and an extensive burial ground. On the northern outskirts of the village, at the site of Vysoká zahrada, are the remains of a rampart and the ground plan of a church that stood there until the beginning of the 13th century.

Near Dolní Věstonice II, visitors can see the so-called Calendar of the Ages: a powerful loess profile documenting Palaeolithic settlement.

Wine

The Habán wine cellars form a small ensemble of buildings around the so-called Husí plácek and can still be seen there today. The Víno Svoboda wine cellar in Dolní Věstonice offers guided wine tastings and sells wines directly on site. Sklep u Elišky a Toníka offers guided and unguided tastings of wines from the Červinka winery in Horní Věstonice. These wine tastings may be accompanied by a small selection of snacks that varies seasonally.

Landscape and Nature

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

Nature Education

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

Other places: Borkovany, Popice, Pavlov U Dolních Věstonic, Jevišovka, Bavory, Drnholec, Tvrdonice, Uhercice U Hustopecí.

To the higher-level travel overview: Břeclav District.