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Checklist

	Open Christmas / New Year (please call to discuss)		Central heating		Television		Telephone
	Garden Unfenced		Barbeque		DVD player		Cooker and hob
	Off road parking		1 bathroom		CD player		Washing machine
	Secure storage for bikes		Shower		Bed linen provided		Clothes dryer
	Bikes provided		Microwave		Towels provided		Clothes airer / washing line
	Ground floor bedroom		Fridge		Breakfast basket provided
	Ground floor bathrooom		Freezer / compartment		Basics of tea, coffee, sugar provided
	Open fire		Iron and Board		Traditional Czech Meal and shopping can be aranged for arrival

This is the wonderful Balcony which can be completely opened up in Summer to enjoy the fabulous views over the Beskedy Mountain nature reserve to the Slovakian border.

We have organised a great taxi and car hire system for guests, whereby guests can be taxied straight from the airport (Brno is usually the cheapest with Ryanair) to the house and on the way (25 mins from the house) pick up the hire cars - even if out of office hours, guest drivers can then follow the taxi into the Nature Reserve where the house is.

The car hire for a medium saloon is approx £19 per day.

The house is ideal for 6 adults and 4 children - or 10 adults, it has 6 bedrooms, 2 of them very spacious .

The Bedrooms are one treble, 2 doubles and 3 singles.

The main room downstairs has a wonderful old-fashioned farmers oven which incorporates a bread oven and hotplate and has stairs up to the top of it where you can cosy down on the sheepskins if you feel the bedroom is just too far away.

The main room has a big dining table which easily seats 10 plus another big table which seats 7 where children can play at.

The kitchen has 6 electric hob hot plates and an oven, also supplied are a microwave, toaster, kettle and double sink. There is a cosy 'den' with benches and table at the other end of the kitchen. 

There is a TV lounge room downstairs with 300 satelite channels including 3 in English. We have also installed a DVD.

There is also a spacious shower washroom with under-floor heating and a washing machine and dryer for guests.

The water is supplied by automatic pump from our own spring and there is a lovely BBQ out house being built in the orchard with fabulous views.

The house stands in its own meadow of about 20 acres, all around is wonderful forest and the views from the veranda look straight across the valley and left and right for about 12 miles - there is no house, light, telegraph pole, road or sign of civilisation at all - it is a wonderful forest nature reserve where only those people actually living in it can travel to by car, everyone else has to walk, so very few cars and no tourist feel to the place.

But... not completely cut off ! The house was the focus of a tiny community of farmers and there are about 6 houses, mostly ancient.

Tara will be offered to guests for minimum weekly slots running from Sundays.

Please enquire from our homepage enquiry button at www.grove-cottages.co.uk for more details or if you wish to book. You may also call me (Mark), Millie or Stephanie in office hours on  01787 211 115 

This is an absolutely fabulous place for those who want enjoy nature and style.

'Tara' sleeps 10 and costs £850 per week. Well behaved pets are always welcome, please refer to this web page  All About Bringing Pets  for charges and how this cottage may suit your pet.

Please use the General Enquiies or Contact Us page to ask me any other questions any or make a booking enquiry. Or call us in office hours on 01787 211 115

Thank you.

Mark.

Here are some of the Wonderful Places to Explore or Visit which are all close to Tara
Please click on the links below for a full page of information and photos on each of these places.



Find Out More about The Massive Nature Reserve around Tara and the areas of Primeval Forest  -  by clicking here



Walking through the Nature Reserve that surrounds Tara.

You can reach the top of the mountain where the ski lift and hotel restaurant is with a 45 minute walk along the trail through the forest and meadows. From here there are many marked trails or you can stroll along the lane at the top of the world as it meanders past small farming communities and old wooden churches and handy hikers bars and restaurants.


     

• Please Click on the link below for more photos of the views on these walks
• Web page for Walking The Beskedy Mountain Reserve
   

From the restaurant you have superb views over miles of forest and onwards to the Tatra Alpine mountain range.

This area is a paradise for those who appreciate the wonders of a forest nature reserve and there are literally hundreds of miles of forestry roads and paths to explore by bike or walking including the beautiful walks around the Sance (Shancer) lake.


 
 

The amazing Historic Museum village  of Skanzen

This is an absolute 'Must' and a very unique place to visit.

   
 

• click the link below for more more photos of Skanzem
• Web page for Skanzem

or have a look at the official website for Skanzem, below:

www.vmp.cz/english/little_wooden_town.htm  

 



The Amazing Pustevny...

You can reach the mountain top group of Victorian buildings by ski lift all summer and walk down from there.

This amazing restaurant does great Coffee and cakes alday as well as great beer and inexpensive gastro meals.

You can make a pilgrimage to the statue to 'Radegast' the Pagan God of beer which is just a 25 minute walk up the mountain - luckily enough the restaurant does also serve beer for when you come back down !

You can reach the mountain top group of Victorian buildings by ski lift all summer and walk down from there.

• Please click the link below for lots more photos of wonderful Pustevny
• Web page for Pustevny
  
  
  
   

http://www.vmp.cz/english/pustevny-eng.htm

http://www.pustevny.czech-mountains.eu

Another wonderful days outing is to Hukvaldi Castle just 35 minutes away.

   
 

• Please click the link below to open up a page of photos of my visit to Hukvaldi Castle.
• Web page for Hukvaldi

The Water Mill is another great day out and very close to Tara, it is a Fascinating place with great food, amazing museum houses and bikes to hire to explore the beautiful area.

   

• Please click the link below to open up a page of photos about The Water Mill a fascinating place 30 minutes frrom Tara.
• Web page for The Water Mill

Stramberk is the perfect example of a romantic picture book mountain Village - it has a wonderful Main square, great restaurants and a lovely castle, you can hire bikes here to explore the mountain trails.

    
 

• Please click the link below for a full page of information and images of Stramberk
• Web page for Stramberk

Explore the woodland and mountains surrounding Tara by mountain bike!

Mark has striked a deal with a local professional mountain bike shop.

Here are some of the photos Mark took of his day biking through the mountains. 

  
Mark spots Tara from a distance!

Click here to see more images
www.grove-cottages.co.uk/pages.lasso?id=94 



Another local treat for guests of Tara is the mountain pony trecks - Check out Marks Day out.

www.grove-cottages.co.uk/pages.lasso?id=95

 






Bike Hire is available close to Tara and in a few interesting places which make good bike riding starting points.

 
 

• Please click the link below for full information on Bicycle Hire
• Web page for Bike Hire

Useful weblinks

Here are some really great days out all very close to Tara, each link opens up a new page.

Bike Hire: You can actually hire bicycles directly from some of the train stations and there is an end of the line station just 15 mins down the road from Tara in the main village called Ostravice - you can also take the bikes on the train (this is a tiny mountain train) to some of the other foothill areas or cycle there and train it back or just potter around the pretty foothills

Here is the Train website link showing the map of its bicycle services

www.cd.cz

Horse Trekking: We are compiling a list of Stables and what they offer, here is just one.

www.jizdarna.euweb.cz


Here is another which has 3 horses for trekking days through the mountains

www.muchovice.cz

 

Beskedy mountains :Here are some weblinks about the Beskedy mountains - see the photo galleries if there is one on the websites.

 www.travel.cz

www.beskydy-info.cz

www.aix.upol.cz no pictures but a good rundown of many local places

 


Frydek-Mystek The 2 main Squares of Frydek and Mystek are both very pretty with churches, terrace cafés, restaurants, internet cafes, banks and often events.

This is a rather old page of information on Frydek-Mystek which is just 25 mins away, it is the local Capital but with a population of just 65,000 a rather small Capital, but it does have some nice places to visit and the biggest Tesco's, Kaufland, Hypernova, Aldi and all the other superstores you have ever seen - if you just cannot tear yourself away from familiar pastimes.

http://www.travel.cz/guide/101/index_en.html

Hukvaldi Castle about 35 mins away

www.travel.cz

This is all about Leos Janacek the Composer who was born in Hukvaldi a village about 45 mins away where there is a lovely Castle

www.leosjanacek.co.uk

 
Stramberk Castle about 45 mins away.

Stramberk Castle: A ruin of a castle from the 14th century, renovated at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries according to the project by K.Hilbert. The castle complex with cylinder tower called Trúba (a look-out tower and a dungeon), an entrance gate and remains of fortifications.

www.stramberk.cz

www.czechtourism.com

 
Photo Gallery of a trip around Stare Hamry and the local area.

www.bcbarney2.glenalbyn.org