8 tips for the best swimming in a quarry
Getting to the water for a few days during the summer months and spending pleasant moments in the waves is a necessity for many of us. Entire families head to the lakes and ponds and enjoy the more relaxed July and August. Want to reminisce about swimming in a quarry when you were a kid? Today, there are still plenty of different places where you can. Let's imagine them. Water tanks just fun!
1. Veselské sand pits in southern Bohemia
In Třeboňsk, near Veselí nad Lužnicí, there is five lakes with a total area of 240 hectares. Gravel sand mining began in the fifties of the last century, gradually a body of water was created here, where you will feel like you are at the sea.
2. Lake Barbora in Oldřichov near Teplice
Teplice also has its own! The well-known Lake Barbora attracts the whole of Ústí, the former surface mine was flooded and today we have it here more than fifty hectares of water surface. In addition to swimming, you can also enjoy sailing here.
3. Lake Konětopy near Prague
Freshwater jellyfish? Of course, you can meet exactly those at Lake Konětopy, which is located near the village of the same name near Prague. Relatively recently, this clear water quarry has been re-opened to the public and it would be a shame not to take advantage…
4. Borek Quarry in Vysočina
Halfway between Golčová Jeníkov and Chotěboří we find the Borek quarry, which attracts divers even those who just want to sunbathe in the middle of the waves. Very quiet nature and water that has an azure sea tinge, that's a real terno!
5. The flooded quarry of Horní Cerekev
Pelhřimovsko can also be proud of an interesting place for swimming. It is on the edge of the Upper Church exceptionally clean water in a flooded quarry, after the end of mining, the local quarry was buried under water almost forty years ago.
6. Quarry near Mašovice in Znojmo
Clear and refreshing water, on the site of a former quarry where gravel was mined. The village of Mašovice in the Znojmo Region has its attraction for the entire region, all you have to do is come and enjoy the beauty!
7. Kurovicky quarry near Kroměříž
About one and a half kilometers from Kurovice is a Czech natural monument where you can enjoy beautiful swimming. Fifteen hectares of water surface, where a number of protected animal species live, looks like a made-up paradise from afar...
8. Hříměždice quarry in the Příbram region
Previously, the place here was used by the army, today there is space for those who they like to jump from a greater height into the water – because they have the possibility to jump up to ten meters. Or just lie on the pier and get some sun after swimming? It's up to you…
Bathing in a quarry has its own charm, these are mostly areas where the water is absolutely clean and the reputation of a great swimming pool spreads far and wide. Will you also go to the water? After all, summer is not so far away, so it would be a shame not to swim at least once, right?
