Dívčí hrad – history enmeshed in the beauty of nature

The romantic ruins of the Gothic castle stand at the eastern end of the ridge of the Pálavské vrchy rising above the Novomlýn reservoirs. Here we spent a week in the bungalows of the ATC Merkur car camp in Pasohlávky, from where we made trips to the near and far surroundings.
 
We set off from the car camp on bikes and on our way there we chose a bit unluckily (it was our first trip in the area) to cross the…