A piece of desert in Polabí - sand spill near Píst

In the immediate vicinity of the village of Písty in the district of Nymburk, one of the last preserved sand dunes in central Polabí is located on an area of ​​3,7 hectares. This area is a protected area and was declared already in 1951.

It is most interesting when you are walking through the forest and suddenly a hill of sand appears in front of you, similar to the one in the Sahara. As if someone brought a piece of the Sahara to us in the Czech Republic. There is a real…