Valeč Castle – home to rare statues and bats in western Bohemia

The baroque castle, surrounded by a romantic park and boasting sculptural decoration by the famous Matyáš Bernard Braun, offers refuge to endangered bats all year round. 12 species were recorded in the castle grounds. Large numbers of bats spend the winter here every year in the historic brewery cellars in the park and in the castle underground. This is the most important known wintering place in the area of ​​the Doupovské mountains...