The Třebůvka Valley, where Old Mill Glamp is located, has been an important trade route between Olomouc and Prague (via Pardubice and Hradec Králové) since ancient times. Consequently there has always been fighting over every hill in the area and every ambitious ruler has wanted to control the valley, preferably by building a mighty castle on top of one of the disputed hills. One of the most successful was Búz, who in the 13th century erected Bouzov Castle (see the next section, where this masterpiece speaks for itself). Castles and castle ruins are a large part of the cultural‑historical landscape in the area, but there are also small picturesque mountain villages, religious monuments and, not least, old water mills to explore nearby. Below is a selection of what can be seen in the surroundings.

The region has a long and rich history with many small, cozy towns from the Middle Ages. The large, fertile agricultural plain of Haná east of our mountainous area and the smaller but also fertile plain of Malá Haná just 13 km west have made the region a historically attractive dwelling place. As in other parts of the Czech Republic, ethnic and religious tensions, mainly with the neighboring countries Austria and Germany, have shaped the region’s development. Already in the early 15th century, Catholics, heavily influenced by the Holy Roman Empire, fought on one side against followers of the reformer Jan Hus on the other. Two centuries later, during the Thirty‑Years’ War, the region was hard‑hit by the conflict between Catholics and Protestants, and it was also at this stage that the Austrian occupation began, persisting until the First World War. A fairly large part of the region, especially the northern areas, was considered part of the Sudetenland — that is, territories with a substantial German‑ethnic and German‑speaking population up and until World War II. The German influence, and especially the fact that many German speakers were expelled after World II, have left a lasting imprint on the region’s architecture, culture and demographics. From a modern perspective it is almost incomprehensible that, up until the end of the war, there were villages less than a kilometre apart where one was essentially entirely “German” and the other entirely “Czech.” A striking example is the towns of Mohelnice and Loštice, which lie only 2.5 km from each other. Mohelnice was a wholly “German” town and Loštice wholly “Czech". Even though Mohelnice is now completely “Czech,” the two towns feel markedly different. The region also had a significant Jewish population that suffered greatly under the Nazi occupation. Today a living, active Jewish minority remains, but, as elsewhere in the Czech Republic, it is evident how traumatic World War II was for Czech society.

Here's a list of some of the interesting places the region has to offer.