Sunset at Czech Horseshoe Bend: Viewpoint Maj Day Trip from Prague

The road unfurls out of Prague and into low, rolling fields; in the rearview the city shrinks to a tangle of roofs and trams while the countryside grows patient and green. After roughly an hour of private transfer, the bus pulls up to a small clearing and the guide points down a narrow track. Ten minutes of uphill walking later you step onto Viewpoint Maj, where the river curves like a slow, deliberate brushstroke across the plain and the evening light begins to stretch. The place is quiet—mostly local visitors and couples—so the sunset feels slightly secret, as if the land has held this view aside for those willing to leave the city behind.