Schwarzenberg Canal

This wooden bridge over Vltava is a technical monument and you will definitely enjoy the visit to this simple wooden construction. It was built in the 19th century so that it would have been possible to hold and then send logs down the river to the paper-mill in Větřní. The roofed bridge is also known ...

Kubova Huť Station looks nothing special, but thanks to its height at 995 metres above sea level it is the highest railway station in the Czech Republic. The railway from Vimperk to Volary and Lenora was opened at the beginning of the 20th Century; Kubova Huť is now used by tourists as a starting point when ...

When you get off the train at the highest railway station Kubova Huť, there is about a 400 metre rise between you and the peak of Boubín (1 362 metres). You will get even higher when you climb up the wooden view tower which will offer the view of the oldest Šumava nature reserve, called Boubín forest.

South of Prachatice Libín Hill rises (1096 metres above sea level) and on the top of it stands a simple cylindrical white tower with a tourist lodge. From this place you will particularly see Prachatice and a large part of Šumava, but also mountains Novohradské, mountain Kleť with a viewing tower ...

Otto Herber Hajek was a German painter and sculptor and, apart from his artistic work, he became famous as a propagator of Czech-German reconciliation. The cultural centre bearing his name is found in Bozkovský house which was first mentioned in the 16th century. At the beginning of the 21st century the rooms ...

Thanks to the long puppet tradition in Czech country, there are many museums of puppets, but there is only one circus museum. You will find it in Prachatice and apart from the exhibition about Czech puppetry from small family theatres to professional theatres you can look forward to a colourful circus ...