Jabkenice: Hotels and Accommodation

Jabkenice is home to the Bedřich Smetana Memorial in the Jabkenická myslivna. Deaf Bedřich Smetana lived there with his family from 1875 to 1884.

Culture and History

The exhibition at the Bedřich Smetana Memorial focuses on Smetana’s study and the family salon. The local history also includes the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, an Early Gothic brick church that has been protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic since 1958. To the east of the church is a 15th-century bell tower, one of the oldest surviving bell towers in the Czech Republic.

In the wider region around Jabkenice is Valdštejn, a church.

Nature and Trails

Jahody se Smetanou is a route of the Skryté příběhy outdoor game in Jabkenice. The route is 4.5 km long, includes eight stops, and takes approximately 1.5 hours. It leads from the municipality of Jabkenice into the forest along a path that follows Bedřich Smetana’s usual walk. After a short detour to the entrance of the Jabkenická obora, it returns to the municipality and ends at the Bedřich Smetana Museum.

Events

For more than a hundred years, Jabkenice has hosted the Smetanovy Jabkenice festival for the general public. Selected programmes at Smetanovy Jabkenice are interpreted into Czech Sign Language.

Surroundings

The immediate surroundings of Jabkenice include Hrádek, a hill, as well as Svatojiřský les (Pěčice), also a hill, and Na Vrchu (Smilovice u Luštěnic), also a hill. In the wider region around Jabkenice is U Borku (Záhornice u Městce Králové), a mountain.

Other local destinations:Všejany, Sojovice, Dalovice, Obrubce, Bukovno, Vlkava, Kolomuty, Petkovy

To the higher-level travel overview: Mladá Boleslav District.