Orlicke Zahori: Hotels and Accommodation

The Church of St. John the Baptist in Orlické Záhoří is a late Baroque church dating from 1754–1763 and houses a permanent exhibition on the history of glassmaking. This history is also covered by the educational trail S Kačenkou po stopách sklářů: The 15-kilometre route between Deštné v Orlických horách and Orlické Záhoří can be completed by car, bicycle or on foot and has seven information boards about the history of glassworks and glassmaking in the Orlické Mountains.

The Bedřichovka educational trail is 3 kilometres long and is an easy walking route. Its longer section runs from the Bedřichovka Nature Reserve through the Trčkovská louka Nature Reserve to the Trčkov National Nature Reserve. The former Pašerácká stezka educational trail near Černá Voda in Orlické Záhoří has been dismantled.

The Orlické Záhoří Bird Area is a 904-hectare Natura 2000 protected area consisting mainly of meadows and pastures. It protects the corncrake (Crex crex), as well as the wet and spring-fed meadows that serve as its breeding habitat. The approximately 7-kilometre walk Horské louky Zaorlicka leads behind the ridge of the Orlické Mountains into the area known as Zaorlicko, directly to the Polish state border and the right bank of the Divoká Orlice.

In the vicinity of Orlické Záhoří, the Kunštátská Chapel stands on the ridge of the Orlické Mountains at an altitude of 1,035 metres. It was rebuilt in 1868–1869 on the site of an earlier chapel. The Kunštátská Chapel is an approximately circular masonry building with a shingle-covered conical roof. Kunštátský drvoštěp is a traditional international woodworking competition in Orlické Záhoří.

The Ski aréna Orlické Záhoří has a 4.6-kilometre illuminated cross-country ski trail in Jadrná. The Museum výuky minulého století in Orlické Záhoří contains a restored classroom from the First Czechoslovak Republic. Children can sit there in old school desks and look at historical teaching aids.

More pages about localities: Bartosovice V Orlickych Horach, Chleny, Třebešov, Chlístov U Dobrušky, Nebeská Rybná, Rícky V Orlických Horách, Tutleky, Zdobnice.

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Rychnov Nad Kněžnou.