Karviná: Hotels and Accommodation

Karviná combines castle history, parks within the city’s conservation area, contemporary art and Lázně Darkov. Fryštát Castle, Boženy Němcové Park, historic religious buildings and regional cycle paths provide the town’s key points of interest.

Culture and History

The first tour route at Fryštát Castle leads through the castle’s main building and includes 18 castle rooms. The first two tour routes at Fryštát Castle each take approximately 55 minutes and are conducted exclusively with a guide.

The Church of Saint Peter of Alcantara was built in the Baroque style in 1736. In summer, it is open to the public free of charge at weekends; a guide is also available.

The Karviná City Gallery presents contemporary visual art and is open to the public during ongoing exhibitions.

Parks and Nature

The original castle park, now Boženy Němcové Park, was laid out in the English style after the Empire-style renovation of Fryštát Castle in 1804 and covers 36 hectares. The park preserves historic tree-lined avenues, rare specimen trees and notable trees, including a two-lobed ginkgo, a common ash and a London plane.

Boženy Němcové Park, along with the historic town centre and Lázeňský Park, is part of Karviná’s urban conservation area.

Cycling

From cycle route 6257 in Darkov, you can turn onto Lázeňská Street via the Sokolovských hrdinů concrete arch bridge; the street leads to the market square in the historic centre of Karviná. Regional cycle route 6097 runs from Těrlicko via Stonava through Karviná; within the town, information signs point to Boženy Němcové Castle Park and Fryštát Castle.

Spa and Wildlife

Lázně Darkov is based on the exceptional natural wealth of iodine-bromine brine water. Centres for regeneration and the Svět vitality facility for relaxation and wellness have been established there.

At the small zoo next to Fryštát Castle, fallow deer and red deer, as well as peacocks and waterfowl, live in an enclosure with rare woody plants.

Other Destination Pages

Other destination pages in the same area: Horní Suchá, Bohumín, Doubrava, Petrovice U Karviné, Rychvald, Havířov, Dolní Lutyně, Český Těšín.

To the higher-level travel overview: Karviná District.