Blatná: Castle Park, City History and Routes

The 42-hectare castle park is open to the public year-round. It includes streams, bridges, paths and tree-lined avenues. Fallow deer roam freely in the castle park; there is also a group of peacocks.

The different activity types can be compared separately when planning your day: nature observation, a museum visit, a city walk, and walking and cycling routes.

The “Muzeum Všemi smysly” exhibition brings the history of the Blatensko region to life through touch, hearing and smell. In five rooms, it takes visitors back to the Iron Age.

The Blatná City Museum is located in Blatná’s historic centre near the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Blatná is one of the outstanding examples of late Gothic architecture in South Bohemia and the wider Danube region.

The cemetery chapel of Saint Michael near the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Blatná was consecrated in 1515.

The neo-Gothic bell tower of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Blatná originally served as the entrance to the former cemetery.

In the middle of Míru Square, within Blatná’s urban conservation area, stands the Marian column known as the “Mariánský sloup”. It depicts Saint Wenceslas, Saint John of Nepomuk, Saint Dominic, Saint Joseph and the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child.

The Kontribuční sýpka is a three-storey granary from the first half of the 19th century on the outskirts of Blatná towards Buzice. Its historic roof structure and historic beam ceilings have been preserved.

On more than 30 hectares of plantations, Jan Böhm bred over 100 new varieties of different species, colours and fragrances.

At Blatná Castle, you can book encounters and walks with alpacas.

An educational walk with a museum historian familiarises pupils and students with notable buildings in Blatná, including the church, tower, town hall, schools and Sokolovna, as well as with important figures from the city.

The starting point, route and means of transport are the clear criteria for comparison when distinguishing between a walk, a circuit and a cycling loop.

The “Blatenské královny – růžová stezka” route leads through the castle park to the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

The Blatenský Circuit starts at the Blatná Information Centre.

Cycling Circuit No. 1 starts in Blatná, runs via Čekanice, Sedlice, Lom and Škvořetice, and returns to Blatná.

For planning your day, the routes can be distinguished by their form and means of transport. The route to the church describes a connection between the castle park and a cultural site, while the two circuits are defined by their starting point or their return to Blatná. The named intermediate locations on the cycling route indicate its course. Thus, a walking route, a local circuit and a cycling loop stand alongside one another as separate options.

For the broader travel overview: Okres Strakonice.