Dačice: Hotels and Accommodation

The State Chateau of Dačice was originally built as a Renaissance chateau for the Krajíř of Krajk family at the end of the 16th century and acquired its present appearance through a Neoclassical reconstruction in the 1830s.

Culture

The restored tour route at the State Chateau of Dačice authentically conveys the life of the nobility in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Starý zámek is a Renaissance palace built between 1572 and 1579, with decoration in the form of sgraffito rustication.

The Dačice Municipal Museum and Gallery have around 30,000 exhibits, including approximately 1,700 paintings, drawings and graphic prints. Their collections also include an extensive collection of graphic works by Max Švabinský. The permanent exhibitions focus on the history and ethnography of the Dačicko region, the world's first sugar cube, historical photographs and postcards of Dačice, and personalities from the Dačicko region.

In the tower of the Church of St Lawrence, visitors can see a lapidarium, exhibition rooms and views of Dačice and the surrounding area. The Spolek přátel muzea v Dačicích, together with the Dačice Municipal Museum and Gallery, organizes programmes for the general public, including discussions and lectures as part of the so-called Museum Thursdays, as well as local-history walks and excursions.

If you choose Dačice as your destination, you can book a hotel.

Routes

The Vydří Trail begins in Dačice at the road bridge over the Dyje and follows a 10 km green-marked route along the river from one mill to the next. It includes nine stops with information boards and ends in Staré Hobzí; from there, visitors can take a bus back to Dačice.

The Hajný Kázka Trail provides information about the plants, fungi, trees, birds, mammals and insects of the forest and offers interactive activities for children. It can be reached on foot or by bicycle. The excursion can be extended along part of the educational trail to Kostelní Vydří and around the ponds back to Dačice; it covers 7 km and takes approximately 2 hours on foot.

Nature

The Dačice Chateau Park covers 10 hectares and includes a pond with an island. A short walk of approximately 10 minutes leads around the chapel, while a longer circuit around the pond takes about 25 minutes.

The educational trail to natural attractions connects the natural monuments of Toužínské stráně, Moravská Dyje and Dubová stráň, as well as other sites of significant natural-conservation value. It has information boards and, at selected stops, simple shelters with benches and tables.

Toužínské stráně is a 3.07-hectare natural monument with a community of drought-loving steppe-type plants, more than 600 butterfly species, and rare beetle and reptile species. Dubová stráň is a deciduous forest stand on the slopes of the Moravská Dyje valley, with numerous thermophilic species and forest communities; rare and endangered animal species occur there.

Other places in the catalogue: Světce, Suchdol Nad Luznici, Kostelní Radouň, Ceské Velenice, Dunajovice, Dešná U Dačic, Hrachoviste, Kunžak

To the higher-level travel overview: Jindřichův Hradec District.