Hájek U Bavorova: Hotels and accommodations

Hájek is a small South Bohemian municipality on a gentle slope. Approximately 90 % of the settlement structure retains its original layout from the time of its medieval foundation. For your stay in Hájek, you can search for or book a hotel.

Culture

The preserved villagescape features the Baroque-influenced form of South Bohemian farmsteads. Hájek still has extensive, well-preserved farmsteads, courtyards, and barns. The buildings are compactly arranged around a spacious village square, which opens onto a broad street. The local economy was predominantly agricultural.

Bavorov is located in the immediate vicinity. Its historic town center is designated as an urban conservation area; Bavorov is less than 2 km from Hájek.

In the vicinity of Hájek lies Helfenburk, a 14th-century Gothic castle ruin in the forests between Bavorov and Volyně. Helfenburk has been open to the public since the 20th century. There is a free parking lot at the site, on a meadow below the ruin, less than 1 km from the ruin; a well-maintained paved forest road leads to the site. By prior arrangement, it is possible to spend the night in the castle courtyard under a dedicated shelter, provided that the stipulated rules are observed.

Landscape

A large forest lies west of Hájek and occupies a substantial part of the municipality. The highest peak of Hájek is also named Hájek and reaches an elevation of 588 m above sea level. The hilly landscape forms a transition between the undulating foothills of the Bohemian Forest and the flat landscape of the Budweiser Basin.

Hájek has a relatively unspoiled landscape setting with well-balanced arrangements of built-up areas, fields, meadows, and forests.

Location and routes

Hájek lies approximately 150 m to the right of the road from Bavorov to Prachatice. Buses can also be taken from the intersection near Hájek. Marked cycle route 1075 also passes through Hájek.

More places to explore: Třebohostice, Drážov, Hornosín, Úlehle, Velká Turná, Čichtice, Radčice, Třešovice.

To the higher-level travel overview: Strakonice District.