Horní Vltavice: Hotels and accommodations

Horní Vltavice is a place with canoeing routes on the Teplá Vltava, a municipal ski area, and hiking trails to Boubínský prales. Booking a hotel in Horní Vltavice means choosing your accommodation directly in the village itself.

Water and winter

In spring, the Teplá Vltava can be navigated by canoe from Borová Lada to Horní Vltavice along a 13 km section rated WW I–II. The section of the Teplá Vltava from Horní Vltavice to Lenora is also navigable during the summer months, has a difficulty rating of ZW C, and is 7 km long.

The “Nad Kovárnou” municipal ski area is located directly in Horní Vltavice and has three ski lifts. The area also includes a small snow park with natural and artificial obstacles.

Nature

Hiking trails lead from Horní Vltavice to Boubínský prales. At Jilmová skála, periglacial weathering processes have formed frost cliffs, tors, and rock walls. Jilmová skála can be reached via a walkable hiking trail located more than 250 m from the road.

Culture

The Church of Kostel Panny Marie, sv. Josefa a sv. Jana Nepomuka in Horní Vltavice was built from 1724 onward by converting an earlier chapel. The bridge over the Vltava in Horní Vltavice was declared a cultural monument of technology in 1987.

The complex comprising Schwarzenberský plavební kanál, Kaplický potok, and Vchynicko-Tetovský kanál is a national cultural monument.

Geographical setting

In the wider regional surroundings of Horní Vltavice, sections of Schwarzenberský plavební kanál have been reconstructed; demonstrations of timber rafting take place on these sections several times a year.

Orientation

There is an information centre in Horní Vltavice.

Other places to explore: Olšovice, Zdíkov, Záblatí U Prachatic, Drslavice, Buk Pod Boubínem, Husinec U Netolic, Nicov, Repesin.

For the higher-level travel overview: Prachatice District.