Kestřany: Hotels and Accommodations

Kestřany features a historic ensemble with two well-preserved medieval fortresses and a castle. The Church of St. Catherine stands in the center of Kestřany, near the castle and the two fortresses. It is located opposite the castle; the two fortresses are about 100 meters from the church. The church has a cruciform floor plan.

If you would like to stay overnight in Kestřany, you can find a hotel.

Culture and History

Also located in the center is the Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk, which is an important architectural and urban-planning element of the village. South of Kestřany, near the Otava River, is the Calvary Chapel, a protected architectural and urban-planning feature. At a road intersection in the south of Kestřany stands the niche chapel of St. Florian, a protected and highly visible urban-planning element.

Trails and Landscape

Northwest of Kestřany, on the field road to Nové Kestřany, is the protected wayside shrine “boží muka”, which is an important landscape-defining feature. The Lower Fortress is currently closed to the public. It has a massive stone tower.

Cycling Route 1045 leads to Kestřany. Yellow- and blue-marked hiking trails run around the complex of the two fortresses and the castle. The nearest railway station is Sudoměř u Písku; from there, a footpath leads to Kestřany via the blue-marked hiking trail.

In the vicinity of Kestřany, the gold-mining complex on the right bank of the Otava between Strakonice and Kestřany includes a preserved area of spoil heaps. This area is 600 m long and 50 to 150 m wide. Kestřany is a traditional venue for the annual gold-panning competitions on the Otava.

Velký Potoční rybník is now a natural monument. Around the fortresses, visitors can enjoy newly established vineyards and a peaceful park. The 24-km cycling tour “Povodím Otavy” runs from Strakonice via Hajská, Štěkeň and Kestřany to Písek.

More local pages: Záhoří and Písku, Jetětice, Tálín, Stehlovice, Vusi, Temešvár, Boudy, Bernartice U Milevska.

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Písek.