Lčovice: Hotels and Accommodation

Lčovice Castle is a protected cultural monument. The village can broadly be divided into an upper part around the castle and a lower part by the railway station in the Volyňka valley.

If you are planning a stay in Lčovice, you may want to book a hotel.

Culture and History

The grounds of Lčovice Castle contain a Baroque garden chapel and a hunting pavilion. Above Lčovice, there is also the Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua, dating from 1714.

The hunting tower near Lčovice Castle bears the combined coat of arms of the Hýzrl of Chodů and Eleonora Alžběta of Donín above its entrance. The castle is also associated with a biographical detail: the architect Josef Zítek, known as the builder of the National Theatre, married Berta, the daughter of the local castle family, at Lčovice Castle in 1881.

The triangular Věnec hillfort near Lčovice was a functioning settlement of the Hallstatt and La Tène periods with regional significance. The hillfort area is surrounded by approximately 1.5 km of ramparts; the entrance gate to the acropolis is still clearly visible today.

Geographical Setting

Věnec is a 765 m-high hill southeast of Lčovice.

Trails and Events

The recurring event “Putování Keltskou stezkou” follows a 27 km route from Kubova Huť and is accompanied by a Celtic celebration in Lčovice. The Celtic festival in Lčovice includes an authentic Celtic camp with demonstrations of historical crafts and weapons; the festival also features craft markets, creative workshops for children, horse rides, and gold panning.

Every year on January 1, Lčovice organizes a climb to the summit of Věnec.

A blue-marked hiking trail to the Věnec hillfort begins at Lčovice railway station. The approximately 2.7 km route initially follows a comfortable forest road and then continues along a steeply ascending path.

The approximately 18 km tourist route “Turistická trasa krajem Jiřiny Jiráskové a pradávné jeskyně” passes through Lčovice. From Čkyně, you can reach Lčovice railway station via an approximately 3.3 km field path along the Volyňka, or you can take the train.

Other places: Bohunice U Tvrzic, Lažiště, Nebahovy, Kristanovice, Chlumany, Zábrdí, Vlachovo Brezí, Hrbov.

To the overarching travel overview: Prachatice District.