Rakovice: Hotels and Accommodations

Rakovice combines a historic chateau complex with protected cultural monuments and distinctive landscape features. The chateau complex is located in the western part of the municipality, while the buildings of Rakovice Chateau are set in a park.

Perhaps you would like to find a hotel in Rakovice and choose accommodation according to your own travel plans.

Culture and History

The Vintíř Monument stands on the road from Rakovice to Mirotice. It is a protected monument and a stone sculpture in the shape of a tall triangular pyramid. The Rakovice granary is also a protected monument.

The Čimelicko-Rakovicko Landscape Monument Zone protects the cultural and historical, landscape-aesthetic and spatial values of the landscape surrounding the chateau and farmyard in Rakovice. After the Rakovice estate was acquired in 1714, Rakovice Chateau temporarily became the seat of the estate administration.

The chapel near Slavkovická hora is classified as a cultural monument. Rakovice also has a niche chapel with a triangular gable and rich moulding, built in the 19th century. A chapel with Baroque elements was built in the second half of the 18th century, while a niche chapel with Baroque design was built around the middle of the 18th century. The niche chapel built around the middle of the 18th century features fragments of wall paintings.

A niche chapel near the road from Rakovice towards Pohoří stands among trees and is a significant landscape feature. The niche chapel in Rakovice with a triangular gable is a distinctive landscape feature in the open countryside. The chapel in Rakovice with Baroque elements is also a significant landscape feature.

Landscape and Trails

The area around Rakovice is suitable for hiking. The marked Alšova Trail is a 12 km route suitable for hikers and mountain bikers.

An avenue of ancient red oaks leads from Rakovice to the chateau park in Čimelice. The marked Alšova Trail passes through the Rakovice section; attractions in this section include the former chateau and an avenue of ancient red oaks leading to the chateau park in Čimelice.

The German surrender was signed on 12 May 1945 in a mill located in the cadastral area of the neighboring municipality of Rakovice.

More destinations to consider for your location selection: Probulov, Milevsko, Hrazany, Králova Lhota, Myslín, Albrechtice Nad Vltavou, Dolní Novosedly, Zběšičky.

To the higher-level travel overview: Písek District.