Svatá Maří: Hotels and Accommodation

Svatá Maří lies on the southern slope below the 906-metre-high Mařský vrch. The village’s landmark is the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, which dates from 1352.

Those wishing to stay in Svatá Maří and book a hotel should choose their accommodation with the village and its surroundings in mind.

Nature and Landscape

The landscape includes the Skalka natural monument. It is a 0.57-hectare rock outcrop on the road between Svatá Maří and Šumavské Hoštice and protects a rock outcrop of vein granite with so-called tourmaline suns.

Boubín is a mountain in the surroundings of Svatá Maří and one of the highest peaks of the Bohemian Forest; it can be seen from Svatá Maří, 8 kilometres away as the crow flies. Včelenský vrch, Kamenná hora and Bobík are also mountains in the surroundings of Svatá Maří.

The Opolenec area protects limestone- or base-rich rocky grasslands, extensively mown lowland meadows extending to the foothills, chasmophytic vegetation on calcareous rock slopes, caves inaccessible to the public, forest-steppe pine forests and the Bohemian gentian.

Culture and History

A Gothic baptismal font with four carved coats of arms has been preserved in Svatá Maří: the coat of arms of the Budkovští z Budkova, the two keys of the Nebřehovští, and a rose and a carp as symbols of the lords of Čestice.

Chlumany, an ancient site, lies in the wider regional surroundings of Svatá Maří.

Hiking and Views

The Mařský vrch lookout tower is 12 metres high; adjoining it is the Chapel of Saint Wenceslas in the form of a Romanesque rotunda. A 10.5-kilometre hiking route to the lookout tower, taking approximately four hours, begins in Svatá Máří u Vimperka, has an elevation gain of 340 metres and is of medium difficulty.

Geographical Location

Svatá Maří is connected to the intermunicipal road network via Road III/145 21 between Vimperk and Bohumilice. The road runs through the municipality and neighbouring settlements.

Other Places

Vrbice, Chvalovice U Netolic, Těšovice, Krtely, Trhonin, Dub U Prachatic, Zdíkov, Nicov

To the main travel overview: Prachatice District.