Hoštice: Castle Park, Chestnut Alleys and Baroque Culture

The “Kaštanová vycházka” walk follows the yellow-marked hiking route from the chestnut avenue to the forest. Its route leads from Hoštice Castle via a second chestnut avenue to the forest.

The chestnut avenue along this walk, supplemented by ash and walnut trees, consists of a total of 332 trees and is one of the protected memorial tree avenues.

An old, extensive chestnut avenue between Litenčice and Zdislavice leads to Hoštice.

The “Lesem Hříběcích hor z Hoštic ke kapličce Na Strašné” circular route leads from Hoštice along an old castle avenue to the Na Strašné forest chapel.

When choosing a route, the markings, course and destination can be considered separately. This keeps it clear whether the focus is on a yellow-marked route, the connection between the castle, avenue and forest, or the circular walk to the forest chapel. These three features describe the existing paths from different perspectives.

The Baroque Church of St. Giles in Hoštice was built based on a design by Jakub Pánek. The wall paintings in the church are attributed to Sebastini, also known as František Antonín Šebesta.

The Boží muka wayside shrine in Hoštice belongs to Baroque vernacular architecture and is a High Baroque wayside shrine with a rectangular ground plan.

The lower section contains niches with conches, while the upper section has shallow niches with depictions of saints. The structure is topped by a pyramidal roof with a double-barred iron cross.

Hoštice Castle already had a fortress as its predecessor in the 12th century and was later converted into a small château.

A historic formal ornamental garden extended across two terraces beside Hoštice Castle.

Horse chestnut trees planted in a regular grid have been preserved on the lower terrace of the ornamental garden beside Hoštice Castle.

In Hoštice Castle Park, there is a bust of the writer Marie Ebner-Eschenbach, made of white marble and mounted on a stone pedestal.

Hoštice Castle is not open to the public today; the park can be viewed through the castle’s barred gate.

For a hotel offer in Hoštice, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions are separate details for travel planning. For visiting the town, you can independently distinguish between avenues, forest paths, the church and the castle park as thematic focal points. For accommodation planning, you can read the details of travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions separately from one another. In Hoštice, nature trails and Baroque culture are separate focal points when visiting the town; the choice of accommodation remains separate from the decision between paths and buildings.

More local pages: Počenice-Tetětice, Žeranovice, Slavkov Pod Hostýnem, Chomýž, Ludslavice, Chvalnov-Lísky, Bořenovice, Troubky-Zdislavice

To the higher-level travel overview: Kroměříž District.