Uherské Hradiště District: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Buchlov Castle is a national cultural monument with origins dating back to the first half of the 13th century. Those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Uherské Hradiště District can continue their accommodation search afterwards.

Culture and History

Vlčnov's Ride of the Kings is part of the UNESCO-listed tradition of the Ride of the Kings and takes place annually.

The Great Moravia Memorial in Staré Město is a national cultural monument built over the foundations of the Na Valách church. The Great Moravia exhibition in Staré Město presents the history of Great Moravia and the activities of its 9th-century inhabitants through life-size historical dioramas. The Great Moravia Memorial is wheelchair accessible and has a lift and an accessible toilet.

The Slovácko ethnographic exhibition at the Slovácké Museum offers texts and audio guides in Czech, English and German and has been adapted for blind and visually impaired visitors. The permanent exhibition “Uherské Hradiště – město královské” covers more than 750 years of the city's history.

The Topolná Museum of Folk Architecture preserves buildings that represent the typical Pomeranian house form made of unfired bricks. Building No. 93, which is open to the public, presents the living conditions and furnishings of a farmstead from the end of the 19th century. The museum also includes exhibitions on washing and fishing, a historic smithy, and an orchard with a fruit-drying room and an apiary.

The underground area of the Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saints Cyril and Methodius in Velehrad can be visited in the lapidarium, which displays original portals and Romanesque-Gothic archaeological finds. Buchlovice Chateau is an important Baroque residence surrounded by a Baroque garden.

Nature

Rovnina Lookout Tower has 127 steps; from there, views extend across the Morava Valley, the Chřiby Hills, the White Carpathians, the Hostýn Hills and the Vizovice Hills.

Živá voda Modrá displays aquatic life from the ecosystem of the Morava River, nearby streams and ponds through a glass tunnel. The site represents Moravian habitats, including a spring in the Chřiby Hills, a herb garden and a floodplain forest. Živá voda Modrá also includes a wooden footbridge over an enclosure with aurochs.

Chřiby Nature Park is characterized by beech forests, rock formations, springs, viewpoints and deep valleys.

Wine and Regional Tradition

The Vlčnovské búdy form the largest protected reserve of above-ground wine-making buildings in the Czech Republic. They were used for pressing, tasting and storing wine.

The Museum of Folk Distilleries in Vlčnov documents the household production of slivovitz and fruit spirits on the Moravian-Slovak border.

Paths and Routes

The Great Moravian Pilgrimage Route connects Great Moravian heritage with monuments from later periods. It is a challenging 59-km route from Uherské Hradiště via Cimburk and Buchlovice and back to Uherské Hradiště.

The cycle path along the Baťa Canal has only minor changes in elevation and is described as suitable for families, seniors and inline skaters.

A route through Modrá includes the Archeoskanzen open-air archaeological museum. The Modrá section of the route also includes the Živá voda freshwater exhibition.

The Uherské Hradiště Wine Route is an easy 45-km circular cycling route from Uherské Hradiště through Ostrožská Nová Ves and Vlčnov and back to Uherské Hradiště.

Other place pages in Uherské Hradiště District: Březolupy, Dolní Němčí, Částkov, Hluk, Horní Němčí, Jalubí, Kunovice, Korytná, Hostětín, Jankovice, Svárov, Šumice, Tučapy, Vápenice, Vážany U Uherského Hradiště, Mistřice, Kněžpole, Kostelany Nad Moravou, Stary Hrozenkov, Velehrad, Stříbrnice, Komňa, Bánov, Staré Město, Sušice, Uherský Brod, Drslavice, Hostějov, Ořechov, Uherské Hradiště, Nedachlebice, Nedakonice, Nezdenice, Nivnice, Ostrožská Lhota, Ostrožská Nová Ves, Pitín, Polešovice, Popovice, Prakšice, Strání, Topolná, Traplice, Květná, Tupesy, Uherský Ostroh, Újezdec, Vlčnov, Záhorovice, Pašovice, Podolí, Rudice, Salaš U Velehradu, Slavkov, Staré Hutě, Stupava, Modrá, Hustenovice, Borsice, Veletiny, Vyškovec, Zlámanec, Zlechov, Žítková, Suchá Loz, Osvetimany, Břestek, Bílovice, Bystřice Pod Lopeníkem, Hradčovice, Boršice U Blatnice, Košíky, Kudlovice, Medlovice, Buchlovice, Babice U Uherského Hradiště, Bojkovice, Lopenik.

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