Ûê‰KY - TRIPS TO SURROUNDINGS



Instructions:

1 RakoveckŽ œdol’ (Rakovec valley)
Protected territory with a rock valley and a brook running 15 km between the villages Ra‹ice and Jedovnice.

2 Bukovinka
Historical village with a church, founded in the twelve century. (2x grocery, 2x restaurant).

3 Ra‹ice
Historical village with a chateau (unaccessible for public, itÕs a training centre) (2x grocery, 1x bakery, 2x restaurant)
Restaurant with an open-air section. Very tasty meals.
We highly recommend to visit the home bakery next to this restaurant. According to a secret recipe they bake bread by the old way already 120 years. Opened every day, except Sunday.
If you go by, stop and taste the true home czech bread and another pastry.

4 P’stovice
Village with a lake and mill, by the lake there are two restaurants. Possible to fish for one day permission.
The permission cost CZK 300,- per day. The instructions youÕll get at the water bailiff Mr. Srna, also in English or German. He goes round the lake every day from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

5 Lule‹
Village with a ex-quarry changed to a natural open air pool. There is also a restaurant and a buffet, etc.

6 Vyäkov
Former county-city with 200000 inhabitants, there is a new aquapark for outside and inside swimming. Zoo garden, supermarkets (Hypernova), opened also on holidays (15km from the houses in Û’‹ky).



7 Star‡ poäta

4 km from Rous’nov there is a historical building from the times of the battle at Austerlitz. Napoleon overslept here after he signed the peace treaty after winning the battle. Nowadays it is a restaurant and a riding-hall. If you want to ride a horse, you have to arrange it in advance at the phene no. +420Ê517Ê375Ê985. Be careful not to pass the Star‡ poäta. It has no signs.



8 Slavkov u Brna (Austerlitz)
Famous town with a baroque chateau and french garden. Educational route which leads around the battlefield of the Battle of Three Caesars to the cenotaph Ð Tumulus of Piece (10km from Slavkov), where is the day-to-day exposition, every year there are the Napoleon Days (8/13-15) Ð anniversary of the birthday of the Ceasar. There is also outside pool (3 swimming pools), beach voleyball, golf course.

9 KÞtiny
Pilgrimage place with the church of Virgin Mary from the 17th century, build up by a famous architect J.B.Santini. First mentions about this village is from 1237. 2x restaurant, swimming pool with buffet (July-August 9 a.m. Ð 6 p.m.) Ð tickets CZK 21,-, children CZK 10,-

10 Jedovnice
Historical village from the 12th century, which flow the JedovniceÕs brook through Ð the most important karst brook, on which there are 5 lakes (the biggest one Oläovec, 42ha).
On the main square there is the restaurant ÒOläovecÓ, which is famous for its delicious meal. In the first ground the is a bowling. They cook everyday till 11 p.m.
The visit of this restaurant you can combine with the trip on the lake, there are liveries of boats. The price for rent is from CZK 60,- to 100,- per hour.
In this village there is a gasoline station and a pharmacy.

11 Kotvrdovice - airplane trip
The braver ones have the possibility to make a trip in a single-place airplane.
In the village Kotvrdovice, 2 kms from Jedovnice, there is a aeroclub Kotvrdovice. After arrangement it is possible to take a half-an-hour or one-hour sightseeing trip. The pilot has a international certificate, speaks English. You can watch from above the closer surroundings Ð Moravian Karst, the lak Jedovnice or your houses at Û’‹ky. The price is according to the type of the plane from CZK 700,- or how you settle. The airport is on a hill, above the village.
Contact: Ivo Dorazil, cell phone: +420Ê777Ê573Ê283

12 Rudice
Very nice small village with a windmill of Dutch type, in which there is a museum. RudiceÕs depression, which was created by the JedovniceÕs brook, is the second biggest carern system in Moravian karst (the underground is closed for public)
Course of speleology:
You can take a speleology course, which is devided into two parts. In the first part you get to know with the atractive windmill in Rudice, with the cavern system of RudiceÕs depression, you try practically to use the speleological equipment and you get toknow the bases of practical speleology. You learn also something from the history of discovering the underground spaces.
The second part takes 5 hours Ð it contains descending to the second longest carevn system in CZ at the bottom of the deepest dry abyss in CZ Ð 153m. This everything in the natural abyss cavern system with wild water of JedovniceÕs brook, with the help of accomodation ladders and ropes. This means that you need to be in quite good physical condition.
The descending is max. for 10 people, following by a experienced English speaking instructor-speleologist.
The visitor is completely equiped by rented equipement for staying in the caves: special suit, electric light, helm, high boots for walking in the underground brook, gloves, transport bag.
The visitor has to take warm clothes, socks (even more pairs), clothes to change.
The price of this course: CZK 900,- by the minimum of 4 people, if there is more people (max. 10), the price declines.
The courses start every morning at 9 a.m. and end cca at 3 p.m.
Contact: Roman áebela, cell phone: +420Ê721Ê900Ê970

13 Ostrov u Macochy - Balcarka Cave
A village with a brick windmill of Dutch type with exposition of agriculture equipment. By this village there is a entrance to the Balcarka cave, which belongs to the most beautiful caves in the Moravian karst.

14 Abyss Macocha - Punkevn’ cave - KateÞinsk‡ Cave
138,7m. ItÕs a part of the longest cavern system in CZ and part of PunkvaÕs caves.
Walking tour 720m, sailing 450m, the time of sightseeing is 60 minutes, tickets CZK 100,-, children CZK 50,-, opened 10 a.m. Ð 5 p.m. Booking of tickets, Skaln’ Mlùn, tel. +420Ê516Ê413Ê575.




15 Sloupsko-äoäóvsk‡ cave
The longest and most beautiful cave in Moravian karst.
Short circle Ð 60 minutes, 890m, tickets CZK 50,-, children CZK 20,-
Long circle Ð 90 minutes, 1670m, tickets CZK 70,-, children CZK 30,-

16 Josefov - Bù‹’ sk‡la
FrantiäkaÕs smelter. The original smelter was founded in 1748. It belonged to the belgic smelters and is today the oldest smelter in the middle Europa. The whole area is technical reservation and in the administrative building there is a museum. Cavern system which is in this valley is created also by the JedovniceÕs brook, which rises here to the surface is for the time being closed for public.

17 Blansko
The former county city with 200000 inhabitants, in the renaissance chateau there is a museum. The information centre for Moravian karst is at the main square, stores, gasoline stations, outside swimming pool, small dam P‡lava

18 R‡jec nad Svitavou
Beautiful chateau with components of French architecture, collection of crystal, chinese porcelain, copperplates, bookbindery, picture gallery.

19 òdol’ Û’‹ky
Protected reservation with a brook flowing 20kms to the city of Brno.

20 Rybn’k Pod H‡dkem
It lies on this brook 10km, in distance of 10 kms. Possible to swim, restaurant, 3kms village Ochoz with famous restaurant ÒU OtrubóÓ at the square.

21 Brno
County city with 380000 inhabitants, castle ápilberk, dam, churches, stores, sightseeings, etc.