Trips & Hikes
On this page, you can find a choice of trips (hikes, bike trips and motorised trips). You can enjoy them on your own, with your friends or with the entire family on foot, on a bike or by car, or using other means of transport available in the area (boat trips are popular). The list provided below contains over 50 sites interesting because of their history or natural scenery. By clicking on the titles, you can access detailed description of the route, ways to get to the site, characteristics of the location and its history, as well as a set of pictures of the area (contemporary or historical).
We have also found, described and tried out a number of attractive bike routes in the surroundings. The starting and finishing points of each bike trip are at the Sun Pavilion. The routes are mostly intended for average cyclists. All that including GPS coordinates of the individual points on the route.
Detailed information has been prepared for you by an expert on local history, an enthusiastic tourist and a collector of historical photographs of the area, Mr Vojtěch Pavelčík. More details on the author can be found at: www.foto-pavelcik.cz.
Our trips cover an area of approx. 30 km from the Sun Pavilion. We believe that you will enjoy these trips and the sites we have chosen for you. If you are familiar with an interesting landmark that is missing in our list, we will be happy to receive a tip from you at: infocentrum@golfslapy.cz.
Interesting landmarks in Slapy and its vicinity:
- Saint Peter’s and Paul’s Church in Slapy history/church
- Slapy stately home history
- Rovínek pilgrimage site history/church/water
- Three Crosses (Tři kříže) - Centre of the Kingdom of Bohemia near Slapy history/legend
- The column of crucifixion by the road from Buš to Slapy history/church
- Helena’s oak legend
- Magic spring near Slapy legend
- Vltava trail/former Saint John’s Currents history/water
- Slapy dam water/interesting site
- Třebenice and its tramps’ pub U Taterů interesting site
- Small memorial to a gamekeeper murdered in a forest above Štěchovice legend
- Forgotten small memorial in the woods off a road above Slapy legend
- A defunct forest swimming pool interesting site
- Panorama view of the Slapy Lake and its resorts above Nová Rabyně view
Interesting landmarks and sites in the wider surroundings of Slapy:
- Máj viewpoint off Teletín view
- Smetana viewpoint off Třebsín view/history/music
- Štěchovice dam and its power plant interesting site/water
- Reservoir of the Štěchovice pumped storage plant interesting site/water
- Besedná hill and remains of the Drtina observation tower interesting site/view
- Hněvšín and Professor František Drtina’s farm interesting site
- The Nedvězí fortress and the mill from the popular Czech film Seclusion Near a Forest interesting site/film
- Medník farm selling of home-made products interesting site/family
- Netvořice Municipal Museum history/region
- Netvořice Museum of Motorcycles history/motoring
- Lešany Military Museum history/military
- Regional Museum in Jílové u Prahy history/mines
- Gold Museum in the Town of Nový Knín history/mines
- “Lourdes” pilgrimage site off Nový Knín interesting site/legend
- Defunct goldmine in Kozí Hory u Nového Knína history/mines
- Kocába river valley interesting site/water/track
- Open-air Mining Museum Březové Hory in Příbram history/mines
- Příbram and a pilgrimage site at Svatá Hora history/church
- Vojna Memorial in Lešetice u Příbrami history/pieta
- Observation tower on the Veselý hill off Mokrsko view
- Observation tower on the Drahoušek hill off Osečany view
- Observation tower on the Neštětická mountain off Neveklov view
- Observation tower on the Pepř hill off Jílové u Prahy view
- Peasant’s Granary Museum in Prostřední Lhota u Chotilska history/peasantry
- Hrazany Celtic oppidum history
- Saint Fabian and Sebastian church in Živohošť history/church
- Rocks with inscriptions (Psané skály) interesting site/legend
- Albert‘s rocks interesting site/unique site/circuit
- Karel Čapek Memorial in Strž u Staré Huti off Dobříš history/literature
- Josef Suk Memorial in Křečovice and the village square from the My Sweet Little Village film history/music/film
- Dobříš Stately Home history
- Jablonná nad Vltavou Château history
- Konopiště stately home history
- Vrchotovy Janovice chateau and its park history/interesting site
- Mníšek pod Brdy stately home and Skalka pilgrimage site
- Ruins of the Ostromeč castle + abbot’s Zavoral viewpoint history/view
- Ruins of the Kozí hřbet castle history
- Pikovice and the Sázava trail interesting site/water/circuit
- Ostrov monastery excavations and Svatý Kilián u Davle Church history/church/unique site
- Sekanka and remains of its Middle Ages settlement history
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Saint Peter’s and Paul’s church in Slapy
For centuries, the Saint Peter’s and Paul’s Church in Slapy has been an inimitable part of the… View all
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Slapy stately home
Similarly to many other Czech and Moravian villages, Slapy have their own stately home, too. In… View all
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Rovínek pilgrimage site
Once perched on a smallish stretch high up above the Vltava river, this pilgrimage site with a… View all
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Three Crosses - the centre of the Kingdom of Bohemia near Sl
This site is shrouded in mysteries. There are three crosses standing in the forest and up to now no… View all
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The column of crucifixion at road Buš - Slapy
At the crossroads off Buš village, you will find a column with a cross placed on top. Various… View all
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Helena's Oak
A splendid, several-hundred-year-old oak tree protected by the state can be found at a forest road… View all
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Magic Spring at Slapy
Slapy and its surroundings used to abound with springs. Sadly, not many have been preserved. One of… View all
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Vltava trail/former Saint John’s Currents
Surprisingly, this location (the Vltava valley between Třebenice and Štěchovice) has been… View all
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Slapy Dam
Commenced in 1949, the Slapy Dam was the first “socialist construction”. However, serious plans and… View all
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Třebenice and its tramps’ pub U Taterů
Třebenice is an ancient village situated above the Vltava canyon. The first mention of the village… View all
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Small memorial to a gamekeeper murdered in the forest above
It is a peculiar memorial hidden in the woods between the Slapy and Štěchovice villages. It cannot… View all
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Forgotten small memorial in the woods off the road above Sla
Slapy and the surrounding landscape hold many mysteries. One of such mysterious places is, no doubt… View all