Discover Besiny: Churches, Cycling Route and Hiking Trail

In Besiny, three different travel interests can be planned side by side: culture, cycling, and hiking. If you are traveling with several people, you can first choose the day's focus based on the type of activity and only then decide which individual stops to explore in greater detail. The historical sites and the two routes can be treated as separate points of interest. When family members have different interests, you can decide which activity you would like to pursue: history, cycling, or hiking will each result in a different structure for the day.

Culture and Architectural History

St. Bartholomew's Church was built in the Gothic style around 1370. It burned down in 1579 and was subsequently restored; in 1788, it was abandoned.

The Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary opens another chapter in the history of religious architecture. It was originally a castle chapel built in 1654. The former chapel was later converted into a single-nave parish church. A large granite gravestone is located at the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary; it was brought there from St. Bartholomew's in 1845. For a cultural day, you can plan the two churches as two separate themes. Whether you structure the day chronologically or around individual buildings is up to you.

Cycling

Cycle Route No. 38 is part of the international Prague–Munich cycle route. The 11 km cycling route connects Klatovy and Běšiny, passes through the valley of the Drnový stream, and runs entirely away from the main road. For planning your day, the key factor here is the type of activity: cycling puts a route and a connection between places at the center, while a cultural day focuses on individual buildings. If you would like to combine different interests, you can weigh both themes independently. In your personal planning, the route can stand as a separate topic alongside culture, without combining the two into a single itinerary item.

When planning a hotel in Besiny, it is worth taking a close look at the respective offer details before making a choice. Take your time comparing travel dates, room category, cancellation conditions, and the total price for your preferred travel period.

Other places you can discover from this selection of destinations include Poleň, Lukoviste, Svata Katerina, Vřeskovice, Žichovice, Srní, Nemilkov, and Červené Poříčí.

Hiking and Historical Traces

The hiking trail to the ruins on Bartoloměj passes through Machov and begins at the church in Běšiny. Its five stations have information boards in Czech and German. When choosing between a cycling day and a hiking day, the difference in activity type is clear: here, a trail with stops and a destination at the ruins is the focus, while there, it is a cycling route. If your group has different preferences, you can plan the two activities separately and set the cultural focus at one of the churches. Machov is considered the original settlement of Běšiny.

For the higher-level travel overview: Klatovy District.