Netolice: Cultural Monuments, Trails and Waterscapes

In Netolice, the approximately 3 km-long short loop of the Historická krajina Netolicko educational trail route leads to important cultural monuments in Netolice. It includes 16 stops with multilingual information panels in three languages. The town can be explored through its buildings, trails and waterscapes; depending on your interests, the focus may shift between cultural history, the landscape and movement through the surrounding area.

Culture

At the Netolice Archaeopark, visitors can access a defensive walkway and enjoy views over the palisade towards the town. The Přemyslid hillfort on Sankt Ján Hill preserves the massive ramparts of the former princely administrative castle.

The JUDr. Otakar Kudrna Museum is located in the Renaissance Rožmberský dům building in Netolice. Sgraffiti have been preserved on the façades, and the building also features an arcaded frontage. The museum holds more than 170,000 original historical postcards.

The Church of Saint Wenceslas is an originally Gothic building with Romanesque elements and dates from the second half of the 13th century. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built in the Gothic style in the second half of the 13th century.

Kratochvíle Château is a Renaissance hunting lodge approximately 2 km northwest of Netolice.

Landscape

The former Rožmberk Netolická obora game reserve, unique in historical, landscape and heritage-preservation terms, extended west of the edge of Netolice across the present-day administrative areas of Netolice, Lhenice, Hracholusky and Malovice. Podroužek Pond, covering 30 hectares, is used for swimming.

Trails

The Historická krajina Netolicko cycle route runs through gentle terrain on paved paths and can be divided into several shorter stages. Route length, surface and stage structure can be considered separately when planning different daily rhythms. A short loop and a divisible cycle route thus provide different reference points for shaping your days according to your preferences.

When planning your days, you can treat the short loop as an independent stage or divide the cycle route into smaller sections. This keeps route shape, surface and stage length as separate criteria instead of combining them into a single tour description. Depending on your preferred rhythm, a compact loop can be compared with a route spread across several time windows. The number of stops and the multilingual information panels in three languages also offer different reference points for planning an outing, without giving equal weight to culture, landscape and movement.

For a stay in Netolice, accommodation options can be evaluated based on travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions. Travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions represent different aspects of trip planning without conflating the various reasons to visit the town.

More destination pages

You can find more destination pages here: Lenóra, Strunkovice Nad Blanicí, Lhenice, Außergefild, Žernovice, Zbytiny, Těšovice and Dub U Prachatic.

On Saturday, 24 May 2025, the Netolice town celebrations took place, featuring an Old Bohemian craft market on Linecká stezka from 10 a.m.

For the overarching travel overview: Prachatice District.