Around Náměšť nad Oslavou

Around Náměšť nad Oslavou

The starting point is Náměšť nad Oslavou, whose main dominant feature is the Renaissance castle above the town. It is associated with the noble family of Haugwitz. Here you can choose from several guided tours. In addition to the castle, you can see the town museum or the butcher’s museum. From the square you go over the Baroque bridge to the other side of the Oslava river. You turn left onto cycle tracks Mlynářská and 5109. From Jedovský mlýn turn right onto the track with red tourist signs and go up a steep ascent for 4 km to Jinošov. From the village square of Jinošov you continue left on cycletrack 5181 to the Bělizna pond. You turn right onto cycle track 5184 and then you descend through Krokočín and Hluboká to Lesní Jakubov. At the beginning of the village you turn right and go to Kralice nad Oslavou. In Kralice you can visit the Kralice Bible Monument, which is located in a purpose-built building next to the remains of a former fortress in which there was a secret Czech Brethren printing house. It printed books of a religious as well as secular character, such as textbooks. Its most important issue is the six-part Kralice Bible, which contributed to preserving and developing the Czech language at the time of the counter-reformation and in exile. The permanent exhibition presents the emergence and developmentof the Kralice printing house. From Kralice you continue along cycle track 5181 through Březník to Kuroslepy, then ascend to the Kalimeta lookout platform. Then there is a steep downhill ride to the Oslava valley. At the crossroads in Skřipina ride straight on along cycletrack 5106 upstream, and you will reach the Pod Pastýřkou lookout spot overlooking the valley of the Oslava river. You continue along cycle track 5106 past Velkopolský dvůr back to Náměšť nad Oslavou.