Slaný: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Slaný combines a historic town centre with distinctive remnants of the town fortifications and nature on Slánská hora. The Regional Museum presents permanent exhibitions on the history of the town and its surroundings. The historic centre of Slaný has been an urban conservation area since 1992.

Culture and History

The Velvarská Gate is the only surviving gate of Slaný’s town fortifications. These were built in the pre-Hussite period from the end of the 13th to the beginning of the 15th century. In 2021, a new exhibition about the town fortifications was opened in the Velvarská Gate.

The church of the Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Slaný offers guided tours in cooperation with the Slaný Information Centre. Individual tours can be arranged for groups. St Gothard’s Church is also open for tours: since September 2021, volunteers from Farní charita Slaný, together with the Roman Catholic parish of Slaný, have ensured its public operation for personal prayer and visits to this important Gothic monument.

Nature

The Slánská hora educational trail runs through the Slánská hora nature monument and its protected area. It begins on Chadalíkova Street and passes a tunnel and a cave. The trail’s second viewpoint offers a view of the historic centre of Slaný.

Slánská hora has been protected as a nature monument since 1 February 1998. The aim is to preserve a geological phenomenon on one of the southernmost outcrops of volcanic activity in the České středohoří, with characteristic columnar jointing and numerous crevice caves.

On the Way and in the Sky

The Cyklohráček excursion train follows its current route this season from Praha-Bubny railway station to the Central Bohemian royal town of Slaný.

The Jaroslav Trnka Observatory in Slaný is primarily dedicated to popularising astronomy.

Other Locality Pages

Other locality pages at the same level are Knovíz, Studeněves, Jemníky, Přelíc, Kutrovice, Velvary, Lány U Rakovníka and Jarpice.

To the higher-level travel overview: Kladno District.