Chocen: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Culture and history

At the Orlické Museum in Choceň, the Aviation Exhibition traces the history of aircraft production in the Choceň region from 1935 to the present day. The Geological Exhibition presents Cretaceous fossils, including nautiloids and ammonites, as well as fossil fish found near Koldín.

Seven pilgrimage chapels dedicated to the Virgin Mary stand on the eastern edge of Choceň along the former road to nearby Hemže. Choceň Castle has an English landscape park and a pseudo-Gothic chapel. The Baroque Church of St. Francis Seraphicus has a bell tower, a hospital and a rectory. A square in Choceň is also home to a Neo-Renaissance town hall dating from 1881 and a Marian column dating from 1760.

Educational trail and forest

The Dívčí doly educational trail is 5 km long and has nine information boards or stations. The information boards explain local history, natural processes and the functions of the forest. The trail begins about 700 metres from the Choceň Winter Stadium, at a forest site called U Tunýlku.

Cycling routes

Long-distance cycle route 8 (CT 8) runs through Choceň between Hradec Králové and Zábřeh. Cycle route T 18 reaches Choceň after passing through Peliny Nature Park; it is suitable for inline skaters along its entire route.

Other places: Leština, Bučina, Hrušová, Cotkytle, Sázava U Lanškrouna, Klásterec Nad Orlicí, Hejnice U Žamberka, Tatenice.

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Ústí Nad Orlicí.