Holašovice: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Holašovice has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998. The complex of farmsteads is concentrated around a large rectangular village green; the UNESCO complex comprises 23 listed farmsteads with a total of 120 buildings. The preserved buildings were shaped by 19th-century alterations and feature the distinctive forms of the so-called South Bohemian Baroque peasant style, with finely stucco-decorated façades.

Culture and Village History

The historic forge in Holašovice was renovated in 2018 to restore its original appearance and purpose. There is also a surviving written reference to it dating from 1713. Guided tours of Holašovice present the history of the village, local architecture, everyday life in the past and present, customs, and traditional crafts.

The chapel of Holašovice, dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk, stands on the north side of the village green. An authentic foundation inscription has been preserved on a stone tablet set into the rear wall near the floor, to the left of the altar mensa. The brothers Bartoloměj and Josef Pimiskorn had the chapel built at their own expense.

The Holašovice stone circle is also part of the village's appearance. It is a modern reconstruction of megalithic structures in Bohemia and consists of 25 large stones, including a central stone known as a menhir.

Festivals and Dining

The Selské slavnosti are held in Holašovice every year on the penultimate weekend in July. On this occasion, more than 230 traditional and non-traditional crafts from Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia are demonstrated.

The Holašovice restaurant is located on the west side of the village green in Farmstead No. 18 and invites guests to lunch or dinner.

Surroundings

Mount Skalka lies in the vicinity of Holašovice. The mountains Mužský, Vrata, and Kleť are also located in the surrounding area. The Chlumany site, designated as an ancient site, lies in the wider regional surroundings of Holašovice.

More location pages: Malé Chrášťany, Lišov, Pistin, Adamstadt, Gutwasser, Vidov, Neplachov, Vráto.

For the higher-level travel overview: Okres České Budějovice.