Vodnany: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

The Deanery Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Vodňany is considered the city’s most significant landmark; written records about it have existed since 1317.

Culture and history

The Vodňany City Museum is located in the former synagogue and presents an exhibition on the city’s history. It also includes the “Fishing in the Vodňany Region” exhibition.

The Městská bašta houses the military history exhibition “Jan Žižka and Vodňany” and can only be visited with a guided tour. The Městská galerie Vodňany features a permanent exhibition of items from the estates of Julius Zeyer, František Herites and Otakar Mokrý, works by Czech artists from around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as drawings by Mikoláš Aleš. The gallery also hosts temporary exhibitions.

The School Fisheries Museum in Vodňany includes aquariums with live fish and a historical section.

Nature

The 3 km-long Městský rybářský okruh is a circular route near the city through Vodňany that links places directly associated with fishing, including the Velká Podvinice pond and the grounds of the Secondary School of Fisheries. It also passes the Velká Outrata and Malá Outrata ponds, as well as the Malá Podvinice pond, before returning to the starting point. The circular route can be concluded with a tasting of carp prepared in the Vodňany style.

Stezka čápa Vodňany – Zátiší II is a 440 m-long footpath with 16 original interactive and informative elements that visitors can try out themselves. The forest park in Zátiší offers wooden objects, giant mushrooms, the Stezka čápa Vodňana and a place to relax or have a picnic.

The interactive educational and experiential Cesta úhoře route near MEVPIS Vodňany uses game elements in a natural setting to explain the migration of the endangered eel; the route is freely accessible. MEVPIS Vodňany is an education and conference centre in the reconstructed Brokův mlýn and offers educational programmes for various target groups.

Malý ústavní rybník is a protected natural area within a pond system, located 1.5 km northwest of Vodňany’s historic town square. Vodňanské Benátky is a picturesque section of a medieval millrace in Vodňany.

Other places in the same regional context include Hajany, Rovná, Mutěnice, Cehnice, Strakonice, Chrášťovice, Zvotoky and Cerneves.

For the main travel overview: Okres Strakonice.