Popice: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Popice showcases its wine character at the annual Tour de sklep event: during a walk through the wine cellars, visitors can taste at least 120 wines.

Wine and Trails

The Gotberg winery building is an example of modern wine architecture; the winery offers wine tastings on a terrace with beautiful views.

The Popice Stations of the Cross comprises 14 marble stations between the Sonberk and Gotberg vineyards and ends at the Gate of Life. Its vineyard trail is freely accessible and runs directly along the Moravian Wine Route.

The Sonberk winery offers a walk through the vineyards with an audio guide. On designated days, private guided tours with a guided wine tasting are available there by reservation.

Culture and History

The Church of St. Andrew in Popice was originally a Romanesque building and was extensively rebuilt from 1696 to 1699. Its interior is Baroque. The church is considered the most important monument in Popice and is usually accessible during regular church services.

The Chapel of St. Rosalia, St. Roch and St. Sebastian was built from 1716 to 1717.

Nature

The protected natural monument of Hochberk is located in the cadastral areas of Popice and Uherčice u Hustopečí. It protects xerothermic dry steppe grasslands and thermophilous Pannonian oak-hornbeam forests with numerous endangered and specially protected plant species as well as important invertebrate species.

The most important protected plant species in Hochberk include Tatarian sea-kale (Crambe tataria), white broom (Chamaecytisus albus) and hairy flax (Linum hirsutum subsp. hirsutum).

Connections

Popice is 8 km from Hustopeče and can be reached from there by car, bus, train or bicycle.

More local pages:Klentnice, Perná, Nikolčice, Starovičky, Lundenburg, Hrušky, Moravský Žižkov and Velké Hostěrádky.

To the higher-level travel overview: Břeclav District.