Šimanov – Holiday Apartment between Bogs and Mountains

Šimanov lies at the foot of the 713-metre-high Strážník and has an elevation ranging from 620 to 660 metres. The European watershed between the Elbe and Danube runs along the edge of Šimanov. The hilly, predominantly forested surroundings, with wide-ranging views, are suitable for hikes and walks in nature.

Nature and Landscape

The Šimanovské rašeliniště nature reserve lies within the municipality of Šimanov. About 500 metres south of Šimanov is the approximately four-hectare valley and slope spring fen, located at around 605 metres above sea level. The Šimanovské rašeliniště is home to the critically endangered moss species Meesia triquetra; its local population comprises only a few dozen stems.

About 500 metres northwest of Šimanov, below Strážník, lies the Hajnice natural area. It comprises wet meadows, pastures, wetlands and a pond in the upper course of the Hejnický potok. Hajnice also covers approximately 18 hectares and lies at around 660 metres above sea level. Protected animal and plant species occur in Hajnice, including noble crayfish, snipe and broad-leaved marsh orchid.

For your own planning, these natural features can be considered according to landform, elevation, area and species occurrence. This opens up different perspectives on the landscape.

The ruins of Orlík lie in the vicinity of Šimanov. The mountains Březina, Přední skála, Špičák and Popický vrch are also located around Šimanov. For planning excursions, the destinations mentioned can be distinguished according to landscape type and kind of outing.

In the wider regional surroundings of Šimanov are Želivský Kláštor Monastery, Roštejn Castle (Doupě) and the ruins of Janštejn. The spatial arrangement of the destinations can help you keep your travel preparations organised and consider nearby and more distant plans separately.

For a holiday apartment in Šimanov, you can compare the travel period, room category and cancellation conditions on the respective offer pages. This factual view of the offer details complements your consideration of nature, elevation and excursion destinations for your personal travel planning.

Other places for your travel preparations include Bohuslavice, Kostelní Myslová, Cerekvička, Rozseč, Mysletice, Hojkov and Puklice.

When preparing for your trip, you can set nature observation, mountain destinations, cultural sites and routes alongside one another as separate areas of focus. This does not imply a fixed order or a shared daily itinerary.

The areas of focus mentioned can be weighed separately for your own selection: bogs and wetlands represent nature observation, while the wooded hills and mountain destinations are suitable for hikes and walks. Ruins, the castle and the monastery are separate cultural destinations. This keeps different interests visible without deriving a fixed daily itinerary or binding order from the information. The elevations and area sizes supplement this arrangement with factual landscape characteristics. Depending on your preferred focus, this approach allows your travel planning to consider natural areas, individual mountain destinations and cultural sites separately rather than combining them into a single excursion destination.

The route „Through Beech Forests to Větrný Jeníkov“ follows the road towards Bílý Kámen and Šimanov as far as Větrný Jeníkov.

For the overarching travel overview: Jihlava District.