Pohořelice – Views, Trails and Historic Buildings

Pohořelice combines sweeping views, peaceful trails and remarkable historic buildings. The landscape opens up views over the valleys of the Morava and Dřevnice, while the castle, park, churches and chapels reveal different facets of the town. For planning your trip, this creates a clear choice between active experiences in the landscape and cultural and historical discoveries.

Hiking and cycling on the Stezky napajedelských emirátů

The Stezky napajedelských emirátů are intended for hikers and mountain bikers. They run mostly along farm tracks and footpaths, as well as on quiet routes free from road traffic. As a result, the focus is not on a single sight, but on connecting the landscape. The Stezky napajedelských emirátů connect Pohořelice with the surrounding municipalities, offering a way to experience the town not only as an individual destination, but also in the context of its surroundings.

The Vyhlídkové místo u křížku is another point of reference in the landscape. From there, views extend towards Žlutava, Otrokovice and the White Carpathians. Together with the views over the valleys of the Morava and Dřevnice, this creates different landscape perspectives: at one point, a view into the river valleys; at another, a view of Žlutava and Otrokovice and the White Carpathians.

Castle Park and Traces of Times Past

Pohořelice Castle was built in the second half of the 18th century. It is connected by a passageway to the neighboring Church of St. John of Nepomuk. The associated castle park was laid out in the English style and contains numerous rare trees. The building and the designed landscape thus complement each other in a distinctive way.

Visible traces have also survived at the medieval Leopoldov fortress. The Church of St. Giles also recalls the former village of Podhradí, with its now-vanished fortress. This connection to a former village and a past fortification adds another layer of time to the historical image of Pohořelice, without reducing the present-day landscape to a single building.

Churches and Chapels

The Church of St. John of Nepomuk is a Baroque church built in 1739–1740. Its façade features statues of Saint Procopius and Saint Augustine. The Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes provides a different architectural accent; it is a Neo-Gothic chapel built in 1882. It was designed according to a plan by the architect Gustav Meretta.

The Church of St. Giles is a Baroque church built in 1761–1762. Together with the Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Church of St. John of Nepomuk, the castle and the surviving traces of the medieval Leopoldov fortress, it forms a varied selection of historical points of reference. When searching for a hotel or other accommodation in Pohořelice, you can therefore first decide whether trails and the landscape or the town’s architectural history should be the main focus.

You can find other destinations in this selection under Vysoké Pole, Bohuslavice U Zlína, Komárov, Vizovice, Vlachovice, Bělov, Spytihněv and Návojná.

For the higher-level travel overview: Zlín District.