Lužice U Netolic can be explored through a range of themes: cycling and hiking routes, village history, a moor and horse-riding activities. The RCH3 field path connects Netolice and Lužice via Horánek and serves as a shortcut for cyclists and pedestrians. Other marked routes with different layouts also run through the area. This lets you plan your trip around the themes that interest you most, rather than planning just one way to explore.
Cycling and hiking routes around Lužice
The RCH3 field path provides a connection between Netolice and Lužice. Its role as a shortcut makes it a practical option for cyclists and pedestrians. The educational cycling route No. 1104, “Historická krajina Netolicka,” also runs through Lužice. In the Netolice area, it forms a circular route of about 50 kilometres, with 16 marked stops and information boards in three languages. The route follows paved paths through easy terrain and can be divided into several stages.
Another cycling tour, “Podhůřím Blanského lesa do Holašovic,” passes through Lužice at stop 14. For hiking, a blue-marked trail runs from Netolice through Lužice and the Blanský les to Kuklov and Kleť. The routes described therefore differ not only in mode of transport: RCH3 connects two places via Horánek, while the educational cycling route is a circular tour with stops. The hiking route, in turn, continues from Netolice through the Blanský les. Which route you choose depends on whether you are looking for a connection between the places, a themed cycling tour or a hiking trail.
The village square, farmsteads and old road
Several architectural features in the village offer clues to its history. A wooden folk-style bell tower stands at the corner of the village square. The square also retains the gap left by the demolition of the large Hojdaroviny estate. Lužice is also home to traditional farmsteads of the so-called longitudinal type. The name draws attention to their elongated layout. Rows of stone walls can also be found in Lužice.
A niche chapel stands beside the old road to Netolice. A section of the old Linecká trade route, which connected Bohemia with the Austrian lands, probably ran along this road. The qualification that this was probably its course is an important part of the story of this connection: it refers to a possible route of the trade road, not a confirmed one. The chapel and road also give a walk around the village a historical connection beyond Lužice itself.
Borkoviště: moorland and former use
Borkoviště is a moor of about two hectares in the Lužice Forest, near the cycling route. Its former use is also part of its history: in the 18th and 19th centuries, peat was extracted here for heating and as livestock bedding. The traditional manual peat extraction at Borkoviště was called “borkování.” This makes it possible to consider the moor both as a natural landscape and in terms of its former role in everyday life. The timeframe matters: the use described took place in past centuries.
Model flying and horse riding
Lužické letiště is frequently used for model-flying competitions. Its area is also known as a place where South Bohemian moldavites are found. This brings together two distinct interests: model-flying competitions on the one hand, and geological interest on the other. These features add further points of interest alongside the routes and village history, without being equated with any of the hiking or cycling routes.
Horse riding is also among the activities offered in Lužice. The Lužický dvůr equestrian centre offers riding lessons and trail rides. Trail rides always take place under the supervision of an experienced instructor. If you include horse riding in your travel plans, lessons and trail rides are two specific options; supervision applies to the trail rides.
Discover more destinations: Benesova Hora, Kratušín, Borova Lada, Strážný, Bošice, Řasnice, Těšovice, Lažiště.
For the regional travel overview: Okres Prachatice.
