Přílepy: Sandstone, Climbing Rocks and Village Culture

Přílepy brings together striking natural features, a climbing tradition and village culture in a compact area. Přílepská skála, Přílepák sandstone, a registered wetland and historical features around the village square give you several concrete starting points for planning your trip. If you are travelling with children or with people who have different interests, you can choose between active experiences, landscapes and local history.

Přílepská skála: Rocks above the village

Přílepská skála lies on a wooded hill amid fields directly above Přílepy. This makes it one of the village’s distinctive landscape features. The Přílepská skála climbing area offers numerous bouldering and endurance routes; the central wall is approximately 12 metres high. The bouldering and endurance routes, along with the approximately 12-metre-high central wall, give the climbing area different sporting focuses.

Climbing at Přílepská skála is permitted year-round. However, the permission applies only to members of ČHS. This restriction is therefore an important point to consider when preparing: the year-round permission and membership in ČHS go together and should be taken into account when planning your own trip. Its location above the village also connects the climbing theme with the landscape around Přílepy.

Sandstone and the Landscape Around Přílepy

Particularly during the nineteenth century, the well-known Přílepák sandstone was quarried in the local stone quarries for millstones, statues and other stonework. This historical aspect adds a craft-related and local dimension to today’s climbing theme. Bahna u Přílepu is a registered significant landscape feature and wetland site. Thus, both the distinctive rock and a protected landscape form are at the centre of the available information about Přílepy. Its former use connects local history with various forms of stoneworking; the sandstone therefore represents a distinctive craft-related side of Přílepy.

Village Square, Architectural History and Tradition

The village square also brings together discoveries of its own. In the lower part of Přílepy’s elongated rectangular village square stands an originally late-Baroque crucifix bearing the year 1764. House No. 2 in Přílepy is a historic inn with a Baroque gable design. Both details give local history concrete form: here, you can not only observe a landscape but also look for traces of older architectural and decorative traditions. The crucifix and the inn complement each other as two different historical motifs in the village landscape.

Přílepská pouť is a traditional gathering of local residents and friends of the municipality in the park on the village square. The 2022 edition of Přílepská pouť was a family celebration. If you do not want to organise your trip exclusively around activities, this tradition offers another way to experience the character of Přílepy. When looking for accommodation, you can therefore first decide whether nature, climbing, history or village culture is the main focus for you. The connection between the park and the village square ties the gathering to a specific place in Přílepy.

Further Places for Your Research

For further research, you can also find Hořesedly, Rynholec, Srbeč, Pustověty, Slabce, Všesulov, Milostín and Pochvalov.

For the overarching travel overview: Okres Rakovník.