Discover Skalice: Cycle Route 0069 and Nature Along the Streams

Skalice combines a local history first documented in writing in 1389 with concrete opportunities to discover the landscape by bicycle or on foot. The surrounding area reveals various facets: waterways and protected animal species, marked trails, nearby cultural attractions, and mountains in the wider regional area. This allows you to tailor your stay according to your interests, balancing nature, activity, and history.

Cycling and Hiking Around Skalice

Cycle Route 0069 passes through Skalice. It begins in Pravonín and leads via Malovidy, Vracovice, Vlašim, Znosim, Polánka, Nesperská Lhota, Chobot, Čelivo, Milovanice, Postupice, Pozov, Dolní Podhájí, Skalice, and Benešov to the Infocentre. The route is classified as moderately difficult. The many stops can be divided into individual sections, allowing you to link several places or focus on just part of the route.

Another point of orientation is a red-marked hiking trail that runs through Pecínov, Budkov, and Skalice. The cycle route and hiking trail offer two different forms of activity: the cycle route connects a longer sequence of places, while the hiking trail links three stops along a marked path. During your stay, you can therefore choose between a cycling tour, walks, or a combination with cultural attractions.

Waterways and Protected Species

The waterways around Skalice u Benešova range from individual streams to the catchment area of the Pozovský potok. A watercourse that is a right-bank tributary of the Pozovský potok runs along the northeastern boundary of properties in Skalice u Benešova. The Pozovský potok and its tributaries provide a habitat for the protected stone crayfish. The protected Eurasian otter also occurs in the catchment area of the Pozovský potok.

One location in Skalice u Benešova lies on a slope above the Budkovský potok. This is a tributary of the Benešovský potok. Protected species also occur in the Benešovský potok and its tributaries: the noble crayfish and the brook lamprey. In addition to the watercourse itself, the hillside above the Budkovský potok is therefore also part of the landscape.

Culture and Landscape in the Wider Area

Konopiště Chateau is located near Skalice and expands the selection with a cultural and historical destination. The Hůrecká věž hill [Struhařov-Skalice] is also located nearby. Mount Žebrák is likewise in the vicinity of Skalice. In the wider regional area are Jáchym Mountain and Velký Blaník Mountain. Loreto Church is also one of the destinations in the wider regional area.

When choosing where to stay, you can therefore focus on different priorities: accommodation in Skalice as a starting point for local trails and waterways, planning with nearby Konopiště Chateau in mind, or further exploration of the region’s mountains and cultural attractions.

More Places for Orientation

For comparing other places in the same wider region, you can find Studený, Teplysovice, Drachkov, Vojkov, Smilkov, Krňany, Soutice, and Slověnice here.

To the overview of the wider travel region: Benešov District.