Unhost – Discover Culture, Pilgrimage and Nature

Unhost combines discoveries of cultural history with an appealing landscape around Unhošť. If, during your stay in the Czech Republic, you want to combine different experiences rather than simply collect sights, you will find points of interest here related to the museum, church history, pilgrimage and nature. When choosing your accommodation, you can therefore consider whether you are primarily looking for cultural impressions or would also like to include walks and nature-related topics in your travel plans.

Museum and Educational Trail as a Shared Starting Point

A good introduction to the history of the town is the Melicharovo vlastivědné muzeum. It is located in the building of Unhošť’s former town hall, house number 1. The St. Hubert educational trail begins directly at this museum.

The St. Hubert educational trail is 3 km long. This specific length is useful for planning your day: you can treat the trail as an independent outing and then explore further historical topics in Unhošť. The St. Hubert Chapel, which dates from 2018, is also located near the trail. Those travelling with different interests can thus make the museum, trail and religious buildings the focus of different days of their holiday.

Chapels and Sacred History

The cemetery chapel of St. Barbara dates from the late 17th century. It acquired its present appearance through a renovation in the second half of the 19th century. These two dates point to different phases of its history and make the chapel particularly interesting for travellers who want to trace historical development through specific buildings.

Another sacred site is the chapel in Žlábek. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and associated with a miraculous spring. A pilgrimage to the chapel takes place every year. Those interested in religious traditions can therefore treat this site as a distinct focus of their trip. In the church in Unhošť, the presbytery also contains a Gothic sandstone sanctuary dating from the 14th century. Together with the history of the chapels, this creates a cultural perspective that is not limited to a single era.

Nature-Related Impressions in the Surrounding Area

The area around Unhošť also offers a special point of interest from a natural-history perspective. Markův mlýn was designated a natural monument there in 1993. Around Markův mlýn there are rare plant communities of rocky steppes, including Czech star-of-Bethlehem, pasqueflower and grey seseli. These names give the landscape a concrete botanical dimension and invite you, during your stay, to notice not only the paths and buildings but also the distinctive character of the plant life.

This allows you to plan your trip according to your preferred pace and the interests of your fellow travellers, without reducing the town to just one attraction.

More Places for Your Trip to the Czech Republic

If you would like to add more destinations to your trip, you can also discover Tuchlovice, Běleč na Křivoklátsku, Stradonice, Malé Kysice, Tuřany, Malíkovice, Líský and Velvary. Unhost remains an interesting choice for anyone who wants to combine a museum, sacred history, pilgrimage and landscape in one travel idea.

For the overview of the broader travel region: Kladno District.