Kravaře: Baroque, Castle Park and Special Excursions

Kravaře combines impressive Baroque architecture with an expansive park landscape, water activities, golf, and regional discoveries. This gives you various options for planning your trip: you can explore historic architecture, discover natural features in the castle park, or combine an eventful day at the aquapark with golf.

Baroque Heritage Around the Castle

At the center is Zámek Kravaře, a two-storey Baroque building with four wings, a rectangular courtyard, and an octagonal chapel with a high dome. The permanent exhibition at the Zámecké muzeum takes visitors through the various stages in the development of Kravaře’s Baroque castle. It is also worth looking at the Zámecká kaple: it is dedicated to the Archangel Michael, was built in the Baroque style, and is crowned by a very high dome supported by pillars.

Another distinctive testimony to the town’s history is the church Kostel sv. Bartoloměje. Its white Renaissance tower dates from the first third of the 16th century. The tower contains a stone baptismal font from the same period as the tower. Such details give a cultural visit to Kravaře a clear historical dimension without requiring you to limit yourself to the castle grounds.

Castle Park with Water, Trees and Search Activities

The Eichendorff family laid out the castle park in the second half of the 18th century. Today, it covers 21 hectares and contains almost 100 varieties of deciduous and coniferous trees, as well as streams, ponds, and romantic corners of the park. The children’s learning trail Putování s veverkou Adélkou was offered in the castle park as a route with adventure and search activities. This allows a historic site to be explored through observation and playful discovery as well.

Active and Relaxing Days

Městský aquapark Kravaře offers a lazy river and a 65-metre water slide. For quieter hours, the facilities include a Finnish sauna, a steam sauna, and a whirlpool. This means that Kravaře offers various forms of water-based and wellness experiences side by side.

Zámecký golf club Kravaře has a nine-hole golf course set among mature trees in the castle park. The club offers the public golf lessons, a pro shop, golf club rental, and golf course rental; closed tournaments are also held. Golf can therefore be combined here with the special surroundings of the castle park.

Tradition and Regional Landscape

Kravařský odpust is a more than one-hundred-year-old tradition of the patronal festival of the local parish church of St. Bartholomew. The festival always takes place around the Sunday closest to 24 August. For your trip planning, this date provides a specific cultural reference point in the annual calendar.

Near Kravaře lies the Odkryv National Nature Reserve in a former open-pit mine; it covers 1.6 hectares. The Přílet and Vinná hora mountains are also located in the surrounding area. The nearby surroundings include the hills Oldřišovský kopec [Kravaře ve Slezsku] and Hadí kopec [Chlebičov]. Further afield in the region are Rzuchow Castle - Zameczek and the Cvilin ruins. These varied landscape and cultural destinations broaden the view beyond the castle grounds.

More Destinations for Your Research

For further trip planning, you can also view Svatoňovice, Rohov, Větřkovice, Brumovice, Mokré Lazce, Zlatníky, Jezdkovice and Chuchelna.

For the higher-level travel overview: Opava District.