Discover Ivančice

Ivančice offers a wide variety of discoveries within a compact area: exhibitions dedicated to two well-known personalities, a historic tower, Romanesque architecture, a protected natural monument and clearly described opportunities for cycling tours. This makes it possible to shape your stay around culture, landscapes and active exploration, without any single attraction defining the character of the town.

Culture between Mucha, Menšík and the Ivančice Tower

One particularly distinctive cultural destination is the Alfons Mucha Memorial in Ivančice. The Renaissance building houses permanent exhibitions on Vladimír Menšík and Alfons Mucha throughout the year. The exhibition on Vladimír Menšík presents personal belongings, family photographs, documents and photographs from films in which the actor appeared. The Alfons Mucha exhibition includes, among other things, sketches for the Slav Epic, a study for a stained-glass window in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague and other graphic works. For visitors with different interests, the building therefore offers two distinct cultural highlights.

The Ivančice Tower also combines history with a tangible visitor experience. The oldest parts of the tower, the first two floors, date from the 13th century. The climb to the gallery includes 140 steps, including intermediate steps. Scheduled tours are available from April to October. Groups can arrange visits outside these times through the Ivančice Cultural and Information Centre.

Romanesque Architecture in Řeznovice

The Romanesque church in Řeznovice, a district of Ivančice, is one of the cultural discoveries in the surrounding area. The building displays clear features of comparable structures in northern Italy’s Lombardy from the 11th and 12th centuries. The preserved Romanesque church is also regarded as an important architectural monument of European significance. Řeznovice is therefore home not merely to a single historic building, but to a structure with an explicitly described European classification.

Pekárka: Protected Rocks and Rare Plants

Pekárka provides a clear contrast to the exhibitions and buildings. The area is a protected natural monument in Ivančice, in the cadastral area of Alexovice. Protected features include rock, grass and herb communities with scattered woody vegetation on conglomerate slopes. The protected natural assets also include the European-protected Moravian carnation (Dianthus moravicus). Pekárka consists of rocks formed from Permocarboniferous Rokytná conglomerates, thereby revealing a geological peculiarity of the area.

Pekárka is freely accessible, and the site can be reached by car to within approximately 250 metres. This distance should be understood as an approximate value. It describes the accessible location, not the length of a hiking trail or a specific duration of stay.

Exploring Ivančice by Bicycle

Those who want to discover the town and its neighbouring areas by bicycle will find two routes with different designs. The themed Templářská cycling loop is 39 kilometres long and passes through Řeznovice, Ivančice, Alexovice and Letkovice. There is also a 3.2-kilometre cycle path from Oslavany to Ivančice. It begins in Oslavany and connects in Ivančice to Na Volvách Street.

Discover More Destinations

If you would like to explore more destinations via the navigation after your stay in Ivančice, you can also find Mokrá-Horákov, Olší, Čučice, Litostrov, Moravské Knínice, Ponětovice, Heroltice and Unkovice.

For the higher-level travel overview: Brno-Country District.