Holašovice
Holašovice is a small historic village located in the south of the Czech Republic, 16 kilometres west of České Budějovice.
Village belongs to the municipality Jankov. To the south lies the protected landscape area of Blanský Forest. The village was deserted after the Second World War, allowing its medieval plan and vernacular buildings in the South Bohemian Folk or Rural Baroque style to remain intact. It was restored and repopulated from 1990, and it was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998 because of its exceptional preservation of a traditional Baroque-era village.
Getting to Holašovice
You can take a bus from České Budějovice. Bus is quite frequent, payable to the driver (28 CZK). Use IDOS for timetable—Holašovice are listed there as "Jankov,Holašovice". It is a short drive from České Budějovice and there is a free 2 parking lot at the edge of the village. The country roads are mostly in a good shape, but often quite narrow.
Worth seeing
- 01Holašovice village reservation - UNESCO
This basically means the whole village.
Things to do
Bike around the surrounding countryside.
Where to eat
- 01Jihočeská hospoda Holašovice
Jankov, Holašovice 18, hospoda.holasovice@gmail.com.
Getting around Holašovice the local way
- Get inIf done as a day trip from České Budějovice, bike is probably the best option.
From Wikivoyage: Hluboká nad Vltavou, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2025-05.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ben Skála, Benfoto (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.