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Discover the treasures of the Rožnov area and Makov

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Radhošť with the chapel
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Pustevny
Pustevny
Buildings•Mountain saddle below Radhošť • Jurkovič buildings • 1,018 m a.s.l.
Maměnka
Maměnka
Buildings•Jurkovič's lodge, where guests have stayed since 1899
Libušín
Libušín
Buildings•Jurkovič's dining hall with interiors based on Aleš's drawings • restored in 2020
Brána Pusteven
Brána Pusteven
Buildings•Information centre and gateway to the Pustevny complex • opened 2024
The Cyrilka lookout pavilion
The Cyrilka lookout pavilion
Buildings•The oldest Pohorská jednota Radhošť building on the ridge • 1894
The Radegast statue
The Radegast statue
Buildings•A statue of the Slavic god by Albín Polášek • on the ridge since 1931
Radhošť and the Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius
Radhošť and the Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius
Buildings•Czechia's highest religious building • 1,129 m a.s.l.
Čertův mlýn
Čertův mlýn
Views•The highest mountain in the Zlín Region
Kněhyně
Kněhyně
Nature•The third highest mountain in the Beskids • the summit is closed
The Greiffka hunting lodge
The Greiffka hunting lodge
Traces of history•The remains of the archbishopric hunting lodge's walls
Mořské oko
Mořské oko
Nature•A lake dug by walkers out of a wetland • 1894
Cyrilka Cave
Cyrilka Cave
Nature•The second longest pseudokarst cave in Czechia • 568 m
Valašské muzeum v přírodě
Valašské muzeum v přírodě
Buildings•The oldest open-air museum in central Europe • since 1925
Valašský Slavín and the Church of Saint Anne
Valašský Slavín and the Church of Saint Anne
Traces of history•The final resting place of notable figures of Moravian Wallachia
The Jurkovič lookout tower
The Jurkovič lookout tower
Views•Built from a Jurkovič design a hundred years old
The ruins of Rožnov Castle
The ruins of Rožnov Castle
Traces of history•The ruins of a medieval castle on the hill Hradisko
The chimneys on the Tesla site
The chimneys on the Tesla site
Buildings•Two chimneys on the small town's industrial site
Rožnov park with its bandstand
Rožnov park with its bandstand
Buildings•The spa park Hájnice • a copy of the wooden bandstand of 1884
Villa Jaroněk
Villa Jaroněk
Buildings•Where the Jaroněk brothers founded the Valašské muzeum
The avenues on Hradisko
The avenues on Hradisko
Nature•Avenues where the prescribed walks were taken
Rožnovská Bečva
Rožnovská Bečva
Nature•A regulated river returning to a braided course
Rysová
Rysová
Nature•The hill a whole village was named after for twenty years
The Church of Saint Catherine
The Church of Saint Catherine
Buildings•A three-nave church with built-in galleries • Zubří, 1785–1788
The Vidče stone balls
The Vidče stone balls
Nature•Sandstone balls over two metres across
The Koláček yew in Zubří
The Koláček yew in Zubří
Nature•A yew with no branches on the west side • over 300 years old
Hodorf
Hodorf
Traces of history•A spring left by the lost village of Hondorf
Čarták
Čarták
Views•A saddle with a bell tower and an open-air gallery of wooden sculptures
Pod Tanečnicí
Pod Tanečnicí
Nature•The last clearings left by Wallachian sheep • below the summit at 912 m a.s.l.
Graves of the portáši
Graves of the portáši
Traces of history•The tomb of the commander of the portáši, who guarded the border 1638–1830
The Charlotta Masaryková memorial
The Charlotta Masaryková memorial
Traces of history•Czechia's only memorial to Charlotta G. Masaryková
Poskla
Poskla
Nature•Three neighbouring sites with different habitats
The Horní Bečva dam
The Horní Bečva dam
Nature•The only one built of dozens of interwar dams
The lookouts above the quarry
The lookouts above the quarry
Views•A footbridge over the quarry edge and three cubes on top • 2021
Kudlačena
Kudlačena
Nature•A peaty hillside meadow where impermeable clay retains water
The source of the Bečva
The source of the Bečva
Nature•The outflow of the Rožnovská Bečva • 38 km to the confluence
Benešky
Benešky
Nature•Meadows brought back to life by mowing • nine species of orchid
Kotlová and the settlement of Jezerné
Kotlová and the settlement of Jezerné
Traces of history•A wooded summit with Jezerné in the saddles below it • 870 m a.s.l.
Šorštýn
Šorštýn
Nature•A wooded hill of bilberry scrub • 781 m a.s.l.
Pod Juráškou
Pod Juráškou
Nature•A protected peat meadow since 1952
The Tripoint
The Tripoint
Traces of history•A boundary stone of 1906 on the summit of Trojačka
Stratenec
Stratenec
Views•Three crosses for the fallen • two got their names back after 70 years
Veľký Javorník
Veľký Javorník
Views•A wooden double cross on the highest Javorníky summit • 1,071.5 m a.s.l.
Brest u Papají
Brest u Papají
Nature•Among the most massive in central Europe • in Makov's arms
The Greguše settlement
The Greguše settlement
Traces of history•A kopanice settlement with a dolmen and a bell tower • burned in 1944
The Partisan
The Partisan
Traces of history•A bronze partisan on the border the brigade crossed in 1944
The source of the Kysuca
The source of the Kysuca
Nature•The river that gave a whole region its name • 65.6 km to the Váh
Chapel on Kršlisko
Chapel on Kršlisko
Buildings•A chapel with Cyril and Methodius decoration • ~1900
The Kasárne settlement
The Kasárne settlement
Views•A mountain settlement named after barracks of 1833
The Church of All Saints
The Church of All Saints
Buildings•A fifty-metre tower above Rožnov • completed in 1752
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Where to start

The region has two gateways – Czech and Slovak

Rožnov pod Radhoštěm lies on the Czech side of the ridge, Makov on the Slovak side. Most of the places on this site lie within their boundaries.

Czech side

Rožnov pod Radhoštěm

A starting point you can reach by car, train or bus. From here you can continue to most of the places on this site.

  • Train and bus in the centre, services all around
  • Full town amenities – shops, food, accommodation, information centre
  • Eight places from this site within its boundaries
Guide to Rožnov

Slovak side

Makov

A village beyond the border at the end of the valley, made up of mountain settlements. A starting point for the Slovak side.

  • Over the Bumbálka saddle
  • Shop, pharmacy and municipal office in the centre
  • Five places from this site within its boundaries
Guide to Makov

Walking routes

Several places on a single route

18 flexible routes leading through places on this site. For walking and cycling, on both sides of the ridge.

Browse the routes

A sample

The Beskids in VR

Stand in the middle of the ridge

360° photographs open up places you cannot normally reach. On a computer you look around by dragging the mouse, on a phone just turn it. With a VR headset you are inside the scene.

No VR headset at home? You can also try the virtual tour at the information centre in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm.

Start the 360° toursThe information centre in Rožnov
Radhošť and the Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius - View
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Experience the Beskids

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You can experience the Beskids and Moravian Wallachia with Rysík and without him. Rysík would love to be there for it. Whether you take him along and take on the challenges with him is up to you.