Prštice: Castle Park, Art and Local Celebrations

Prštice combines cultural attractions with sporting activities and local celebrations. For planning your trip, you can group these by interest: the castle and sundial, art and the chapel, golf, and the habitats around the ponds each offer a different focus. If you want to put culture at the centre of your visit, you can choose between exhibitions, visual arts, and religious and musical offerings.

Castle Park and the Sundial

The exhibitions on the first floor of Prštice Castle are freely accessible. As access arrangements may change, check the current arrangements before your visit. Since 2016, the Prštice Sundial has been the centrepiece of the castle park. It displays a calendar and Central European Time from 4:00 to 20:00. This gives the castle park its own connection to timekeeping, while the exhibitions inside the building offer a different focus.

Art, the Chapel and Music

Galerie Aviatik exhibits paintings, prints, jewellery, ceramics and sculptures. Its range includes different art forms, adding a distinct cultural focus to the castle and sundial. Regular services of the Roman Catholic Church and the Czechoslovak Hussite Church are held in the Chapel of St John of Nepomuk (“Sv. Jana Nepomuckého”); arrangements may change. If you plan to attend a service, check the current times. The chapel can also host religious and classical concerts; individual concerts must be arranged in advance. This distinction is important for planning: the castle exhibitions are freely accessible, while concerts in the chapel must be arranged beforehand.

Golf and Other Sporting Activities

For sports enthusiasts, Castle Golf Club Prštice is a clearly defined attraction. It has a 6-hole golf academy with six teeing areas, opportunities to play on grass, a putting green, a chipping green and a bunker. The club also holds open days for the public; check the relevant dates before your trip. The TJ Sokol Prštice sections offer sporting activities to the public year-round, except during school holidays. Schedules may change, so if you are interested in a specific activity, check the current dates. For the golf club, the golf academy and open days are specific points of interest; for TJ Sokol, the exception during school holidays is important for planning.

Ponds and Nature

The ponds along the Šatava stream provide habitats for aquatic animals, invertebrates and waterfowl. They add an ecological perspective to the cultural and sporting attractions. The Biocentre ponds are not fishing waters; commercial fishing there is considered poaching.

Local Celebrations as a Reason to Visit

Local celebrations may also influence your choice of travel dates. Jánské hody is one of the regular social events in Prštice. The sundial is also part of local outdoor celebrations, including Hody, Christmas programmes and masquerade festivals. Unlike the cultural attractions, celebrations take place on specific dates. Check the dates in advance if a particular celebration is important to your trip.

Discover more destinations: Újezd U Tišnova, Vranov, Javůrek, Lelekovice, Troubsko, Vranovice, Moravské Knínice, Hluboké Dvory

For the overview of the wider area: Brno-Country District.