Suitable for: adults
Length: 10.5 km
Duration: 60 minutes
Difficulty: moderate
Surface: asphalt, graveled forest road
How to get there: Get to Nová Bystřice by public transport or by car (car park near the bus station).
Refreshment points: Nová Bystřice, Golfresort Monachus, Blanko guest house
The recommended trail follows the cross-country course of Running through Czech Canada. The trail starts and ends in the town park in Nová Bystřice. We run out of the park towards the southwest, through the streets around the local residential area to Vitorazská street which takes us out of the town. We pass the police premises and turn right upwards at the crossroads. On the way, we run between the two golf courses of the Monachus golf resort. After running up three hills, we have a short fl at stretch and a run downhill to Blanko nature reserve. At the crossroads, we continue along cycle path 1007. Aft er 500 meters we can either turn left and follow the green trail along the forest track, or continue straight on to run on the asphalt road. Both roads meet at the crossroads at the tourist resting point. From here we continue along the forest track northwards to the road (cycle path 32) where we turn left and continue to the village of Nový Vojířov. In the village, just before a sharp left bend, we turn right and continue on to the forest track that leads us to the ponds where Grasel’s trail starts to be marked with the letter “G”. Following this trail, we get to the crossroads at the village of Hradiště. Here we turn right and, on an asphalt road lined with wooden sculptures, we go back downhill to Nová Bystřice. Along Žižkova street we continue straight to Mírové square and around the church of Sts. Peter and Paul to the town park. Able–bodied runners can extend the trail to the forest hotel called Peršlák. It can be reached from the crossroads at the tourist resting point either by the green marked forest path or by the asphalt cycle path 1007. To get back to the recommended trail, we use cycle path 32 leading to Nový Vojířov. This extended version measures 15 km.
1. Narrow–gauge railway from Jindřichův Hradec and Regional narrow–gauge railway museum in Nová Bystřice
2. Museum of veteran cars in Nová Bystřice
3. Golfresort Monachus
4. Blanko nature reserve
5. Forest hotel of Peršlák
6. Wooden sculptures along the road, more sculptures are in Nová Bystřice.