Suitable for: adults
Length: 10.5 km
Duration: 90 minutes
Difficulty: moderate
Surface: asphalt and graveled path
How to get there: Get to the Svatý Tomáš village by public transport or by car (parking at the church in Svatý Tomáš or at the Hotel of St. Thomas).
Refreshment points: Hotel of St. Thomas, Refreshments at Vítkův Hrádek (in the season only)
From the car park at the church in Svatý Tomáš, we head to the Hotel of St. Thomas (Svatý Tomáš) where we join the red trail. We continue along an asphalt road for about 700 m to three cottages and then turn left to the “bear” forest road called Medvědí where we keep running another 800 m. We will reach a crossroads where we turn right to a gravel road called Tereziánská and we run another 3.5 km to the crossroads of “Růžová cesta” (Path of Roses). From there, we continue straight on for 2 km along the red marked forest road called Janova to the crossroads with the 1033 cycle path. We continue straight across the crossroads and continue to descend slightly along the graveled forest path to the valley of Pašerácký potok (smuggler’s brook). We run over the Pašerácký potok brook and at the fi rst crossroads, where we see a big boulder, we turn left and run upwards the valley of the brook back to Svatý Tomáš. There is a 2km long ascending along the forest road called Spálená to cycle path 1021. The ascent is bordered by large boulders set in the road shoulder. Aft er completing this ascent, we are almost at the fi nish line, with Svatý Tomáš about 1.5 km away. Unless you want to run to Svatý Tomáš the same way as you used from the start, that is, along the nature trail of Svatý Tomáš and the red trail, you can turn left at the 10.2 km cycle path and get to the car park through a former military premises. If you feel like running more, a bonus run to the castle of Vítkův hrádek or around the nature trail of Svatý Tomáš can be added.
1. Church of St. Thomas
2. Castle of Vítkův hrádek