Šumava - Find the Volary Menhirs

Suitable for: families with children
Length: 4 km
Duration: 60 minutes
Difficulty: moderate
Surface: paved road
How to get there: Get to Volary by public transport or by car (parking on the town car park in front of Hotel Bobík).
Refreshment points: Volary (Town Hotel Bobík)

The recommended cross-country trail is a circuit that begins and ends in Volary. We set out from the town museum, which is located in the Alpine house no. 71 along Česká street to the north where the menhirs are. We can use the bizarre mountain called Bobík with its distinctive pointed silhouette as an indicator. On the way, we pass several more houses built in the style of Alpine architecture. From the menhirs we can see the distant Jewish cemetery, which is a great monument to nearly a hundred women who were the victims of the death march to the concentration camp Günberg in Ravensbrück. From the menhirs, we continue to follow the green trail past the green courts to Meindl’s sawmill with a panoramic view of the town of Volary. If we still have enough energy, we can continue along the red trail to the “Volary – U Statku” signpost, and then continue along the green trail to the “Old Town”. We head to the church of St. Catherine and then
we finish the family run in Volary square.

ROUTE

1. Town museum
Alpine architecture:
2. No. 41
3. No. 55
4. No. 71
5. No. 81
6. Volary menhirs
7. St. Catherine’s church
8. Microbrewery of hotel Bobík
9. Jewish cemetery

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