Bruntál District: Hotels and Accommodation

Ski Annaberg in Andělská Hora has three ski slopes. Annaberg offers rental and basic services for alpine and cross-country skis, snowboards, sledges and bobsleighs; visitor parking is located directly next to the ski slope.

Anyone looking for a hotel for their stay in Bruntál District can therefore focus their search on this destination.

Culture and History

Bruntál Chateau was converted from a late Gothic castle into a Renaissance chateau at the end of the 16th century. The publicly accessible interiors include a chapel and rooms on the first floor with Rococo wall paintings and original furnishings. The chateau houses the permanent exhibitions “Nature of the Bruntál Region” and “Craft Has a Golden Bottom”.

The chateau park includes remains of the town walls, a sala terrena, a bastion and eleven sculptures. The reconstructed rooms of Sovinec Castle house exhibitions on the history of the castle; the main tower offers views over Sovinec Nature Park.

The Bruntál Museum focuses on crafts and trades in the Bruntál region during the 19th and early 20th centuries with the exhibition “Craft Has a Golden Bottom”. The exhibition includes a shoemaker’s workshop, a tailor’s workshop and a grocery shop. Sensory stations feature gingerbread spices, craft tools and an anvil.

Nature and Activities

The Osoblažsko narrow-gauge railway has a gauge of 760 millimetres and a 20.2-kilometre route with 102 curves; it has been in operation since 1898.

Vrbno Bikepark can be reached from the lower station of the ski resort via Poštovská cesta, which is marked as Route 6069 on tourist maps. Three downhill routes with varying levels of terrain difficulty descend from the summit.

The Slezská Harta Reservoir was created in the 1990s and is known locally as the Jeseníky Sea. Swimming, boat trips, fishing, sailing and windsurfing are possible there. Several extinct volcanoes rise around Slezská Harta and can be viewed from excursion boats. The Slezská Harta Tourist Information Centre is located at the harbour in Leskovec nad Moravicí; it provides information about transport connections, regional attractions, and cultural and sporting events.

The Bílá Opava nature trail follows the deep valley of the Bílá Opava stream into the highest parts of the Jeseníky Mountains.

Wellness

The spa town of Karlova Studánka lies at an altitude of approximately 800 metres on the eastern side of Praděd, in the valley of the Bílá Opava. The mineral springs of Karlova Studánka are used for carbonic acid baths, drinking treatments and gas baths. The Bruntál Wellness Centre includes an indoor water slide.

Regional Trails and Specialities

Osoblažsko has a KČT hiking trail network with the names “From Station to Station through the Land of the Robber Hotzenplotz”, “The Land of Lookout Towers with a View”, “Through the Heart of Osoblažsko”, “Osoblažské Jeseníky” and “Mountainous Osoblažsko”. There is also a network of unmarked cycling routes with route maps, GPS coordinates, and contacts for accommodation and catering.

The offerings in Osoblažsko include agritourism and horse tourism with animal care, farm work and horseback rides through hilly countryside. The “Taste Osoblažsko” food festival has been held since 2012 and allows visitors to sample local specialities prepared by teams representing municipalities of the Osoblažsko microregion.

The Fruit Trail has 14 stations in Opavsko, Krnovsko and Osoblažsko. It presents orchards, old and regional fruit varieties, traditional fruit-processing methods and the historical cultivation of the land.

Other places in Bruntál District: Malá Štáhle, Moravskoslezský Kočov, Oborná, Ludvíkov, Vrbno Pod Pradedem, Rymarov, Rýmařov-Harrachov, Brauntal.

Karlovice, Stará Ves, Dolní Václavov, Václavov U Bruntálu, Mala Moravka, Bridlicna, Andělská Hora Ve Slezsku, Heřmanovice.

Janov U Krnova, Jindřichov Ve Slezsku, Karlova Studánka, Krasov, Nové Heřminovy, Široká Niva, Rudná Pod Pradědem, Stará Rudná.

Cakova, Dolni Moravice, Svetla Hora, Sucha Rudna, Velká Stáhle.

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