The STRÁŽNICE REGION is located in the very centre of Moravian Slovakia and it is the place where unique natural, cultural and historical phenomena mingle. The Strážnice Region can be characterized by the world-famous folklore of the Dolňácko Region of folk songs, customs, folk costumes and also folk architecture. The Strážnice Region is a famous viticultural area of high-quality wines from the foothills of the White Carpathians. The Strážnice Region is the region of virgin nature of meadows abounding with flowers and deep forests, protected by UNESCO. The Strážnice Region has got its uniqueness – giant service berries, lovely orchids, the Strážnice danaj dance and artists, such as Joža and Franta Úprkas.

The Scenery and Monuments

You can admire the floodplain scenery in the Strážnice Pomoraví Nature Park. The remainders of the Moravian sahara, on the other hand, are in the immediate vicinity of the park in the Váté Písky Reserve. You can find the biggest complex of meadows Čertoryje abounding with flowers in the White Carpathians over the municipalities of Tvarožná Lhota and Kněždub.

You will find the most valuable complex of landmarks in the Strážnice Region in the municipal preserve zone in Strážnice. You can see examples of folk buildings of the whole Moravian Slovakia in the Museum of the South-East Moravian Village in Strážnice – from Moravské Kopanice, the Horňácko and also Dolňácko Regions. There are also water and vinicultural constructions. You will find perhaps the most beautiful wine cellars here in “Plže“ in Petrov.

The International Folklore Festival in Strážnice, held annually in July since 1946, is probably the most famous Moravian folklore event. The Open-Air Museum in Strážnice is the place where handicraft traditions are preserved at many events in the course of the year.

As for cultural events, we would like to draw attention to the unlocking of the Baťa Canal in May, the Cyril and Methodius Pilgrimage in Radějov in July and Pilgrimage to St. Anne in Tvarožná Lhota, and the traditional fair in Strážnice and, finally, the Festival of Service Berries in Tvarožná Lhota in February and September.

You can learn about viticulture and wine a lot in the cellar lanes in Petrov, Sudoměřice, Kozojídky and Bzenec, something from history in the Open-Air Museum in Strážnice and actively on viticultural cycle paths. Three of them run through the Strážnice Region – Moravian viticultural, Strážnice, and Bzenec ones. The local exhibition of wines in Petrov, wine tasting in Strážnice, Tvarožná Lhota and Bzenec, hammering of the mountain in Strážnice in August, and grape harvest, which takes place in Strážnice and Bzenec in September, are important viticultural events.

Tourism in the Strážnice Region

You can set out for tourism on foot or by bike along the marked trails of the Czech Tourist Club, along 5 educational bike routes, educational path Oskerušová and Šumárnická, or along the Moravian viticultural path, which connects the Bzenecká and Strážnická viticultural paths. Cycling along the foothills of the White Carpathians is a lovely path. The Strážnice Region is also the centre of water tourism and an important point on the route of the Baťa Canal. You can spend the whole holiday by water, for instance in Sudoměřice, Tvarožná Lhota or Strážnice. As for interesting fishing districts, there are a number of dead river channels apart from the Morava as well as Radějov Stream and hunters might be captivated by Radějov game preserve with breeding of stags and fallow deer.