Czech Republic Guide
North Moravia
Pustevny
Both Frenštát and Rožnov (Rožnov pod Radhoštěm) dub themselves pod – "under" – Radhošt', which, thanks to its legends, is the Beskydy's most famous (though not tallest) peak. The view from the summit (1129m) is still pretty good, and there's a fanciful wooden chapel, done out in neo-Byzantine style. Two kilometres east, there's a statue of Radegast, the mountain's legendary pagan god (who lends his name to the famous local beer). Another kilometre east lies Pustevny – a series of late nineteenth-century timber-slat buildings designed by Dušan Jurkovič, including the fantastical hotel, the Tanečnica (
556 835 341,
www.tanecnica.cz ; Price: 1001-1500Kč), named after the nearby mountain, and the equally comfortable Maměnka (
556 836 207,
www.libusin-mamenka.cz ; Price: 1001-1500Kč). You can reach Pustevny by chairlift (lanovka; Mon– Fri 8am–4pm, Sat & Sun 7am–6pm on the hr, in winter every other hr) from Trojanovice-Ráztoka, 6km southeast of Frenštát. You can also get there by bus from Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (3–4 daily). Campers can follow the yellow- and/or green-marked path down to the Kněhyněcampsite (all year) with bungalows in Prostřední Bečva.