Svákov Observation Tower

Svákov is an ideal spot for lovers of old legends, especially those with a vivid imagination. On the high bluff above the Lužnice River, just across from the town of Soběslav, there once stood a powerful fortification inhabited by people from the Bronze Age, later by Celts, and then Slavs. Those who can dream might imagine high ramparts and palisades, palace towers, smoke rising from forges, and warriors silently guarding the river below.

Today, the settlement is overgrown with shrubs and forest. The ramparts that protected the ancient city from the west are still unmistakable, with a clear gate cutting through them. A yellow trail leads from Soběslav to the fort. Midway up, there's a romantic gazebo, and those who pass through the ramparts will find the wooden observation tower with views of the entire Soběslav landscape and the beginning of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, marked by the peak of Choustník rising as the first bastion of the new hilly terrain.