The town below Radhošť
In your country, my dear, believe me
in different world I myself find,
even the wells there smell of wine,
and the stones full of rose aroma…
By these verses Jaroslav Seifert, Nobel Prize winner for literature, expressed his celebration in one of many poems inspired by his frequent visits in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm. Petr Bezruč also called one of his panegyric poems “The town below Radhošť”. And so we could continue. Let us remember every year’s wandering of the world-famous photographer Josef Sudek in our countryside, the works of painter Antonín Strnadel, sculptor Albín Polášek and many orher artists. Let us also remember foundation of the first Czech tourist club Pohorská jednota Radhošť (Mountain Association Radhošť) in 1884. All of this proves the fact that the charming valley in the middle of the mountains Moravské Beskydy, Javorníky and foothills of Oderské vrchy always called and still calls upon visit to the town of Frenštát.
From here, it is possible to take easy, one day trips to the castle and to the game park of Hukvaldy, to Štramberk’s tower, to see the so called Wallachian Bethlehem, the museum of cars in Kopřivnice, to see the open-air museum in Rožnov and the cosy houses of the architect Dušan Jurkovič in Pustevny and perhaps to acquaint the life and work of Petr Bezruč in his Museum in Staré Hamry.
All of this will be enabled by the Hotel Bartoš, located advantageously in the middle of sport grounds with clay tennis courts, near a winter stadium, football pitch, ski jumps with plastic material which have been built in honour of Jiří Raška, the Olympic winner and world champion from Grenoble. The municipal museum with rich expositions and the new picture gallery are on the square which is a protected cultural monument. You are invited to visit the town below Radhošť.
