Hýlačka Observation Tower
The 37-meter-high observation tower was opened to the public in 2015. From the viewing platform at a height of 25 meters, it offers a panoramic view, including the outlines of the Novohradské Mountains, Mladovožicko, and Chotoviny, the Šumava peaks (Boubín, Plechý), and the Temelín towers.
Rozhledna Svobody (Liberty Lookout Tower), named Hýlačka after the hilltop whose height is 525 metres above sea level, took its shape after a Hussite tower above Větrovy hamlet and was designed by professor and doctor Theodor Petřík. On January 1, 2012, a wildfire broke out and the entire building was destroyed. The new observation tower has a lookout platform that is 25m high (circular lookout). You have to climb 136 stairs to get to the lookout. The full height of the tower is 35.6m.
How to get there
You can park your car at the parking lot near Hýlačka. From the parking lot, follow the blue-marked tourist trail for less than 500 meters to the observation tower.
If you are traveling by train, get off at the Horky u Tábora train stop. From there, follow the blue trail for 880 meters to the observation tower.
The observation tower is easily accessible by both mountain and road bikes.
Do you know that...
...the observation tower stands next to the site where the original wooden Hýlačka, shaped like a Hussite watchtower, once stood? It burned down in 2012.
