Vlašim
village · Podblanicko
The main town of the Blaník country, with a château and a large English landscape park on the Blanice river — and the railway back towards Prague.
Vlašim is where Blaník walks tend to end: the town has the region’s railway connection (to Prague with a change at Benešov u Prahy), and its château park along the Blanice is a pleasant final stretch if there is time before the train.
Hikes passing here
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The Two Blaníks
A train-to-train day over both Blaník hills: red waymarks from Domašín to Louňovice, the chapel ruin on Malý Blaník, the lookout tower on Velký, and a walk down through Kondrac to Vlašim.
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Two Winter Days to Blaník
A 50 km two-day winter traverse of the Podblanicko from Vlašim to Kondrac — the Kalamajka lookout, a night at Růžkovy Lhotice and a finish under Blaník.