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Town in Vysočina, Czech Republic
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Třešť is a town of 5,600 people (2022) in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands half way between Jihlava and Telč. Třešť is known as a town of Christmas nativity scenes. Local families often own and maintain those with dozens to hundreds of figures typically carved of wood in their homes. Some of them welcome visitors to see them between Christmas and beginning of February.
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Paper and wooden nativity scenes, including one that is being continuously expanded by figures from an annual wood carving event ‘Dřevořezání’ in Třešť.
Exhibitions include mainly the topics of the nativity scenes tradition in Třešť, the Třešť castle, Schumpeter family and Třešť industrial history.
Franz Kafka exposition. For a guided tour contact the Tourist Information Center.
Malvíny
This swimming pool is a biotop natural pool. It uses no chemical additives, like chlorine; instead, water is cleaned naturally by microorganisms while being filtered through sand and plant roots in another section of the biotop.
Lom Čenkov
This is a lake in a former granite quarry which was flooded after the mine was abandoned in 1970s. It has exceptionally clear water. The access is rocky (with only a small "beach") and steep. The maximal water depth is said to be around 14 m.
Czech and international cuisine, front garden, rooms (500Kč/person/night).
Restaurant where the locals meet. Rooms available.
Italian(-like) food, also to go.
Family run cafe offering also cakes, ice-cream and refreshing home-made lemonades.
Třešť Castle
Hotel with a restaurant located in the historical castle building with a natural park. The hotel offers bike rental for making trips to the scenic surroundings.
Accommodation and wellness packages, including massages, sauna and spa. Restaurant daily menu from 92 Kč.
While in Třešť, you can pay a visit to a company store of VÝVOJ to purches pieces of men's formal clothing locally produced: jackets, waistcoats, trousers, suits and coats.
A company store of the local outdoor clothes manufacturer in nearby Batelov.
By bus
The bus station is in the city centre, consisting of several sheds and information boards. It is near the St. Katerina church along the main road.
By train
Třešť has train connection to the north to Kostelec u Jihlavy (half-way to Jihlava) and to the south to Telč and all the way to the Austrian border in Slavonice.
There is no public transport in the town, except of occasional buses to the nearby villages.
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