Slovácko: Velehrad, Buchlov and the wine cellars
The pilgrimage site of Velehrad, Buchlov castle in the Chřiby hills and the Plže cellar lane in Petrov lie close enough to fit into four days. In Slovácko folklore is still lived rather than performed — although the open-air village museum in Strážnice can easily take a whole day. And a motorhome solves the most practical thing of all: after a tasting at the winemaker's you drive nowhere and sleep a short walk from the cellars.
From Prague the motorway takes you to Velehrad in roughly three hours, so the whole afternoon is still yours. The Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saints Cyril and Methodius is the most important pilgrimage church in the country, freely accessible all year round and listed as a national cultural monument since 2008. From there Modrá is only a few minutes away: the Modrá Archaeological Open-Air Museum reconstructs a fortified Great Moravian settlement including the little church of St John, built on excavated foundations, and right next door is the Živá voda freshwater fish exhibition. The open-air museum is open daily from April to the end of October, closing at four in the afternoon in April and at five from May to October.
The royal castle of Buchlov stands on a hill in the Chřiby range at an altitude of 522 metres and was never converted into a comfortable chateau, so it has kept its raw medieval character. The access road from Buchlovice is narrow and climbs through the forest — with a longer vehicle it is calmer to leave it down in the village and walk up. The afternoon belongs to Buchlovice chateau, a baroque building completed in 1707 in the style of an Italian villa, with grounds of almost nineteen hectares. Watch the days: in April and October both castle and chateau open only at weekends, and outside July and August Monday is usually a closing day.
The Museum of the South-East Moravian Village in Strážnice shows vernacular architecture, traditional farming, vineyard buildings and the keeping of domestic animals, and if you want to catch the guided commentary, allow more than an hour for the visit. The main season runs from May to the end of October, in April it opens only at weekends, in winter it stays closed and Monday is a closing day throughout the season. In the afternoon move on to Petrov, home to the Plže cellar settlement: sixty-three cellars with blue-painted portals, protected as a village conservation area since 1983. You can taste directly in one of the cellars, but the winemakers open individually — arrange your visit in advance.
In the morning you reach Uherské Hradiště, the natural centre of Slovácko. Masaryk Square is dominated by the Jesuit complex built between 1670 and 1685 with the church of St Francis Xavier, and in the lanes around it you will find wine shops and cafés for a last coffee before the drive. If you are travelling on the second weekend in September, expect the Slovácko Wine and Open Monuments Festival — the town fills with folk costume and the campsites tend to be full. In the afternoon head back along the D55 and D1, and with a stop for a meal you are in Prague by evening.
Up to 3.5 t, the class most of the motorhomes we sell belong to, an electronic motorway vignette is all you need. According to the official price list valid from January 2026, vehicles on conventional fuels pay CZK 230 for a one-day vignette, CZK 300 for ten days, CZK 480 for thirty days and CZK 2,570 for a year; CNG vehicles, plug-in hybrids and electric cars have markedly lower rates. On this route you need the vignette for the D1 and the D55, while Slovácko itself is crossed on second- and third-class roads with no charge at all. Above 3.5 t no vignette is sold — the electronic MYTO CZ toll applies instead, the vehicle needs an on-board unit and the rate is calculated from the emission class, the number of axles and the type of road. There is no toll mountain road or tunnel along the way; the only extra payment is the paid car park below Buchlov castle.
Kemp Velehrad, Velehrad — caravan pitches in separate bays with an electricity hook-up, showers and a laundry; open from 1 April to 30 November, booking through the website or by e-mail (they do not deal with availability over the phone). · Kemp Štěrk, Ostrožská Nová Ves (Nádražní 1056) — a new campsite by the lake, built for tents and caravans, with showers, a laundry and a playground, a short hop from Uherské Hradiště. · Autokempink Strážnice, Strážnice — in the grounds beside the chateau park, a few minutes from the open-air museum and from the cellars in Petrov.
Czechia does not permit wild camping. Sleeping in a motorhome in a car park where no sign forbids it is one thing — but the moment you roll out the awning and set up a table, it counts as camping, and that is not allowed outside a campsite. Do not try it in the Chřiby Nature Park or in the chateau grounds; there are plenty of campsites in this small area and every destination is within half an hour's drive of them. For the grape harvest in the second half of September and for the big folklore events, reserve a pitch well ahead, or the region will sell out its capacity right under your nose.
Emptying the waste water tank is not a given at Czech campsites — arrange it at reception as soon as you arrive, not in the evening. The most reliable facilities are at Kemp Velehrad, which also runs outside the summer peak, so you can call in for water and servicing in early spring or in autumn as well. The second dependable place to top up water is Kemp Štěrk in Ostrožská Nová Ves, which is new and built specifically for caravans. If you spend the night at the campsite in Strážnice after a day at the open-air museum, you can fill up there too before setting off for Petrov.
Adria Compact
The Adria Compact is a low-profile motorhome that stays under seven metres in length and just over two metres in width, which makes it one of the easier low-profiles to place on this route: the chateau in Buchlovice, the Plže cellar lane and the centre of Uherské Hradiště are all reached through narrow streets where a big vehicle turns awkwardly. Buchlov castle is parked for down in the village anyway and reached on foot. At the same time it has a full bathroom and kitchen, so four days of moving between campsites in Slovácko come without compromises.
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