Easter in Wallachia: traditions and the open-air museum

Easter in Wallachia is full of life. The open-air museum comes alive with folk customs, nature wakes up, and the guesthouse is wrapped in peace and quiet. If you want to spend the spring holidays with both tradition and rest, you have come to the right place.

Why come to Wallachia for Easter

• Living traditions — the woven Easter whip, painted eggs and spring customs have a firm place here.
• The open-air museum comes alive — at Easter the Wallachian Open-Air Museum is usually full of crafts and customs.
• Nature waking up — spring in the Beskydy Mountains is only beginning, but it already smells of it.
• A long weekend — the ideal time for a peaceful stay without the rush.

Easter at the open-air museum

The Wallachian Open-Air Museum is the heart of Rožnov’s Easter. Over the holidays it usually comes alive with:

• demonstrations of folk crafts and traditional techniques,
• Easter customs and traditions as our ancestors knew them,
• the atmosphere of old Wallachia in its wooden cottages.

Check the current programme on the museum’s website — it changes from year to year.

Tips for Easter trips

Within 30 minutes’ drive of the guesthouse you can choose to suit your mood and the weather:

• The open-air museum in Rožnov — the Easter programme right in town.
• The Bečva cycle path — it starts 100 m from the guesthouse, a spring walk through the valley.
• Pustevny and Radhošť — the ridge walk with the statue of Radegast; higher up there may still be snow.
• The Jurkovič Tower — a view of the waking hills around Rožnov.

Spring mornings tend to be cold, so layers of clothing certainly will not go amiss.

A quiet evening at the guesthouse

After a day on your feet, our private sauna comes in handy — a Finnish sauna and a cooling pool for just 2–4 people. Spring evenings are still cold, and the sauna is the best finishing touch to the day.

And for a sweet finish, stop by Café Anděl — speciality coffee and homemade cakes, including gluten-free and vegan options. The children can play in the meantime in the largest children’s corner in Rožnov.

How to plan an Easter stay

A tried-and-tested Easter day with us looks like this:

1. The Easter programme at the open-air museum in the morning.
2. A walk through spring nature in the afternoon.
3. A coffee and cake in the café.
4. The private sauna in the evening and a peaceful night in your room.

You can choose from our rooms depending on whether you are travelling as a couple or with the family.

Would you like to spend Easter with Wallachian tradition? Take a look at our rooms and book a stay — the open-air museum, nature and the sauna will be waiting for you.