Panství Bechyně, the resort built around Bechyně Castle in South Bohemia, can host company events, conferences, receptions and weddings. The largest indoor room, the riding hall, takes up to 1,000 people at a standing reception, and the castle park takes up to 2,500. About 50 bedrooms are available in three properties belonging to the resort.
Seminars and company events
The resort presents small salons for private meetings and larger spaces for gatherings of up to 1,000 guests. The riding hall (Jízdárna) measures 684 square meters and is described as the largest hall in South Bohemia. It takes 750 people in theatre style, 385 in a block layout, 300 in classroom style, 250 in a U-shape and 600 at a banquet, and it has a separate stage of 250 square meters. The official text also mentions seated capacity of up to 800, so confirm the exact layout you need.
In the castle itself, the Petr Vok of Rožmberk Hall (Sál Petra Voka z Rožmberka) covers 300 square meters and keeps 16th-century frescoes. It takes 250 in theatre style and 130 at a banquet. The castle banquet hall (Zámecká hodovna), at 150 square meters, is on the ground floor next to the park and takes 120 in theatre style and 100 at a banquet.
For smaller meetings, the conference room at Hotel Panská (90 square meters, on the town square) takes 60 in theatre style, 40 in classroom style and 26 in a U-shape, with modern technical equipment and a flexible layout. Restaurant Špajz has a 30 square meter salon for 30 guests in theatre style.
Weddings and receptions
The resort offers a park setting, the castle rooms, ceremonies in the open air and, for more privacy, the Černice hunting lodge (Černický zámeček) in the countryside. The lodge has an upper hall of 100 square meters for 90 at a banquet and a lower hall of the same size for 40. The English-style castle park covers 4,000 square meters and takes up to 1,500 at a banquet. A wooden gazebo in the upper park holds up to 120 guests. The official page mentions weddings explicitly only for the hunting lodge, so ask about the castle rooms.
Rooms and capacities
The riding hall holds 1,000 standing and the park 2,500 standing. The Petr Vok Hall holds 250 standing, the banquet hall 150 and the Hotel Panská restaurant 100. The Černice lodge halls hold 100 and 50 standing. The Penzion Černická obora courtyard (180 square meters) takes 100 standing and 80 in theatre style.
Accommodation
Hotel Panská is a three-star hotel with 25 rooms. Penzion Černická obora has 13 rooms, and the Černice hunting lodge has 12 fully equipped rooms, two covered terraces and a garden. Together they give about 50 bedrooms. The lodge is close to the golf course.
Catering
Restaurant Špajz at Hotel Panská has 94 indoor seats and a summer terrace of 34 seats. The castle banquet hall can be combined with catering for up to 80 guests, and the park is described as suited to catering services. Golf tournaments use partner caterers.
History and setting
Bechyně stands on a rocky spur above the meeting of the Smutná stream and the Lužnice river. A princely hillfort is mentioned there as early as the 9th century. King Ottokar II took over the site from the bishops of Prague before 1268 and built a stone castle. A walled town was founded in the outer ward in 1323, and the castle was heavily fortified in the 15th century.
The resort also includes a nine-hole golf course in Černická obora. Tournament rental covers administration, coordination, water and fruit for each player, results processing and an awards ceremony, which suits a company golf day.
