Ústí nad Orlicí and its surroundings offer a wide range of sports and leisure activities.
Numerous opportunities for physical exercise are provided by the multifunctional sports centre, including an athletic and football stadium, a volleyball and basketball court, tennis courts, a sauna and a fitness. It comprises an outdoor swimming pool as well. Other sports facilities in the town include an indoor swimming pool or an ice rink, a double-lane skittle hall, a bowling centre or a minigolf facility. Highly popular is the camping and boating area Cakle, which is visited mainly by climbing and water sports fans. For adrenalin lovers, there is the possibility of taking sightseeing flights or skydiving courses on the local flying field. Alternatively, they can visit the bikepark or the skateboard hall.
Just as everywhere else, in Ústí nad Orlicí there have always been many sports enthusiasts – both recreational and competitive. The origins of this tradition can be traced back to the first half of the 20th century. Swimmers were the first to take advantage of the Tichá Orlice river not only to bathe there, but also to start building an outdoor swimming pool in this area in 1933. Over the years, the surrounding flat meadows became the place for an athletic stadium with tennis courts. All this laid foundation for today’s sports centre, which rightly deserves to be denoted as “top-class”.
These days, there is a modern outdoor swimming pool with high-quality equipment and numerous possibilities for active relaxation. To name just a few examples, these include the 101-metre-long water slide, the children’s zone, the barrier free access and refreshment stalls. Over time, the stadium with courts became renowned for the clay surface across the whole country. Multiple times a year, there are various national and regional tournaments held. The local clay tracks and courts have hosted some extraordinary sportswomen, such as the athlete Zuzana Hejnová, the tennis player Petra Kvitová or the javelin thrower Barbora Špotáková. Today, the sports centre comprises three football pitches: Two with natural grass and one with a third-generation artificial turf. The athletic stadium with a tartan track is comparable to other top-class stadiums not only in the Czech Republic. The modernised sauna and ice rink deserve mentioning, too. In summer months, the ice rink can be used for inline skating or Bandy hockey. Another part of the whole facility is the hotel Sporthotel Tichá Orlice. Apart from the hotel services, the visitors are free to use the perfectly equipped fitness or the starting point of the cycling routes next to the hotel.
Ústí nad Orlicí offers a wide range of sports and leisure activities. Traditional sports events attract not only their participants, but also spectators from all of the Czech Republic as well as from abroad.
Over the years, the town became renowned for the international uphill car race “Ústecká 21”. In winter, there is the international downhill skiing race for youth “Skiinterkriterium” organized by the Skiklub association in Říčky v Orlických horách.
A wide range of sporting opportunities for all generations is available during the summer festival “Město v pohybu – týden dobré pohody” (roughly “Town in Motion”).
It is not only through popular events that the town gains publicity (both national and international). Many exceptional sportsmen and sportswomen who were born here make a fair contribution as well. The biker Jaroslav Kulhavý won a gold medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London and Lukáš Novák is the Europe and world champion in fire-fighting sport. Back in his days, Václav Čevona, the multiple times republic champion in 1,500-metre run, brought the town a lot of fame by winning the fourth place at the 1948 Olympic Games in London.
Numerous opportunities for physical exercise are provided by the multifunctional sports centre, including an athletic and football stadium, a volleyball and basketball court, tennis courts, a sauna and a fitness. It comprises an outdoor swimming pool as well. Other sports facilities in the town include an indoor swimming pool or an ice rink, a double-lane skittle hall, a bowling centre or a minigolf facility.
Highly popular is the camping and boating area Cakle, which is visited mainly by climbing and water sports fans.
Ústí nad Orlicí lies at an intersection of numerous cycling routes that will take bikers and inline skaters through the beautiful valley of the Tichá Orlice and Třebovka rivers to Choceň, Letohrad and Česká Třebová. On the routes totalling nearly 40 kilometres in length, there are many rest stops where visitors can refresh themselves.
For adrenalin lovers, there is the possibility of taking sightseeing flights or skydiving courses on the local flying field. Alternatively, they can visit the bikepark or the skateboard hall.
The town’s surroundings are a true paradise for tourists. Some suggestions for your hikes and bike trips may be the Andrlův chlum hill with its observation tower, the educational trail “Natural Museum of Geology and Hydrology” or the town circuit.
Numerous sports clubs and umbrella organisations guarantee great conditions and a varied offer of activities for all generations – from modern and ballroom dancing through martial arts, athletics, various ball games, water sports and cycling to climbing or fitness.
The camping site Cakle is located 2–3 km from the town square in Ústí nad Orlicí (taking the yellow or the blue trail). It is accessible by car or by train (the railway stop Libchavy is not far). It is a peaceful and romantic place, particularly suitable for families with children. It is situated in the immediate proximity of the bike path from Ústí nad Orlicí to Letohrad, which leads through a wonderful landscape along the Tichá Orlice river. The bike path is available for hikers, bikers and inline skaters alike. The Tichá Orlice river is suitable even for less experienced water sports enthusiasts and parents with children.
Services and Facilities
The camping site is open from 1 April to 31October.
Accommodation is possible in the tourist guesthouse (available all year round), tipis or in visitors’ own tents and campers. The camping site offers good sanitation, including toilettes and washrooms with showers. Visitors may also use an electric connection, a fireplace, a grill and a cooker.
Furthermore, the camping site offers a snack bar, a club house and a rental for mountain bikes, boats, water sports equipment or hiking and climbing gear. There is also a bike depository and a baggage room. Activities
The facility features a beach volleyball court, a climbing wall with a via ferrata (the equipment can be rented on site, guided lessons are available), an outdoor fitness, a children’s playground, a facility for archery, a slackline, Russian skittles and the possibility of sailing down the river or simply bathing.
