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PUSTEVNY

Having climbed to this mountain resort your attention will be drawn to a number of historic buildings designed by Slovak architect Dušan Jurkovič in 1898. In winter Pustevny becomes a popular ski resort with 11 ski-tows and a chair lift from Trojanovice.
There are several interesting tourist tracks along the ridge. To the east you can take a hike to Čertův mlýn (Devil´s Mill), to the west, past the statue of Radegast, you will reach the top of the sacred mountain Radhošť (1209m).

One of the myths about the origin of Pustevny

Years and years ago there lived a weaver in Dolní Street in Frenštát. He had two little sons and was very religious. His dream was to go on a pilgrimage to Rome. However, there was no money to spare, and he kept postponing the journey year after year till he was too old to walk to the faraway Rome. Still he wanted to please God with some good deed, and so he promised to send one of his sons "to schools", to become a priest. Unfortunately he did not get a chance to fulfil this good intention, as he fell ill, and died. And, because he had not kept his promise, he could not find peace in his grave and haunted his house.
Meanwhile, one of the two sons married whilst the other was recruited to the army. The married brother lived in their father's house and often used to see his father's ghost sitting - first at midnight, later also at noon - on the stairs to the attic. For some time the family were scared, but later they became used to "their ghostie" treating him as if he were another member of the household.
One day an old beggar came to the house. Hearing about the ghost he advised the farmer to ask him what it was he wanted, and why he could not find peace.
So, next time the ghost was sitting on the stairs again, the farmer took courage, approached him and asked the two questions. The ghost answered: "I promised to go on a pilgrimage and also to let one of you study to become a priest. Alas, I did not do either, that is why I cannot rest in my grave."
About that time the younger brother came back from the army. Both brothers discussed their father's problem and tried to find some way to help his soul gain eternal peace. But good advice was beyond price. Neither of them could become a priest and there was no money to go to Rome. Finally, the one who had been a soldier decided to save his father by another God-pleasing deed: he went to Radhoš't, built a hermitage and a small chapel next to it. There he prayed for his father's soul - and the ghost no longer haunted the married brother's home. So the father must have found peace at last.
The hermit lived in his hermitage at Radhošť till the end of his days, picking roots to feed him-self. Sometimes people from the neighbourhood would come bringing gifts of food and begged him to pray for their dead relatives. Some say that in bad times he used to wander the countryside with his donkey and beg for food.
It seems that there used to be several hermits like the one in this myth. The last of them was called Felis. He died in 1784 and left an avenue of beech trees at Pustevny. There are also several half-buried caves near the shelters at Pustevny. In one of them people found an old engraving, a bell and a painting of the threesome God - a head with three faces.

Some old pictures