Train from Hodonín to Myjava is a cross-border regional train between Czech Republic and Slovakia. The connection is currently operated by Arriva on request of the authorities of the South Moravian Region. You can travel the entire route with day network ticket of South Moravian Region. The ticket is also valid on the stretch between Czech-Slovak border and Myjava. It may change in the future.
Arriva’s diesel multiple units are equipped with air-conditioning, ticket machines, designated spaces for bikes and vacuum toilet.
Useful websites:
arriva.cz – online shop
Train travel in the Czech Republic – a general overview
Most important towns and cities:
Hodonín – a town in southeastern Moravia on the Moravia River, close to the Slovak border and the White Carpathians. The first president of Czechoslovakia, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, was born in Hodonín in 1850. His birthplace is now a museum. The Masaryk Museum documents the life of Masaryk and the history of the region. A very interesting is also Museum of Oil Mining and Geology. The river and surrounding floodplain provide opportunities for walking and cycling. Hodonín lies in the Slovácká wine region and is surrounded by vineyards. The town is a convenient base for excursions to southern Moravian wine villages.
Strážnice – a small picturesque town particularly famous for folklore, traditional architecture and wine, located about 15 km east of Hodonín, near the Slovak border. Main attraction of the town is the open-air museum. The Museum of the Villages of Southeast Moravia presents traditional houses, farm buildings and rural life from the Slovácko region. There is also a Renaissance château surrounded by a large park. Today it houses part of the National Institute of Folk Culture. The annual Strážnice International Folklore Festival is one of the largest and best-known folklore festivals in the Czech Republic. The nearby Baťa Canal is a popular recreational waterway suitable for boat trips and cycling.
Veselí nad Moravou – a small town developed at an important crossing of the Morava River and has medieval origins. Veselí is one of the main places associated with the Baťa Canal, which runs along the Morava valley. Boat trips and cycling are particularly popular. You can stroll through a compact town centre and château, a former aristocratic residence surrounded by a park. Veselí is part of the Slovácká wine region, with vineyards and wine villages nearby.
Myjava – an ugly Slovak town in the foothills of the White Carpathians, located approximately 15 km from the Czech border and about 30 km east of Strážnice. The wider Myjava region is strongly associated with Milan Rastislav Štefánik, one of the founders of Czechoslovakia. His birthplace, Košariská, is only a few kilometres from Myjava. There is a museum of the politician, dedicated to Štefánik’s life and career. Myjava is one of the important centres of Slovak folk culture. The International Folklore Festival Myjava attracts performers from Slovakia and abroad. The surrounding villages are known for traditional wooden and rural architecture but Myjava is dominated by brutalist building and housing estates constructed during Czechoslovakia times.
