Czechia | Hotel Kouty in winter: cabins, sauna, pond

I have stayed at Hotel Kouty in both summer and winter. I spent the winter weekend from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 February 2025 in the LYKKE forest cabin. The grounds lie at the edge of a pond below the Melechov hill in Vysočina, and in winter the place is quiet, frosty and very romantic. The hotel is also listed on the Czech portal of special places to stay, Amazing Places.

What does the LYKKE cabin look like in winter?

The cabin stands in the forest under the trees, you get a wooden key engraved LYKKE and you go straight to light the stove. Inside there is an open space with a small table, a stove and a big window onto the forest, and you sleep upstairs at the top of the cabin under wooden panelling.

A hand holding a wooden key engraved LYKKE Hotel Kouty, a snow-covered A-frame cabin in the forest behind it — The key to the LYKKE cabin.

Interior of the LYKKE cabin in winter: a round table with wicker chairs, a black stove and a window onto the snowy forest — A table and a stove, snow outside the window.

Bed with a beige throw under wooden panelling and a big window onto the snowy forest — A bed with a view of the snowy forest.

A man in a hat crouching by a black stove with flames, a snowy forest outside the window — By the stove in the cabin.

Hygge cabin: another of the forest cabins

I did not stay in Hygge, but it is another of the forest cabins at Hotel Kouty. It is a cosy cabin with a fireplace for four people. Upstairs there is a double bed from the Hastens brand, and downstairs its own bathroom and kitchenette.

The hotel highlights the crackling fire in the fireplace, floorboards that are a hundred and fifty years old and a gramophone with a few records. Outside, a cedar hot tub belongs to the cabin, and on request they will bring breakfast to your door (it must be ordered in advance by 18:00 for the following day, and costs 50 CZK (about EUR 2) per person).

Hotel Kouty: Hygge cabin, an A-frame cabin with a glazed top in the snowy forest, a wooden hot tub on the left — Hygge cabin in the forest and the hot tub under snow.

A sauna by the frozen pond

The biggest winter draw is the wellness. The cedar sauna has a round window, and while you warm up you look out at the frozen pond. A wooden "sauna" signpost leads to it through the forest, and after the sauna comes the hot tub with hot water, where you can drink tea.

Hotel Kouty: Wooden hot tub with a chimney next to the frozen pond among snowy trees — The hot tub by the frozen pond.

Cedar sauna with benches and a round window overlooking the frozen pond — Sauna with a round window.

The round sauna window from outside, with the frozen pond reflected in it — The round sauna window from outside.

A wooden SAUNA arrow on the trunk of a snowy tree, with a hand in a white bathrobe pointing at it — The way to the sauna.

A mug of tea above the hot water in the hot tub with a rubber duck, a snowy forest in the background — Tea and a rubber duck in the hot tub.

Prosecco by the fire on the frozen pond

At sunset we lit a fire in the fire pit by the frozen pond and put a bucket of ice with a bottle of prosecco next to it, which you can buy at the hotel. In winter in the forest you need nothing else.

Hotel Kouty: A bottle of prosecco in an ice bucket next to the fire pit by the frozen pond at dusk — Prosecco and a fire by the frozen pond.

What else in winter?

swimming in the pond is possible here all year round, but in winter it is more for those who like cold water
walks in the snowy forests, or cycling or cross-country skiing around Melechov
dinner in the hotel restaurant
the cedar sauna and the hot tub after a day outside

The hotel has 20 rooms and ten forest cabins. One of the other cabins is an A-frame on stilts, with a red door and a terrace.

Hotel Kouty: A-frame cabin with a red door and a terrace, a figure standing on top — The cabin with the red door.

A smiling man in a down jacket on the terrace of the cabin — A selfie on the cabin terrace.

Practical info

Address: Rejčkov 20, 584 01 Dolní Město (Kouty, Havlíčkův Brod district).
Price from 3,570 CZK (about EUR 143) per night according to Amazing Places (as of 11 October 2026), winter prices may differ.

Hotel Kouty also appears on Slevomat (a Czech daily deals site). Have a look at the current offer on Slevomat. Prices and conditions there differ from a regular booking, so it is worth comparing both options.