In the most charming part of the Berounka River valley, only a few kilometres upstream above Roztoky and Višňová, there is a white pub by the road, which is not as famous as Křivoklát Castle or the ruins of Týřov a little further upstream, but which many people still remember for its striking location or the easily memorable name “Rozvědčík”. Some connoisseurs and admirers of Czech literature also know it perhaps from reading. In The Death of Beautiful Roe Deer (1971) and in Malý ptrout (How I Met the Fish, 1974), Ota Pavel wrote about the pub. In the summer tourist season and on weekends, it is and in fact has been known since its beginning, because “a lot of trampers, chunks, vagabonds and cowboys came and turned the quiet pub into a hell worthy of the West”, as Ota Pavel said. However, few people know why the pub is called Rozvědčík. Most visitors probably haven’t even read Ota Pavel, so they didn’t know his interpretation of the name, which was incorrect. Even the local people prefer legends, to which Ota Pavel contributed to a great extent. So few people know the origin of the name and its true meaning.
The U Rozvědčíka Tour and Excursion Pub is located in the cadastre of the village of Nezabudice. It was built by a citizen of Nazabudice, Jaroslav Franěk, who also ran it himself until his arrest and imprisonment by the Gestapo. He gave it the name Rozvědčík himself, perhaps at the instigation of one of his friends.
