It is located on the western edge of the Bohemian Paradise above the village of Boseň. The name of the castle is of Slavic origin. It lies on three rocks and was partially carved into the rock massif. It is not known exactly when it was built. The first mentions of it are from the 2nd half of the 13th century. Originally, the castle was made of wood, and it was not until the 14th century that a massive brick palace was built here. In the times of its greatest glory, the castle had the reputation of an impregnable fortress.
Around the castle there is the so-called Valečov Rock Rooms. Valečov Rock Rooms, which became a refuge for poor serfs. It is an extraordinary Czech rarity. The rooms carved into the rocks were probably built in the Middle Ages. Some served as dwellings for servants and domestic animals, others were craft workshops , and others were used to bake bread. The last inhabitants were the “rocks”, who still lived here at the end of the 19th century. At the end of 1892, however, they were forcibly expelled and accommodated in two municipal poorhouses in Bosnia. Today, tramps and romantics sleep in the rooms, who cannot praise the night in the rocks enough. This castle was also visited by the famous Czech poet Karel Hynek Mácha.
