Zákupy Chateau

A castle which verges into rock, or a rock from which a castle grows? The Ronovci family set up a barrier fort on more than 30-metre-high sandstone rock in the14th century. The castle was seized in the 15th and later also in the 17th century. In the 18th century a hermitage was set up here and in the 19th ...

The water-gap of the river Ploučnice in Noviny pod Ralskem consists of two man-made water tunnels which were supposed to link to an iron-mill. The digging of the tunnels through sandstone rocks using only iron tools is admirable and therefore in 1997 this monument was declared a cultural monument. Once ...

The castle at the top of the hill Ralsko was one of the barrier castles which the mighty family of Vartenberks used to control trade routes in Middle Ages. Time turned the tables and later the castle was used by robber barons as a base for forays. It has been uninhabited since the 16th century, so apart from ...

Glass belongs among the most renowned Czech products and in the Glass Museum in Nový Bor you can learn how the style and technology of glass making has changed from the 17th century up to the modern day. The museum resides in an Empire house in the town centre and its collections document archive materials ...

Although you would expect a cave, as it is in the name, in fact it is a 44-metre-long sandstone krans which is 12 metres deep and 6 metres high. According to the carvings in the rock it served as a refuge for citizen during wars. You can set out to it from Staré Splavy. While hiking you can also see other ...

Mácha's lake is one of the biggest tourist attractions of the region. It covers 284 hectares, and on the four main beaches in Doksy and Staré Splavy people can use the popular toboggans, hire boats, pedal boats and even small surfboards. During the season pleasure steamers cruise the waters of the lake ...