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Tips for trips in Jičín
Tips for frips in the Bohemian Paradise
Tips for trips in Jičín
 District Museum and Gallery Jičín – museum of game
In Valdštejn chatteau there is District museum and Gallery Jičín – homeland exposition, interactive exhibition presenting Valdštejn history as sort of a game.
www.muzeumhry.cz
 Valdická Gate
Tower of Jičín fortification with sightseeing tribune. There are arranged exhibitions, concerts and performances of municipal ringer during the tourist season.
  Rumcajs shoemaker´s house
Rumcajs craft workroom, Cipísek´s ZOO, Manka´s Garden, game room for children, snack
Valdštejn loggia
Generously designed area of loggia with Libosad park has never been compeleted. Nowdays garden and part of building are accessible
Zebín
Basalt peak (399m) nearly 2 km from Jičín. Baroque Chapelle of Saint Mary Magdalene on the top offers a wondefull view of the Jičín region.
 Veliš
Peak (430m) with ruins of a gothic castle, about 3km west by south from Jičín. The eastest sightseeing point of the Bohemian Paradise. On the top here are ruins of the gothic castle and basalt rocks which used to be mined here. The Veliš castle was founded about 1300 as a centre of a royal power in the Jičín region.
 Tips for frips in the Bohemian Paradise
Castles
Ruins of castles and chatteaux
Chatteaux
Rock towns
Museums
Folk architecture
Castles:
 Castle Kost
One of the most proved and the most beautiful gothic castles in Bohemia. The casthe was founded in 14th century on the sandstone rock. Contemporary exposition creates possesion of Kinsky family, Renaissance kitchen and illustration of historical weapons from the military museum.
www.kinsky-dal-borgo.cz
Plakanek walley
Picturesque walley under the Kost castle, lined with sandstone rocks. In the surroundings of the castle there are several ponds that were in history very important for his protection.
 Castle Valdštejn
The oldest castle of the Bohemian Paradise, nowadays the ruins of a gothic castle, which was founded in 13th century.Two stone bridges with copies of baroque statues.
www.hrad-valdstejn.cz
Ruins of castles and chatteaux
 Trosky
Ruins of castle, that was built on two volcano peaks in 14th century, is one of the best known symbol of the Bohemian Paradise. Today only two towers called Baba (the Old Woman) and Panna (the Maiden) can be seen. Trosky ranks among the most visited castles in the Czech republic.
www.trosky.cz
Brada
The Gothic castle used to be the residence of the Načeradec family. Today there are statues of St. Peter and Paul in memorial of the battle of 1866.
Rotštejn
Ruins of a rock castle Potštejn with myths and fairy-tales. The castle is accesible only in cause of a dry weather.
 Kumburk
Ruins of a gothic castle standing on the top of a basalt hill near Nová Paka. The remains of the main tower have been preserved as well as the underground rooms. There is also memorial plaque of poet Karel Hynek Mácha.
Chatteaux
 Hrubá Skála
Built on the sandstone rocks at the place of the original gothic castle from the 14th century, reconstructed into a renaissance chateau, then in the middle of the 19th century again re-gothicised. Nowadays a private hotel.
www.hrubaskala.cz
 Humprecht
Small baroque hunters' chateau from 17th century was built on a basalt hill at Sobotka. Exhibition of the noble Černín family and the museum of the region of Sobotecko.
www.sobotka.cz
 Hrubý Rohozec
Originally early gothic castle founded around 1280, rebuilt into the renaissance chateau. Exhibition documents the development of residential culture and clothing from the past 400 years.
www.hruby-rohozec.cz
 Chatteau and brewery Dětenice
Newly reconstructed baroque chatteau, park, museum of beer, excursions into the chatteau brewery, medieval tavern (on Friday and on Saturday with programme, museum of horsemanship.
www.detenice.cz
Rock towns
 Prachovské rocks
Prachovské rocks are the most visiting area in the surroundings of Jičín.This sandstone rock town in the south part of the Bohemian Paradise is situated in forested landscape, aproximately 7 km from Jičín. Very attractive area for tourists and climbers. It is preserved as a nature preserve.
www.prachovskeskaly.com
 Bozkovské dolomite caves
Karst caves in village Bozkov nearby the town Semily. Labyrinth of mines with unique decoration of quartz ledges and borders on walls and ceilings. The largest underground lake (30 x 12m) in Bohemia.
www.caves.cz
 Hruboskalské rock town
On the occasion of the Day of Earth in 1998 was declared as nature preserve. Tourist the most favourite track is Golden footpath oh the Bohemian Paradise with a lot of outlooks – one of the best known is Mariánská outlook, which shows the panorama of the chatteau Hrubá Skála and the ruins of castle Trosky.
Klokočské rocks
Nature preserve situated about 4 km from the town Turnov is formed by 1,5 km long rocky wall wiht lots of caves with ruins of the rocky castle Rotštejn.
Museums
Muzea
 Museum of Bohemian paradise Turnov
Exposition of folk culture of Střední Pojizeří, significant personalities of the region, mineralogy, stone and geological exposition, a panorama painting of the Saxon´s Defeat under hrubá Skála.
www.muzeum-turnov.cz
 Museum of local history Železnice
Equipped timbered house from the 1798, exhibition of folk housing, merchant´s shop, exposition of iron craft.
www.zeleznice.org
Folk architecture
Šolc farmstead in Sobotka
Two-staoried house with gallery is a native house of poet V. Šolc. Nowadays there is a gallery.
 Dlask farmstead (Dolánky u Turnova)
Typical and preciously preserved exposition of a house in Pojizeří – exposition of rustic residence, agricultural and handcraft tools, exposition of history of mills and miller´s trade
www.muzeum-turnov.cz
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