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 Trosky castle ruins - in
Bohemian Paradise by globetrott
In the 14th century the castle was built on 2 high rocks, about 10 Km south/east of Turnov.
Alexander von Humboldt an J.W.von Goethe were fascinated by the beauty of this great landmark.
Trosky castle is open
April+Oct. 09.00a.m. - 04.00 p.m.
May-Sep. 08.00a.m. - 05.00 p.m. Leave a Comment Directions: Borek is the closest trainstation to Trosky castle ( about 5km distance) or you drive the road #35 / E 442 from Liberec- Turnov - and then you search for the signs after the small village Ktova.
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 Frydland castle - 30km north
of Liberec by globetrott
You may visit the castle ONLY with a GUIDED tour, at fixed times.
Photography INside the castle is forbidden !! :-((
Inside the castle-walls you have the feeling to be lost in a labyrinth of gates, corridors and walls.
You will have to get through several walls and gates, before you may enter the inner-castle.
In some of my books I read, that Franz Kafka thought of this castle, when he wrote his novel "Das Schloss" / "the castle".
It is about someone, who gets lost in the labyrinth of courts, gates and walls inside a big castle.
Tickets are rare and english- or german-speaking tours are only possible upon prior demand, or maybe when-ever enough tourists ask for a tour.
Otherwise it is in Czech language only and costs 200 Kronen.
The guide will let you in at this gate and make sure, that all cameras are packed and out of order !
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 Hruba Skala - 30km south of
Liberec by globetrott
Bohemian Paradise is a perfect place to go hiking, biking or climbing.
There is a tiny gorge between the giant stones, and it is leading up to the castle.
At some places it is less than half a meter wide, but concrete-steps had been added for safe climbing up.
The castle dates back to gothic times.
Hruba Skala castle ( Zamek = castle ) is a hotel today, but it is also open for visitors against a small entrance-fee of 20 Kronen ( 0,7 Euro) and you may climb up the tower in order to have a perfect panorama-view. Leave a Comment Directions: The closest trainstation is Karlovice ( in a distance of 5km) or you may take road #35 / E 442 from Liberec -Turnov and finally search for the small side-road after you have passed Karlovice.Website: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/1ffe4/634cb/
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 Prachen and Panska Skala /
Herrenhausfelsen by globetrott
Every book uses another expression for this unique wonder of nature.
In german guidebooks they still use the german expression, as it was once part of Austria.
In local Czech maps you better search for "Panska Skala" or maybe for the small village of "Prachen" ( but it is not always listed on a map)
" The Stone Organ of Kamenicky Senov " is another expression somtimes to be found in guidebooks.
Inside a very small area around the small vulcanic pond you will find thousands of Basalt- octagons of vulcanic origin.
The Basalt was pressed out of the vulcan by such pressure, millions of years ago, that it made that regular octagons that you may see still today.
The rock is just about 200 meters from the main road and you may enter it freely and without any restrictions.
Somehow it is not yet considdered a major tourist attraction, as they do not even have a good place to park, but simply made the road a bit wider in order to have space for 4-5 cars..
But 1 single tourist-bus parking there will not leave any extra space for other cars Leave a Comment Directions: You may take the train to Kamenicka Nova Viska or Vesnicka and go with a museum-train maybe 3 more km and have to walk the rest. On road #13 / E 442 Prachen is 4 Km east of Kamenicky Senov & 6 Km west of Novy Bor.Website: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/1ffe4/61c53/
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 Valdstejn castle - 25km south
of Liberec by globetrott
More than 250 meters in length and at the smallest place not much wider than 10 meters.
In the 17th century the castle had been burned down, and was not any more comfortable and safe enough to live there, so the owners had the idea to build a pilgrim church, also in order to show, that their origin was noble and firm in catholic faith.
The church was built by the architects M.A.Canevalli OR by F.M.Kanka ( funny to read this in one of the written infos, I got at the entrance to the castle - so it is still not clear, who finally was the architect...)
Have a look around in the church it really looks nice !
The living-rooms are in the very last part of the castle. This part of the castle was partly adapted and modernized after the castle was sold by the Wallenstein-family to Graf von Aehrenthal in 1822.
You may walk around freely on your own. In some of the rooms you will see guards, also giving a few explanations upon demand and for a small tip.
Do NOT expect them to speak any foreign language, some do, like the ladies at the ticket-box, but the guards normally just might give standard-explanations, but are not able to answer questions.
The 2 big rooms under the terrace are used today by painters for exhibitions.
You may walk down the spiral staircase and have a look around !
There are more infos and pics on my Valstejn-page - just click on the link below !! Leave a Comment Directions: You may get to Valdstejn by train and leave at the stations Pelesany or Karlovice. Then you have to walk another 3-4 km. You may drive on road #35 / E 442, Valdstejn is close to Hruba Skala (south of Turnov)Website: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/1ffe4/60da8/
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 Liberec - 100 km north-east of
Prague by globetrott
It is Czechia's centre of Wool- and Textile-production. In 1906 Lidove Sady, Bohemia's first Zoo was built in Liberec.
Liberec / Reichenau had a majority of German speaking inhabitants at 1938, when it became the administrative capital of the " Sudetenland " that was occupied by Germany during the 2nd WW.
Most of the Czech population had to leave the town immediately, being expelled by the german troops...
After WW II the germans were expelled from Liberec, and lost all of their properties there.
At some places of Liberec / Reichenberg you may still see the glory and prosperity of the times around the end of the 19th century, the time, when architects from Vienna were ordered to build more or less copies of buildings of Vienna.
The townhall, built 1888-93 by architect Franz von Neumann, is a good example.
Just behind the townhall is the famous theatre of Liberec with a curtain designed by Gustav Klimt. Unfortunately it was under restoration while I was there, so I could not see it.
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