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Skull Chapel, Czermna
A small Baroque chapel (1776–1784) in Kudowa-Zdrój whose walls and ceiling are lined with 3,000 human skulls and bones, with 21,000 more in the crypt below: Poland's only ossuary of its kind.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Česká Skalice
Hradec Králové Region, Czechia · Europe
About Česká Skalice
Česká Skalice works well as a base: 10 minutes from Provodov-Šonov, 23km from Road of a Hundred Bends.
Česká Skalice is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, with about 5,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Provodov-Šonov, about 5 km away.
Česká Skalice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈskalɪtsɛ]; German: Böhmisch Skalitz) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,000 inhabitants. The town is located on the Úpa River and on the shore of Rozkoš Reservoir.
Česká Skalice is known for the RatibořiceRead more
Castle and Grandmother's Valley, both associated with the work of one of the most important Czech women writers, Božena Němcová.
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What is there to see near Česká Skalice?
Within an hour or so of Česká Skalice: Skull Chapel, Czermna (15 km), Błędne Skały (20 km), Road of a Hundred Bends (23 km), Szczeliniec Wielki (24 km).
Are there any good drives near Česká Skalice?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Česká Skalice?
Česká Skalice is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, about 5 km from Provodov-Šonov.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,402
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Hradec Králové Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.3947, 16.0428
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Česká Skalice
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
Błędne Skały
A rock labyrinth at 853 m in the Table Mountains where a marked trail squeezes between mushroom-shaped sandstone blocks and metre-wide corridors: a filming location for The Chronicles of Narnia. Car access via a timed toll road from Karłów.
20 km · about 25 min drive
famous road
Road of a Hundred Bends
Route 387 between Radkow and Kudowa-Zdroj corkscrews through the surreal rock labyrinths of the Table Mountains, packing dozens of hairpins into a forested drive beloved by Polish motorists.
23 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Szczeliniec Wielki
The highest summit of the Table Mountains (919 m): a sandstone plateau of eroded rock labyrinths, chasms and terraces reached by a historic stone stairway from Karłów, with views into Czechia on clear days.
24 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Adršpach-Teplice Rocks
A mesmerizing labyrinth of towering sandstone rock formations sculpted by millions of years of erosion into surreal shapes.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Osówka Underground City
The largest visitable complex of Nazi Germany's Project Riese: 3.1 km of tunnels bored into the Owl Mountains in 1943–45 for a purpose still debated. Partly flooded sections are toured by boat.
40 km · about 45 min drive
national park
Krkonoše (Giant Mountains)
The highest mountains in the Czech Republic along the Polish border, a UNESCO biosphere reserve with Sněžka peak and dramatic glacial cirques.
44 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Snezka
Czechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
44 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Česká Skalice
- 23 kmRoad of a Hundred BendsRoute 387 between Radkow and Kudowa-Zdroj corkscrews through the surreal rock labyrinths of the Table Mountains, packing dozens of hairpins into a forested drive beloved by Polish motorists.
- 24 kmSzczeliniec WielkiThe highest summit of the Table Mountains (919 m): a sandstone plateau of eroded rock labyrinths, chasms and terraces reached by a historic stone stairway from Karłów, with views into Czechia on clear days.
- 44 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- 44 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
Driving in Czech Republic
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.48/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
- Vignette
- Required, around €11 for a short-stay sticker
When to drive here
April to October
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