landmark
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.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Holice
Pardubice Region, Czechia · Europe
About Holice
Holice sits on the route: 10 minutes from Dolní Roveň, 52km from Road of a Hundred Bends.
Holice is in Pardubice Region, Czechia, with about 6,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Dolní Roveň, about 4 km away.
Holice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦolɪtsɛ]; German: Holitz) is a town in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,800 inhabitants. The town is located on the stream Ředický potok in the East Elbe Table. It is known as the birthplace of the explorer of Africa Emil Holub and there isRead more
a museum dedicated to him.
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What is there to see near Holice?
Within an hour or so of Holice: Skull Chapel, Czermna (47 km), Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church) (51 km), Sedlec Ossuary (51 km), Błędne Skały (51 km).
Are there any good drives near Holice?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Holice?
Holice is in Pardubice Region, Czechia, about 4 km from Dolní Roveň.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,219
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Pardubice Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.0660, 15.9859
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Holice
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church)
A hauntingly decorated chapel adorned with the bones of approximately 40,000 people arranged into elaborate artistic displays.
51 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
Sedlec Ossuary
Chapel at Kutna Hora decorated with the arranged bones of tens of thousands of people, including a chandelier of human remains.
51 km · about 60 min 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.
51 km · about 60 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.
52 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary
UNESCO-listed medieval silver-mining town featuring the famous Bone Church decorated with the remains of over 40,000 people.
53 km · about 60 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.
53 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk, Zelená hora
Jan Santini's 1722 masterpiece of 'Baroque Gothic' above Žďár nad Sázavou: a five-pointed star-plan church inside a star-shaped cloister, built entirely around the symbolism of the number five. UNESCO-listed and eerily geometric.
54 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Holice
- 52 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.
- 53 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.
- 77 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- 77 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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