national park
Bohemian Paradise
Protected landscape of sandstone rock towns, gorges and ruined castles northeast of Prague, threaded by narrow scenic country roads.
37 km · about 40 min drive
EuropeCzechiaHradec Králové Region
Hořice
Hradec Králové Region, Czechia · Europe
About Hořice
Hořice sits on the route: 10 minutes from Ostroměř, 37km from Bohemian Paradise.
Hořice is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, with about 8,500 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ostroměř, about 6 km away.
Hořice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦor̝ɪtsɛ]; German: Horschitz) is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,400 inhabitants. The town is located on the border between the Jičín Uplands and East Elbe Table, near the Bystřice River.
The history of Hořice is connected toRead more
the stone mining in the area, which caused its economic growth. The town is known for its secondary school of applied arts and for the production of the traditional confectionery Hořické trubičky.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Hořice?
Within an hour or so of Hořice: Bohemian Paradise (37 km), Krkonose National Park (39 km), Krkonoše (Giant Mountains) (41 km), Snezka (42 km).
Are there any good drives near Hořice?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Hořice?
Hořice is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, about 6 km from Ostroměř.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 8,476
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Hradec Králové Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.3661, 15.6318
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Hořice
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
national park
Krkonose National Park
Czechia's oldest national park along the Polish border, with high moorland, the source of the Elbe and mountain roads to Spindleruv Mlyn.
39 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.
41 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.
42 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Sniezka
Highest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
42 km · about 50 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.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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.
44 km · about 50 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.
48 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Hořice
- 42 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- 42 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
- 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.
- 52 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.
- 61 kmJested TowerA rocket-shaped 1970s hotel and TV tower crowning the 1,012 m summit above Liberec, reached by a twisting mountain road with sweeping views over Bohemia: an icon of Czech modernist architecture.
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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