Hrádek nad Nisou is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Zittau, 36km from Bohemian Switzerland National Park.
Hrádek nad Nisou is in Liberec Region, Czechia, with about 8,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Zittau, about 6 km away.
Hrádek nad Nisou (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦraːdɛk ˈnad ɲɪsou]; German: Grottau) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,000 inhabitants. The town is located on the Lusatian Neisse River near the state border, at the tripoint of the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland.Read more The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
Within an hour or so of Hrádek nad Nisou: Jested Tower (17 km), Panská skála (27 km), Görlitz Old Town (35 km), Bohemian Switzerland National Park (36 km).
Are there any good drives near Hrádek nad Nisou?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends.
Where is Hrádek nad Nisou?
Hrádek nad Nisou is in Liberec Region, Czechia, about 6 km from Zittau.
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A 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.
17 km · about 20 min drive
photogenic
Panská skála
Bohemia's oldest protected geological site (1933): a hillside of hexagonal basalt columns up to 12 m tall arranged like organ pipes, right beside the road at Kamenický Šenov. Famous from the Czech fairy-tale film Three Wishes for Cinderella.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Görlitz Old Town
Germany's easternmost city, a stunningly preserved jumble of Gothic, Renaissance and baroque facades nicknamed 'Görliwood'.
35 km · about 40 min drive
national park
Bohemian Switzerland National Park
A mesmerizing landscape of deep gorges, towering sandstone pillars, and dense forests in the Czech-German borderlands along the Elbe River.
36 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Czocha Castle
A turreted medieval castle above a reservoir near the German border, full of secret passages and legends.
38 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Pravčická Gate
The largest natural sandstone arch in Europe, standing majestically in the heart of Bohemian Switzerland National Park.
40 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Bohemian Switzerland (Pravčická Brána)
Sandstone wonderland in the Czech Republic with Europe's largest natural stone arch and dramatic rock formations.
40 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Pravcicka brana
Largest natural sandstone arch in Europe, the centrepiece of Bohemian Switzerland National Park, walked from car parks at Hrensko or Mezni Louka.
40 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Hrádek nad Nisou
17 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.
64 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
64 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
77 kmRakotzbrückeA fairy-tale 'Devil's Bridge' whose arch forms a perfect circle with its reflection in Kromlau's rhododendron park.