Jablonec nad Nisou is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Lučany nad Nisou, 21km from Bohemian Paradise.
Jablonec nad Nisou is in Liberec Region, Czechia, with about 46,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lučany nad Nisou, about 4 km away.
Jablonec nad Nisou (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjablonɛts ˈnad ɲɪsou] ; German: Gablonz an der Neiße) is a city in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It is the second-largest city in the region and forms a conurbation with the neighbouring city of Liberec. The city is located on theRead more Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by the Jizera Mountains.
Jablonec nad Nisou was founded in the 14th century, but it only became a town in 1866. From the 18th century, it is known for its glass and costume jewelry production, especially for bijou. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. The most architecturally valuable building is the New Town Hall, protected as a national cultural monument.
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.
13 km · about 25 min drive
national park
Bohemian Paradise
Protected landscape of sandstone rock towns, gorges and ruined castles northeast of Prague, threaded by narrow scenic country roads.
21 km · about 25 min 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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
castle
Czocha Castle
A turreted medieval castle above a reservoir near the German border, full of secret passages and legends.
35 km · about 40 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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Snezka
Czechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
40 km · about 45 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.
40 km · about 45 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.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Jablonec nad Nisou
Right hereJested 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.
40 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
40 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.