national park
Bohemian Paradise
Protected landscape of sandstone rock towns, gorges and ruined castles northeast of Prague, threaded by narrow scenic country roads.
24 km · about 30 min drive
EuropeCzechiaHradec Králové Region
Nová Paka
Hradec Králové Region, Czechia · Europe
About Nová Paka
Nová Paka is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Pecka, 24km from Bohemian Paradise.
Nová Paka is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, with about 9,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Pecka, about 7 km away.
Nová Paka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈnovaː ˈpaka], German: Neupaka) is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,800 inhabitants. The town is located in the Giant Mountains Foothills.
Nová Paka is known as the birthplace of many important sculptors and other artists,Read more
especially the Sucharda family. The Sucharda's House is now an art gallery.
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What is there to see near Nová Paka?
Within an hour or so of Nová Paka: Bohemian Paradise (24 km), Krkonose National Park (25 km), Krkonoše (Giant Mountains) (31 km), Snezka (31 km).
Are there any good drives near Nová Paka?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Nová Paka?
Nová Paka is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, about 7 km from Pecka.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,219
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Hradec Králové Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.4945, 15.5150
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Worth the detour from Nová Paka
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.
25 km · about 30 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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Snezka
Czechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
31 km · about 35 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.
31 km · about 35 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Jested Tower
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.
46 km · about 55 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.
52 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Nová Paka
- 31 kmSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- 31 kmSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
- 46 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.
- 58 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.
- 59 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.
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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