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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Vrchlabí
Hradec Králové Region, Czechia · Europe
About Vrchlabí
Vrchlabí works well as a base: 10 minutes from Benecko, 10km from Krkonose National Park.
Vrchlabí is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, with about 13,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Benecko, about 6 km away.
Vrchlabí (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvr̩xlabiː]; German: Hohenelbe) is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. The town is located on the Elbe River at the foot of the Giant Mountains and is known as a centre of tourism and winter sports. Industry inRead more
the town is represented by a Škoda Auto factory.
The main landmarks of Vrchlabí are the Vrchlabí Castle and Church of Saint Lawrence. The town centre with the castle complex, monastery complex and town park is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
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What is there to see near Vrchlabí?
Within an hour or so of Vrchlabí: Krkonose National Park (10 km), Krkonoše (Giant Mountains) (15 km), Snezka (15 km), Sniezka (15 km).
Are there any good drives near Vrchlabí?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Vrchlabí?
Vrchlabí is in Hradec Králové Region, Czechia, about 6 km from Benecko.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 12,898
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Hradec Králové Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.6270, 15.6094
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Worth the detour from Vrchlabí
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
15 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Snezka
Czechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
15 km · about 30 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.
15 km · about 30 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.
32 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.
36 km · about 40 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.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Vrchlabí
- Right hereSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- Right hereSniezkaHighest 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.
- 54 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.
- 54 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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