HOTEL SKÁLA – ubytování Český ráj

Hotel Surroundings

The hotel vicinity offers a large number of sightseeing, routes and attractions – it is a real paradise!

Malá Skála – Gallery Boučkův statek, Ruins of Castle Vranov, Chapel, Pantheon, Rock viewpoint Zahrádka, Žlutá Plovárna (swimming bath), Sokol building, Cemetery and Chapel, Forest Cemetery

Direction Turnov

• Turnov (6km) – Renaissance Castle Hrubý Rohozec (interiors and park), gothic church of the Virgin Mary, early baroque St. Pastille of Assisi, unique exhibition of gemstones, newly renovated square with the Town Hall
• Dolánky (3km) – Dlask farmhouse, a perfectly preserved complex of farm buildings from the turn of 18^th and 19^th century with exposition of  folklore and agricultural exhibits
• Valdštejn (9km) – gothic castle, church, baroque statues, 2km from Valdštejn Kopice farm with the Rocky Gallery (50 statues, sculptures and reliefs carved into the rock)
• Hrubá skála (12km) – renaissance castle with gothic reconstruction, rock city, narrow rock passages, Arboretum
• Sedmihorky (10km) – spa town
• Rovensko pod Troskami (9km) – gothic church St. Wenceslas and wooden belfry with reversed bells (“rebellious”)
• Trosky (15km) – ruin of gothic castle on the basal volcanic rock, a dominant of the Bohemian Paradise, beautiful view
• Věžák, Vidlák, Nebák (10 – 15km) – ponds with lots of water birds in the middle of rocks and forests, beautiful walk along the banks
• Sobotka (18km) – little town with timbered houses, gothic-renaissance church of St. Mary Magdalene, Town Hall, hunting lodge Humprecht with the permanent exhibition of guns, Art Gallery
• Kost (18km) – a perfectly preserved gothic castle, after 1989 returned to the Kinsky Family, historical guns, cultural events, rocky house Baruška, natural reservation Údolí Plakánek with the Bousov Pond, 300 years old Semtín Lime-tree
• Jičín (27km) – historical square surrounded by renaissance houses with arcades, Valdická Gate, churches of St. Jacob the Greater, St. Ignatius and St. Virgin Mary de Sale
• Prachovské rocks (25km) – the most famous rock city, state natural reservation since 1933
• Železnice (25km) – remarkable complex of Classicist architecture and Empire with motives of late Baroque and the Louis XVI. Style

Direction Prague

• Mnichovo Hradiště(23km) – renaissance castle of the Albrecht von Wallenstein, Salla Terrena, Capuchin Monastery, baroque and empire buildings on the square, monastic brewery
• Bakov nad Jizerou (25km) – ruin of the gothic castle Zvířetice, renaissance portal of local cemetery, baroque Holy Trinity Church, craters of extinct volcanoes Baba, forest gallery of volcanic formations Dědek (remaining statues on the Easter Island), a wide view
• Valečov (25km) – romantic ruin of an rocky castle, huge cherry plantation
• Mužský (25km) – basalt volcanic rock, battlefield of 1866, wide view, rests of the rocky castle and the prehistoric settlement Drábské světničky in the neighbourhood

Direction Semily

• Železný Brod (6km) – historical town, glass school, glassworks Železnobrodské sklo
• Rieger Trail (7km) – hiking trail above cascades and Jizera falls
• Bozkov (13km) – dolomite stalactite caves with lagoons
• Kozákov (18km) – the highest mountain of the Bohemian Paradise (744m), accessible gemstone site, sandstone ridge Drábovna, wide view
• Rotštejn (12km) – gothic rock castle
• Nová Paka (25km) – Monastery of the Paulians with the church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary by K. I. Dienzenhofer, church of St. Nicholas on the square, complex of townhouses, Sucharda´s house with the museum
• Kumburk (23km) – ruin of a huge castle

Direction Liberec

• Sychrov (11km) – neo-gothic castle, gallery, park, arboretum, concerts, bohemian markets
• Jablonec nad Nisou (15km) – museum of glass and jewellery, functionalist Church of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Old Catholic Church in Art Nouveau Style, Old and New Town Hall, dam,  indoor swimming pool
• Liberec (25km) – botanical and zoological garden, historical city centre, Ještěd mountain (1008m), indoor swimming pool, Babylon – relaxation centre with water park, indoor tennis halls
• Frýdlant (45km) – renaissance castle, exhibition of guns, unique collection of pipes
• Smědava (48km) – protected landscape area of the river Smědá

The Other

• Bezděz (60km) – ruin of the royal gothic castle, way of the cross
• Doksy (65km) – Mácha´s lake, swimming
• Kuks (80km) – baroque statues of Matthias Braun and complex of spa, castle and church buildings
• Dvůr Králové (70km) – safari
• Ski resorts – Jizera Trail
• Harrachov (35km)
• Špindlerův Mlýn (80km)
• Pec pod Sněžkou (90km)

Hiking tours

Right bank of the Jizera River

• Panteon (1km) – see Vranov
• Frýdštejn (3km) – ruin of the gothic castle, dominant of Malá Skála (red trail)
• Vranov (11km) – rests of gothic rock castle, renovated neo-gothic chapel well visible from Malá Skála, rocks ridge  with the impressive rock viewpoint Zahrádka, on the ruins of the castle was built Panteon – a memorial of victors over Napoleon (red trail)
• Drábovna (2km) – smaller rock town with sandstone towers nearby village Voděrady (red trail)
• Kopanina (6km) – a hill with stone viewing tower

Left bank of the Jizera River

• Suché skály (rocks) (2km) – an unique rock formation, dominant of the region, wide view, climbing terrain of all levels of difficulty 1-7 (blue trail)
• Líšný (3km) – pleasant walk along the bank of the Jizera River
• Chléviště (2km) – rock labyrinth, dozens of caves, narrow passages and rock towers with view of Malá Skála, secret rock Prayer of Czech Brethren Kalich (blue or red trail)
• Zbirohy (4km) – picturesque village with wooden houses, above it ruin of the gothic castle (blue trail)
• Klokočské skály (rocks) (7km) – huge rock town, nearby Rotštejn castle or Betlém