Charming Jizera Mountain chalets scattered along the tracks or hidden in the forests now mostly serve their owners for recreation and the care given to them means that they now delight the eye of everybody who passes. We admittedly do not know their stories, but we [...]
The Černá Studnice Ridge dominates the entire region. Even though it is only ten minutes’ drive from Jablonec, it still gives the impression as if time has stood still there. A stone lookout tower of the same name has stood at its western end since 1905. [...]
The preserved ruins of Frýdštejn Castle, which is especially known to Czechs from the filmed fairy tale of Princess Jasněnka and the Flying Cobbler, are located at the edge of a village of the same name, just twenty minutes’ drive from Jablonec. This typical guard castle, [...]
This stone lookout tower on the top of the Maxov Ridge was built by the affluent members of the German Mountain Association from Janov nad Nisou in 1907. On clear days, it is not only possible to see all the way to the centre of the [...]
The Proseč Ridge is only a few kilometres long and its highest point reaches 593 m. Its position between Jablonec and Liberec and its easy accessibility from all sides make it a popular destination for Sunday walks in the countryside. A German mountain association was also [...]
Slovanka is one of three lookout towers which are located on the Maxov Ridge and it was the first lookout tower to be completed in the Jizera Mountains. The individual parts of the 11 m high lookout tower weighed more than 5 tons and they were [...]
Císařský kámen has become a popular hiking destination in recent years. The new lookout tower has stood on the site since the autumn of 2018. The top of the lookout tower is equipped with plaques to identify the visible peaks and dominant features in the environs [...]
The countryside between Tanvald, Smržovka and Albrechtice v Jizerských horách is dominated by a distinctive mountain known as Špičák. It not only stands out due to its shape located in the wedge of the Kamenice and White Desná Rivers, but also due to the impression made [...]
Bramberk rises as a distinctive peak with a lookout tower to the north of the township of Lučany nad Nisou. A number of marked and unmarked tracks lead up to the tower. The somewhat strange, albeit well-established name is associated with the name of a nearby [...]
Štěpánka is one of our most beautiful lookout towers. And even though it has much in common with the Jizera Mountains, it is actually located in the Giant Mountains National Park. The regional administrator, Archduke Stephan (Štěpán), visited our region in 1847 and was impressed by [...]