No other place in our country can boast as many lookout towers as the Jizera Mountains. We have more than ten of them and each is more beautiful than the last. All of them provide unforgettable vistas of distant regions. As such, you will not regret [...]
This undemanding walk around the city will acquaint you with 9 famous Jablonec villas and it is mainly designed for lovers of architecture. Now as before, the majority of the villas are in the hands of private owners and as such it is only possible to [...]
Few other places have as many monuments and crosses recalling the sites of the unlucky fates of people from the past as the Jizera Mountains. They are a phenomenon of this landscape and discovering them has become something of a passion for some enthusiastic hikers. They [...]
Ještěd is a destination for hikers and nature lovers all year round. The Ještěd transmitter with its well-known mountain hotel and restaurant stands on the peak at a height of 1012 m. The structure takes the shape of a hyperboloid under rotation with a circular floorplan and [...]
An afternoon walk from the centre of Jablonec to the top of Petřín. After the initial climb in the first half of the trip, you will be rewarded with beautiful views of Jablonec and the Jizera Mountains. Dům národopisců Scheybalových – Kostel sv. Anny – Tyršovy [...]
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 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. [...]
A more demanding circuit which will take you through mysterious areas and the resplendent nature of the Jizera Mountains. Jizerka - chata Pyramida - Lasičí cesta - Jelení stráň - Pytlácké kameny - Předěl - chata Smědava - Rašeliniště Jizerky a zpět
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 [...]
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 [...]