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Walls, strongly built
City fortifications belong among the oldest of city monuments. They are the evidence of their importance and the social standing of their citizens, proof of their construction and organisational abilities.
Marking and maintaining hiking paths is one of the most important activities carried out by members of the Czech Hiking Club. They have been doing this ever since 1889 and since 1997 they have also been marking trails for cross-country skiers and cyclists. The network of hiking paths in the Czech Republic is rated as being the best in Europe in view of its density, quality and the fact that it covers the whole of the country. You will find all the marked paths in maps published by the Czech Hiking Club.
By the end of the year 1998, there was a total of 37,682 kilometres of marked hiking paths and 130.5 kilometres of skiing trails in the Czech Republic. They had a total of 54,711 signs and boards and 1,590 laminated maps put up by the wayside. In 1998, there were 1,145 people looking after the signs and paths. That year, they worked a total of 59,000 hours.
Source: Czech Hiking Club
Long-distance international hiking routes
The pilgrim set out on his journey from the coast of the Atlantic and at the end washed his feet in the Black Sea. During his journey he passed through Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. He followed the route of the international hiking route E3.
There are three long-distance hiking routes that lead across the Czech Republic. There is the already-mentioned E3 as well as the E10 and E6.
Route E3 begins in Santiago de Compostela. It enters the Czech Republic at the Schirnding – Pomezí border crossing, and leads through the Ore Mountains, past Hřensko, to the Jizera, Lužice and Giant Mountains. At Harrachov it shoots off to Walbrzych in Poland and crossed the Owl Mountains. It then returns into the Czech Republic at the Králický Sněžník massif, crossing the Jesenik Mountains and Suchdol nad Odrou to the Beskydy Mountains, from where it disappears into Slovakia. It ends at Kap Emine on the Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea.
The E6 route only comes into the Czech Republic only briefly. It begins on the coast of the Baltic Sea at Nortälje near Stockholm. It also enters this country at Pomezí. It then leads through Mariánské Lázně and the Šumava to the border crossing at Alžbětín, where it leads off through Austria. From there it heads for the Balkans and ends in the Thracian town of Dikelle in Greece.
The E10, on the other hand, almost cuts the Czech Republic in half. It begins on the German island of Rűgen coming down into the Czech Republic at Varnsdorf. It crosses the Bohemian Central Mountains (České Středohoří), aiming for Prague and on through the Brdy Hills (the Germans called them Brdywald). Then comes České Budějovice and the border crossing point at Studánky. This route does not end at the sea and peters out in Bolzano.
Nature trails
During your travels around castles and stately homes and all the attractive regions of this country, you can enhance your knowledge at more than 200 nature trails, which can be found throughout the country. The themes covered by the nature trails include local natural science, botany, archaeology, mineralogy and mining. You can use this form to search for the different nature trails:
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