The Golden Path of the Bohemian Paradise
Czech paradise
Jicin
The Golden Path has been connecting the most beautiful and most important places of the Bohemian Paradise for decades. It winds in the total length of 103 km through the countryside from Mladá Boleslav to Jičín, overcomes valleys, rock towns, hills, streams, but also medieval castles and pine forests. Its history dates back to the second half of 19. century after the trip of Vojta Náprstek to Prachovské Rocks, and also thanks to the establishment of the Club of Czech Tourists, when the Bohemian Paradise becomes one of the first places where signs for tourists, prospects, restaurants, etc. are being built.
When Golden trail including a description of its sub-sections first appeared in the publication KČT in 1937, before the war was made a promotional film.
The current Golden Trail has undergone a number of changes compared to the former historical one due to various factors (change in the character of agricultural land after the war, construction of roads, mining of sand, etc.).
The red marked route on the tourist map looks like this:
Mladá Boleslav - Bakov nad Jizerou - Mnichovo Hradiště - Valečov - Drábské světničky - Příhrazy - Bone - Nebákov - Dolní Mlýn - Wreckage - Hrubá Skála - Wallenstein - Turnov - Frýdštejn - Malá Skála - Besedice - Kozákov - Tábor - Railway - Jičín
The whole trail can be roughly divided into several smaller areas
- Mlada Boleslav - Bakov nad Jizerou - Mnichovo Hradiste
- Mnichovo Hradiště - Drábské světničky
- Turnov - Hruboskalsko - Maloskalsko
- Kozakov - Lomnicko
- Jicin - Prachov
- Sobotecko
The trail is lined with medieval castles Valečov, Kost, Trosky, Hrubá Skála, Valdštejn, Frýdštejn and it also includes lookout towers and hills Mužský, Kopanina, Kozákov, Tábor and also gems of folk and urban architecture. Its total length is 103 km, but you can connect to it anywhere and complete only the part that interests you.
The whole route is a multi-day journey for most of us, so we have prepared several circuits with recommended places on the route and in the vicinity with the possibility of returning to the starting point.
Marking route: red tourist sign
Length of the route: 103 km
Czech paradise
Bohemian Paradise occupies a wide area of approximately 1800 km2, which roughly delimit the towns Sobotka, Mnichovo Hradiste, Sychrov, Zelezny Brod, Semily, Lomnice nad Popelkou, Railways and Jicin. The heart of Bohemian Paradise is the town of Turnov.
For many decades the Bohemian Paradise has been one of the most popular tourist areas in the Czech Republic. This landscape forms a divide between the Central Bohemian plain and the Krkonoše foothills and offers visitors a summary of all the beauties and attractions. The beauties of nature, old castles and palaces, charming folk architecture, the charm of forests and rocks, the silence of ponds, the flow of free rivers, ancient history of cities. With all this, this area is gaining its admirers.
At the time of 50. The anniversary of the founding of the oldest PLA in the Czech Republic - the Bohemian Paradise - was awarded the UNESCO Geopark status for this area.
