The best gravel rides around PR Úpor - Černínovsko

The view of the confluence of the famous Czech rivers Vltava and Labe always captivates me. I prefer to look directly from the castle. I recommend it to everyone, the view and the experience are worth it.

Kokořín Castle stands in the sandstone rocks of Kokořín Valley, above the valley of the Pšovka stream. The very attractive landscape of Kokořínsko is formed by interesting rock formations, forest cover, ponds, rare plants and animals, wild canyon valleys, historical monuments, folk buildings. The landscape was declared a Protected Landscape Area Kokořínsko in 1976.

One of the gates to the town of Melnik

The city of Mělník is certainly symbolized by the silhouette of the castle with the church of St. Peter and Paul towering above the confluence of the Elbe and Vltava rivers. This beautiful view is offered to us immediately as soon as we arrive in the city after less than 40 minutes from Prague. In Mělník we can drink good local wine, walk through the historical center or go on a boat trip. Whatever we choose, Mělník is a city where we will always be happy to return.

Mělník (German: Melnik, Mnelnik) is a town and municipality with extended jurisdiction in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region, thirty kilometers north of Prague. It is located on the right bank of the Elbe at the confluence with the Vltava, the historic center is located on a marl hill surrounded by the Pšovka stream from the northeast. The city has a population of approximately 20 thousand.

Veltrusy – the history of the castle, the park and the Chotek family. It is surrounded by a sea of green leaves, the Vltava's shimmer of the sun, hop fields and paths of fate. It remains as its builders and the stormy nature wished it to be. It is an oasis of our soul, an escape to paradise and a mirror of society. Let yourself be blown away to the Veltrusy island and taste.....

Václav Antonín Chotek had his seasonal residence built at the beginning of the 18th century and it represents an important work of the high Baroque. The author of the design was probably Giovanni Battista Alliprandi, an architect of Italian origin who worked in Bohemia. The castle consists of a main building with a higher cylindrical core, from which four one-story wings extend. On the north side there is a monumental two-flight staircase with a sculpture group. The courtyard is then finished on the north with a series of allegorical sculptures from the workshop of Matyáš Bernard Braun. In the interiors you will see decorations and furnishings mainly in the Baroque and Rococo style. Around the castle there is a large English park with a number of romantic small buildings and sculptures, which was created at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. You can see the castle as part of one of the sightseeing tours that will introduce you to the life of the nobility or to the stay here of General Laudon during the so-called Potato War of 1778.

Hořín is a Baroque chateau with farm grounds in the municipality of the same name in the Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region. The chateau is surrounded by a large chateau park of approximately 10 hectares. The chateau, along with the grounds and the chateau park, are protected as a cultural monument. After the Velvet Revolution, the chateau and the surrounding land were restituted by the Lobkowicz family of Mělník. In 2024, Jiří Lobkowicz sold the chateau.