Czech Republic: Rock City – Adrspach

Rock Town in the Czech Republic is a popular Czech attraction. The amazing landscape of this place is characterized by unique formations and rock sculptures divided by numerous canyons and crevices. In the labyrinth of gorges and stone formations you can experience a great adventure.

Rock formations with fanciful shapes, monumental walls, canyons, gorges and labyrinths of rock towers, beautiful waterfalls and an emerald lake – such amazing things await visitors to the Rock Town of Adršpach. An additional attraction is the possibility of walking through the Wolf Gorge (Vlčí rokle) to the nearby Teplice Rocks.

Location

Adršpašskoteplické skály is a mountain range in the Central Sudetes, Czech Republic, which is a part of the Table Mountains, south of the Broumovska Valley, near the town of Teplice nad Metují and the village of Adršpach, in north-eastern Czech Republic.

Practical information:

– Rock Towns are located in the Table Mountains in the Czech Republic, several kilometers from the Polish border.

– They can be visited all year round. In the summer season (V-Oct) 8-18 hours, in the winter season (XI-IV) 10-16.30 hours. The popularity of the place makes it really crowded on summer weekends. Therefore, it is worth getting here early in the morning or in the middle of the week, and it is best to choose a less popular time of the year – e.g. late autumn or spring.

– Several tourist trails run through Adrspach Rock Town and the neighboring Teplice Rock Town. The routes are well marked.

– Tourist trails: green – 3.5 km long, the crossing takes about 2 – 3 hours. The trip can be enriched with a cruise on the lake (only from April to October), blue – it is 1.5 km long, takes about 40 minutes, runs along the shore of the lake.

– There is an entry fee – the ticket price depends on the season.

Errant rocks in the film

Errant rocks located in the Table Mountains – a group of rocks from 6 to 11 meters high, forming a rock city. Rocks is an extraordinary rock town, when walking between the rocks it seems like you are in a maze. The movie “The Chronicles of Narnia” was filmed here.

Entry

At the very beginning of the trail, you enter through the Gothic Gate sandwiched between high rocks. Rocks about 100 meters high promise an unforgettable experience. The gate was created for prosaic reasons – so that the owner could charge admission fees, there is a magic of passage from the real world to the imaginary one. Walking along the designated paths, you will see landscapes and rock formations that will take your breath away.

What to see in the rock town?

You can see here rocks in the shape of intertwined rocks and rocks that you sometimes have to squeeze between. Sometimes you have to climb special stairs, walk on footbridges or bridges. In the area/during the tour you will also see such wonders as an emerald lake and a rock waterfall; you can cross the lake on a multi-person raft. At the end, there will be a viewing area called Great Panorama, where you can see the rock city from a different perspective.

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