Tips for Trips
Liblice is situated in the Mělník and Kokořín region, which is particularly popular due to its many historical sights and excellent hiking opportunities.
This site sums up the basic information about interesting nature, historical and cultural destinations and monuments in the Mělník region. The site also contains links to interesting and attractive websites with more detailed information about the region and its sight-seeing opportunities.
Mělník is a town located at the confluence of the two largest Czech rivers, the Elbe and the Vltava, and is situated in the fertile Mělník basin, which is renowned for its vineyards and winemaking history. Mělník used to be a traditional dowry of Czech queens and a renowned center of trade and crafts. The rich history can also be seen in the local historical sights such as Château Mělník, the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul with an ossuary or the Prague Gate, which now functions as a gallery and a café. The town is a natural center of the Mělník Region, whose natural beauty and famous history has inspired artists for centuries. Today the region attracts visitors with its pristine nature, beautiful architectural monuments, important cultural events and wide range of recreational facilities.
www.melnik.info
www.melnik.cz
Mělník Regional Museum – constructed in the building of the former Capuchin monastery and a burgher house and situated in the vicinity of the church of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, the Mělník Regional Museum offers:
- An exhibition of the everyday life in a medieval town
- Interior of burgher and rural houses
- Everyday life of country inhabitants, including rustic architecture
- Nature in the Mělník region
- History of winemaking in the region
The museum includes a cozy and comfortable café and a terrace situated on the former medieval town fortifications. We would also like to invite you to a tasting of Czech wines in the historical fourteenth century cellars, where you can choose from more than 50 types of wines.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
www.muzeum-melnik.cz
Swimming pools in the Mělník Region
Mělník – summer open-air swimming pool
Klášterní 649, Mělník
phone: 315 624 281
www.bazen-melnik.cz
Indoor swimming pool
ul. Řipská 648, Mělník
phone: 315 628 857
http://www.bazen-melnik.wz.cz
Municipal Pool
Ke koupališti 600, Kralupy nad Vltavou
phone: 315 723 155
www.kralupy.cz/bazen
Indoor swimming pool
Sídliště Cukrovar 1018, Kralupy nad Vltavou
phone: 315 726 089
www.kralupy.cz/bazen
Mácha’s Lake Doksy
phone: 487 872 067
www.doksy.com
Kokořínsko protected nature reserve – established in 1976. The reserve extends over the area of 272 km2 of the Bohemian Cretaceous Plate Formation, a characteristic geomorphologic relief made of block sandstone, which effloresced and weathered to form rock towers and deep, terraced valleys. The most famous of these formations are called "rock lids", and have been adopted as the main symbol of the nature reserve. The dominant landscape features include magmatic extruded rocks consisting of phonolite, basalt or trachyte mounds and cones – Vlhošť, Ronov and Vrátenská Hora. The varied natural conditions have resulted in an uncommonly rich range of plant species, from cryophilous plants at the bottom of the canyons, through exceptionally rare wetland ecosystems in alluvial stream areas to thermophilous plants on the remains of rock steppes. Visitors are likewise attracted by the deep and rich forests and by the traditional stave, half-timbered and masonry architecture, as well as by Kokořín Castle.
www.kokorin.cz
www.velokokorin.info
The Renaissance Nelahozeves Castle dominates the cliffs above the River Vltava in the vicinity of Veltrusy Castle. The Nelahozevec Castle features a unique private collection of paintings, owned by the Roudnice branch of the Lobkowicz family, including one of the largest collections of Spanish portraits in the world.
www.lobkowiczevents.cz
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