Tourism
The region is suitable for the lovers of mountains and foothills. Even less capable tourists can use the group of cableways and cyclebuses that also transport tourists without bikes.
During the mountain trip we recommend to visit:
- the highest mountain of the Giant Mountains Sněžka
- the source of the Elbe /Labe/
- the waterfalles - Pančavský, Elbe´s /Labský/, Mumlavský
- the Golden hillock /Zlaté návrší/ with the monument of Hanč and Vrbata
- Žalý - the only stone observation tower in the Giant Mountains
In the maps of the Giant Mountains you can find many other interesting places and many marked ways with various demants according to ability of each visitor.
For more information we recommend to visit: ergis.cz/krkonose
Biking Tours
In the region of the Giant Mountains there are marked routes for hiking and for cycletourism. You can find there the group of interesting terrain suitable for mountain and track bikes. The visitors can choose from many marked cycling routes from the easier ones in foothills of the Giant Mountains to physically and technically demanding routes in the mountains. Lot of cableways and cyclebuses are available for tourists, they work since June to September. You can get almost everywhere on your bike except for the 1. zone of the Giant Mountains national park. It is our pleasure to help you with the choice of cycleroutes and we let you look at our cyclemaps.
There is prepared lockroom for storage of your bikes in the pension.
Cyclebuses:
- Vrchlabí - Špindlerův Mlýn - Špindlerovka
- Harrachov - Rokytnice n.J. - Vrchlabí - Janské Lázně - Pec p.Sněžkou - Horní Malá Úpa
- Jilemnice – Mísečky
The routes and the shedules of cyclebuses you can find on ergis.cz/krkonose
Cableways transporting bikes:
- Vrchlabí - Žalý www.holidayinfo.cz
- Špindlerův Mlýn - Pláň a Medvědín www.skiareal.cz
- Černý Důl Špičák - Bönischovy boudy www.skipark.org
- Pec p. Sněžkou – Růžová hora - Sněžka www.snezkalanovka.cz
- Pec pod Sněžkou - Hnědý vrch www.skipec.com
- Janské Lázně - Černá hora www.cerna-hora.cz
- Velká Úpa – Portášovy boudy www.skiport.cz
- Harrachov - Čertova hora www.skiareal.com
- Karpacz - Kopa www.kopa.com.pl
- Sklarska Poroba – Szrenice
Tourist crossings for cyclists:
- Nad Špindlerovým Mlýnem u Špindlerovy boudy
- Harrachov/Mýtiny-Polana/Jakuszycka
- Horní Albeřice-Niedamirów
- Petřkovice - Okreszyn
- Žačléř (Bobr) - Niedairów (old dirt road)