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All-day bicycle excursion

From Vrchlabi take the steep ascent to the quarry in Strazne (around 6 km), where you should turn to the right onto the red trail (lA) to Hříběcí boudy. Then turn to the right onto the l B cycle trail and follow the gently rising hillside of the majestic Kotel and Liscí hora, via Tetřeví vrch as far as Tetrevi boudy (around 14 km). Then follow the l B trail along the gas pipeline to Lesni bouda and turn to the right downwards along the red trail to Náchodská bouda (around 2 km). If you have had enough you can then take the trail back to Cerny Dul. The more proficient can take the circuit of the educational cycle trail leading for around l 8 km through the most beautiful scenery of Cerna hora and Svetla hora. Note - this area is open until 5 p.m. only! Then set out along the red trail via Bobí boudy to the saddle beneath Kolínská bouda, and then continue along the well-marked trail with information signposts through Vaclavak, Peticesti, Vlasské boudy, Krausovy boudy, Modré kameny and Velke Pardubické Boudy as far as Cerna hora (l 299.4 metres above sea level). After catching your breath take the descent from the crossroads beneath Cerna bouda via Zrcadlo and the saddle beneath Kolinska bouda back to Nachodska bouda. From here there is an extremely steep descent (l E) via Cihlarska bouda as far as Cerny Dul and further along the road route 22 to Cista (around 9 km) Then follow the road for an easy 8 km through Lánov and past the airport as for as Vrchlabi. The route covers a total of around 60 km.

All-day cycling tour

Set out from Vrchlabi towards Jilemnice - Hrabacov, by way of Ponikla, to Jablonec nad Jizerou, which is a typical mountain-foot town offering a pleasant lido. From there follow long steep rise (c. 5 km) to Sklenarice, where the snug inn "Mexico" can provide you with refreshment. Continue along a nice hill road with beautiful distant vistas uphill in the direction of Vysoke nad Jizerou, whose Muzeum horskych tradic (Mountain Folklore Museum), dedicated to the beginnings of skiing, is one of the places worth seeing, Good restaurant and ice-cream parlour are in the square. Aflerwards, take the direction of Roprachtice for other romantic views of the Jizerske hory on the right and the Krkonose on the left-hand side. After c. 3 km turn right onto the road towards Semily through Zimov, Prikry and Cimbal. On the way you pass a branching side road bound for Bozkov, where, with a detour of c. 4 km, you can visil the notorious lime caves. Afterwards, follow the righf-hand bank of the Jizera which flows through the town of Semily. Go on along the river through Benesov past a golf course on your right, by way of Loukov, Dolni Sytova, and Horni Sytova to the junction. Turn right onto the road no. 14 that you arrived by in the morning. Pass by Vichova nad Jizerou and on the crossroads in Hrabacov take the turning to the town of Jilemnice and its picturesque square with a fountain; the town museum is another attraction. On through Jilemnice, while continuing in the direction of Praha turn left over railway crossing at the end of Jilemnice, up a gentle slope and steeply down to Horni Branna. The town boasts the chateau and the tomb of the Harrach family as well as a former hospital for the Counťs administrators. The road goes down a steep slope over a small ridge back to Vrchlabi.Total distance is c. 60 - 70 km.