Tips for Bicycle Excursions
Enjoy on your bicycle or on foot this new hiking and cycling path in the Czech-German borderlands - in our recreational area.
Cheb square – Komorní hůrka – Františkovy Lázně – Soos – Nový Drahov – Třebeň – Cheb square
Length of route:
25,3 km
Cheb – Komorní hůrka – Pomezí – Zelená Hill (Bismarck Lookout Tower) – Cheb
Length of route:
26,2 km
Do you need to rent or repair a bicycle? Go to bicycle repair shops and rentals.
Hiking Trails
Komorní hůrka is the youngest volcano and the best-preserved example of volcanic activity in the Czech Republic, located at an altitude of 503 metres above sea level. Since 1951, it has been declared a National Nature Reserve.
The Cultural Route of Vogts connects the historical Landvogt of Weida with the historical Cheb Region and the Czech Republic in a completely new way and regardless of the borders, through presenting the hike and historical facts in well-known and lesser-known contexts.
The Pomezná Stronghold is the ruins of a stronghold, originally a castle dating to the 14th century. It is privately owned, and the owner is gradually carrying out repair and restoration work on it.
The castle and chateau at Libá, the first mention of which dates to 1264. 1264. The original castle was reconstructed into a Rococo chateau in the shape of an irregular quadrangle. Since 1991, it is privately owned, but parts of the castle and chateau are accessible to the public.
Waldsassen, a historical German town in the borderlands. Some of its significant monuments include the Abbey Basilica with the largest church and monastery crypt in Germany, the library in the Cistercerian Convent, the Baroque rotunda of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, and the Stiftlandmuseum - which documents the life of our predecessors.
The first mention in writing about the castle in Starý Hrozňatov dates to 1223. All that remains of the castle is the massive cylindrical tower. The grounds are privately-owned, and so sadly, they are not accessible.
Maria Loreto - In the past, one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in both the Czech Republic and Germany. The pilgrimage site is surrounded by cloisters built in the shape of a quadrangle. The main entrance is decorated by a massive bell tower. The Great Way of the Cross leading from Cheb was built simultaneously with this building.
The Soos Nature Reserve was established in 1964. 1964. It spreads out over an area of 221 ha. You can walk through part of this area on the 1.4-km-long educational trail with information boards and commentary. You will see the peat bog and the marshland where an enormous number of mineral springs source alongside carbon dioxide effusing from so-called mofettas - mud volcanoes.
Nový Drahov - a Rural Heritage Reserve with the typical Cheb architecture timbered homesteads. You can visit the potter workshop of Mr Werner at one of these homesteads.