Tips for Bicycle Excursions
The Ohře Cycling Route goes through four districts of the Karlovy Vary Region: Cheb, Sokolov, Karlovy Vary, Ostrov.
Length of route:
102 km
This rather new cycling route with a quality surface, the only more difficult section is the slope leading to the chateau alley near Mostov, where the track is narrowed to a width of approximately 90 cm and is often “sprinkled” with gravel from cyclists. You can buy refreshments in Nebanice.
Length of route:
15,8 km
This track was made on site of the former railroad. Part of the track goes through neighbouring Germany; therefore, we recommend taking your passport or personal identity card with you.
Length of route:
5,9 km
The In-line skate track along the new Háj Sports and Recreation Grounds. An oval track with a midline (eight hundred metres).
A perfect surface, clean environment, wide track, magnificent views, dramatic yet safe slopes and hills, facilities for other sports available.
Length of route:
1,5 km
This cycling path is asphalt and oval-shaped with a length of 3 km, goes around the Michal Lake near the village of Vítkov u Svatavy.
GPS 50.1650333N, 12.6823383E
Length of route:
1,5 km
Do you need to rent or repair a bicycle? Go to bicycle repair shops and rentals.
Hiking Trails
Seeberg Castle was founded around 1200. It is not mentioned until 1322, when King John of Bohemia gained the Cheb Region. In 1703, the castle was handed over to the town of Cheb. Currently, an exhibition on the history of furniture and interiors, as well as on rural life in the 19 th-century Cheb Region, is installed at the castle.
The Doubrava Open-Air Museum is a Village Monument Reserve thanks to its half-timbered farmhouses built in the famous Cheb architectural style. The most famous is the Rustler Farmstead - a timbered farmstead dating to 1751 and housing a museum.
The charming and stylish small chateau and café known as Amerika has been standing on the edge of the forest park near the fishpond of the same name since 1898.
Along with Karlovy Vary and Mariánské Lázně, Františkovy Lázně is part of the world-renowned “West Bohemian Spa Triangle”. Here, one finds an exceptional amount of natural therapeutic resources - 21 mineral springs, a source of dry gas, and the unique sulphuric-ferrous peat of Františkovy Lázně.
The Bismarck Lookout Tower located on Zelená Hill is an 18-metre-high stone tower with 71 stairs that dates to 1909. After World War II, it was located in the territory of the prohibited border zone and was made publicly accessible only after the town of Cheb had it completely reconstructed in 2005.
This fun educational trail with 13 information boards will inform you about the defunct swimming hole, about volcanism, about the flooded paper factory, but also much more about the flora and fauna of this location.