Nový Bor works well as a base: 10 minutes from Cvikov, 21km from Bohemian Switzerland National Park.
Nový Bor is in Liberec Region, Czechia, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Cvikov, about 6 km away.
Nový Bor (Czech pronunciation: [ˈnoviː ˈbor]; German: Haida) is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants.
Nový Bor was founded in 1692. During the rule of the Kinsky family in the 18th century, the settlement experienced its greatest prosperity and wasRead more promoted to a town. Since the end of the 18th century, Nový Bor is known for the glass industry. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. The town's chess club 1. Novoborský ŠK is the most successful Czech chess club in modern history.
Within an hour or so of Nový Bor: Panská skála (5 km), Bohemian Switzerland National Park (21 km), Pravčická Gate (24 km), Bohemian Switzerland (Pravčická Brána) (24 km).
Are there any good drives near Nový Bor?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends.
Where is Nový Bor?
Nový Bor is in Liberec Region, Czechia, about 6 km from Cvikov.
Road trip
Drive to Nový Bor
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
Bohemia's oldest protected geological site (1933): a hillside of hexagonal basalt columns up to 12 m tall arranged like organ pipes, right beside the road at Kamenický Šenov. Famous from the Czech fairy-tale film Three Wishes for Cinderella.
5 km · about 10 min drive
national park
Bohemian Switzerland National Park
A mesmerizing landscape of deep gorges, towering sandstone pillars, and dense forests in the Czech-German borderlands along the Elbe River.
21 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Pravčická Gate
The largest natural sandstone arch in Europe, standing majestically in the heart of Bohemian Switzerland National Park.
24 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Bohemian Switzerland (Pravčická Brána)
Sandstone wonderland in the Czech Republic with Europe's largest natural stone arch and dramatic rock formations.
24 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Pravcicka brana
Largest natural sandstone arch in Europe, the centrepiece of Bohemian Switzerland National Park, walked from car parks at Hrensko or Mezni Louka.
24 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Jested Tower
A rocket-shaped 1970s hotel and TV tower crowning the 1,012 m summit above Liberec, reached by a twisting mountain road with sweeping views over Bohemia: an icon of Czech modernist architecture.
30 km · about 35 min drive
national park
Saxon Switzerland National Park
A surreal landscape of eroded sandstone pillars, arches, and mesas along the Elbe, beloved by rock climbers and landscape painters.
31 km · about 35 min drive
castle
Königstein Fortress
A vast hilltop fortress on a sandstone plateau above the Elbe, with ramparts offering panoramic views over Saxon Switzerland.
39 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Nový Bor
30 kmJested TowerA rocket-shaped 1970s hotel and TV tower crowning the 1,012 m summit above Liberec, reached by a twisting mountain road with sweeping views over Bohemia: an icon of Czech modernist architecture.