Ústí nad Labem Region, Czechia · Europe
Varnsdorf works well as a base: 5 minutes from Dolní Podluží, 20km from Bohemian Switzerland National Park.
Varnsdorf is in Ústí nad Labem Region, Czechia, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Dolní Podluží, about 4 km away.
Varnsdorf (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvarnzdorf]; German: Warnsdorf) is a town in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Mandau River in the Lusatian Highlands, on the border with Germany. Varnsdorf is an industrial town, known primarily for theRead more
textile and engineering industries.
From 1681 to 1919, Varnsdorf was owned by the Liechtenstein family. Until its promotion to a town in 1868, it was just a village.
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Within an hour or so of Varnsdorf: Panská skála (18 km), Bohemian Switzerland National Park (20 km), Pravčická Gate (24 km), Bohemian Switzerland (Pravčická Brána) (24 km).
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends.
Varnsdorf is in Ústí nad Labem Region, Czechia, about 4 km from Dolní Podluží.
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Full driving guide for Czechia8 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
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.
18 km · about 20 min drive
national park
A mesmerizing landscape of deep gorges, towering sandstone pillars, and dense forests in the Czech-German borderlands along the Elbe River.
20 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
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
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
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 25 min drive
national park
A surreal landscape of eroded sandstone pillars, arches, and mesas along the Elbe, beloved by rock climbers and landscape painters.
29 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Germany's easternmost city, a stunningly preserved jumble of Gothic, Renaissance and baroque facades nicknamed 'Görliwood'.
37 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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