Discover Dvůr Králové Nad Labem
Accommodation in Dvůr Králové Nad Labem
Dvůr Králové Nad Labem combines a safari experience, educational trails, cycling culture and tangible urban history. At the Safari Park, you can drive your own car between African animals in the Czech Republic; the other activities range from park and woodland walks to historical discoveries.
Safari, the Elbe and cycling history
At Safari Park Dvůr Králové, you can visit Josef Vágner’s African Safari and the Lion Safari by Africa truck, safari bus or your own car. The vehicle safari covers a circular route of approximately 5.5 kilometres and gives the visit a clear spatial framework.
Jedu Labe rents rafts and canoes for trips on the Elbe. In Žireč, the cycling exhibition displays historic bicycles and velocipedes, including bicycles from the First Republic as well as wartime and racing bicycles. There, you can try a penny-farthing trainer or rent a rickshaw for a ride through the park. The Elbe Cycle Route runs through the Baroque grounds in Žireč.
Urban history on short and long routes
The historical exhibition at the Municipal Museum of Dvůr Králové nad Labem covers the history of Dvůr Králové nad Labem and the textile industry of the Královédvorsko region. The Church of St John the Baptist is a Gothic church built on the site of an earlier Romanesque church.
The tour of cultural monuments is 1.7 kilometres long and leads to historically significant places in Dvůr Králové nad Labem. These include the Davidova hvězda monument at the site of the former Jewish synagogue. The Bitva u Dvora Králové nad Labem educational trail provides information about the street fighting between Austrian and Prussian troops in 1866 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem. It is 29 kilometres long and includes 16 stations and two detours.
Educational trails through parks, forests and stream valleys
In the Schulzovy sady town park, the more than 750-metre-long Parkem Schulzovy sady educational trail runs through the grounds. Interactive elements introduce you to Czech wildlife and flora. The educational trail is suitable for walks with a pushchair and for school trips.
Na Felčarské cestě is a two-kilometre circular route that leads from the lower gate of the town cemetery along the cemetery to the “U Landů” forester’s lodge and through the forest back to the starting point. The educational trail has ten stations with informative and interactive elements.
Údolím Hartského potoka is a natural history educational trail forming a circular route of less than two kilometres, beginning at the gate of the municipal hospital. It combines information panels with games, a jumping pit and a seating area by a fire pit. The Na Stráni educational trail uses information panels and interactive elements to explain which animals and plants occur in the forest and its surroundings and how people should behave in nature.
Stezky Dvorem a okolím comprises eight routes of varying lengths and difficulty levels for walking, walking dogs, running and family trips with a pushchair. The map of Stezky Dvorem a okolím includes elevation profiles and QR codes, as well as recommendations on accessibility in hot summer weather and after rain.
The different route lengths and the information on accessibility provide an objective basis for this.
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