Trip to Brandýs nad Labem, Stará Boleslav and Benátky nad Jizerou
If you often drive on the D10 motorway between Prague and Mladá Boleslav, you can sometimes make three interesting stops to nice towns right next to the motorway. In Brandýs nad Labem, you will be particularly interested in the local chateau. Stará Boleslav will delight you with its church monuments and Benátky nad Jizerou with its picturesque castle standing on a promontory above the river.
Brandýs and Stará Boleslav
You will probably visit Brandýs nad Labem and Stará Boleslav during one visit, because it is a conurbation basically separated only by the river Elbe. It is ideal to take Exit 10 and return to the motorway at Exit 14.
A tour of Brandýs nad Labem
A small town with a nice castle
Brandýs nad Labem can be found right next to the D10 motorway exit. It is the southern part of the conurbation with Old Boleslav. In the old part of town is a nice castle with a large garden, which is the main tourist magnet of the city. A pilgrimage tourist path and the main Elbe cycle path pass through the town continue reading
A tour of Stará Boleslav
City tour of St. Wenceslas
One of the most important places of pilgrimage in the Czech Republic – Stará Boleslav – stands right next to the Elbe. It is associated with the cult of St. Wenceslas. You will find everything interesting along the former main road, which forms the axis of the city. The most important monument and dominant feature of the city is undoubtedly the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary continue reading
Venice nad Jizerou
Benátky nad Jizerou is a bit further, you will take exit 27 and drive through an uninteresting new part to the promontory above Jizerou
A tour of Benátky nad Jizerou
A small town with a historic center above the Jizera
Right next to the highway connecting Prague with Mladá Boleslav you will find the small town of Benátky nad Jizerou. You will find a quiet historical core built on a promontory towering over the otherwise flat landscape around the Jizera. The center of the historic center is a castle with a picturesque and quiet park continue reading
Trip to Milovice for praty
As a bonus, not right next to the highway, there are Milovice, where you will find grazing reserves for ferries and wild horses
Milovice Nature Reserve
A journey into times long past
In earlier times, countless amazing creatures roamed our planet, which can rarely be seen today where or even not at all, because hunting and other adverse human activities caused their extinction. If you want to go back in time and get a closer idea of what our landscape could have looked like in the past, go on a trip to the Milovice nature reserve. Here you can see not only many rare animals, but also a representative of a long-extinct creature. continue reading