Želízy: Hotels and accommodations

Culture

Čertovy hlavy are two sandstone sculptures, each approximately nine meters high, that the sculptor Václav Levý carved into the rocks between 1841 and 1846. They are freely accessible from the Želízy primary school building via the blue-marked hiking trail. The Václav Levý Circuit features the Harfenice rock relief, depicting a woman with a harp; there is also a sandstone sphinx. The Václav Levý Circuit runs via Tupadly along the Liběchovka stream to Želízy. At the Klácelka Cave, there are large-scale reliefs of Jan Žižka and Prokop Holý, as well as of dwarves forging weapons for the Blaník knights.

A memorial plaque in Želízy commemorates Franz Kafka’s stays at the spa in November and December 1918, from January to March and in November 1919, and in August and September 1923.

Nature

The Liběchovka floodplain in Želízy lies at an elevation of 175 meters above sea level and is the lowest point of the Kokořínsko–Máchův kraj Protected Landscape Area. In 1997, the Liběchovka wetland system became part of the internationally important Ramsar site “Mokřady Liběchovky a Pšovky”.

Activities

Koupaliště Želízy is family-oriented. It has a 20 × 40-meter pool, a separate paddling pool, and a children’s water slide. The swimming facility is supplied from its own well with drinking water and has toilets, showers, and changing rooms. Cyklistický okruh ze Želíz na Kokořínsku is a cycling route.

Other places: Liblice, Tuhaň, Lužec Nad Vltavou, Horní Počaply, Vysoká, Dolany, Hostín U Vojkovic, Vojkovice.

To the higher-level travel overview: Mělník District.