Kokořín: Hotels and Accommodations

The protected complex of Kokořín Castle comprises the Old and New Palaces, the main tower, the staircase tower, a staircase terrace with a rock chamber on the northern side of the castle courtyard, the ring wall, a well located outside the actual castle, a stable carved into the rock, a bridge, and the outer bailey.

Culture

The second tour of Kokořín Castle is self-guided and includes climbing the 37.5-metre-high defensive tower, with views of the surrounding countryside, as well as a visit to a historical exhibition in the cellar.

Kokořín Chateau stands in the centre of the municipality of Kokořín and is a Baroque chateau from the mid-18th century with utility buildings. It is a single-storey building with a red façade, corner towers, and an onion dome, commissioned by the Sweerts-Špork family as a country residence.

On the village square in front of Kokořín Chateau stands a Baroque sculptural group of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino from 1700. Kokořín Chateau is not open to the public, but remains a distinctive landmark of the village square and an interesting destination when exploring the Kokořín Valley.

Landscape

The Kokořín Valley Nature Reserve also includes the cadastral territory of Kokořín. It comprises sandstone terrain with gorge valleys, rock steps, smaller rock towns, and forms created by weathering, including the Pokličky rock formations.

In the immediate vicinity of Kokořín lie the Kokořínské Pokličky at the confluence of Kokořínský Důl and Vojtěšský Důl. The sandstone formations, shaped by erosion, reach heights of up to 12 metres; the path leading to them is accessible to people of all ages.

The Kokořín Valley Nature Reserve also includes extensive wetlands, including spring areas, bodies of water, the Pšovka and its tributaries, reed beds, sedge marshes, wet meadows, and alder and ash-alder floodplain forests.

Getting There

Kokořín Castle can be reached by car from three directions. The vehicle can be left at the last car park below the castle; from there, the path continues uphill for less than one kilometre to the castle.

More local pages: Vraňany, Stránka, Nosálov, Kozomín, Dolany, Medonosy, Tišice, Spomyšl.

To the higher-level travel overview: Mělník District.