Nový Vestec: Hotels and Accommodation

The present-day settlement of Nový Vestec was rebuilt in 1777 northeast of the former settlement of Vesce.

Culture and Local History

The municipal bell of Nový Vestec is made from a piece of wood from a hundred-year-old oak tree. It bears the year 1837, when the 25-kilogram bell was hung. The composer Foerster spent the last three years of his life in Nový Vestec and wrote his final work there, the “Vestecký kvartet”.

Nature

The protected natural monument of Černý Orel lies in the forest above Nový Vestec. It protects a natural oak forest typical of the Elbe lowlands, growing on gravelly-sandy terraces along the Jizera and the Labe. The protected area also includes continental dune grasslands, extensively mown lowland to upland meadows, oak-hornbeam forests, old acidic oak forests, and a habitat of the scarce large blue butterfly.

Trails and Structures

The Naučná stezka Krajinou Rudolfa II educational trail focuses on history and nature. The bridge between Nový Vestec and Káraný was built in 1936 and reconstructed in 1994. Bouda Jizerka was built for summer visitors as a summer restaurant with a dance floor and as a sunbathing area on the banks of the Jizera.

Geographical Context

The wider regional surroundings of Nový Vestec include The Golz-Kinsky Palace, Palác Kinských, the island of Velké Benátky, and Slovanský ostrov. The wider regional surroundings also include the Stará kanalizační čistírna Praha-Bubeneč Museum and the Galerie Rudolfinum Museum. In the vicinity of Nový Vestec are the Cecemín hill SE [Všetaty] and the Slepeč hill [Benátky nad Jizerou-Obodř].

More Locality Pages

More locality pages: Vodochody, Odolena Voda, Přezletice, Mirosovice, Záryby, Herink, Hrusice, Konojedy.

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Praha-Východ.