Nymburk District: Hotels and accommodations

In Nymburk District, travelers looking for a hotel encounter a flat Elbe landscape, historical museums, and heritage-listed sites. The landscape includes wetlands and open dune grasslands; the cultural heritage includes castles, open-air museums, and heritage-listed sites.

Nature

Libický luh lies in the flat Elbe floodplain southeast of the confluence of the Elbe and Cidlina rivers. The Hrabanovská černava national nature monument protects a Polabian fen with wetland and meadow communities as well as rare species.

The Písečný přesyp u Píst nature reserve protects open continental dune grasslands. It is one of the few places in the Czech Republic where the substrate is still visibly moving.

Culture and history

The Polabské národopisné muzeum Přerov nad Labem is one of the oldest regional open-air museums in Europe and dates back to 1895. The museum comprises almost 40 folk-architecture buildings, including nine houses, seven granaries, and four barns. The furnished interiors of the houses show rural life in the Polabí region from the mid-18th to the mid-20th century.

The Vlastivědné muzeum Nymburk presents the nature of the Polabí region, prehistoric archaeology, and the history of Nymburk. The Památník krále Jiřího z Poděbrad memorial is located in the oldest part of the medieval Poděbrady castle and conveys the history of the 14th and 15th centuries through Gothic murals and hundreds of exhibits.

The Slavníkovci fortified settlement in Libice is a national cultural monument. In Libice nad Cidlinou, Slavník had a fortified complex built with a mint, stone church, and princely palace. The Nymburk crematorium and the Poděbrady hydroelectric power station are also national cultural monuments.

Nymburk has well-preserved medieval city walls. The tower of the Church of St. Giles offers views.

Experiences and routes

Chleby Zoo is home to more than 180 animal species. Visitors can buy food there and feed selected animal species. From Nymburk, the zoo can be reached by bus route 673; it connects with passenger and express trains from Prague as well as passenger trains from Kolín.

Loučeň Castle is open year-round and houses the Labyrintharium with twelve labyrinths and mazes. Nymburk is also located on the Elbe Cycle Route, which connects the Czech Republic with Germany.

Food and crafts

The Botanicus dining hall serves dishes that are prepared partly from produce grown in organically managed gardens. At Botanicus, visitors can try their hand at crafts and learn more about their history. Pivovar Nymburk brews eight pale beers as well as one amber specialty beer, a dark lager, and a chocolate-flavored dark lager.

Places at a glance

Other places at a glance: Bristvi, Prerov Nad Labem, Lysa Nad Labem, Podebrady, Rozdalovice, Sany, Sadská, Chotesice, Dymokury, Kounice, Mcely, Krchleby, Záhornice, Běrunice, Kamenné Zboží, Hořany, Hořátev, Jizbice, Košík, Kostelní Lhota, Kostomlaty Nad Labem, Křinec, Libice Nad Cidlinou, Loučeň, Městec Králové, Netřebice, Nimburg, Opočnice.

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