Polom U Potštejna: Hotels and Accommodation

A yellow-marked hiking trail leads from Sopotnice via Černý les, Polom and Proruby to Potštejn. In the opposite direction, another yellow-marked hiking trail leads from Potštejn via Proruby, Polom, Sopotnice and Česká Rybná to Popluží near Žamberk. A green-marked hiking trail runs from Potštejn via Modlivý důl and Polom and through Hájek, Malá Skrovnice and Velká Skrovnice to Brandýs nad Orlicí.

Polom borders the Modlivý důl Nature Reserve. It protects forest stands with the original tree species composition of the forests of the Middle Orlice region. Above Polom and Hájek, a dense forest called “Černý les” stretches towards Sopotnice.

The geologically significant Hájek locality consists of abandoned wall-stone quarries in Cenomanian sandstones. Marine fauna occurs in the sandstone formations of the locality.

The listed hunting lodge complex in Hájek is located in the vicinity of Polom. The complex can be reached via a forest path branching off the road from the direction of Proruby and Polom.

A monument to those who fell in 1914–1918 stands in front of the Chapel of St John and Paul. Opposite the chapel, a memorial cross bearing the inscription “A 1793–1899” stands in the village square. In front of the former farmhouses Nos. 1 and 2, a statue of the Virgin Mary erected in 1876 stands on a pedestal. The Chapel of St John and Paul is among the buildings considered valuable in the cadastral area of Polom u Potštejna.

The nearest railway stations to Polom are located in Potštejn or Sopotnice on line 021 from Týniště nad Orlicí to Hanušovice.

In Polom, a shop and a restaurant provide food and shopping options during the week.

To the main travel overview: Rychnov Nad Kněžnou District.

More places within the same destination:

Deschney, Bílý Újezd, Voděrady, Hřibiny-Ledská, Mokré, Licno, Val U Dobrušky, Rybná Nad Zdobnicí.