Ralsko: Hotels and accommodations

In the Ralsko Nature Reserve, the 696 m-high Ralsko peak dominates the landscape. Rocks, scree areas, and scree forests are just as much a part of this area as predominantly beech forests with a lush herb layer.

Nature

The Vranovské skály Natural Monument, designated in 1993, covers 17.92 ha. The rock city, located on a slope, consists of calcareous sandstone; its most significant rock is Juliina vyhlídka. The protected Děvín and Ostrý area covers 33.1 ha. This natural monument includes tunnels where several species of bats overwinter.

Culture and history

The Church of Saint Gall in Kuřívody is a single-nave Baroque building from 1733–1734, created by rebuilding an older Gothic church. In 2011, two layers of medieval wall paintings were identified there. The older layer of wall paintings depicts a sky with stars and constellations using simple reddish-brown lines.

Stohánek preserves the remains of a castle built on an isolated rock and is accessible via a steep staircase. The sandstone sculpture “Forgotten Home” in Kuřívody commemorates the vanished villages in Ralsko. The Ralsko Information Centre is located in a historically significant building of the former vicarage on the grounds of a church.

On the way

The “BITVY 1866 U KUŘÍVOD A MNICHOVA HRADIŠTĚ” educational trail is also suitable for cyclists. Cycling route No. 7 is 27.1 km long and suitable for trekking and mountain bikes; it starts and ends in Kuřívody.

More local pages: Okrouhlá U Nového Boru, Noviny Pod Ralskem, Újezd, Skalka U Doks, Prysk, Nový Oldřichov, Horní Libchava, Okna.

For the higher-level travel overview: Česká Lípa District.