Liberec Region: 11 places worth a day trip

A brewery with roots in 1564 near Turnov, known for keeping most of its beers unpasteurised. A popular stop for cyclists heading into Bohemian Paradise.

A small brewery in the Lusatian Mountains, brought back to life in recent years in a town that brewed beer for centuries.

Two towers on volcanic basalt plugs, nicknamed Baba and Panna, the emblem of Bohemian Paradise.

One of the oldest pilgrimage sites in Bohemia, at the foot of the Jizera Mountains: legend dates it to 1211, and the vast Baroque basilica was consecrated in 1725. A small 14th-century statue of the Virgin still stands on the high altar.

A glassworks in the Krkonoše making glass since 1712: watch it blown from a gallery above the furnaces, then visit the glass museum – and the brewpub in the same hall, where a glass wall looks onto the glassmakers.

A small spa in the Jizera Mountains below Smrk, using iron-rich springs known since the 16th century.

Sandstone towers around Hrubá Skála chateau in Bohemian Paradise, with a view across to Trosky.

A remote Jizera Mountains hamlet in a peat-bog valley below the volcanic cone of Bukovec.

A cascade over granite steps near Harrachov, with 'giant's kettles' carved into the rock.

Blueberry undergrowth and spruce; bay boletes here are often clean of maggots thanks to the altitude. August to October.

Quiet forest on the German border, less picked over than the Prague-side woods. Boletes and chanterelles, July to October.