The mining town of Ostrov has an important place in Czech history, its attractive Renaissance/Baroque core funded by Ore Mountain silver and then blighted by Communist era uranium processing.
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An excursion into the sandstone rock areas near the Cz-D border at Ostrov – 13 km (extendable)
This walk explores the remarkable sandstone rock complexes and table mountains on both sides of the Cz/D border in the very far north of Bohemia, close to the famous rock walls of Tisá.
A circuit from Ostrov into the sandstone rock complexes at Tisá: 7 km – 10 km
An extended version of the classic Tiské stěny walk, through spectacular sandstone rock scenery, starting at the pretty hamlet of Ostrov, on the Cz-Germany border.