Lomnice nad Popelkou is a town below the hill called Tabor on the small river Popelka. The village with a fortress is mentioned as early as in 1308. Later a serf town of a regular layout was founded. It was owned by the noble families of Kosik, Wallenstein and from the 17th century the lords of Mozin. The town has a long tradition of textile production. The guild of weavers was founded as early as in 1578. The well-known Lomnice biscuits have been produced in Lomnice since 1810.

At the upper end of the square, there is a Baroque castle from 1737 which was built in the place of a former fortress and is still used. The Townhall dates from 1864 and on its wall there is fastened a commemorative plaque which reminds us of the stay of B. Smetana in 1871. In the square, there is also a Municipal Museum in the Neo-classicism Slechta's Hruby dum (Rough House, it houses an exhibition of the history of the Lomnice region, ethnography, zoology and mineralogy, a gallery of paintings and representative rooms of the Slechta family). The Gothic Church of St. Nicholas burnt down in 1590 and in its place a late Baroque church was built in 1787-82.

Another point of interest is the cemetery Chapel of St John the Baptist dating from 1768 and the nearby wooden belfry built in 1652. In 1995, the group of burger timbered houses in the part called Karlov was declared a conservation zone.

Our trail starts at the marked road-fork in the lower part of the Lomnice square from which you will follow the red trail in the direction of Tabor. Cross the railway line twice behind the town and start the ascent up the hill Tabor. Below the top, you will come across the Way of the Cross dating back to 1898 It starts at the spring called Krizovka where there is a sculpture of Christ healing Lazarus. The red brick chapels of the Way of the Cross are decorated by cast iron reliefs which were cast in the steelworks in Blansko. The melaphyre hill Tabor (678 m) used to be called Chlum. The present name is due to the gatherings of people in the Hussite era. The Baroque Church of Transfiguration of the Lord dating back to 1704 was originally a Gothic chapel. The tourist hut with a viewpoint is closed.

We propose two alternatives for the part from Tabor to Morcinov. The more demanding trail descends all the way to the viaduct at Novy Svet and ascends again to the ruins of the small castle called Kozlov, the easier trail leads through Kosov. Both trails lead from the top of Tabor together along the red and blue trails. The easier trail continues along the red Golden Path of the Bohemian Paradise past the Allain's Cross to Kosov. The landlord of the estate, Kamil Rohan, had the stone Allain's Cross built in 1849 in the memory of his brother Allain who died during horse races here.

Walk along the red trail past the cross-roads with the yellow trail and walk through the Kosov village where you can refresh yourselves in the local restaurant. Turn left above Kosov and walk along the red trail which leads together with the green and yellow trails to the edge of Morcinov where both trails meet again.

The more demanding trail turns left below Tabor, walk along the blue trail to Allain's Tower. The Neo-Gothic tower was originally used as a viewpoint tower and a hunting deer-stand. Today it is in a bad state and overgrown with trees.

Continue along the blue and yellow trails below the Allain's Tower. The yellow trail turns below Hura to a small lake in the source area of the river Cidlina. Our trail continues along the blue one towards the viaduct at the edge of Novy Svet. After a short walk along the road, turn left following the blue trail and you will reach a wide forest road and, finally, the green trail. Continue to the right along the green trail steeply uphill.

When you reach the top, descend to a small pass from which you will follow a turning which passes through the ruins of a small castle called Kozlov. The castle probably dates back to the 14th century and as early as in the middle of the 15th century it was abandoned. There are only modest remnants of walls, moats and ramparts in the forest. A sign will lead you to the original green trail without the necessity of retracing. The green trail leads along the edges of melaphyre rocks and reaches the red and yellow trails above the forest at the edge of the Morcinov hamlet.

Our trail leads along the red trail in the direction to Rovensko pod Troskami. When you pass the highest point of the large ridge, you will get beautiful views of the centre of the Bohemian Paradise which fully replace the formerly popular and today overgrown Smetana's viewpoint above Rvacov. Turn left below the ridge along the red marked biking trail and walking along a dirt road with constant views you will reach the edge of the isolated Popelka settlements where you will turn right along the red and green trails. You will return to Lomnice nad Popelkou along the green trail when you pass through the ski sporting grounds with ski-jumps V Popelkach.