The region around the middle reaches of the Jizera River, dubbed the Bohemian Paradise in 1886, is packed with rock towns, romantic valleys, castles, chateaus and picturesque folk architecture. The symbol of the Bohemian Paradise is the ruined Trosky castle; its guardian mountain is Kozákov.
The Bohemian Paradise is the ideal leisure-time destination. It offers a dense network of hiking and biking trails, with the Golden Trail of the Bohemian Paradise running like a red thread through the region. Water sports buffs love Jizera River, which also has a biking route running alongside it – the Greenway Jizera. Bolder visitors can try a hot-air balloon flight or go paragliding.
The Bohemian Paradise was declared the first protected landscape area in the Czech Republic in 1955. Owing to its extraordinarily natural, geological and landscape value, the Bohemian Paradise became a member of the UNESCO Global Geoparks network.
