Czech-Saxon Switzerland

Through the romantic rocks and peacefull woods to find the dwarves

 Jetřichovice - (Falkenštejn) - Haťový důl - Pod Suchým vrchem - Rynartice - Pavlínino valley - Jetřichovice

Starting point: Jetřichovice (see the trail no. 5)

Timing: 4 hours (14 kms)
Difficulty: an easy walk except the climbing up the Falkenštejn (you can skip this part); a long climbing under the top of Suchý hill but mainly there are flatlands or you walk down the hill. Attention: if you decide to walk up the edge of Falkenštejn (there are no signs or any artificial securing), you have to be very very careful and also skilful in the lower part! It is very dangerous when it is wet or if you have a backpack!

Refresments: the restaurants and pensions in Rynartice and Jetřichovice

Sights:
* the rocky castle Falkenštejn - from the top you can have a beautiful view of the near-by Havraní rock, but also of the distant surroundings. Only rooms hewed in the rocks were saved from the former castle, that is the main room with the window niche, the chapel and the tank, nowadays partly filled up.
* Haťový mine - it was named after former corduroy roads, nowadays replaced by metal and blacktop
* Trpasličí skála (Dwarves´ rock) - the sandstone massif situated above the big hollow - there are colourful reliefs of the dwarves hewed in the rock. It is dated back to 1882 and signed by EV, according to the authors - dad and son of Vatter´family -  who hewed these figures
* Pavlínino valley - the romantic forested and partly rocky valley of the small river Chřibská Kamenice
 

Source: Kletr publishers; www.kletr.cz

Sights on the trail

Picture of the trail