Trips

Hotel Erlec is centrally located for trips to the nearby Czech-Saxon Switzerland, and to Germany for sightseeing, shopping or a relaxing time at a spa, only 10 kilometers away.The  Czech-Saxon Switzerland National Park is known for majestic Elbe Sandstones and the Lusatian Mountains, ideal  for hiking,  biking, or even on horseback.The beautiful renovated city of Dresden, only 55 kilometers away, is returning to its reputation as the 'Venice on the Elbe'.

     Relaxing in the spa

The Kors-Therme  (about 10 km  away) you will enjoy the baths and saunas, and the only salt water swimming pool in eastern Saxony.  Price 90 min. from 4 euro. 

     Königstein fortress , towering above the town of the same name along  the river Elbe, is one of the most architecturally and historically significant forts in Europe, once the home for celebrated kings. 

    Stolpen Castle is one of the most beautiful castles all over Germany. The medieval castle is visible from afar, with its majestic towers. Stolpen Castle , situated on volcanic igneous rocks, has the deepest  well in the world that is getting water.

    Bastei, the oldest tourist attraction in Saxon Switzerland, rises 194 meters above the right bank of the Elbe, and it leads to several access roads. As much as 76 m long, the  Basteibrücke bridge spans a deep chasm Mardertelle (Kuni pit) and connects with rock castle Bastei Neurathen. It was built in 1851 as the first building in Europe designed specifically for the purpose of tourism.

    Oybin is a complex of castle and monastery located only about 3 km from the Czech border with Germany in the German city of Zittau. Oybin castle towers above the spa town of the same name Kurort Rybin. It is built on a sandstone cliff own cone shape. The romantic ruins of a monastery Oybin (Czech also Ojvín) is probably the biggest tourist attraction in the Zittau mountains.

    Pravčická Gate

National Natural Monument - one of the most famous Czech rock morphological structures,  is located 3 km from Hrensko near the border with Germany. Its dimensions (height spans nearly 16 mA width 27 m, width 7-8 m arc) is the largest sandstone rock gate in Europe. Accessed from the rocks above the restaurant Falcon's Nest (building 1881) are the breathtaking views.

     Edmund Gorge

Among the most valuable and most interesting parts of the Bohemian Switzerland. It is named after Prince Edmund Clary-Aldringen. In the deep gorge of the river Kamenice with high sandstone walls can be very clearly see the twist degrees of vegetation, which is applied as a result of climatic inversion.