Hradec Králové Region: 8 places worth a day trip

A craft brewery below Potštejn castle in eastern Bohemia, known for its IPAs and pale ales.

A small Krkonoše brewery in Vrchlabí, a good stop on the way to or from the mountains.

A Krkonoše spa grown up around a warm spring, at the foot of Černá hora and its cable car.

A sandstone rock town near Jičín with narrow gorges and dozens of viewpoints.

The Elbe rises on a Krkonoše meadow at 1,386 m and flows about 1,100 km to the North Sea; nearby it drops over the Labe waterfall.

At 1,603 m the highest mountain in the Czech Republic, on the Polish border in the Krkonoše. A cable car runs up from Pec pod Sněžkou.

A labyrinth of sandstone towers up to 100 m tall, with a boat ride on a small lake and narrow gorges.

Spruce ridges above the Divoká Orlice valley, reliable in wet summers when the lowlands stay empty.