Beskids: Lysá hora, Hukvaldy and Štramberk
The highest peak of the Moravian-Silesian Beskids, two castle viewpoints and the Ostravice valley, which you drive through with no mountain hairpins. Lysá hora, though, is earned on foot, so one whole day goes on the climb and the view from the top. The rest of the trip is calm by comparison: the Šance drinking-water reservoir with views of the surrounding peaks, a wooden church in Bílá modelled on a Norwegian original, an old deer park below Hukvaldy Castle and finally Štramberk with the Trúba tower above the timbered roofs. Four days work out tight: two for the sights and one each for the drive there and back, so plan nothing extra for the first and last day.
The route runs on motorways via Olomouc and Frýdek-Místek and takes up practically the whole day, so do not plan anything else for the first day. Make your base in Ostravice or Frýdlant nad Ostravicí — every destination on the trip is close from there. In the evening there is still time to stock up and take a walk along the Ostravice river with Lysá hora above your head.
You cannot drive up Lysá hora (1,323 m) — the service road to the summit is closed to public traffic, so the vehicle stays down in the valley and you walk up. Depending on whether you start from Ostravice, Malenovice or Visalaje, count on two to three hours uphill and a similar time coming back; the ascent is almost nine hundred metres. At the top stand the Bezruč mountain hut, a weather station and a transmitter, and in clear conditions you can see across the whole of the Beskids. Pack an extra layer — it tends to be markedly colder and windier up there than down below.
Head for the Šance reservoir in the morning. It supplies drinking water to the Ostrava region, so swimming and water sports are not permitted here — the value of the stop lies in the views of Lysá hora and Smrk and in the walking loops and cycle routes around the shores. Then follow the valley to Bílá and the wooden church of St Frederick, which its architect modelled on Norwegian stave churches and which has no equal in the Czech Republic; you cannot normally get inside, but it is worth stopping for even from the outside. In the afternoon drive on below Hukvaldy, where in the summer season a large deer park with fallow deer and mouflons is open from morning until evening, and above it stands a castle ruin with a viewpoint — the castle season runs from April to October, it is closed on Mondays, and in October it closes in the afternoon.
The last day belongs to Štramberk. You climb the Trúba tower, the remnant of Strallenberg Castle on Castle Hill, by stairs, and from the top you can see the whole little town and the Beskid ridges; across the town, on the opposite hill of Kotouč, lies the Šipka cave, where the jaw of a Neanderthal child was found. Trúba keeps similar hours to Hukvaldy — outside July and August it is closed on Mondays, so keep an eye on the date. Before you set off home, try Štramberk ears in the town itself; the drive back to Prague then swallows the rest of the day.
Up to 3.5 t, which covers most of the motorhomes we sell, an electronic motorway vignette is enough. In 2026 the annual one costs CZK 2,570, the monthly one CZK 480 and the ten-day one CZK 300, and you buy it at edalnice.cz; you need it for the motorway run from Prague via Olomouc to Frýdek-Místek. Above 3.5 t the vignette does not apply — the vehicle falls under the MYTO CZ electronic toll, needs an on-board unit registered to that particular vehicle and pays for the kilometres driven according to the number of axles, the emission class and the type of road (for a two-axle vehicle on a motorway, the 2026 rates start at roughly CZK 2.8 per km). The Beskids themselves are driven on second- and third-class roads, where you pay nothing; there is no toll mountain road, tunnel or ferry on the route.
CamperParking Ostravice (operated by beskyd-camper.cz), Ostravice — fenced motorhome pitches with an electricity hook-up, drinking water and a waste dump point, open all year round, booking online · Autokemp Baška, Baška u Frýdku-Místku — campsite on the shore of the Baška reservoir with a dedicated caravan section, electricity hook-ups and a chemical toilet disposal point; reception operates in the summer season · Camping Rožnov, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm — year-round caravan section with 16 A hook-ups, a dump point and drinking water; it lies beyond the ridge, but Štramberk is close from there
The whole region lies in the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area, where staying overnight and camping outside designated places is prohibited — count on a campsite or a motorhome pitch, not on pulling over by a forest. The car parks below Lysá hora in Ostravice, Malenovice, Visalaje and Staré Hamry are largely paid and serve daytime parking; the municipalities also fine wild overnight stops along the roads. In Štramberk leave the vehicle in the car park below the town and do not take it up into the narrow, steep lanes above the square.
The most reliable service point on the route is the motorhome site in Ostravice (beskyd-camper.cz) — filling up with drinking water, emptying the waste tank and the chemical toilet, non-stop and open even to those who do not stay the night there; the service itself costs CZK 200 and the water runs in winter too. Autokemp Baška also has a chemical toilet disposal point by its washrooms. You can restock without trouble in Frýdlant nad Ostravicí; higher up in the mountains the shops are small and keep shorter opening hours.
Adria Twin
This trip is built on the vehicle standing half a day in a car park below Lysá hora and then threading through the narrow lanes below Štramberk — the Adria Twin is a compact van conversion, it fits into an ordinary parking space and there is nowhere in the Beskid villages you cannot take it. The rear space swallows poles, rucksacks and bikes for the loops around Šance, and in the evening it turns into a full living space.
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