Bohemian Paradise — rock towns, castles and sandstone viewpoints
In Bohemian Paradise, Trosky Castle, the Prachov Rocks and Kost Castle lie so close together that the motorhome barely moves and you walk everywhere. It is a classic family weekend: a sandstone rock town full of viewpoints and gorges, the twin silhouette of Trosky above the countryside, a Gothic castle on a spur where three valleys meet, and Jičín with arcades running around all four sides of its square. You set up base at a single campsite and the vehicle then stays put until the drive home — the hops between the sights are short enough that even the children will not complain.
From Prague you follow the D10 towards Turnov and turn off to Sychrov just beyond it. The neo-Gothic seat of the French Rohan family is worth a tour mainly for the carved decoration of the interiors and for the portrait gallery, while the English park with its orangery comes in handy on a hot day. In the afternoon you move on to Hrubá Skála — the chateau itself now serves as a hotel, so what remains open to the public is the courtyard and the lookout tower. Save the Mariánská viewpoint for the early evening: from there you can see the whole rock town and the towers that climbers work their way up.
Start the day below Trosky: the two towers standing on the rock plugs of a Tertiary volcano, the taller and slender Panna and the lower, stocky Baba, are visible from across the region, and the path up leads over steps and uneven ground, so you will not get far with a pushchair. The afternoon belongs to Kost Castle, which stands on a rocky spur at the point where three damp valleys meet; from its walls an easy trail runs down the Plakánek valley past a chain of ponds. In April and October, Trosky and Kost tend to open only at weekends and on public holidays, so check the date in advance if you are coming on a weekday.
Begin the last day in the Prachov Rocks. The circuits are colour-coded: the yellow one is manageable even for smaller children, the green one is the longest and full of steep steps, and the blue one follows surfaced paths and is the only one a pushchair can handle — but only on the sections leading to selected viewpoints, not into the inner gorges. After lunch, move on to Jičín and Valdštejn Square — the arcades run along all four sides and, in clear weather, from the gallery of the Valdice Gate you can see as far as the Krkonoše mountains and Ještěd. The way back to Prague leads via Mladá Boleslav on the D10; if you have time, stop at the Valdštejn Loggia at the end of the lime-tree avenue.
Up to 3.5 t: in Czechia a motorhome runs on an electronic motorway vignette. The annual one costs CZK 2,570 (2026) and ten-day or monthly versions are available as well, all bought electronically at edalnice.gov.cz. On this route the only tolled stretch is the D10 motorway between Prague and Turnov; the roads inside Bohemian Paradise are free. Over 3.5 t: the vignette does not apply to this category, the vehicle must be registered in the electronic toll system and carry an on-board unit, and the toll is then charged according to the distance travelled, the number of axles and the emission class. One charge of its own is the visit to the Prachov Rocks — parking at the central car park and admission to the rock town are paid separately, as is admission to each of the castles and chateaux.
Autocamp Sedmihorky, Sedmihorky near Turnov — the best base for the whole route, lying right below Hrubá Skála, with pitches for motorhomes and caravans, a restaurant and a beach by the Bažantník pond · Kemp Rumcajs, Jičín (M. Koněva street) — organised pitches for motorhomes and caravans, walking distance from Valdštejn Square and the open-air pool, an alternative if you want to be closer to Jičín and the Prachov Rocks · Autokemp Kacanovy, Kacanovy 73 near Turnov — a smaller site on the edge of the Hrubá Skála area with its own swimming pool, pitches for motorhomes and caravans with 6/10 A electric hook-ups, an alternative when Sedmihorky is full
The rock towns and the countryside around Trosky and Kost lie within the Bohemian Paradise Protected Landscape Area, where camping and open fires outside designated places are prohibited, and the car parks by the rock towns serve for daytime parking, not for overnight stays. Plan the night at a campsite — the distances between the sights are so short that you can reach everything from a single base. The car park below Trosky is small and fills up in the morning during the season, so it pays to arrive early; at the Prachov Rocks there is a large paid car park where a motorhome fits without any trouble.
The most reliable place to top up drinking water and to empty the chemical toilet and grey water is Autocamp Sedmihorky — it has a disposal point and water taps right by the pitches for motorhomes and caravans. There is no motorhome service at the castles or at the car parks in the rocks, so fill the tank as you leave the campsite. Shopping, a pharmacy and filling stations are all taken care of in Turnov or in Jičín, and you pass through both of them on the way.
Adria Compact
On this route you do not drive far, but you park constantly — below Trosky, on the edge of Podkost and at the Prachov Rocks — and the semi-integrated Compact fits where a longer vehicle would have to reverse out. At the same time it offers full family comfort, so after a whole day on the steps of the rock town there is somewhere to cook and somewhere to shower.
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