Spa town Velké Losiny

By car from Hotel Perk - via Rapotín - to Velké Losiny

On bike Hotel Perk - Monument to the Sanatorium - Enchanted Forest - Angel Trail - Forest Balneo - Under the Beech Mountain - Velké Losiny Chateau - Velké Losiny Pralines - Zlosín Microbrewery - Velké Losiny Spa - Church of St. John the Baptist - Velké Losiny Handmade Paper Mill - Velké Losiny Cherry Alley - Velké Losiny Glassworks Museum - Rapotín Veteran Museum - Hotel Perk

You can get to Velké Losiny by bike directly from the hotel. If you choose to do so, head towards the "Sanatorka Monument", which is considered the starting point of this route. Slowly you will find yourself out of the built-up part of town on the forest path of the " Magic Forest ", through which you will be guided by fairy-tale statues. You will also find several wells with seating. Just before the Tulinka signpost, you will see a children's forest playground with a small rope centre, a bandit's house and an anthill in the shade of the trees. At the Tulinka signpost, you will connect to the green hiking trail and follow it all the way to Městské skály. After about less than a kilometre you will also discover a small unique building. The dilapidated transformer station, which used to supply the now disused town quarry with electricity, has received not only a much-needed renovation, but also an unexpected decoration - statues of angelic beings. A pleasant seating area has also been built here and children can spend a short while at an educational panel about bark beetles.  A few meters away from the substation, you can turn onto an inconspicuous path leading to the quarry and take a look at the places where rula used to be mined. When you get back on the green hiking trail, you will slowly start to notice the metres you have climbed. At this point, you will have a kilometre to go to prepare for the final climb, which will test your fitness not only with the quickly gained vertical metres, but also by climbing over fallen trees. This section is no longer passable for strollers.

If you are put off by the view up the steep hill, the alternative is to continue along the unmarked path to the signpost Nad skálami and then take the green path. This will spread the 115 metres of ascent that you would have climbed in just over 500 metres by the shorter route into 2.5 kilometres.

Velke Losiny can also be reached directly via the cycle path through Rapotín. You start from the Hotel Perk, via the ČSL armády and Holubí kopec. At the main road towards Losiny you will be connected to the cycle path.

In the chateau park of Velke Losiny it is time to relax by the lake. Children like to feed the ducks here, you can refresh yourself in the chateau café. The chateau is open from April to the end of September and there are two guided tours. For the latest information, visit the Velké Losiny Chateau website www.zamek-velkelosiny.cz. Next to the chateau park, there is also a playground and the praline factory of Velké Losiny.

Here, in the factory and in the hands of Jana Kašparová, delicious chocolate Velkolosinské pralines are produced, which can also boast an original brand - Jeseníky original product.

It is a wide range of chocolate candies with filling. There is really something for everyone. From marzipan, to hazelnut cream, to Tasmanian mountain pepper. Apart from pralines, many types of cakes are made and sold here, and a local speciality - Velkolosinské pies. The confectionery also offers products from the nearby distillery in Maršíkov, honey directly from beekeepers, and original jams and marmalades with a story.

Velkolosinské pralines in combination with a box from the oldest handmade paper mill in the Czech Republic - Velké Losiny, make a very unique and original souvenir or gift from this spa village. In the summer months, the garden is also open.

From the chateau park, follow the Losinka River to the village centre, where you can visit the Handmade Paper Mill. It is one of the last European witnesses of the old papermaking craft, the only one of its kind in the Czech Republic. It offers visitors two guided tours of the Paper Museum - traditional paper production techniques, the history of the craft and many technical highlights. You can book online at www.rpvl.cz.

You can end your trip by relaxing in the unique thermal park, which as the only one in the Czech Republic offers a relaxing and regenerating water world, pools filled with natural thermal water. For more information visit www.lazne-losiny.cz.

10 km by road (Hotel Perk - Velké Losiny)

by car approx. 15 minutes (Hotel Perk - Velké Losiny)

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part of the route is accessible with an all-terrain stroller (forest path)

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