Circle trip "Around Šostýn I" (Kopřivnice)

TYPE: walking trip, trip with small children

STARTING POINT

Trailhead

parking lot at the swimming pool

FINISHING POINT

Šostýn (Crossroads)

ROUTE

STARTING POINT: Trailhead (0 km) – (A) Pod Pískovnou (crossroads) – (B) Crossroads of the witches – FINISHING POINT: Šostýn (Crossroads) (3-3,4 km)

Parking – Bezruč’s Lookout – Šostýn Castel – Parking

slightly demanding

Length 3-3,4 km

Ascent 186 m

Descent 186 m

SIGN

SURFACE

forest path, forest road, asphalt road

FOR DOWNLOADING

GPX

POINTS OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE

Bezruč’s Lookout (1)

Šostýn Castle (2)

DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE

From the trailhead (A), take the Lachian nature trail route to the Bezruč viewing tower, then go along the ridge of Brdy to the crossroads "Pod Pískovnou" (B). From there, turn right and go along the pond below Šostýn to the ruins of the castle (distance: about 2.5 km).

Back from Šostýn, either from the tourist signpost (D) following the yellow tourist signs to the trailhead (a total of ca. 3 km) or from the Lachian nature trail board "Crossroads of the witches" (C) to the right to the asphalt road and along it down to the trailhead (the length of the entire trip is ca. 3.4 km).