Mezní Louka

A remote hamlet and popular tourist destination nestled amid forests along the road from Hřensko to Vysoká Lípa; a local district of Hřensko.

Points of Interest

The original settlement consisted solely of manorial buildings, the oldest of which was a gamekeeper’s lodge built in 1794. Today’s Mezní Louka Hotel was commissioned by Prince Edmund Clary-Aldringen in 1892. It served as a guesthouse and a climatic spa. At the beginning of the 20th century, the possibility of utilizing the local springs was considered.

The village is the starting point for the most popular hiking trails—to Pravčická brána and the Kamenice Gorges.
The Rysí stezka Forest Adventure Park in Mezní Louka

The Rysí Stezka Forest Adventure Park in Mezní Louka

ForestAdventure ParkThe Rysístezka has been open to visitors since May 2015 in Mezní Louka, along the marked hiking trail toward Pravčická brána. Through 20 interactive stations, the trail introduces park visitors to issues related to the care of the local forests, their species diversity, and their historical development.” Along the approximately 1.5-kilometer-long loop, visitors will find, among other things, a forest gazebo made from four types of wood typical of the national park, a wooden walkway over a water pool, a rope bridge in a beech sapling stand, a tactile trail, a model of a tree hollow, a model of a log skid, a bark beetle-themed climbing frame, a wooden walkway with animal tracks, bird silhouettes, and a tree dendrophone..

The biggest attraction at the nearby playground is a walk-through wooden model ofPravčická Gate—the symbol of Bohemian Switzerland—which children can also use as a slide or climbing frame. The 4-meter-high wooden model of Pravčická Gate, designed as a multifunctional playstructure, serves as a climbing frame, slide, cable car, and climbing wall. It is complemented by a range of other traditional and less traditional play elements (the “anthill” sandbox, the “owl” spring swing, the “lynx” hanging swing, the “capercaillie” climbing structure, the “upside-down tree roots” climbing frames, and a double swing).

Trail developer: Bohemian Switzerland National Park Administration.