Turnov: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Turnov is known for its craft tradition, particularly for the production of jewellery featuring Bohemian garnets. The 18th century is regarded as the golden age of stoneworking in Turnov, when local craftspeople processed the famous Bohemian garnets.

Culture and history

At the Museum of the Bohemian Paradise, the Treasury displays jewellery, vessels made from precious and semi-precious stones, as well as embossed silverwork from 1891 to 1954. The museum also offers a permanent climbing exhibition entitled “Mountaineering – From the Bohemian Paradise to the Summits of the World”. It is located around 100 metres from náměstí Českého ráje, about five minutes from the central bus station and around 20 minutes from the railway terminal.

The Turnov Synagogue dates from the early 18th century. It is the only synagogue in northern Bohemia to have survived the Nazi occupation. The vocational school for metal and stoneworking in Turnov was founded in 1884 and is now the Střední uměleckoprůmyslová škola. The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is a significant ecclesiastical building with stained-glass windows.

Paths and landscape

National Cycle Route No. 14 passes through Turnov, running from Hrádek nad Nisou via Liberec, Český Dub and Turnov to Jičín. The Jizera Greenway includes a visitor route section from Turnov-Dolánky via Malá Skála to Líšný.

The Zámecká educational trail leads from the centre of Turnov through the Jizera valley towards Hrubý Rohozec and features information boards for identifying local animals and plants.

Architectural heritage by the river

Hrubý Rohozec can be reached during the summer months via the Zlatá stezka and a staircase belonging to the Zámecká educational trail. Dlaskův statek in Dolánky u Turnova, three kilometres from Turnov, is a typical and exceptionally well-preserved example of a house from the Pojizeří region. The former yeoman farmstead and administrative farm were built in 1716 in the picturesque Jizera valley and declared a National Cultural Monument of the Czech Republic in 2010.

More local pages: Benešov U Semil, Podmoklice, Veselá, Kruh, Olešnice, Sekerkovy Loučky, Horni Branna, Karlovice.

To the higher-level travel overview: Semily District.