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tourist
information center

O P E N
(break 11.30-12 AM)

Mon - Fri

Sat - Sun

September - April

8 AM - 5 PM

May - October

8 AM - 5 PM

10 AM - 4 PM

In the town hall building by the bus stops on the main square, Kupkovo náměstí 247, phone 494 668 111 and 725 701 820, fax 494 667 848, e-mail infocentrum@opocno.cz
Free Opočno maps, information leaflets, culture program, tickets reservation.
Public Internet, printing and copy service for a small fee.

Opocno Nature Trails

There are three nature trails marked around the town Opocno.

Main trail: town center - game preserve - lookouts - Broumar (11 km)

Historical center and castle gardens (4.4 km)

All around the pond Broumar (4.1 km)

The information boards on the trails are in Czech. Other languages printed guides are available for free in the Tourist Information Center.

Besides the three nature trails there are two tourist paths marked through Opocno:

Opocno - Tyniste nad Orlici

Hradec Kralove - Trebechovice pod Orebem - Opocno - Prazova Bouda - Destne v Orlickych horach

Detailed tourist maps are located at the main square (Kupkovo namesti) and by the pond Broumar, but good idea is to choose your own map from several editors in scales 1:50000 to 1:100000, available in book stores, newspaper stands, tourist information centres, etc.

Travel Agency MARIN

Address: Nadrazni ulice 167, Phone: 494 667 848
Open: Mon-Fri: 9-11:30 and 12-17

tours: both abroad and domestic
free tourist information
timetables, fax, copier

Travel Agency T Split Tour

Address: Kupkovo namesti 137, Phone: 723 336 908

Travel Agency CKL

Address: Kupkovo namesti, Phone: 494 621 072, 605 521 736
E-mail: dobruska@ckl.cz

Transportation

Ceske drahy - Czech Railways (station = nadrazi)
Opocno railway station name is Opocno pod Orlickymi horami - not only Opocno.
Phone: 494 668 109, map
There is a through train to/from Prague.

On-line timetable for trains and buses

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Regular bus lines
Besides local connections there is also a direct line to Prague.
On-line timetable for trains and buses

Filling station COOP is open every day 5 AM - 9 PM.

Filling station EuroOil is open every day 6 AM - 8 PM.

Surroundings

town Dobruska: F.L.Vek house (Czech revival museum), Jewish mikve (bath-museum), Town Hall (lookout tower, museum), more details (CZ), footpath between Dobruska and Opocno (CZ)
Skalka: Chateau, old Jewish cemetery

Osicina: Lookout tower about 56 m high; accessible level 37 m (165 steps), on a hill Osicina 5 km south of Opocno
Open during tourist season on weekends and during summer vacations.
town Nove Mesto nad Metuji: large castle, renaissance square, pictorial valley Peklo
valley reservoir Rozkos (20 sq. km)
town Ceska Skalice and pictorial valley Babiccino udoli
town Nachod: castle (CZ), museums, more details (CZ)
fortification Nachod-Dobrosov (CZ) (1938): guided (underground) tours, lookout tower (open on weekends 10 - 16), more details (CZ)
mountain town Novy Hradek (CZ), castle ruins Frymburk
natural protected area Orlicke hory (Eagle Mountains) - biking/skiing routes

References

OPOCNO - history

Castle - winter panorama

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	Regular bus lines Besides local connections there is also a direct line to Prague. On-line timetable for trains and buses
	Filling station COOP is open every day 5 AM - 9 PM. Filling station EuroOil is open every day 6 AM - 8 PM.