Penzion U Muzea Liberec - Neighbourhood

Liberec is a significant sports centre, located between two well-known skiing resorts Ještěd and Bedřichov available for downhill skiing as well as cross-country skiing. The resorts are suitable for all ability levels from beginner to professional. Since Liberec holds in 2009 Nordic World Ski Championship, a new skiing centre in Vesec district is now available for cross-country skiing sportsmen. All the centres are reachable by public transport.

The dominant feature of Liberec is the 1012-metre high Ještěd Mountain, atop which is the remarkable silhouette of a television transmission tower and mountain hotel.

Liberec Zoo is the oldest of its kind in the Czech Republic. Zoo is 700 m from the Penzion. It currently specialises in breeding rare species of animals or those which are critically endangered in the wild. One such animal, the white tiger, is a true rarity and is a major attraction for visitors. Also well worthy of note are the rare Sumatran orangutans, the lesser panda, the golden takins, or the largest collection of birds of prey in Europe. Among the other attractions at the zoo is the feeding of the seals, the "sprite trail" for children, a colourful little train, or the so-called "contact ZOO", where children can touch domesticated animals and see them close up.

The Botanical Garden is 400 m from the Penzion and is the most modern gardens in Bohemia, with glasshouses that are truly a paradise of plants. The noble orchids are sure to take your breath away, as are the attractive flower gardens, the miniature world of the bonsai, or a unique display of carnivorous plants. The incredible and silent underwater world is also captured in a collection of aquariums that are home to stingrays and sharks or more common angelfish and neon tetras.

Liberec Swimming Pool with the largest roller coaster between Munich and Moscow ( 150 m and 35 cm) is 400 m from the Penzion. In the "wet zone" you will find besides a 50 m race-pool with eight lanes also jumping area with 1 and 3 m desk and a 5 m diving toner. Attraction is also Wild River, children paddling pool, sauna, whirling pools, wellness centre and sunny meadow.

In the neighbourhood you will find also the North Bohemian Museum, the neo-Renaissance Town Hall, the F. X. Šalda Theatre, the Regional gallery, many restaurants, coffee bars, disco, Golfcentrum, bowling, tenis hall and shopping centre Interspar.

The Babylon centre seems like " the town under one cover". The tourist attraction of Babylon is Aquapark, Lunapark, IQpark, Wellness centrum, Bowling, Labyrinth and other.

Close by Liberec are castles Grabštejn, Lemberk, Frýdlant v Čechách, Sychrov or Hrubý Rohozec.