The Hřebeny Above Prague

A 25.1 km walk along the Hřebeny ridge just outside Prague, from Klínec to Zadní Třebaň. It passes Černolické skály, the leaning Korunka tower and baroque Skalka.

Both ends sit on railway lines out of Prague. You take a train to the Klínec stop on the way out and a train home from Zadní Třebaň, so the one-way walk needs nothing more than a timetable. Between the stations the way keeps mostly to the wooded ridge and drops to the Berounka valley only at the very end.

From the Klínec stop the way heads west to Černolice. Just behind the village are the Černolické skály, quartzite crags with an open view over the Berounka lowland. Half an hour further on, the Korunka tower gives the same view from higher up. Climbing its 118 steps is free. The route then follows the wooded Hřebeny ridge on quiet forest roads, with an occasional view south into the Brdy.

Just past half-way the trail dips to Skalka above Mníšek pod Brdy. The baroque chapel, monastery and hermitage stand along the spur, and the refreshment cabin by the church is the one reliable stop on the route. Take a break there before the final wooded stretch. From Skalka the way returns to the ridge and descends through Halouny to Zadní Třebaň in the Berounka valley, where trains run back towards Prague.