Stradonka
lookout tower · České středohoří
One of the smallest lookout towers in the country — a six-metre wooden "Celtic watchtower" of 2009 on a real Celtic rampart above Stradonice, with Hazmburk and the western Středohoří lined up in front of it.
Stradonka is a six-metre timber lookout on the rampart of a Celtic hillfort above the village of Stradonice, between Peruc and Libochovice — one of the smallest lookout towers in the country, built in 2009 in the shape of the watchtowers that may have stood on this very earthwork two and a half thousand years ago. Small does not mean modest: the platform lines up the Ohře valley, Hazmburk on its twin rock, Lovoš, Milešovka and, on clear days, the Krušné hory. An analemmatic sundial was added nearby in 2012 — you stand in the middle and your own shadow tells the hour.
Hikes passing here
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From Peruc to the Spa
A 28.5 km walk through the low country south of the Ohře — Peruc, the little Stradonka lookout with its Hazmburk view, Libochovice château and a spa-village finish at Mšené-lázně.
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Hazmburk at Dusk
A 30.8 km solo winter walk across the Ohře country — Peruc, the Stradonka lookout, Hazmburk at dusk, and a dark-hour finish in Třebenice.