Downhill to the Mělník Vineyards

Kokořínsko · CHKO Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj · Point to point · hiked 21 May 2021

Distance
21.2 km
Ascent
81 m
Descent
261 m
Highest point
375 m
Difficulty
2/5 · Easy day walk

An easy 21.2 km downhill drift from Mšeno through the southern Kokořínsko — beer at U Grobiána, the Harasov pond, and vineyards into Mělník.

From Mšeno the whole way trends downhill toward the Labe, with almost no climbing to speak of. That makes it a relaxed, spring-afternoon sort of walk: sandstone lanes and rock country in the first half, open fields and vineyards in the second.

The green waymark leaves Mšeno westward to Sedlec, where U Grobiána provides the traditional early beer, and continues past Kanina toward the plateau rim at Hradsko, the old hillfort site above the valley junction. The descent into the lower Kokořínský důl passes Harasov, where the pond lies flat under its sandstone cliff — the ruin above it was once a fashionable interwar hotel.

· km 10.94

From Harasov the way runs down the valley to Lhotka u Mělníka and out of the sandstone country; the last kilometres cross open fields and drop through the vineyards into Mělník, with the confluence view from the château terrace as the finishing move and the station ten minutes on.

Practical info

Start Mšeno railway station — by train, bus
End Mělník — by train, bus
Waymarks green
Terrain forest path
Food & water
U Grobiána (Sedlec) (pub , km 4 ) — early beer stop
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On the way

  • Mšeno

    village

    A small town at the eastern gate of the Kokořínsko sandstone — Art Deco municipal baths from 1932, the Debř rock park, and rail access into the walking country.

  • Hradsko

    village

    A hamlet on a cliff-edged plateau above the Pšovka valley, on the site of a great early-medieval stronghold — likely the Canburg besieged by Charlemagne's Franks in 805.

  • Mělník

    village

    The wine town on the rock above the meeting of the Vltava and the Labe — château terrace views over the confluence and Říp, vineyards planted since Charles IV.

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