Kemp Děčín

The Děčín area is in Bohemian Switzerland, on the Czech side of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains – yep, that's as handsome and activity-filled as it sounds. There's plenty to do in the area around the site: an aquapark is a mere three-minute walk away, a via ferrata park ten minutes away and a zoo within 15 minutes. Děčín is the biggest town in the Děčín District, and probably its most popular tourist place is Děčín Castle, on a hill overlooking the Labe river and once the home of Bohemian kings. It, the town rose gardens and the recently placed south gardens are all 10 minutes' walk from Kemp Děčín. The site is also a nifty base for trips and tours around the Bohemian Switzerland National Park with its monumental Pravčická brána, the biggest natural sandstone arch in Europe, and to the spa town of Bad Schandau (24km), over the border to Germany and the city of Dresden (65km) or all the way to Meissen (90km). In the opposite direction about 25 kilometres away is the city of Ústí nad Labem, a popular – and pretty – tourist place. But you might just be here for the cycling. The splendid Elbe Cycle Route runs for 980 kilometres leading cyclists through Dresden, Cuxhaven and the North Sea coast from its starting pint in Prague: see how far along it your biking legs will take you.