When do the leaves change in Czechia?

The largest continuous forest in Central Europe, 680 square kilometers along the Bavarian border where spruce plantations give way to old-growth remnants like the Boubín virgin forest, home to beech and fir trees 300 to 400 years old. Glacial lakes and raised peat bogs punctuate the ridgeline.

Don’t miss: Boubín virgin forest of 300-to-400-year-old beech and fir · glacial lakes and raised peat bogs along the ridge · 100km-long forested ridge on the Bavarian border

Typically October 15–October 31

Europe's largest natural sandstone arch, 26.5 meters wide, rising over the pine and beech forest of Bohemian Switzerland National Park near Hřensko. A trail climbs to the viewing terrace above it; below, flat-bottomed boats pole visitors through the narrow Kamenice River gorge.

Don’t miss: 26.5-meter sandstone arch, the largest in Europe · punted boat trip through the Kamenice River gorge · pine and beech forest across the sandstone plateau

Czechia's oldest national park, established in 1963 around Sněžka, the country's highest peak at 1,603 meters. Beech and spruce forest climbs from the valley floor to alpine tundra near the summit, with 800 kilometers of marked trails through a range shared as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve with Poland.

Don’t miss: Sněžka, Czechia's highest peak at 1,603m · beech and spruce forest below the alpine tundra line · 800km of marked trails across the range