SLAVKOV FOREST (SLAVKOVSKÝ LES)

This protected natural area is the most important in the region. Very sparsely populated, it covers a large triangle of 610 km² whose peaks would be Karlovy Vary, Cheb and Mariánské Lázně. The altitude is modest: between 374 m and 983 m. But the overall landscape is exceptional: forests, meadows, Prameny rock formations, mineral and gas eruptions and especially the set of peat bogs around Kladská. Beautiful hiking trails crisscross the area.