📜 A historic brick lookout tower from 1909, recently renovated and offering panoramic views.
🔍 Climb 73 steps to the viewing platform 18m above ground, located on Bohušův vrch (578m elevation).
⛰️ Enjoy panoramic views of Český les, Slavkovský les, Mariánské Lázně, Planá, Dyleň, and Přimda
🚶♀️ Easy access, open year-round
💡 Discover a tower with refreshment sales
🌳 Explore the summit area with rich nature, an overgrown orchard, ancient beech trees, and mysterious underground tunnels
🧺 Ideal for a picnic, family afternoon, or romantic sunsets
📜 Site dates back to the late 19th century with a wooden viewing gloriet, replaced by the current brick tower in 1909.
🏚️ Once hosted a popular inn, later demolished after WWII.
📡 Served as a transmitter and was closed to public for decades.
💀 Historically known as 'Šibeniční' (Gallows) hill due to past capital punishment until 1765.
🛠️ The tower underwent significant renovations in 1999 and 2014, including repairs to the staircase, viewing platform, and the installation of panoramic maps.
💰 Free entry year-round.
⏰ Open 24/7.
☕ Refreshments available at the tower.
⏱️ Recommended visit duration: 2 hours.
🚶♀️ From Planá center, follow the blue tourist trail (approx. 1.5km with 60m elevation).
🅿️ Parking is available near the road to Otín, about 100m from the tower via a field path.
⚠️ The trail to the tower involves some elevation and may not be suitable for wheelchairs.