📜 Lake Barbora is an artificial lake created in the 1970s by flooding a former brown coal surface mine. It is renowned for its exceptionally clean and clear water, often compared to the sea, due to its significant depth and self-cleaning capabilities.
🔍 Covering 65 hectares with depths reaching up to 60 meters, it serves as a vital training ground for sports divers and a popular recreational spot.
☀️ Swimming: Enjoy two sandy beaches, the main beach being maintained year-round with facilities.
🏄♀️ Water Sports: Ideal for diving, surfing, sailing, and kayaking.
🎾 Other Activities: Play ball games on the beach court or practice at the golf driving range.
👨👩👧👦 Family/accessibility appeal: The main beach offers social facilities, changing rooms, and a first aid station with professional health service. It's suitable for both divers and general bathers, with a designated nudist area.
🎶 Special Features: Explore unique underwater attractions for divers, including training platforms, a Wartburg wreck, a train station attendant, and a 'Stations of the Cross'.
✈️ In winter, the lake freezes over for ice skating.
⚠️ Potential Issues: The lake bottom is muddy clay with sediment, and water visibility can vary at different depths.
🚫 Rules or Restrictions: Parking is subject to a fee during the peak season (May-September).
🚶♀️ It can get very crowded on warm days, so plan accordingly.
🎟️ Entry fees (general access):
Adults: 60 Kč
Reduced: 30 Kč
Family: 90 Kč
🅿️ Parking: Zpoplatněno (paid) during season (May-September). Parking is included with accommodation or daily stay at the diving center.
🏄♀️ Equipment rental: Kayaks are available for rent (prices not specified).
Diving cylinder filling: 16 Kč/liter (air).
Accommodation at diving center: 380 Kč/person/night.
Daily stay at diving center: 120 Kč/person.
🚿 Toilets, changing boxes, and a first aid station are available on the main beach.
🏕️ Accommodation options: The Czech Divers Association training center offers six four-bed rooms, a clubroom, and a classroom.
🍽️ Food and dining options: Refreshment stands and a beach bar are on-site.
🚗 Driving directions: Located 7 km from Teplice. From the Teplice - Duchcov route, turn left at the first intersection in Kamenný pahorek, then drive 600m to Oldřichov and the marked parking area.
🚌 Public transport options: Accessible by bus lines 491 and 492 from Dubí, and line 488 from Ústí nad Labem.
🤝 The diving training center is managed by Svaz českých potápěčů (Czech Divers Association).
Contact for accommodation: +420 607 841 877, barbora.scp@svazpotapecu.cz
General contact: +420 606 648 898 (via eurocampbarbora.cz)