We shall begin our trip in the village of Nová Ves (New Village). Although its name is "new" the first record about the existence of this village dates back to 1345. We shall find here a stone wayside cross (calvary) from the early 18 century and a cross on the east edge of the village, dating back to 1700. We shall start at the tourist crossroad sign Nová Ves (railway station) and follow the blue sign all the way to the ruins of the Hasištejn castle.
The sign will take us through scattered houses all the way to the end of the Nová Ves, where we begin to descend into the valley of the Prunéřovský brook. As soon as we reach the crossroad sign Pod Celnou, we cross the road and get a chance to refresh ourselves at the local restaurant. A short distance before the restaurant we may take a look at a weir called Myší díra (Mouse hole). And now, the most interesting part of our trip is awaiting us. We will go down and along the rocky bed of the wild Prunéřovský brook. On our way down we are passing numerous cascades and rapids and many huge rock formations on both sides. When we reach a crossroad with yellow sign, we leave this magical valley and begin to climb sharply uphill through a forest until we reach a hillside above the valley. On the top we walk for a short while on a meadow and then begin to decline towards the Hasištejn castle. Our first encounter is the front defensive tower in the woods and a short distance behind it a parking lot where we will see well-preserved ruins of a Gothic castle. Most likely this castle was built around 1320. The castle flourished the most during the reign of Bohuslav Hasištejnský of Lobkovice, who greatly expanded and reinforced the castle. Its library became very famous. After 1510, the castle was deserted and slowly decayed. Much later in the 19th century the castle was modified by Emanuel Hirsch who build a pub here. Today, the state owned castle is open to the general public. The well-preserved tower of the castle offers beautiful views. Also underground spaces underneath the castle are available to visitors. Fire burned down the original castle restaurant in 1976, but today we have the opportunity to refresh ourselves in new but modest rooms. About 200 meter from the castle we will find a town of Místo with a nice church from the 17th century. In the town and around it we shall find many valuable Baroque sculptures brought here from extinct villages, which had to abandoned due to surface coal mining activities. The oldest wayside cross (calvary) and stone cross date back to 1601 and may be found near the parking lot in front of the castle. After visiting the castle and the village, we will be heading back to the crossroad with our yellow sign located in the Prunéřovský brook valley. Now we start here in the valley and head towards the opposite rocky hillside and take another sharp climb until we reach Výsluní. This picturesque town with its well-preserved Renaissance checkerboard layout is found on the Krušné Mountains plateau. Silver, copper, tin and lead used to be mined around here. From Výsluní we take a road through the village of Nové Domky (New Homes) into the Farský woods, where we pass around an abandoned train station Výsluní until we come to a crossroad. Here we take the red sign and continue for 4 km on a paved and nearly levelled road, until we reach our starting point. The greater part of our journey we will go through a beautiful forest, but towards the end of our tip we will walk over meadows around the Nová Ves village. Total length 16 km.
