Day 1: Follow the pilgrimage trail from Ticháček’s Chapel to Hvězda.

Let’s start in Police nad Metují, where a pleasant trail takes us to the Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes and further along the Stations of the Cross near the village of Suchý Důl to the small chapel in the Ticháček Forest. This pilgrimage site was established after a series of apparitions that reportedly occurred here at the end of the 19th century. A local girl, who went into the forest to pick mushrooms, was the first to see a figure floating above the ground. The figure greeted her, but the girl was frightened and ran away. Later, the apparition continued to appear repeatedly. At the spot where the supernatural being was often seen, a "Green Chapel" was eventually built. Since then, pilgrims have come to the Ticháček Forest to honor Our Lady of the Rosary, to whom the chapel is dedicated. The Rosary Stairway leads to it, and nearby you can refresh yourself at a spring with healing water.

Beautiful views and refreshments await the pilgrims who make their way to Hvězda. At the place where the writer Alois Jirásek used to regularly come to meditate, you will find a Baroque pilgrimage chapel built according to the design of Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer. The chapel stands on the East Bohemian route of the Way of St. James and impresses with its unusual ground plan, which gave it its name, the arched bridge and many elaborate architectural details.

TIP: If you want to experience a pleasant and perhaps a bit mystical evening at the Hvězda, stay in the adjacent hiking chalet built in Swiss Alpine style. You will appreciate the original interior and the excellent kitchen.

On the way back, you can enjoy numerous viewpoints offered by the Broumov Walls, and then follow the Jirásek Trail back to Police nad Metují.

This circular hiking route, which takes you through all the mentioned places, is approximately 14 kilometers long.