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Jogging, cross-country skiing, cycling, horse-riding, rafting and canoeing, swimming and diving – these are just some of the numerous activities the region offers. You may visit unique artillery forts, wander through educational trails, pick mushrooms, or enjoy winter sports, all the way from Deštné to Říčky and Čenkovice. Wonderful lookout points for viewing the scenery will be a reward for those who make the effort to climb Velká Deštná, or brave the trail along the mountain ridges, either on foot or by bike. Should you feel like slowing down and taking it easy, you may take a walk through the historic centers of picturesque foothill towns or lovely manor gardens, or take a swim in one of the region’s many swimming pools.

• Bouda Artillery Fort – the largest museum of Czechoslovak fortifications in the Czech Republic; five forts connected by underground halls and passages. The 2-kilometer-long guided tour will take you as deep as 57 meters underground.
• Chateau Častolovice – Renaissance/Neo-gothic chateau with period interiors, coffered ceilings, and a valuable collection of portraits of Czech rulers. The chateau is surrounded by a vast English-style garden, a pond, and a fallow deer close.
• Dobruška – the town with a picturesque historic center also contains the family home of F.V. Hek, who inspired writer Alois Jirásek to create the character of F.L. Věk in a novel of the same name. The local museum contains a permanent exhibition of the local Jewish community, including a valuable ritual purification bath (Mikvah).
• Doudleby nad Orlicí – Renaissance chateau, richly decorated with sgraffiti. It offers the exhibition entitled A Hunt through Four Centuries, with a collection of hunting and sporting weapons, as well as a museum of military history. The town has a well preserved former Jewish quarter with a synagogue.
• Hanička Artillery Fort – one of the best preserved forts of the system of pre-War military fortifications: includes six military forts, underground passages and halls, a museum in the entry lobby, and an exhibition of military machinery in the courtyard.
• Monastery on Hora Matky Boží near Králíky (Hedeč) – a monumental Baroque monastery with the Church of the Assumption and the Chapel of the Holy Steps on the Marian Hill above the town of Králíky. An alley lined with small chapels connects the monastery premises to the town.
• Letohrad – a town with a rich history located in the foothills of the Orlické Mountains. The first match factory in the Kingdom of Bohemia was founded there in the 19th century. The town museum holds exhibitions on the history of the town and manufacture of matches. The museum collections also include an original sleigh, used by Emperor Napoleon when he fled from Russia to Dresden in 1812. The Baroque granary holds a unique Arts and Crafts Museum. On a small terrace near the Baroque castle with unique stucco decorations, a monument to the fictional Czech hero Jara Cimrman was unveiled in 2004.
• Chateau Opočno – a monumental Renaissance chateau with an arcade courtyard and a vast weaponry exhibition, surrounded by an English-style garden with rare trees and several buildings in the Romantic style: a summerhouse, a riding hall, a games hall, and an orangery.
• Pastviny – an artificial lake on the Divoká Orlice River and a popular vacation resort.
• Potštejn Castle – a restored ruin of a Gothic castle: Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk; the last of the Stations of the Cross (Jesus laid in the tomb); exhibition on the castle’s history.
• Zemská brána – a natural preserve on the Czech-Polish border; a picturesque, deep-cut valley of the Divoká Orlice, with a rocky riverbed and a stone bridge. A Smuggler’s Footbridge, the cave of Ledricek the bandit, and a number of interesting rock formations.
• Velká Deštná – the highest peak of the Orlické Mountains (altitude of 1,115 meters) with a lookout tower offers a beautiful panoramic view of the Orlické and Rychlebské Mountains, Králický Sněžník, Suchý vrch, the Rozkoš dam, and Krkonoše Mountains with the highest peak, Sněžka.
• Králický Sněžník – the third highest mountain range in the Czech Republic (altitude of 1,423 meters), and a European watershed divide: the water from the area flows into three different seas: the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Black Sea.
• Castle Litice nad Orlicí – a 13th century Gothic castle. The restored south palace and a lookout tower are open to the public.
• Rychnov nad Kněžnou – a gateway to the Orlické Mountains and the birthplace of writer Karel Poláček. Church of the Holy Trinity; Renaissance Kolowrat Chateau; remarkable family collections.