Černý Důl suits families and groups wanting a small ski village in the Giant Mountains, with lifts and slopes of its own. It has under seven hundred residents, so expect quiet nights and a drive for anything bigger.
Černý Důl is a small market town of around 670 people at 684 m in the Giant Mountains, with the northern half of its land inside Krkonoše National Park. It is known as a ski resort with several slopes served by lifts. The municipality also takes in the villages of Čistá v Krkonoších and Fořt. Its main landmark is the Renaissance Church of St Michael the Archangel, built in 1556, and the late Baroque Hotel Pošta on the square still works as a hotel and restaurant. Homes mostly sleep four, though some take much larger groups, and a few have a sauna.
Spa town with a cable car up Černá hora, an Art Nouveau colonnade completed in 1904 and a treetop walkway over 1,500 m long.
Ski town at the foot of Sněžka, the Czech Republic's highest peak at 1,603 m, with a cable car to the summit.
Town about 15 km south-east of Černý Důl, in the same district.
Prague's Václav Havel Airport has direct flights from London Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton and Stansted. Plan on a car for the rest of the journey: the I/14 road between Liberec and Trutnov runs through the south of the municipality.
Winters in the Giant Mountains are cold, many parts stay under snow for five or six months, and Černý Důl is known first as a ski resort. The range is also popular for hiking and cycling. Weather changes often, Sněžka sits in fog or cloud for much of the year, and the main ridge is among the windiest places in Europe, so pack for both.
Yes, a small one: it has several slopes served by lifts. For a bigger ski area, look at Pec pod Sněžkou in the same range, whose slopes now belong to the Černá hora and Pec resort, the largest in the Czech Republic.
Prague's Václav Havel Airport, which has direct flights from London Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton and Stansted, taking roughly two hours. Černý Důl is in the Giant Mountains, so you need a car for the onward leg.
The village has the Renaissance Church of St Michael the Archangel and the Hotel Pošta, and the Krkonoše National Park starts in the northern half of the municipality. Sněžka, 1,603 m, is the highest mountain in the range.
Yes, for walkers and cyclists: the Giant Mountains are popular for both, and the Polish-Czech Friendship Trail follows the main ridge for about 30 km. Expect changeable weather, with fog common on Sněžka.
About 15 km, with Trutnov to the south-east. Trutnov is the larger town in the district, while Černý Důl itself has only around 670 residents.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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