The route through the Red Quarry and Black Quarry in Prokop Valley combines beautiful views, a limestone landscape, and places where ancient geological history is still clearly visible today. The whole route is about 7 kilometers long, and in some sections it is not very accessible with a stroller, so we recommend leaving it at home.

The route takes you through a landscape shaped over thousands of years by the Prokop Stream, but also significantly influenced by limestone quarrying. Thanks to these former quarries, we can now observe exposed rock layers that would otherwise remain hidden beneath the surface. In some places, important fossil finds have also been discovered here, such as trilobites and graptolites.

One of the most interesting stops is the Red Quarry. It is valuable mainly because of its rock profiles, which reveal geological layers from ancient Paleozoic seas. Limestone was quarried here from the 19th century, and extraction ended in the 1940s.

Then continue along the path and across the footbridge until you reach a crossroads, where you turn right onto the green hiking trail. Just a short distance from here, you may notice a small bell tower by one of the houses, which adds a charming touch to the walk. Once you pass the cottage area, the Black Quarry will already come into view around the bend. It was originally called Kamčatka, but in 1923 it was renamed Black Quarry because of its dark Silurian limestone.

A little further on is Mušlovka Quarry, which is very rich in fossils from the Paleozoic era. If you look through the stones on the ground, you will certainly find a fossil.

From Mušlovka, we head back and near the Praha–Holyně railway station join the blue hiking trail, which takes us all the way to Holyně Square. There, we turn left, and before long we are back home in our beautiful neighborhood.

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