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An official camping site in Saxon Switzerland National Park, not far from the Czech Republic–Germany border. It is a designated area in the forest with space for around 8 tents. The campsite includes a shelter with a habitable loft. Unfortunately, due to its awkward triangular floor plan, the loft can probably only accommodate a maximum of 3 people. In calm weather, a further 3 people can sleep on the wooden floor beneath the roofed section of the shelter. Near the shelter, there is also a table with benches, and a toilet towards the stream. The official price for using the bivouac is set at €10.
The nearest spring with drinking water is about 600 metres from here, along a nearby tarmac forest track running alongside the Czech Republic–Germany border towards Ostrov.
Any time, really, but given the campsite’s limited capacity, I wouldn’t count on there being enough space at weekends during the summer tourist season.
The bivouac is situated directly on the yellow ‘Forsteig Elbsanstein’ hiking trail, not far from the point where the trail branches off downwards from the Czech Republic/Germany border. It is marked on maps (including www.mapy.cz).