This national natural preserve Soos is situated near the city Františkovy Lázně (Nový Drahov-Kateřina) and you can find there paint pots, so-called „mofets“. The national natural preserve Soos was proclaimed in the year 1964, its total area is 221hectares. The word "Soos" means in egerland, or more precisely city Cheb- German dialect, "swamp". In this natural preserve you can find as well great peat moor and a mineral spring – The Emperor Spring – springs forth here. The educational footpath leads on the wooden walkways just above the peat moor.


