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Sightseeing tours
Sightseeing tour CASTLE
pening this sightseeing tour, the audio-visual document about the castle's history and architectural development is a highly appreciated initiative, matchless in comparison with other Bohemian castles. It is followed by the tour of the castle's cistern, cellars for keeping provisions, as well as the imposing former interiors of the Paradise Palace. Unforgettable will be for you the view from the huge stone bridge you will reach by crossing a small narrow drawbridge. A similar bridge will lead you to the defensive tower called Putna (Tub). In addition to acquainting you with the castle's complex history, this tour will enable you to have a look into the medieval life by means a game of chess played according to the 14th-century Bohemian sage Tomáš Štítný of Štítný.
Duration of the tour: 50 minutes
Sightseeing tour MANSION
This tour of the mansion's Renaissance interiors offers you the Renaissance-style background of an aristocratic family living in the mid-17th century: family room, lady's dressing room, chambermaid's closet, dining hall, gaming room, dancing hall, corridor adorned with hunting trophies. The somewhat untraditional exhibition will acquaint you with the everyday and social life of an aristocratic family living in a country residence. You will learn more about the philosophy of their life, about the way how the people in the late Renaissance period used to spend their leisure time, as well as about the games played at those times.
Duration of the tour: 40 minutes.
Unguided Tour
In the course of this unguided tour, your attention will surely be captured by the remarkable structure of the former double-gabled castle brewery (occasionally used for hosting various interactive exhibitions). Other noteworthy features include: remains of a distillery, walls encircling the lower courtyard and the rear ward, as well as the view of the scenic valley of the Ostružná rivulet flowing around the castle. For the most part protected as a natural reserve, that valley is appreciated as one of the most beautiful ones throughout the Bohemian Forest. Definitely, you should not overlook several games freely strewn on the ward's area. They are expected to attract you (or your children) not only by their forms and shapes, but also by the possibility of playing them on the spot.
Open-air Museum of Vernacular Architecture
In front of the castle, on the ancient foundations of the castle's defunct extramural settlement, an ensemble of traditional structures of vernacular architecture comes into existence. This ensemble consists of valuable structures transferred from the Bohemian Forest's foothills to the space in front of the castle. In their original locations, namely, those structures would have no chance of being saved and preserved. Within the rescue works, unique methods of transporting the whole structures or their parts were often used. Particulars on the history of the structures and technological details related to their transfer and preservation are described at the individual buildings. Since 2009, this open-air museum has been opened to the public, for the time being as an unguided tour of the exteriors.
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