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Day Trips from Prague Sights at a Glance
Castles Historic Towns
The sights that attract most visitors away from the city 1 Veltrusy 5 Kutná Hora
are Bohemia’s picturesque medieval castles. Karlštejn, 2 Karlštejn 6 Karlsbad
for example, stands in splendid isolation above wooded 3 Konopiště 7 Marienbad
valleys that have changed little since the Emperor Charles 4 Křivoklát
IV hunted there in the 14th century. We have chosen
four castles, very varied in character. There are regular Key
organized tours (see p225) to the major sights around Motorway
Prague, to the historic mining town of Kutná Hora and, Major road
if you have more time to spare, to the famous spa towns Minor road
of Karlsbad and Marienbad in western Bohemia.

Dresden
Ostrov R10 Újezd
7
Pšov Slaný D8 Neratovice 38
Karlovy Vary Řevničov 16 9
Hradec
6 Strojetice Kladno R7 Vltava D11 Labe Králové
20 R6 Úvaly
27 PRAGUE
Loděnice Říčany Kolín
Bezvěrov Berounka 2
Střela
Kralovice
Štipoklasy Zdice Zbraslav Žásmuky
Planá D5 Sázava D1
Třemošná R4 3
Hořovice Dobříš Vltava Sternberg
21
Plzeň
0 kms 30
České
Nürnberg 0 miles 30 Budějovice Brno
1 Veltrusy Château dotted around the grounds are Home”, depicting the life of the
Veltruský Zámek summer houses. Lobkowicz family over five cent­
The Doric and Maria Theresa uries. Some 12 rooms have been
20 km (12 miles) N of Prague. Tel 315
781 146. £ from Masarykovo to pavilions, the orangery and the fitted out with period furnish­
Kralupy nad Vltavou, then bus. Open grotto date from the late 18th ings. On display in the library
Apr: 8:30am–5pm Sat & Sun (last tour century. The park is planted with are the family archives. The
4pm); May–Oct: 8:30am–5pm Tue– some 100 different kinds of tree. family’s art treasures are housed
Sun (Jun–Aug: to 7pm; last tour 4pm). Across the river, and acces­ in Lobkowicz Palace (see p101).
& 8 ^ ∑ zamek-veltrusy.cz sible from Veltrusy by bus or The birthplace of Czech com­
Park: Open dawn to nightfall daily. train, is Nelahozeves Castle. poser Antonín Dvořák is nearby.
Nelahozeves Castle: Tel 315 709 111. This Renais sance castle houses Every year, Nelahozeves hosts a
£ from Masarykovo to Nelahozeves – an exhibition entitled “Private popular classical music festival,
zámek. Open Apr–Oct: 9am–5pm Spaces: A Noble Family At Dvořákova Nelahozeves.
Tue–Sun. & 8 0 =
∑ zamek-nelahozeves.cz
Veltrusy is a small town beside
the Vltava, famous for the 18th­
century château built by the
aristocratic Chotek family.
The building is in the shape of a
cross, with a central dome and
a staircase adorned with statues
representing the months of the
year and the seasons.
The estate was laid out as an
English­style landscaped deer
park, covering an area of 300
hectares (750 acres). Near the
entrance, there is still an enclo­
sure with a herd of deer. The
Vltava flows along one side and Karlštejn Castle, built by Emperor Charles IV in the 14th century
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