Pardubice Region: 7 places worth a day trip
Pinsko lists 7 places in the Pardubice Region: 5 historic sites, 1 spa town and 1 nature spot.
Highlights include Litomyšl Chateau; Lázně Bohdaneč and Sky Walk, Dolní Morava.
Quick answers
- Which places in the Pardubice Region need booking?
- Book ahead for Litomyšl Chateau and National Stud Farm, Kladruby nad Labem. The rest are walk-in or worth a quick check of opening times.
- What's seasonal in the Pardubice Region?
- Seasonal: National Stud Farm, Kladruby nad Labem (Apr–Oct) and Veselý Kopec Open-Air Museum (Apr–Oct). The others aren't seasonal, but check opening hours before you go.
- How far is the Pardubice Region from Prague and Brno?
- By car, Pinsko's places here are 1 h 15 min–2 h 50 min from Prague and 1 h 30 min–2 h 15 min from Brno, without traffic.
History5
- Litomyšl Chateau
An arcaded Renaissance chateau covered in more than 8,000 sgraffito 'bricks', no two alike. Composer Bedřich Smetana was born in its brewery.
- National Stud Farm, Kladruby nad Labem
One of the oldest stud farms in the world, breeding the ceremonial Kladruber horse since 1579. UNESCO since 2019.
- Hora Matky Boží, Králíky
A Baroque pilgrimage monastery on a hill above Králíky, founded by Bishop Tobiáš Becker to fulfil a childhood vow; the foundation stone was laid in 1706. A tree-lined avenue with the Stations of the Cross climbs to the church and its cloisters, with views to the Králický Sněžník massif.
- Veselý Kopec Open-Air Museum
An open-air museum of the Vysočina uplands near Hlinsko: timber farmhouses, barns and a water-powered mill and sawmill, put back to work on demonstration days.
- Museum of Puppetry Cultures, Chrudim
Czech puppetry is on UNESCO's heritage list, and this museum in Chrudim's Renaissance Mydlář House holds thousands of puppets, from travelling marionette theatres to figures from around the world.