Central Bohemia - southeast

You can enjoy the beauty of nature too in the region, both in the form of sylvan valleys of the Vltava and Sázava Rivers and in the spacious plane between Čáslav and Český Brod. You can visit the Lipany burial mound, where a sandstone memorial with a Hussite chalice reminds visitors of the last battle of God’s warriors. If you enjoy old legends, you will love the surroundings of the Large Blaník, the time-honored monasteries in Sázava and Sedlec or romantic ruins reflected in the surface of the Sázava River.

• Kutná Hora – an urban monument reserve with the Gothic Church of St. Barbara and the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Sedlec, both registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The former mint in Vlašský Dvůr, mining museum and guided tours in a medieval mine.
• Kutná Hora – Sedlec – a Cistercian monastery established in 1143. The All Saints Church includes a large charnel house built in the Baroque-Gothic style, decorated with skulls and bones of the victims of wars and plagues; the crest of the family of Schwarzenberg made of bones.
• Blaník – the smallest protected landscape area in the Czech Republic with Blaník Mountain; according to the legends, St. Wenceslas’ army sleeps inside the mountain. At the mountain summit there stands a roofed observation tower in the shape of a Hussite watchtower.
• Český Šternberk Castle – a medieval Czech castle adapted to Baroque style. Historic interiors with stucco and paint decoration, precious furnishings and art collections.
• Chateau Kačina – a stately Empire-style residence and exhibition grounds of the National Museum of Agriculture, featuring the Museum of Czech Countryside, historic interiors with a renowned library, a historic pharmacy, gallery and theatre, orangery and a botanical garden with healing herbs.
• Jílové u Prahy – a center of the former gold-bearing district and a Museum of Gold Mining. St. Joseph’s mining gallery and the Jílava gold mines nature trail.
• Chateau Konopiště – a romantic chateau and a former residence of the archduke Francis Ferdinand d’Este. The historic interiors host a collection of artworks and hunting trophies. An extensive park with a rose garden, greenhouses, an orangery and a shooting gallery.
• Museum of Vernacular Houses in Kouřim – the open-air folk museum rescued and salvaged rustic buildings from the areas flooded by the Želivka artificial lake. The open-air museum features all basic types of stave and half-timbered vernacular houses from the Kouřim surroundings.
• Průhonice – an extensive landscape park and arboretum with romantic buildings, and precious species of domestic and exotic plants. A renowned collection of rhododendrons and azaleas.
• Sázava Monastery – established in the early 11th century as a Benedictine monastery with Old Slavic liturgy. The remains of a gothic church, a crypt and the main hall; a part of the building was rebuilt into a Neo-Renaissance chateau.
• Ondřejov Observatory – an astronomical observatory with a huge telescope, situated at the summit of Žalov Hill above Ondřejov Village. The historic domes feature an astronomical museum, there is an arboretum situated near the observatory.
• Posázaví – a romantic valley of the Sázava River lined with woody hills with ruins of several ancient castles and fortresses on the cliffs – above the right river bank there are the remains of Zlenice and Zbořený Kostel, at the left river bank there is Stará Dubá.
• Velké Popovice – a brewery established in 1874, producing the famous beer brand Velkopopovický kozel. The brewery also keeps it own living mascot – a black goat.
• Žleby – a dreamy fairytale castle with imitation medieval fortifications and an English park. In the nearby reserves the visitors can see the training of birds of prey and a game park with white stags.