Tips for a trip

II. SIGHTSEEING:

Green Gate

Green Gate is one of the most significant dominants of Pardubice which, along with the chateau, dominates the historical centre of the city.
Behind the gateway rises a more than 60 meters high tower, which offers a spectacular view of the urban conservation area, the chateau and the surrounding areas, including the Kunetice Mountain Castle.

Get more information at: www.zelenabrana.eu

The Pernstyn Square 

The Pernstyn Square is the centre of the urban conservation area declared in 1964. Today, the houses on the square demonstrate the three basic stages of the building development - Late Gothic, which features a stone lining of the windows, Renaissance with terracotta panelled windows, and Late Baroque and Classicist, which can be seen in the gables and stucco decoration. The biggest intervention in the appearance of the square was the construction of a new town hall in the late 19th century, which was built in the Neo-Renaissance style.

The Chateau 

Pardubice Chateau is in many ways an exceptional historical monument. There, you can find the oldest nude in the history of the Czech fine arts Fortuna Volubilis - capricious fortune, Knights halls with the oldest Renaissance wall paintings in the Czech lands, a long-closed-to-the-public chapel of the Three Kings, or an emblazoned with tales secret civil defence shelter in northeast roundel of the chateau ramparts. Today, the chateau is the seat of the East Bohemian Museum and the headquarters of the East Bohemian Gallery.

Get more information at: www.vcm.cz

Kunetice Mountain

The Kunetice Mountain Castle (Kuneticka hora in Czech) creates a natural dominant feature of the region. The castle tower is the highest point in the area, offering wonderful views from the Labe ponds’ levels to the Giant Mountains (Krkonose). The area below the Kunetic Mountain can also be reached by the Arnost of Pardubice ship berthed in Pardubice near the Enteria Arena. The Kunetice lower castle is adorned with a game park. Its jewels include a pair of majestic bisons, a small herd of deer, burly mouflons and wild pigs.

Get more information at: www.hrad-kunetickahora.cz

III.    Horse tourism:

The National Stud Farm at Kladruby nad Labem

The National Stud Farm at Kladruby nad Labem is world famous for horse breeding. In 1579, the Emperor Rudolf II granted it the status of an imperial court stud farm, whose task was to breed prestige carriage horses for the needs of the court. With this breeding, a unique population of noble Old Kladruber white horses has preserved in Kladruby and was, together with the entire stud farm, declared a national cultural monument. Visitors to the stud farm are also allowed to visit the stables and provided with expert commentary and rides across the picturesque surroundings on a carriage with coach and pair or four.

Get more information at: www.nhkladruby.cz

Slatinany - Stud Farm and Chateau

The originally renaissance chateau is a national cultural monument with the largest horse-focused hippological collection in the world. There you can also find a stud farm with Old Kladruber black horse paddocks. Those are bred in Slatiňany.

Get more information at: www.zamek-slatinany.cz; www.nhkladruby.cz

Hippotherapy Apolenka

Apolenka provides services to people with disablement, as well as to children and adult horse lovers. Try horseback riding or improve your riding skills in a local riding school.

Get more information at: www.apolenka.org