Chateau Kratochvíle
Kratochvíle
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Parking available
🏰 Discover Chateau Kratochvíle, a stunning Renaissance gem offering diverse tours, a beautiful garden, and convenient online ticketing.

🏰 Discover Chateau Kratochvíle, a stunning Renaissance gem offering diverse tours, a beautiful garden, and convenient online ticketing.
✨ Explore this unique 16th-century castle, a place for peace and historical renewal.

Why Go

💻 Purchase tickets and gift vouchers conveniently online
🌳 Wander through the beautiful chateau gardens
🚶‍♀️ Choose from various guided tours or explore independently
🐾 Dogs on a leash are allowed in the chateau garden
👶 Changing table available in public toilets

Why Avoid

⚠️ Limited wheelchair accessibility inside the villa and church
🚫 Drones, interior photography, and filming tours are forbidden
👶 Strollers not allowed in Renaissance interiors
🔇 Children's crying or misbehavior can be disruptive during tours

Hours

🗓️ Open from April to October.
⏰ April, May, September, October: 8:45 AM – 3:30 PM
☀️ June, July, August: 8:45 AM – 4:30 PM
🚫 Closed from November to March.

Tickets

🎫 Online tickets and gift vouchers are available.
💳 Payment accepted: Cash and cards.
💰 Adults: 200 CZK (basic tour), 280 CZK (Grand tour).
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Children (6-17): 60 CZK (basic tour), 80 CZK (Grand tour).
🆓 Children under 5 and selected groups: Free.
🌳 Garden entrance: 60 CZK.
⛪ Church-only tour: 80 CZK.
🎉 Pilgrimage event: 80 CZK (adults).

Tours

🚶‍♀️ Renaissance Villa Tour (Basic Circuit): Explore the chateau's Renaissance villa. Garden access included. (Approx. 60 minutes, max 25 people).
👑 Grand Tour: Extended circuit including the Renaissance villa and the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. Garden access included. (Approx. 75 minutes, max 25 people).
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Tour: For organized, pre-arranged groups only. Garden access included. (Approx. 15 minutes, max 50 people).
🌳 Chateau Garden: Self-guided walk without a guide. (Approx. 20 minutes).
🎉 Pilgrimage: Special event day with a fair in the garden. Self-guided walk. (Approx. 20 minutes).
📝 Group reservations are recommended for tours 1 and 2, and mandatory for tour 3. Individual reservations are mandatory for tour 3.

Accessibility

♿ Wheelchair accessible toilets are available in the forecourt.
🌳 Garden: Fully barrier-free with paved paths.
🏠 Villa: Ground floor partially accessible (6 cm thresholds). First floor accessible by prior arrangement, requires assistance with mechanical wheelchairs on stairs. Not suitable for electric wheelchairs.
Church: Difficult access for mechanical wheelchairs; electric wheelchairs can only view from the garden.

Parking

🅿️ Paid parking is available 200m from the chateau gate.
🚗 Car/Motorcycle: 50 CZK.
🚌 Bus: 150 CZK.
🚲 Bicycle stands are available before the gate, cycling is allowed on paths but not riding.

Pets

🐾 Dogs on a leash are allowed in the chateau garden.
🚫 Pets are generally not allowed on tours; smaller pets may be carried in arms/bags if they do not disturb others, by prior arrangement.

Photography

📸 Photography and filming for personal use are permitted in the exterior areas.
🚫 Forbidden: Drones, photography inside all tour circuits, photographing guides, and any filming of tours.
📝 Commercial use requires prior written agreement.

Children

👶 Prams/strollers are not allowed in the Renaissance interiors. Small children can be carried in carriers.
⏰ Tours last at least one hour; crying or unruly children can be disruptive.

Food

☕ A confectionery offers coffee, cold drinks, and cakes.
🍽️ A restaurant "U Kratochvíle" has terrace seating with a view.
🏙️ More dining options are available in Netolice (2 km).