Rising on a rock overlooking the Vltava, Krumlov castle is the largest in the land after that of Prague. Endowed with forty or so buildings, it boasts in particular a Renaissance tower and a two-storey bridge which spans the moat separating the main ..

The multi-storey bridge comprises a separate passage which leads to the extraordinarily well-preserved Baroque theatre . Erected in 1680 for Prince Johann Christian, the last of the Eggenberg family, it was reworked in 1766. The auditorium has remai..

With its slender tower and innumerable ogival windows, the superb Gothic church of St Guy's counterbalances the imposing mass of the castle on the opposite bank of the river. Inside the lofty nave features a reticulated vault inspired by the innova..

The Austrian Eggenberg family was behind the splendid Baroque gardens linked to the theatre by a covered bridge. Today restored, they have more or less regained their original aspect: French-style flower beds, a fountain of Neptune adorned with statu..