Medieval silver mine at Hrádek, with helmet and lamp

Kutná Hora was rich from silver, and here you go down to look for it. The Czech Museum of Silver, in the Hrádek palace, gives you a helmet with a lamp and a hooded miner's cape and takes you into about 250 metres of an authentic medieval mine, narrow and damp. Beforehand you see the replica of a gallery and an enormous horse-driven winch that raised the ore; the tour ends with how coins were minted.

Groups are of 25 people at most and leave every half hour. Book on their website and ask for the language of the commentary. It is forbidden to children under 6. It is open from March to November, Tuesday to Sunday.