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The city founded by radical Hussites in 1420, with a Gothic square, kilometres of cellars and passages beneath it and the Kotnov tower, an hour and a half from Prague.
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What to do
Each plan says how long it takes, who it's for and whether you can book.
Museum · 1 h · 120 CZK · weapons, war wagons and the history of the Hussite movement
Guided tour · 120 CZK · cellars and passages beneath the houses · dramatised for children
Exhibition and viewpoint · 45 min · 70 CZK · Tábor the fortress and the view of the Lužnice meander
Itineraries
Days and weekends already planned out, with how to get between each stop and who to book with.
Plan the trip
Each choice narrows the next: the season shapes how best to travel, and how you travel decides where you stay and where you eat.
When to go
From April to September all the monuments are open, Tuesday to Sunday, and in July and August every day; the Kotnov tower from May to September. From October to March the museum and the underground are open Wednesday to Saturday.
How you travel
Choose how you're travelling and we'll tell you where to stay, how to get around, where to eat and which services you'll need. We only show the ways of travelling that make sense here.
Tábor is about 90 km south of Prague. You fly to Prague, with direct flights from Madrid, Barcelona and other Spanish cities, and continue by train from the main station, an hour and a half or so, or by hire car from the airport along the D3.
By car it is about 90 km along the D3, an hour and a quarter. Tábor is the natural stop on the way to České Budějovice, Hluboká and Český Krumlov. Park outside the old town or in the Nautilus car park if you are staying there.
Tábor works very well by train: an hour and a half from Prague, twenty minutes' walk to the square and everything else on foot. If you carry on south, the same train continues to České Budějovice.
Who you're with
A trip with a toddler is not the same as one with a teenager. Pick yours to see what works and what to bear in mind.
Tábor works with children thanks to the underground: going down beneath the square with a guide, best on the Roland the knight tour, which is designed for them. After that, the Kotnov tower and a stroll through the crooked streets.
Where to stay
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Why we like it: Four-star boutique hotel on Žižka Square in Tábor: 22 rooms with art deco and fossils, air conditioning, wellness, parking and the Goldie restaurant.
Why we like it: Double and triple rooms with bathroom above the Restaurace Beseda, on Žižka Square in Tábor, from 1,600 CZK: the simplest place to sleep in the centre.
Services for this trip
Where to eat
From set lunch menus to Michelin stars. We mark the price level and what to order at each place.
What to order: the seasonal menu, or a meat dish such as tournedos Rossini, with a wine from the list.
What to order: the set lunch at midday and a house Lichvice.
Map
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Tips
Museum and underground together, 220 CZK.
The groups are small and the first tour leaves at 10:30.
Underground it is cool all year.
Outside July and August, everything is closed on Monday.
Tábor began as a war camp. In 1420, after Jan Hus was burned at the stake, the most radical Hussites settled on this hill above the Lužnice river, gave it the biblical name of Mount Tabor and made it their fortress and their experiment in community; their military leader, Jan Žižka, now presides with his statue over the square that bears his name. The streets of the old town are narrow and crooked, and beneath the square cellars and storerooms were dug that today form an underground of passages visited with a guide. Today it is a living town, about 90 km south of Prague, on the way to České Budějovice and Český Krumlov.
By train, from Prague's main station there are fast trains towards České Budějovice that stop at Tábor; allow about an hour and a half. The station is a little over a kilometre from the old town: about twenty minutes on foot or by city bus.
By car, about 90 km along the D3 motorway, in an hour and a quarter. Park outside the old town, which is small and has narrow streets, and walk in.
From April to September the museum and the underground are open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00, and in July and August on Mondays too. The Kotnov tower is open from May to September, and in October at weekends. From October to March the museum and the underground are open Wednesday to Saturday.
Half a day is enough for the museum, the underground, Kotnov and lunch on the square. Tábor fits well as a stop on the way to České Budějovice and Hluboká or to Český Krumlov, or as an overnight stop if you are doing South Bohemia by car.
The museum and the underground, 120 CZK each or 220 CZK together; the family ticket, 500 CZK. The Bechyně Gate with Kotnov, 70 CZK. A meal on the square, from about 250 CZK at Beseda to 600–1,000 CZK at Goldie.
Questions
An hour and a half by train and a little over an hour by car on the D3.
The underground beneath the square and the Kotnov tower.
No; for groups with a reservation you can ask for an explanation in another language in the underground.
Yes: the underground has dramatised tours with a knight, and the tower is very popular.
Yes, the museum and the underground, Wednesday to Saturday; Kotnov is closed.
Yes, by car: Hluboká is an hour to the south, on the E55.
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