Tábor in a day from Prague, the Hussite town and its tunnels, an hour and a half away by train.

Tábor was the capital of the radical Hussites in the fifteenth century and keeps its history in the old town hall on the square and, beneath it, in an underground of cellars and passages. This train plan spends the morning on the museum and the underground, eats on the square's terrace and leaves the afternoon for the Kotnov tower and the crooked streets of the old town.

The day, hour by hour

8:00 · Train to Tábor. From the main station, an hour and a half or so; then twenty minutes' walk to the square.

10:00 · The Hussite museum. In the old Gothic town hall: weapons, war wagons and the history of the movement. Buy the combined ticket.

11:15 · The underground. From the same building, with a guide, beneath the houses on the square. Bring a jacket.

12:45 · Lunch at Goldie. The restaurant of the Hotel Nautilus, with a terrace onto the square. Book and arrive before 15:00.

14:45 · Bechyně Gate and Kotnov tower. The exhibition on Tábor the fortress and the view of the Lužnice meander.

16:00 · Žižka Square. The Gothic houses, the statue of Žižka and the narrow streets.

16:45 · Return. On foot to the station and train to Prague; you arrive around 19:00.

With children or in winter

With children, look for the dramatised underground tours, such as the one with Roland the knight: the ticket costs 160 CZK and the family one, 400. In winter the museum and the underground open Wednesday to Saturday, and Kotnov is closed: the plan becomes half a day.