Category |
castle, chateau, lookout tower, sight-seeing location |
Certificates and memberships |
 Cultural monument |
Style |
classicism / empirical (40%), Gothic (40%), Renaissance (20%) |
Services |
barrier-free WC, bicycle storage area, children's corner, demonstration of crafts, dogs welcome, event planning and hosting, free WiFi, horse-drawn carriage ride, interactive education programme offer, left-luggage office, night-time walking tours, Occasional concerts, sale of cycling and tourist maps of region, sale of novelties and souvenirs, sale of specialised literature, sale of tourist cards, sale of tourist stamps, snacks, space available for rent, WC, weddings and other celebrations |
Staff languages |
Czech, English, German, Russian |
Accepted forms of payment |
Czech korunas in cash, invoice (bank transfer) |
Site grounds |
1000 m2 |
First year open to the public |
1910 |
Date of construction |
1224 |
Year of latest reconstruction |
2013 |
Tour A - chateau |
Description |
Castle palace - interior of the groundfloor and the 1st floor and the castle kitchen with a guide + free tour of the castle area with no guide. |
Foreign languages |
tour guide (Czech, English, German, Russian), printed guide (Czech, English, German) |
Exhibition specialization |
19th century art, architecture / urbanism, forestry / gamekeeping / hunting / trophies, furniture / interior furnishings, gothic art, heraldry, hussites, medieval history, models / model-making, music / musical instruments, new-age history, paintings / drawings / graphic design, pipes / smoking products and accessories, timepieces, toys / puppets |
Minimum / maximum number of people per guide |
1/30 |
Tour B - castle |
Description |
Two floors of cellar space, exhibition of ghosts, torture chamber, lapidarium, house of soldiers with a guide + tour of the castle premises with no guide. |
Foreign languages |
tour guide (Czech, English, German, Russian), printed guide (Czech, English, German) |
Exhibition specialization |
architecture / urbanism, gothic art, heraldry, hussites, lapidarium, legends / myths / ghosts, medieval history, renaissance art |
Minimum / maximum number of people per guide |
1/30 |
Tour C - outdoor grounds |
Description |
Free tour of the castle grounds (courtyard, fortification, tower, garden). |
Exhibition specialization |
architecture / urbanism, ceramics, landscape architecture / gardens, regional history, zoology |
Tour A + B - large combined tour |
Foreign languages |
tour guide (Czech, English, German, Russian), printed guide (Czech, English, German) |
Exhibition specialization |
19th century art, architecture / urbanism, forestry / gamekeeping / hunting / trophies, furniture / interior furnishings, gothic art, heraldry, hussites, lapidarium, legends / myths / ghosts, medieval history, models / model-making, music / musical instruments, new-age history, paintings / drawings / graphic design, pipes / smoking products and accessories, renaissance art, timepieces, toys / puppets |
Minimum / maximum number of people per guide |
1/30 |
Svojanov Castle Tower |